ST. LOUIS - The Truman State University men's and women's swimming teams traveled to Saint Louis' tri-meet on Saturday afternoon to compete against the Division I Billikens as well as NAIA member, Lindenwood-Belleville. The men defeated Lindenwood-Belleville, 121-80, but fell to Saint Louis, 61-153. The women also defeated the Lynx, 178-20, but came up short against the Billikens, 76-141.
KEY PERFORMANCES
Truman took home first in five evnets including three on the men's side and two for the women.
Sam Heveroh had his hand in all three of those victories. Individually, he was first in the 50 free (21.49) and 100 free (46.16).
The third men's win came in the 200 free relay with the quartet of Heveroh,
Riley Olson,
Jack McKenzie, and
Lliot Gieseke with a time of 1:25.98.
Switching over to the women,
Maggie Hickey touched the wall first in the 200 fly with a mark of 2:09.54.
The women's other first-place showing came in the 200 breast where
Natalie Galluzzo was on top of the podium with a time of 2:26.81.
As far as second and third-place finishes, the men combined for three while the women put together 10 of them.
QUOTABLES
Truman Head Coach Jerod Simek
"We swam very tired this week, but were able to race very well! Our 200's of strokes were executed very well and we were able to hold our paces well for our distance events. As we head into taper, Nikki and I are very excited at what the team will accomplish! We have a very good chance to get personal-best times, NCAA cuts and win some races against top DI talent. We get to race SLU again in two weeks at the TYR Invite. We will be a different team with some rest and recovery and have another shot to win some races against SLU and the other teams at the meet."
UP NEXT
Truman will head to Evanston, Ill. on Friday-Sunday, Nov. 16-18 to compete in Northwestern's TYR Invite.
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