Women’s 200 Free Relay Takes Bronze at SECs

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Seniors Megan Keil and Sarah Thompson, junior Amy Feddersen and sophomore Sierra Smith secured the University of Missouri’s first podium finish of the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships with bronze in the 200 free relay. 

Ten individual Tigers qualified for the day two finals. Senior Danny Kovac led the men with a fourth place finish in the 200 IM, followed by junior Ben Patton in seventh, sophomore Freddie Rindshøj in 13^th and junior Will Goodwin in 18^th. 

Junior Kevin Hammer finished 17^th in the 50 free, and senior Jack Dubois also finished 22^nd in the 500 free.

Thompson led the Mizzou women individually with a tie for fifth in the 50 free, followed by Keil in eighth and Feddersen in nineteenth. Senior Allison Bloebaum also scored points for the Tigers with a 22^nd place finish in the 500 free.

Sophomore Takuto Endo and junior Carlo Lopez both scored points in the 1-meter competition with 12^th and 16^th place finishes, respectively.

The No. 14 Mizzou men sit in ninth place with 269 points. The No. 19 women sit in eighth place with 206.5 points.

HEAR FROM COACH GREVERS

“The women’s 200 freestyle relay got us off to a great start with our first podium finish of the meet. The team’s ZouStyle was on full display all night, and we can’t wait to get back at it tomorrow morning.”

DAY ONE RESULTS

Women’s 200 Free Relay

3. Megan Keil, Sarah Thompson, Amy Feddersen, Sierra Smith (1:27.41)

Men’s 200 Free Relay

7. Kevin Hammer, Will Whittington, Alex Moore, Kyle Leach (1:17.46)

Women’s 500 Free

22. Allison Bloebaum (4:46.16 finals, 4:46.14 prelims)

38. Hayley Hill (4:50.00)

39. Ana Pozder (4:50.05)

42. Jane Smith (4:50.85)

43. Macy Rink (4:51.38)

45. Abbey Taute (4:51.99)

46. Molly Gowans (4:52.91)

Men’s 500 Free

22. Jack Dubois (4:22.36 finals, 4:20.36 prelims)

38. Calvin Windle (4:25.57)

45. Jibran Himsieh (4:30.40)

Women’s 200 IM

28. CJ Kovac (2:00.28)

39. Katrina Brathwaite (2:01.91)

46. Brecken Merkel (2:02.83)

57. Kayla Jones (2:05.01)

Men’s 200 IM

4. Danny Kovac (1:43.27 finals, 1:43.38 prelims)

7. Ben Patton (1:43.92 finals, 1:44.46 prelims)

13. Freddie Rindshøj (1:45.16 finals, 1:44.79 prelims)

18. Will Goodwin (1:45.05 finals, 1:45.67 prelims)

Luke Davis (1:47.60)

Noah Scheuermann (1:49.63)

Women’s 50 Free

5. Sarah Thompson (21.94 finals, 21.92 prelims)

8. Megan Keil (22.04 finals, 21.97 prelims)

19. Amy Feddersen (22.08 finals, 22.50 prelims)

27. Sierra Smith (22.65)

36. Taylor Williams (22.99)

39. Alex Moderski (23.02)

40. Colleen Duffy (23.04)

Men’s 50 Free

17. Kevin Hammer (19.54 finals, 19.85 prelims)

29. Will Whittington (19.97)

30. Alex Moore (20.01)

31. Kyle Leach (20.04)

37. Grant Bochenski (20.17)

44. Josh Pales (20.33)

Men’s 1-Meter

12. Takuto Endo (302.55)

16. Carlo Lopez (280.60)

UP NEXT

Day three of the SEC Championships (Thursday, Feb. 17) starts at 8:30 a.m. CT with the prelims for the 400 IM, 100 fly and 200 free. Women’s 3-meter diving prelims follow at 11 a.m. CT. Finals are set for 4:30 p.m. CT.

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