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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University of Missouri-Rolla swimming team gained six All-America performances on the opening night of the NCAA Division II Swimming Championships and find themselves in fifth place after day one of the competition.
Matt Adams broke the school record in the 200-yard individual medley as he recorded the highest individual finish of the night. His fourth place showing in the event came in a time of 1:51.31 after he had the second-best time in the preliminaries of 1:52.17.
Adams broke the oldest standing school record in a non-diving event, as Derek Coon's mark of 1:52.39 had stood since March 12, 1986, or just over 21 years ago.
Kyle Kammer missed the B-final in the event by over a second as he swam a time of 1:56.71.
The Miners also had All-America performances on an individual basis from Matt Hug and Andrew Trowbridge in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Hug took seventh in the event with a school record time of 9:27.46, while Trowbridge earned honorable mention All-America by coming in 14th in 9:42.32.
UMR's 200-yard medley relay team of Travis Stensby, Bill Gaul, Matt Adams and Chris Scheuber placed sixth in that event with a time of 1:32.34, a slight improvement over its time in the preliminary round.
The Miners had nobody in the finals of the 50-yard freestyle; Scheuber was the highest finisher in the prelims with a 20th place showing in a time of 21.11 seconds.
UMR finished the first day of competition with 56 points, which is four points better than the 52 recorded by West Chester and seven in back of fourth place California-San Diego. Drury leads the competition after the opening day with 152 points.
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