Full Results
NSISC Day 4 Results
CLEVELAND, Miss. - After an up and down season which saw their head coach depart for another job, their winter training trip cancelled and the adjustments of a new coach coming in at midseason, the Truman both men's and women's swimming teams set many personal and season best times at the New South Intercollegiate Swim Championships this past weekend.
The Bulldog women claimed their 11th straight conference banner as they accumulated 897 points over the four day meet and were 90 ahead of second place Henderson State (Ark.) when all events were completed.
Truman had just one event winner but had multiple swimmers in the higher scoring final events than most other teams. Taylor Birsa took the only individual title on Saturday as she claimed the 200 breast in a time of 2:20.65.
Anna Grinter broke an NSISC record on Saturday as she swam 2:02.77 in the prelims of the 200 fly. Grinter's mark was an automatic qualifying time in the event. In the finals, Grinter placed second finishing a tenth of a second behind the winner.
Not to be outdone, the Truman men moved up from fifth to fourth in the NSISC championships and was able to pass defending national champion Drury in the final race of the meet.
After breaking the school record in the 100 breast, Tony Hernandez re-wrote the oldest record on the books at Truman on Saturday as he swam 2:05.99 in the 200 breast to place sixth. Hernandez's mark breaks Michael Morris 2:06.21 record that was set in March of 1998. It was the only men's record not to be broken during the past decade. Matthew Fletcher (8th) and Greg Taplin (10th) also set B-times in the 200 breast.
Jerod Simek led four Bulldogs to top 10 finishes in the 1650 free. Simek swam in 16:00.32 to finish third while Brian Tillis placed sixth, Sam Collier seventh and Zac Litzau ninth.
The teams will now play the waiting game and will be checking the NCAA Division II times report to see who will be making the trip to the championship meet in San Antonio, Texas on March 9-12. The field will be set approximately 10 days prior to the start of the championships. Check back at TrumanBulldogs.com for the latest information.
Day 3 NSISC Results
Sophomore Tony Hernandez broke a six-year old school record in the men's 100 breaststroke while the Truman women continue to lead after the third day of the New South Intercollegiate Swim Championships.
Hernandez swam 56.55 in the afternoon prelim session to break Andy Harkin's 2004 record of 57.43. Hernandez they touched the wall in 57.13 in the finals of the event to place third for the Bulldogs.
Jerod Simek was among three men's swimmers in the finals of the 400IM. Simek touched in fifth with a time of 4:05.61 while Matthew Fletcher was sixth and Sam Collier seventh.
Out of the five individual events contested on the women's side, Truman had three first place finishers. Taylor Birsa led three in the finals of the 400IM as she swam in 4:30.15. Margaux Kent beat out teammate Emily Buss in the 100 breast as Kent timed at 1:05.12 to Buss' 1:05.27.
Stacey Wymer took top honors in the 100 back as she edged out Beth Eyanson in a time of 57.21.
Casey Jepsen finished second in the 200 free while Eyanson added a third place finish in the 100 fly.
Jepsen, Stephanie Myers, Claire Myers and Tanya Sylvester closed the night with a second place finish in the 800 free relay and gave the Bulldogs a 66-point lead over Henderson State heading into Saturday's finale.
The men sit in fifth place with 309 points while Missouri S&T leads the meet with 589 points.
NSISC Day 2 Results
Freshman Casey Jepsen broke the New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference record in the 500 free as the Truman women took over the top spot after day two of the conference swim meet in Cleveland, Miss.
Jepsen broke former Bulldog Diana Betsworth's 2006 record of 5:00.28 by swimming 4:59.57 to take first place in the event. She is just the fifth women's swimmer this season in Division II to break the five minute barrier in the 500. Julia Jones and Allison Harding placed seventh and eighth respectively while Stephanie Myers won the B-Final in a time of 5:11.81, an NCAA B-cut mark.
Three of the eight swimmers in the 200IM were from Truman as Taylor Birsa, Stacey Wymer and Claire Myers finished fifth, sixth and seventh and Margaux Kent took the B-Final in 2:10.05.
Jessica Jenkot placed seventh in the 50 free and Bailey Peterson won the B-Final, coming in ninth overall.
Both women's relay events contested saw the Bulldogs finish second. Jepsen, Tanya Sylvester, Peterson and Jessica Jenkot touched in 1:37.81 in the 200 free relay while Wymer, Emily Buss, Sylvester and Jenkot finished in 3:52.97 in the 400 medley relay.
Jerod Simek swam a season-best time in the men's 500 free as he touched the wall in 4:32.52 and finished in second place. Brian Tillis also produced a season-best time in the event with a 4:42.74 pace and finished sixth. Eric Mikolajczyk took the B-Final in a time of 4:41.34.
Matthew Fletcher shaved two seconds off his time in the 200IM as he placed fifth in 1:54.56.
Fletcher swam the lead-off leg of the 400 medley relay team that placed fourth in a time of 3:30.48. Fletcher was joined on the squad by Tony Hernandez, Mikolajczyk and Taylor Frymire.
The men sit in fifth place with 202 points and trail leader Missouri S&T by 129.
NSISC Day 1 Results
Day One Highlights
The Bulldog women sit in second and the men are in fifth following the first four events of the New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Championships.
Julia Jones placed second in the 1000 free with a season best time of 10:29.18 while Stephanie Myers came in seventh in the finals with a time of 10:44.06.
In the men's 1000, Brian Tillis placed fourth with a personal best time of 9:35.94 while Sam Collier was ninth in 9:45.78.
In the 200 medley relays contested, the Truman women 's team of Stacey Wymer, Jessica Jenkot, Tanya Sylvester and Casey Jepsen placed third with a B-cut time of 1:47.16 while Krista Tippin, Emily Buss, Beth Eyanson and Lexi Houser won the B-Final with a time of 1:48.83.
Matthew Fletcher, Tony Hernandez, Greg Taplin and Taylor Frymire placed fifth for the men with a time of 1:35.20.
The women accumulated 79 points and trail host Delta State by 13 while the men picked up 67 points and trail Missouri S&T (95) and Drury (72) while being tied with Delta State.
Preview:
It is the seventh conference meet held under the banner of the New South Intercollegiate Swim title and the Bulldog women have claimed each championship to date. In fact, the women have won 10 straight conference titles, 17 of the last 18 and have finished no worse than second in 22 straight meets dating back to the 1989 Midwest Championship meet.
The men will be looking for their first conference title after a fifth place finish last season. The Bulldogs have finished second six times in the program's history with the last coming in 2003 at the Central States Swim championships.
This will also be the last meet prior to the NCAA Division II Championships and with the new cap in place, Bulldog swimmers will need to record their best times to qualify for the championship meet. Divisions II put a cap on the national field at 160 men and 205 women and have established aggressive automatic or “A-cut” qualifying times this season. Entering the conference meet, only Jerod Simek in the men's 1000 is the only Bulldog “guaranteed a spot” at nationals as he has the third fastest time in the nation at 9:21.29.
Simek has the 11th fastest time in the 500 free and 19th fastest time in the 400IM. On the women's side, Claire Jepsen is 13th in the 500 free and 17th in the 200 free. Taylor Birsa is 20th in the 200 breast and 22nd in the 400IM. Anna Grinter is 15th and Tanya Sylvester is 21st in the 200 fly.
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