St. Louis – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's and women's swimming teams swept its dual meet against Truman State on Saturday afternoon at the St. Louis Community College – Forest Park Campus Swimming Pool in St. Louis. The men won 158-94 while the women won 165-88.
On the women's side, the No. 24 Tritons won 12 of the 14 events contested led by
Justice Beard as she won the 50 free, 500 free and 1,000 free and swam the anchor leg on the winning 200-yard free relay teams. She had a season best time of 10:00.32 in the 1,000, swam the 50 in 25.05 seconds and the 500 in a time of 4:56.88. She swam with
Audrey Lantz,
Lena Olender, and
Kayla Rompala in the 200 free relay that finished with a time of 1:37.47.
A. Lantz won both the 100 backstroke and 100 fly with times of 58.58 and 59.08 seconds respectively. She also swam the third leg of the 200 medley relay team with
Ella Lantz, Olender and Rompala that had the winning time of 1:45.56.
UMSL went 1-2-3 in the 100 free with E. Lantz posting the winning time of 53.15 seconds followed by
Kelsey Roth at 54.32 seconds and Rompala at 54.50 seconds.
Uxue Ortiz de Pinedo won the 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley in times of 2:19.51 and 2:12.38 respectively.
Danaka Tucker won the 200 fly at 2:11.49 and
Hailey DuVall was the winner in the 200 free in a time of 1:57.33.
For the men, they won eight events led by
Mattia Nardi and
Mikael Larsson who won two events apiece. Nardi won the 200 free at 1:42.00 and the 100 fly in a time of 51.00 seconds. Larsson won the 200 fly with a time of 1:54.18 and the 200 IM at 1:56.69.
Jan Spehar claimed the top spot in the 100 free at 46.45 seconds and
Dylan Bonnett was victorious in the 200 breast in a time of 2:09.40.
UMSL's 200 medley relay foursome of
Gabriel Mosto,
Landon Hanesworth,
Kaleb Suitor and
Stellio Hasapis won with a time of 1:31.90 and the 200 free relay quartet of
Henrique Silva,
Lathan Parks, Haspis and Suitor posted the winning time of 1:23.25.
The Tritons return to the pool November 20-22 competing in their mid-year meet at the University of Chicago Phoenix Fall Classic in Chicago, Ill.