Swimming Recap: Bulldogs Battle Div. I Missouri State on Saturday

Truman/Missouri State Results (PDF)

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - - Sophomore Evyn Spencer took two individual first-place finishes and helped guide the Bulldogs' 200 Free Relay to a third first-place finish, as the Truman women's swimming team dropped a 108-91 decision at Div. I Missouri State on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldog men lost 134-65 to MSU as well, picking up a handful of second-place finishes on the day.

Spencer's victory in the 200 IM (2:09.80) came by more than 2.25 seconds on the second-place MSU finisher, while she tapped the wall in 59.49 in the 100 Back to pick up her second win of the day. She then swam the first leg of the Bulldogs' 200 Free Relay squad that beat the Bears to the wall by .07 seconds for a first-place time of 1:40.22. Emily Ponte and Jamie Fitzpatrick swam the middle legs, while Alison Stricker posted a 23.87 anchor leg time – more than .50 seconds faster than the Bears' anchor – to cap off the Saturday meet with a Bulldog relay win.

Senior Abby Hempen was on the flip side of a tight finish in her 100 Breast event, as she was edged by .06 seconds with a time of 1:08.68.

On the men's side, the Bulldogs grabbed second (Will Shanel), third (Derek Mielke) and fourth (Conner John) in the 100 Fly, while Tim Senholtz and Alec Morgan hit the touchpad at the exact same time – 50.31 – in the 100 Free to tie for second place.

A whirlwind weekend for the Bulldogs is now complete, with the teams set to compete just one more time in the regular season before the mid-February Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships in Crawfordsville, Ind. Truman will battle both Div. I Kansas and GLVC-rival William Jewell in Kansas City next Saturday (Jan. 24).

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Players Mentioned

Abby Hempen: Breast/IM; Senior

Emily Ponte: Free; Sophomore

Evyn Spencer: Free/Back/Fly/IM; Sophomore

Conner John: Breast/IM; Junior

Alec Morgan: Free/Fly; Junior

Tim Senholtz: Free/Fly/IM; Junior

Derek Mielke: Breast/IM; Freshman

Will Shanel: Free/Fly/IM; Freshman

Jamie Fitzpatrick: Free; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Abby Hempen
: Senior
: Breast/IM

Emily Ponte
: Sophomore
: Free

Evyn Spencer
: Sophomore
: Free/Back/Fly/IM

Conner John
: Junior
: Breast/IM

Alec Morgan
: Junior
: Free/Fly

Tim Senholtz
: Junior
: Free/Fly/IM

Derek Mielke
: Freshman
: Breast/IM

Will Shanel
: Freshman
: Free/Fly/IM

Jamie Fitzpatrick
: Freshman
: Free