COLUMBIA, Mo. - No. 3/9 Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept the 2019 Mizzou Invite team titles on Friday after notching four NCAA A cuts and setting three school records during the three-day meet at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
The Tiger women scored 942.5 points to win the women's title ahead of 12 other programs. Arkansas (659) placed second, San Diego State (585) took third, Nebraska (384) was fourth and BYU (354) rounded out the top five. On the men's side, the Tigers totaled 1,253.5 points to take first among seven total teams. BYU (816) finished second, Drury (671.5) was third, Wyoming (495) took fourth and Oklahoma Baptist (228) placed fifth.
TOP TIGERS
Missouri concluded the meet with a pair of nation-leading 400 free relay times, including an NCAA A cut for the Tiger men. First, the women's relay of junior Sarah Thompson (Collierville, Tenn.), senior Haley Hynes (Lee's Summit, Mo.), sophomore Megan Keil (Derby, Kan.) and freshman Amy Feddersen (Ames, Iowa) raced back in dramatic fashion to beat out Arkansas, 3:14.88-3:14.90. The, the Mizzou men dropped an NCAA automatic qualifying time as sophomore Danny Kovac (Fort Collins, Colo.), senior Giovanny Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and sophomores Kyle Leach (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Jack Dahlgren (Victoria, Minn.) touched in 2:50.79.
Individually, Dahlgren twice posted a nation-leading time in the 200 back during final day competition. He first swam a 1:41.82 in prelims, then lowered than time to a 1:41.66 to win the event during the finals session.
Also notching a nation-leading time was senior Micah Slaton (Austin, Texas) who recorded his in the 200 fly. Slaton dropped a 1:42.28 in prelims and was just off that time in finals, as he touched in 1:42.30, to take top honors in the event.
Mizzou won both platform diving events on Friday, as sophomore Ike Khamis (Richmond, Ind.) and freshman Maddie Huitt (Gibsonia, Pa.) took the men's and women's competitions. Khamis notched a finals tally of 371.4, including an 86.4 on his fourth dive, to best freshman teammate Carlo Lopez (Edmonton, Alberta) by almost four points.
Huitt grabbed her first collegiate win with a finals tally of 276.4, which ranks her fourth all-time at Mizzou on the event.
A pair of Tiger freshmen, Katrina Brathwaite (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec) and Will Goodwin (Centennial, Colo.) swept the 200 breast in personal best times. Brathwaite touched in 2:10.89 for first on the women's side, and Goodwin went 1:55.29 to win the men's race.
Thompson and sophomore Jack Dubois (Alpharetta, Ga.) also claimed wins on Friday. Thompson swam a personal best 1:52.88 to win the 200 back, and Dubois went 15:05.03 to place first in the 1650 free.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Andrew Grevers
"All in all it was a great weekend. It was really nice to end with that A cut in the 400 free relay for the men, because once you get that A cut you get to pull in all the B cuts. A lot of people swim with their hearts tonight and gave everything they had. When they give everything they have, we look at that as a complete and total success. And our divers were ripping some today. They're fatigued right now, they're training and diving, but they did a great job. Now I'm really excited to start prepping for the rest of the season."
UP NEXT
The Tigers are idle until the divers compete at the Auburn Diving Invitational, Dec. 16-19, in Auburn, Ala.
MIZZOU WINNERS
Women's Platform – Maddie Huitt (276.30)
Men's 1650 Free – Jack Dubois (15:05.03)
Women's 200 Back – Sarah Thompson (1:52.88)
Men's 200 Back – Jack Dahlgren (1:41.66)
Women's 200 Breast – Katrina Brathwaite (2:10.89)
Men's 200 Breast – Will Goodwin (1:55.29)
Men's Platform – Ike Khamis (371.4)
Men's 200 Fly – Micah Slaton (1:42.30)
Women's 400 Free Relay – Sarah Thompson, Haley Hynes, Megan Keil, Amy Feddersen (3:14.88)
Men's 400 Free Relay – Danny Kovac, Giovanny Lima, Kyle Leach, Jack Dahlgren (2:50.79)
