ST. LOUIS – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's and women's swimming team resumed their 2025-26 schedule with a dual meet at Washington University-St. Louis at Millstone Pool on Friday evening.

The Triton men fell to the Bears 124-72 and the women lost 160-73.

Justice Beard led the way for the women winning the 200 and 500 freestyle races. She won the 200 by over half a second against Iris Qi with a time of 1:54.38 and the 500 free in a time of 5:04.25. Beard also swam the anchor leg on the winning 200 free relay team along with Audrey Lantz, Madison Bottorff and Romina Itzkovich. The quartet turned in a time of 1:39.96.

UMSL's 200 medley relay foursome of Aeri La, Stella Garrison, Lantz and Itzkovich finished second at 1:50.86.

Libby Smith finished third in the 1,000 free in a time of 10:54.16, Callie Clinton took third in the 100 fly at 1:01.44 with Itzkovich finishing right behind her in fourth with a time of 1:01.74. La and Lantz took third and fourth in the 100 backstroke in times of 1:01.54 and 1:01.70 respectively.

On the men's side, the Tritons 200 medley relay squad of Maxwell Wetteland, Landon Hanesworth, Kaleb Suitor and Lathan Parks finished third in a time of 1:35.76 while UMSL's second team in the relay of Gabriel Wells, Dylan Bonnett, Donald Saunders and Joan Cortadellas Llubera was fourth at 1:35.97.

Carson Ring and Saunders came in third and fourth in the 1,000 free with times of 10:22.72 and 10:47.11 respectively. Aaron Wicklund took fourth in the 200 free in a time of 1:46.08 while Wells was the runner-up in the 50 free with a time of 21.76 seconds. Parks finished second in the 100 free at 48.11 while Wicklund was fourth in the race with a time of 48.26 seconds.

The Triton 200 free relay team of Parks, Suitor, Wells and Llubera won with a time of 1:25.21 while the second squad of Wetteland, Isaac Scherman, Wicklund and Mattia Nardi posted a time of 1:27.26.

UMSL hosts Henderson State on Saturday (Jan. 17) at 10 a.m. at the UMSL Swimming Pool inside the Mark Twain Building.