Nov. 20, 2014
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The Missouri State men's and women's swimming and diving teams return to action after a three-week break from competition at the University of Louisville Invitational, beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Ralph Wright Natatorium in Louisville, Ky.
The Invite will span over a three-day period from Friday through Sunday. Preliminary races begin at 9 a.m. each day, with the finals starting at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Diving preliminary rounds follow the swimming preliminaries each day. The diving session finals take place at night during the swim meet on Friday and Saturday, while only one session of 10-meter diving will take place on Sunday. A live results link for the Invite is available on the Missouri State swimming and diving schedule page at missouristatebears.com. Mobile users can follow along with the meet on the free Meet Mobile application.
The Bears will be competing against the host Louisville Cardinals, as well as Connecticut, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky and James Madison. Louisville is ranked fifth in the most recent edition of the CSCAA NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Rankings and 17th in the Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Rankings.
Order of Events (*taking place during swimming events)
Friday, Nov. 21
Prelims - 9 a.m. approximate start
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
Men's 1-Meter Diving and Women's 3-Meter Diving
Finals - 5 p.m. approximate start
200 Free Relay
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
*Men's 1-Meter Diving and Women's 3-Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay
Saturday, Nov. 22
Prelims - 9 a.m. approximate start
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
Men's 3-Meter Diving and Women's 1-Meter Diving
Finals - 5 p.m. approximate start
200 Medley Relay
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
*Men's 3-Meter Diving and Women's 1-Meter Diving
Sunday, Nov. 23
Prelims - 9 a.m. approximate start
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
1650 Freestyle (Timed Final)
Men's and Women's 10-Meter Diving
Finals - 2:30 p.m. approximate start
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Free Relay
Scoring Format
Twenty-four places will be scored in individual events. Relays will count as double, but only one relay will be scored per team. Each swimmer may swim in a maximum of four individual events and five relays. Each diver will have six dives in the preliminary rounds, with the top eight advancing to the evening finals.
Swimming Breakdown: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22, 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11, 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Last Meet Overview
The Missouri State swimming and diving team completed an eventful month on Friday, Oct. 31, in dual action against Missouri at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
While the men's side and women's team fell to the Southeastern Conference member, the Bears had a variety of swimmers break season-best times this season.
Uvis Kalnins was one of those top performers for the Bears. He swam the anchor leg of the 400 medley squad - which included Paul Le, Isaac Springer and Matthew Wilson - that posted a season-best time of 3:19.83. Kalnins also posted season-best times while finishing first in the 400 IM (3:53.51) and second in the 100 free (44.85). He eventually earned the Mid-American Conference Swimmer of the Week award following the Missouri meet.
The men had several notable season-best performances. Miguel Davila finished second in the 1000 free with a time of 9:25.32, while Max Pratt had a personal mark of 10:17.17. Isaac McKnight placed third in the 200 free (1:42.60) and Will Brand finished in a time of 1:43.61. Christopher Heye completed the 400 IM in 4:08.50 and Ethan Bresette topped his best time in the 200 fly (1:56.91).
Paul Le earned top honors in the 200 back (1:45.65) and a runner-up finish in the 50 free (20.49). Garrett Nevels led the MSU divers with runner-up finishes on the 1-meter diving board (3:28.88) and the 3-meter board (340.35).
The women's team also had several top times set in the dual with Missouri.
The Bears went 2-5 in the 1000 free with Suzanne Van Rensburg (10:31.01), Heather Snyder (10:31.07), Emma Metz (10:49.82) and Carly Wright (10:56.17) all posting season bests in the event. Van Rensburg (5:14.69) also earned her top time of the year in the 500 free.
Ibby Simcox (1:57.72) and Shawna Elsey (1:59.58) hit 2014-15 best marks in the 200 free, as did Briana Horozewski (4:37.97) in the 400 IM and Lauren Williams (2:13.25) in the 200 fly. Emily Chesser, Megan Holthoff and Quincy Howell also set season-bests in the 200 back.
Weekly Honors Update
The Missouri State swimming and diving team has had four individuals during the 2014-15 season earn conference swimmer of the week honors.
MSU's Uvis Kalnins, Garrett Nevels, Lauren Paveland Paul Le make up the contingent of MSU student-athletes to be recognized this season.
Junior Missouri State swimmer Uvis Kalnins was named the Mid-American Conference Men's Swimmer of the Week in consecutive weeks - with the latest on Nov. 3 - for performances against Missouri and Denver. In an Oct. 31 dual against Missouri, Kalnins swam the anchor leg on a second-place 400 medley relay squad that posted a season-best time, while also posting top individual top times this season in the 400 IM and 100 free. In a meet with Denver on Oct. 24-25, Kalnins helped the Bears' squad break four pool records at the Robinson Natatorium in Lawrence, Kan.
Missouri State senior diver Garrett Nevelswas named the Mid-American Conference Men's Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 20 for his performance at the Duel in the Pool. The three-time conference diver of the year and now three-time MAC Men's Swimmer of the week broke Hammons Student Center and Missouri State school records in the 1- and 3-meter diving events to earn the award.
Sophomore Lauren Pavel earned one of the Missouri Valley Conference's Swimmer of the Week awards on Oct. 14 following her effort in duals at Evansville and Southern Illinois. The 2013-14 all-MVC swimmer won four individual events over a weekend versus the Purple Aces and the Salukis, including sweeping all three events she competed in for the Bears at Evansville.
Senior Paul Le was recognized on Oct. 6 as the Men's Swimmer of the Week by the Mid-American Conference for his performance at the Missouri Show-Me Showdown. Le won both of the events he competed in individually at the Showdown and also helped two relay teams to fourth-place finishes. Swimming opposite the University of Missouri and seven other colleges, Le won the 200 IM in a time of 1:48.47 and the 100 backstroke with a time of 48.89. He has now been awarded conference swimmer of the week six times in his career.
Men's Swimming and Diving First in Preseason Poll
The Missouri State men's swimming and diving team was selected to finish first in the Mid-American Conference preseason coaches' poll, announced Friday, Oct. 3.
Following the Bears' 19th conference championship in 2013-14 - and first as a member of the MAC - MSU was chosen among the conference's head coaches for this year's title, ahead of the likes of Eastern Michigan, Buffalo, Miami, Southern Illinois, Ball State and Evansville.
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