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Women's Swimming Remains Undefeated, Defeats Southwest Missouri State
1/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 18, 2002
COLUMBIA, Mo.- The Missouri women's swimming and diving team improved to 6-0 in dual meet competition on Friday afternoon as the Tigers defeated Southwest Missouri State by a score of 167-71 in Springfield, Mo. The Missouri men's fell to 2-2 on the season as SMS knocked off the Tigers by a score of 144-97.
The Mizzou women dominated the meet from start to finish. The Tigers claimed the first three places in all but one swimming event. The Tigers got the meet started by winning the 400 medley relay in a pool-record time of 3:54.68. Missouri dominated the relay as all three Mizzou teams swept the top three places.
The dominance continued into event number two as the Tigers swept the top three places in the 1000 freestyle. Katy Chandler was the winner in a time of 10:27.06. Molly Vetter (10:35.90) finished second while Sarah Stowe (10:41.69) came in third place.
Sophomore Lizza Igoe led a 1-2-3 sweep of the 200 freestyle for the Tigers in the 1000 freestyle. Igoe finished in a time of 1:56.68. Freshmen Lindsay Palbykin (1:57.52) and Megan Morford (1:57.81) finished second and third respectively. Igoe was the only double-winner on the day for Missouri. She also won the 500 freestyle in a time of 5:10.57.
Andrea Nigh paced the Tigers in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.14. Sarah Lo was in control of the 200 individual medley with a winning time of 2:08.86. Rebecca Wolfe led the charge in the 200 butterfly (2:09.63) while Ellen Cross won the 100 freestyle in a time of 53.77.
Freshman Amanda Morford won easily in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:06.96. Fellow freshman Mariona Costa broke the pool record in a winning time of 2:22.40 in the 200 breaststroke.
Anna Massey and Erin Wilke finished first and second for the Tigers on the three-meter diving board. Massey posted a solid score of 254.63.
The Tigers finished the meet as it started by breaking the pool record in the 400 freestyle relay. The Tigers posted a time of 3:36.24.
"We kept it rolling today, and we really looked good," said Head Coach Brian Hoffer. "We maintained a high level throughout the meet, and that is really good to see."
The Mizzou men got off to a slow start, but finished strong against Southwest Missouri State on Friday. The Tigers managed to break three pool records despite loss. Junior Matt Ferrarelli had a big day for Missouri, winning both the 200 individual medley and the 200 backstroke in pool-record breaking times. Ferrarelli won the 200 IM in a time of 1:51.77. He later won the 200 backstroke in a time of 1:49.84.
Radu Miclaus claimed the pool record for Missouri with his victory in the 200 butterfly. Miclaus won the event in a time of 1:50.53. The other winner on the day for Mizzou was freshman Justin Zeimetz in the 100 freestyle. Zeimetz won the race in a time of 47.31 seconds.
The meet came down to near misses for the Tigers. Missouri was out-touched by Southwest Missouri State in three events.
"We had sluggish start today," said Head Coach Brian Hoffer. "We did a great job coming back, but we just couldn't pull it out. We broke three pool records, and that is great. I think we lost to a very good SMS team today."
Both the Missouri men's and women's team will be back in action tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. when they face Drury College in Springfield.
