Swimmers close dual meet season with win at Truman
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. -- The UMR swimming team closed out its dual meet season in winning fashion Friday night, winning 11 of the 13 events in a 119-81 win over Truman State University.
UMR had the winning performance in each of the first 11 events and had the best times in the other two events that they swam as exhibitions.
The Miners' winning performances included two wins from Matt Hug, as he took first in the 200-freestyle in 1:42.68 and later in the 500-freestyle with a time of 4:39.41.
Other firsts came from Andrew Trowbridge in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:45.73, Chris Scheuber in the 50-freestyle in 21.54 seconds, Matt Adams in the 200-individual medley in 1:58.89, Brian Howell in the 200-butterfly in 2:00.58, Mark Chamberlain in the 100-freestyle in 47.88 seconds and Travis Stensby in the 200-backstroke in 1:54.98.
Matt Hammond had the best time in the 200-breaststroke as he finished in 2:09.34, while David Calcara had a time of 2:10.90 and Bill Gaul a mark of 2:13.33 in the event.
Second place finishes were recorded by Andy Shelley in the 200-freestyle in 1:47.75, Chamberlain in the 50-freestyle in 21.72 seconds, Kyle Kammer in the 200-IM in 2:00.31 and 200-backstroke in 1:55.73, Dustin Spieker in the 200-butterfly in 2:00.75 and Trowbridge in the 500-freestyle in 4:50.53.
UMR also had a third place showing from Scheuber in the 100-freestyle as he posted a time of 49.15 seconds.
UMR's 400-medley relay team of Kammer, Calcara, Stensby and Hug won in a time of 3:30.66, while the quartet of Howell, Gaul, Adams and David Sanchez-Turner took second. The Miners also had the best time in the 400-free relay of 3:11.21 with Adams, Scheuber, Sanchez-Turner and Chamberlain recording that mark.
The Miners' next competition will take place at the New South Intercollegiate Swimming Championships, which begin Feb. 14 at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss.
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