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| Andrew Trowbridge |
ST. PETERS, Mo. – The University of Missouri-Rolla swimming team had nine first-place performances and came away victorious in the team standings as well Saturday in a quadrangular meet with Lindenwood, Saint Louis and Rose-Hulman held at the Rec Plex in St. Peters.
The Miners easily outdistanced their competition, scoring 132 points to nearly double the score of 67 posted by runner-up Lindenwood. Saint Louis finished with 53 points and Rose-Hulman with seven.
UMR got winning efforts that also surpassed the B-cut times for the NCAA Division II Championships from Andrew Trowbridge in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:38.95, Matt Hug in the 200-freestyle in 1:42.94 and Mark Chamberlain in the 50-freestyle in 21.42 seconds. Hug also had a first in the 500-yard freestyle, where he had already met the B-standard in the event in the Miners’ season-opening meet, with a time of 4:38.81.
The Miners also got winning performances from Matt Adams in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:57.06 that narrowly missed the B-cut and David Calcara in the 100-yard breaststroke in 59.60 seconds.
In addition, the Miners swept the three relay events that were contested Saturday, as the 200-medley relay team of Kyle Kammer, Adams, Travis Stensby and Chris Scheuber won with a time of 1:36.61, the 200-freestyle relay team of Scheuber, David Sanchez-Turner, Andy Shelley and Chamberlain won in 1:26.26 and the 400-free relay quartet of Shelley, Brian Howell, Paul Reinisch and Hug finished with a winning mark of 3:14.72.
UMR also got seconds from Matt Hammond in the 1,000-free in 10:11.63, Scheuber in the 50-freestyle in 21.55, Kammer in the 200-IM in 1:59.78 and 100-backstroke in 53.53, Adams in the 100-butterfly in 51.78, Chamberlain in the 100-freestyle in 47.17 seconds and Trowbridge in the 500-free in 4:45.94.
Adams’ time in the 100-butterfly also fell under the B-cut for the national meet.
Third place finishes were posted by Shelley in the 200-freestyle in 1:48.48 and Howell in the 100-fly in 52.58, while Sanchez-Turner was fourth in the 100-freestyle in 49.25 seconds as was Stensby in the 100-backstroke in 53.87.
The Miners’ second 200-medley relay team consisting of Howell, Calcara, Reinisch and Sanchez-Turner finished right behind their teammates in second with a time of 1:38.59.
UMR’s next competition will be on Nov. 10 when its hosts its only meet of the 2006-07 season against defending NCAA Division II champion Drury. The meet will get underway at 4:30 p.m. at the UMR Pool in the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.
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