No. 9/19 Swim & Dive Wins Mizzou Invite

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The No. 9/19 Mizzou men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both took home first place at the Mizzou Invite. The men finished with 1384.5 points ahead of second place Cal Baptist with 795. The women finished with 1366.5 points, ahead of second place Nebraska with 939. The Tigers recorded 29 event victories over the three-day meet.

TOP TIGERS ON DAY 3

Senior Danny Kovac broke his own 200 fly school record in with 1:40.78. His 200 fly time also leads the nation. Junior Ben Patton set the top time in the country in the 200 breast with 1:53.00. Senior Jack Dahlgren reset his own nation-leading time with a 1:40.96 in the 200 back prelims. Dahlgren, Kovac and Patton, along with freshman Grant Bochenski, also set the nation’s top time in the 400 free relay with an NCAA ‘A’ cut time of 2:50.75.

HEAR FROM COACH GREVERS

“I’m very proud of how these Tigers battled all meet long, and tonight was no exception. We saw some incredible swims out of this team, and our innovative training is really starting to pay off. We are excited to get back at it tomorrow morning and start implementing the plan for SEC’s and then NCAA’s.”

MIZZOU DAY 3 WINNERS

Women’s 1650 Free – Allison Bloebaum (16:26.94)

Men’s 1650 Free – Jack Dubois (15:02.27)

Women’s 200 Back – Meredith Rees (1:55.13)

Men’s 200 Back – Jack Dahlgren (1:41.49)

Women’s 100 Free – Amy Feddersen (48.77)

Women’s 200 Breast– Katrina Brathwaite (2:12.20)

Men’s 200 Breast – Ben Patton (1:53.00)

Men’s 200 Fly – Danny Kovac (1:40.78)

Women’s 400 Free Relay – Amy Feddersen, Sarah Thompson, Sierra Smith, Megan Keil (3:16.65)

Men’s 400 Free Relay – Jack Dahlgren, Grant Bochenski, Ben Patton, Danny Kovac (2:50.75)

Men’s Platform – Carlo Lopez (370.70)

UP NEXT

Mizzou will round out the calendar year with a dual meet at Missouri State on Dec. 4.