KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - The Truman State University men's and women's swimming teams opened up their home schedules with a sweep on Saturday as they hosted Missouri-St. Louis and Maryville. The men beat the Tritons, 104-97, and the Saints, 142-50. On the women's side, they went 2-0 with a 160-39 score over Missouri-St. Louis and 163-21 mark against Maryville.
KEY PERFORMANCES
The men racked up six wins as
Sam Heveroh and
Lliot Gieseke each had their hands in a pair of victories. Both were a part of the winning 400 free relay team (3:08.68) and were joined by
Riley Olson and
Jack McKenzie.
Heveroh's solo victory came in the 200 free (1:42.34) while Gieseke was the first to touch the wall in the 100 free (48.12).
The men's other three first-place showings came from
Connor Neils in the 1000 free (10:06.33),
Austin Mayer in the 400 IM (4:18.19) and
John Breen in the 200 breast (2:13.10).
Switching over to the women's 11 wins,
Emma Barnett and
Kaylee Sisson were each involved in three of them. Both were members of the first-place 400 medley relay (4:00.25) along with
Allison Garrett and
Maggie Hickey.
Barnett's other individual wins came in the 200 free (1:58.47) and the 200 back (2:08.38).
Back to Sisson, she was also the anchor for the 400 free relay (3:42.28) as she followed up
Maisy Kurucz,
Lexi Krogman (pictured) and
Alexis Poe.
Sissons was also the first to touch the wall for the 100 free with a time of 54.07.
The Bulldogs racked up three more wins in the freestyle events including
Shannon Dague in the 1000 free (10:48.38),
Emma Brabham in the 50 free (24.79) and
Megan Mensinger in the 500 free (5:22.32).
The Purple and White's final three victories came from
Annika Hofer in the 400 IM (4:43.94),
Maggie Hickey in the 200 fly (2:09.68) and
Ginny Schranck in the 200 breast (2:27.41).
QUOTABLES
Truman Head Coach Jerod Simek
"This meet was a nice start to our conference meets with some strong swims. It was our first chance to swim some 200 strokes before our mid-season meet in November. We were really impressed with our freshmen stepping up on relays and making their presence known.
Maisy Kurucz had strong swims in the 200 free and relay splits. For the men,
Grant Lair had solid swims and
Connor Neils swam well with a tough double! We look forward to our next conference competition next week against William Jewell."
UP NEXT
Next up, as mentioned by coach Simek, the men and women will both host William Jewell on Saturday, Oct. 20 with the action set to begin at 1 p.m.
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