Missouri Women Throw Down A Cut in 200 Free Relay to Lead Mizzou Invite
The University of Missouri turned in the only A cut of the first day of the Mizzou Invitational with a 1:27.87 in the women’s 200 freestyle relay.
The Tigers’ foursome of Amy Feddersen, Megan Keil, Sierra Smith and Sarah Thompson clocked in at 1:27.87, an improvement of nearly a second over its prelims time. The four were about as precise as could be, with Keil and Smith both hitting reaction times of +0.00.
The four relay participants went on to take the top four spots in the 50 free. (Fifth was Ashley Gill, who led off Mizzou’s second-place relay.) Thompson won the event in 21.81. Keil (22.11) and Feddersen (22.30) followed, all in NCAA B cuts. Thompson and Feddersen teamed with Meredith Rees and Kayla Jones for a B cut of 3:33.50 in the 400 medley relay.
Jack Dubois added a B cut in the 500 free, winning in 4:18.08. Danny Kovac went 1:42.39 in the men’s 200 IM, the first of four Tigers to earn B cuts.
Missouri won both men’s relays in NCAA B cuts. The 200 free relay (Kevin Hammer, Jack Dahlgren, Kovac, Alex Moore) finished in 1:17.19, just .12 off an A cut, and the 400 medley relay (Dahlgren, Ben Patton, Kovac, Grant Bochenski) went 3:06.78.
Mizzou Invite Team Scores
Women
- Missouri 429.5
- Nebraska 244
- Wyoming 203.5
- California Baptist 108
- San Jose State 70
- BYU 33
- North Carolina 32
- Iowa State 13
- Louisville 9
- Northern Iowa 4
Men
- Missouri 473.5
- California Baptist 232
- Wyoming 142.50
- Missouri S&T 120
- North Carolina 48
- BYU 26
Autumn Haebig was the only non-Missouri winner on the women’s side, taking the 500 free in 4:44.04 for Nebraska. Missouri’s Allison Bloebaum and Abbey Taute followed, with the top three all earning B cuts. San Jose State’s Zsofia Musznay won the B final in 4:47.13, a B cut after she dropped nearly nine seconds from prelims.
On the men’s side, Remi Fabiani of California Baptist won the 50 free in 19.46, an NCAA B cut. Dahlgren was .02 back in second.
North Carolina went 1-2 in men’s diving, with Anton Down Jenkins leading the way with 396.05 points in 1-meter. Teammate Alexander Hart was second. In the women’s 3-meter, BYU’s Kennedy Cribbs topped the field with 333.00. Melissa Mirafuentes Santilon of Wyoming was second.
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