Bish Earns Top-20 Finish at NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

Wednesday, March 21

Minneapolis, Minn.

10:00 a.m.

Missouri State University

Men's NCAA Championships

Bish Earns Top-20 Finish at NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

March 23, 2018 | Swimming and Diving

By: MSU Athletics Communications

Results

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – In his third appearance at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, junior transfer Blair Bish placed 18^th overall in the 100 breaststroke, Friday at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

Bish finished the 100 breast in 52.63 seconds for a seventh-place finish in heat six. Racing against Indiana standout Ian Finnerty, Bish completed the first 50 yards in 24.50 seconds and finished out the event with a 28.13-second split. His time was .70 seconds over his personal best set at the 2018 Mid-American Conference Championship, but still topped every other Bear in the MSU record book.

The transfer from Arizona was the 11^th Bear in program history to qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Bish's efforts at the NCAA Championships continues tomorrow, where he enters the 200 breast at No. 41. He sits second all-time in the MSU record books after his bronze-medal performance at the 2018 MAC Championship. He finished third at the league meet in 1:56.61.

ESPN3.com will live stream finals sessions on Friday and Saturday. Saturday's morning session will be streamed live on www.gophersports.com. Additionally, ESPNU will air a two-hour show at 5 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, April 4. For all the latest information on the Missouri State swimming and diving team, visit missouristatebears.com or follow @MoStateSwim on Twitter.

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