SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Miner swimming team dropped a dual meet decision Saturday by a count of 140-90 to defending NCAA Division II champion Drury, but had three of its swimmers make a provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA Division II Championships.
The Panthers won nine of the 11 events in the meet, with the Miner victories coming from Matt Hug in the 1,000-yard freestyle in a time of 9:33 -- which made the B-cut standard for the NCAA Division II meet -- and Brian Howell in the 200-yard butterfly where he edged DU's Kyle Kearbey by three-hundredths of a second in 1:58.71.
Hug also finished second in the 500-freestyle Saturday with a time of 4:36.06 that made the B-cut time for the national meet.
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Andrew Trowbridge did it in the 1,000-freestyle with his mark of 9:47.37 and Jeff Enge in the 400-yard individual medley with his time of 4:11.19.
UMR got second place showings from Kyle Kammer in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:48.61, Kyle Gordon in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.98 and 100-free in 48.92 and Zlatan Hamzic in the 200-breaststroke in 2:09.05.
The Miners' 400-yard medley relay team of Kammer, David Calcara, Paul Reinisch and Gordon also took second in 3:36.55 as did the 400-freestyle relay quartet of Hug, David Sanchez-Turner, Jeff Enge and Mark Chamberlain with a time of 3:15.43.
Andrew Trowbridge had a third in the 500-freestyle in 4:44.90, as did Kammer in the 200-backstroke in 1:56.04, Chamberlain in the 200-free in 1:49.80 and 100-free in 49.35 seconds, Sanchez-Turner in the 50-free in 22.47, Zach Lemons in the 200-butterfly in 1:59.42, Calcara in the 200-breaststroke in 2:10.05 and Enge in the 400-IM.
UMR will compete next weekend at the Western Kentucky Invitational, a three-day meet that begins Friday in Bowling Green, Ky.
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