Results
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DALLAS, TEXAS – Sydney Radloff's individual title in the 400 IM headlined the Missouri State men's and women's swimming and diving teams' second-day efforts at the SMU Invite Friday evening at the Robson and Lindley Aquatics Center.
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After another productive day of races, the women maintain a sixth-place team standing with 269.5 points while the men jumped to third with 468.5, moving behind Power Five competition LSU.
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Picking up the Bears' third individual event win of the invitational, Radloff swam a personal-best 4:18.10 time in a tight 400 IM race, edging out Fresno State's Darina Khisiamova a smidge under two-tenths of a second and creating some much-needed momentum for the Bears.
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"Personally, I am very excited about my first-place finish in the 400 IM," said Radloff. "Turning in a best time was encouraging and so was the constant support from my teammates."
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MSU continued to contribute impressive swims in the freestyle portion, seeing
Libby Howell and
Arthur Cury place in the top-three during the 200 freestyle. Howell followed up her successful first day results with a runner-up finish in the short-distance freestyle event, clocking in a 1:48.29 mark. Cury piled on clutch points for the Bears in the same race shortly after with a 1:36.89 third-place time.
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Anna Miller and
Pawel Krawczyk rounded out the A-final point-scorers in the 200 freestyle, earning seventh (1:51.09) and sixth (1:38.19) placements, respectively.
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Michael Hampel claimed the Bears final top-three result of the second session, swimming a 53.99 runner-up time in the 100 breaststroke.
Samuel Senn and
Conner Funke also engineered top-ten times for the Bears to build key points down the stretch.
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"The Bears consistently ran the energy of the meet, resulting in a huge momentum swing for us," said Hampel. "Tomorrow we will be saving the best for last."
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MSU capped the second session with a pair of A-final finishes from
Sarah Allegri and
Noah Witzki in the 100 backstroke. Allegri garnered a seventh-place (55.85) time while Witzki settled for eighth (50.04).
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Turning to the relay races, MSU earned two results ranked among the top three, coming in a third-place decision in the men's 200 medley (1:28.03) and a runner-up time in the 800 free (6:33.50).
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Michael Claunch proved to be the Bears' leading point scorer on the 1-meter boards, clinching a 284.10 fourth-place score on the second day.
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The Bears resume competition tomorrow with prelims at 10 a.m.
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