CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The Missouri S&T swimming team is still in second place after the second day of the New South Intercollegiate Swimming Championships at Delta State University.
The Miners did capture their first individual title of the meet as Matt Hug claimed first in the 500-yard freestyle with a winning time of 4:32.97. S&T also got a third place finish in the event from Andrew Trowbridge in 4:39.82.
Zach Lemons also had a third place finish Thursday in the 200-individual medley with a time of 1:55.92. S&T had three other finishers among the top seven in that event as Jeff Enge was fifth in 1:56.38, Dustin Spieker was sixth in 1:56.89 and Rory Swift took seventh in 1:56.96.
David Sanchez-Turner finished sixth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.52 seocnds, while Mark Chamberlain was seventh in 21.70 and Kyle Gordon eighth in 21.73.
The Miners also had a fourth place finish from their 200-yard freestyle relay team of Gordon, Chamberlain, Sanchez-Turner and Hug as they posted a time of 1:25.21. S&T's 400-medley relay team took ninth as the quartet of Enge, David Calcara, Lemons and Hug posted a mark of 3:27.75.
The Miners are currently 23 points in back of Ouachita Baptist in the team standings, but have put some room between themselves and third place Delta State as they have a 53 1/2 point lead over the Statesmen at the midway point of the meet.
The meet continues Friday.
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