St. Louis – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's and women's swimming teams opened its 2026-27 season competing at the STL Showcase against McKendree, Saint Louis University and Wash U on Saturday at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center in Edwardsville, Ill.
The Tritons combined to post 14 top 10 finishes during the competition.
For the women,
Justice Beard had a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.24 while
Uxue Ortiz de Pinedo and
Lena Olender finished fourth and fifth with times of 1:07.69 and 1:07.76 respectively in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Audrey Lantz took sixth in the 50-yard free at 24.97,
Ella Lantz finished seventh in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.26.
UMSL's 850-yard freestyle relay team of Beard,
Danaka Tucker, Olender and A. Lantz finished fourth in a time of 8:33.16 and it's 200-yard medley relay team of E. Lantz, Ortiz de Pinedo, A. Lantz and Olender was tied for fifth at 1:51.03.
On the men's side,
Gabriel Mosto posted two top 10 finishes as he was fourth in the 100-yard back in a time of 51.83 seconds and took sixth in the 200-yard individual medley at 1:56.69.
Landon Hanesworth and
Dylan Bonnett finished eighth and 10th in the 100-yard breaststroke with times of 59.58 seconds and 1:00.08 respectively.
UMSL's 850-yard freestyle relay team of
Mikael Larsson,
Mattia Nardi,
Stellio Hasapis and
Lathan Parks came in fourth with a time of 7:48.16 and the 200-yard medley quartet of
Henrique Silva, Hanesworth, Parks and Hasapis were fourth at 1:35.13.
UMSL's mixed 200-yard freestyle relay team of Hasapis, Parks, A. Lantz and Olender finished fifth in a time of 1:31.36.
The Tritons return to the pool on Friday (Oct. 16) hosting Rockhurst at 12 p.m. at St. Louis Community College.
