Results: Team | Individual

LEBANON, Ill. - The Truman State University men's and women's swimming teams hit the road for the first time this season on Saturday in a tri-meet featuring the Bulldogs, host McKendree and Division I Southern Illinois. On the men's side, Truman fell to the Salukis, 158-130, and the Bearcats, 171.5-118.5. For the women, they lost to Southern Illinois, 238-70, but defeated homestanding McKendree, 145-129.

Starting with the men, they won two events including the 50 free and 400 IM. Sam Heveroh and Will Shanel took home those titles with times of 21.37 and 4:05.60, respectively. As far as second- and third-place finishes, Truman achieved such honors six times and two times, respectively.

The Bulldogs were the second-best finisher in two events including the 200 medley relay and the 400 free relay. In the medley relay, it was Riley Brown, Mark Franz, Caleb Kruse, and Sam Heveroh with a time of 1:35.18. In the free relay, the four swimmers were Lliot Gieseke, Jack McCormick, JT Thayer (pictured), and Heveroh with a mark of 3:10.02.

The other four second-place showings for the men included Heveroh in the 200 free (1:41.90), Will Shanel in the 200 fly (1:56.92), Gieseke in the 100 free (47.39), and Thayer in the 500 free (4:41.12). As far as third-place finishes, Austin Mayer did so in the 200 fly with a time of 1:59.57 and Jack McKenzie did so in the 100 fly with a mark of 53.04.

The women didn't take home any titles, but secured a second-place finish in two events and a third-place showing in four of them. In second was the 200 medley relay (Grace Fodor, Natalie Galluzzo, Libby Opfer, and Nikki Sisson) with a time of 1:49.73 as well as the 100 free (N. Sisson) with a mark of 53.48.

In third place was Jasmine Roghair in the 1000 free (10:43.32), Roghair in the 500 free (5:14.25), Opfer in the 200 fly (2:10.17), and Maggie Hickey in the 100 fly (58.12).

Next up, both Truman squads will be at William Jewell on Saturday, Nov. 4 with the action set to begin at 1 p.m. from Liberty, Mo.

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