SPRINGFIELD – In its final meet of the regular season, the Missouri State men's swimming and diving team will face stout competition at the Shamrock Invitational on Jan. 26-27 at  the campus of Notre Dame.
 
At the invitational, the Bears will compete against No. 16 Ohio State, No. 22 Notre Dame, as well as Iowa and Wisconsin. The two-day meet features three sessions beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, followed by the second session at 4 p.m. Session three is slated for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27.
 

SHAMROCK INVITATIONAL
Session One	Friday, Jan. 26 | 9 a.m. CT
Session Two	Friday, Jan. 26 | 4 p.m. CT
Session Three	Saturday, Jan. 27 | 10 a.m. CT
Location	South Bend, Ind.
Site	Rolfs Aquatic Center
Follow Along	Friday Live Results | Saturday Live Results
Missouri State	2017-18 Record Book | Swimming & Diving Home Page | Twitter

Order of Events
Friday, Jan. 26 – 9 a.m.
200 Freestyle Relay
500 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle
400 Medley Relay
3-Meter Diving
1-Meter Diving
 
Friday, Jan. 26 – 4 p.m.
200 Medley Relay
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
800 Freestyle Relay
1-Meter Diving
3-Meter Diving
 
Saturday, Jan. 27 – 10 a.m.
1650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Freestyle Relay
 
Scoring
Individual: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Relay: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22
 
Bear Bites
The Bears look to bounce back after an intense showdown against in-state foe Missouri. In the Bears' last home meet of the season, Artur Osvath and Antonio Thomas were the two Bears to bring in individual victories. Named the CollegeSwimming Mid Major National Swimmer of the Week, Osvath set two new pool records as well as a program and Mid-American Conference record in the 200 fly.
 
The veteran swimmer blew out the pool and school record in the 200 fly with a B-standard time of 1:44.86. He went on to break another pool record, this time in the 200 breast, with a B-standard time of 1:59.79. Thomas touched the wall first in the 1000 free, where he completed the event in 9:21.69.
 
Blair Bish remains No. 3 in the nation in the 100 breast after grinding out a time of 52.20 seconds at the Purdue Invitational. Six other Bears have posted top-100 times and the men lead the Mid-American Conference in 11 individual events and four relays.
 
Top-100 National Rankings
Blair Bish – 3^rd, 100 breast;
Christopher Heye – 71^st, 200 breast; 75^th, 400 IM
Minki Kang – 67^th, 1650 free; 88^th, 1000 free;
Artur Osvath – 15^th, 200 breast; 40^th, 200 fly; 42^nd, 200 IM
Nicholas Theunissen – 98^th, 100 breast;
Antonio Thomas – 41^st, 1650 free; 45^th, 1000 free;
Phillip Willett – 58^th, 200 breast; 69^th, 100 breast
 
Final Details
Session one is set to begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 26 at Rolfs Aquatic Center. Session is slated for 4 p.m. on Friday and session three will start at approximately 10 a.m. on Saturday. Live updates will be available on Twitter and Meet Mobile. For all the latest information on the Missouri State swimming and diving team, visit missouristatebears.com or follow @MoStateSwim on Twitter.