KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - The Truman State University men's swimming team welcomed Missouri S&T into Pershing Natatorium on Friday for an afternoon affair. The Miners took first place in eight of the 11 events to defeat the Bulldogs, 123-73.
KEY PERFORMANCES
Sam Heveroh touched the wall first in the 200 free and did so with a time of 1:40.35.
Truman's other individual win came from
Mark Franz in the 200 breast where he was clocked at 2:19.41.
The Bulldogs also placed second and third in the 200 breast thanks to
Keegan Miller (2:23.25) and
Jake O'Bryan (2:23.43).
The Purple and White's third top-of-the podium showing came in the 400 freestyle relay.
There, the team of Heveroh,
Riley Olson,
Austin Baker, and
Lliot Gieseke won it with a mark of 3:11.27.
In second for that event was the quartet of
Grant Lair,
Jack McCormick,
John Breen, and
Scott Lair at 3:19.42.
QUOTABLES
Truman Head Coach Jerod Simek
"The men fought hard today against a top conference opponent. We are still broken down from our winter training and sickness the last month, but we've fought hard and are seeing positive things moving into the last two and a half weeks before the conference championship."
UP NEXT
The men and women will host for the final time this season with Washington-St. Louis in town on Sunday for Senior Day and action is set to begin at 12:30 p.m. inside Pershing Natatorium.
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