ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T’s swimming team opened its home schedule on a winning note Saturday morning, winning six of the 11 events to take a
120-85 decision over Ouachita Baptist at the S&T pool.
Not only did the Miners have six firsts in the meet against a team that placed fifth at last year’s NCAA Division II Championships – S&T finished two spots ahead of OBU in third – they also had nine second place showings to boost their efforts Saturday.
Andrew Trowbridge won two events to head the S&T individual performances, winning both of the distance freestyle races with times of 9:43.34 in the 1,000-yard race and 4:43.85 in the 500-free. The Miners also got winning efforts from Andrew Schranck in the 200-individual medley in 1:53.80, Phil Arve in the 200-butterfly in 1:53.70 and Zlatan Hamzic in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:07.86.
S&T also got a win from its 400-yard medley relay team of Jeff Enge, Hamzic, Schranck and David Sanchez-Turner with a time of 3:28.18.
The Miners had second place showings from Danny Murphy in the 1,000-freestyle in 9:53.50 and the 500-free in 4:46.73, Arve in the 200-freestyle in 1:46.46, Sean Deegan in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.80 seconds, Enge in the 200-backstroke in 1:54.04 and Zach Lemons in the 200-breaststroke in 2:09.51.
S&T also had a tie for second between Schranck and Agi VanWetering in the 100-yard freestyle as both posted times of 47.93 seconds.
The Miners’ 400-yard freestyle relay team of Deegan, Arve, Sanchez-Turner and Hamilton Vernon took second as well Saturday with a time of 3:12.12.
Vernon placed third in the 200-freestyle in 1:46.92, as did VanWetering in the 50-freestyle in 22.06 seconds, Enge in the 200-IM in 1:58.37, Lemons in the 200-butterfly in 1:58.01, Sanchez-Turner in the 500-freestyle in 5:01.64 and Matt Welsh in the 200-yard backstroke with a mark of 1:58.18.
The Miners swept the top three spots in the 500-freestyle.
S&T will return to action next Saturday when it travels to Springfield to face defending NCAA Division II champion Drury in a 1 p.m. dual meet.