SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri State swimming and diving team concludes its home schedule with a conference dual against Evansville Saturday, Jan. 11 at Hammons Student Center Pool.
 

Missouri State vs Evansville
Date & Time	Saturday, January 11 | Dive (12:50 p.m.) & Swim (2 p.m.)
Location	Springfield, Mo.
Site	Hammons Student Center Pool
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Order of Events:
 
Diving (12:50 p.m.)
 
Women's/Men's 3-Meter Boards
 
Swim (2 p.m.)
 
400 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
50 Freestyle
200 IM
Women's/Men's 1-Meter Boards
100 Butterfly
100 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
500 Freestyle
Break
100 Breaststroke
400 Freestyle Relay
 
Individual events will be scored 9-4-3-2-1 and relays will be 11-4-2. Results available on Meet Mobile.

Bear Bites:

• MSU concluded 2019 with a sweep over crosstown rival Drury, the women besting the Panthers by a 131.5-111.5 margin, while the men's team edged Drury by a 122-119 tally.
• The Bears produced a solid all-around performance including 16 individual victories, led by Libby Howell (3) and Antonio Thomas (2).  
• Adriana Avila captured her first individual diving win on the 1-meter boards, earning her MVC Diver of the Week laurels.
• MSU's performance nabbed them a pair of swimmer of the week honors, with Howell taking the MVC honor while Samuel Senn represented the Bears for the MAC.
• Anna Miller and Antonio Thomas garnered swimmer of the week honors after producing standout efforts at the SMU Invite, with Miller setting a record-break finish in the 100 free while Thomas dominated the 1650 free.
• Sydney Radloff highlighted MSU's second day of swims at the SMU Invite, winning the 400 IM with a personal-best time of 4:18.10.
• The Bears produced six individual titles over the three-day meet, taking both 500 freestyle races (Howell & Krawczyk), 400 IM (Radloff), 1650 freestyle (Howell & Thomas), and the 100 freestyle (Miller).
• MSU swept the Salukis in both squads' conference opener, with the men cruising to a 159-82 win while the women edged past Southern Illinois by a slimmer 132-111 margin. Both teams combined for 13 first-place individual titles.
• Senior day proved to be big for the Bears, as they nearly swept the freestyle events and Haley Allen notched her first collegiate win in the 200 butterfly.
• Libby Howell and Antonio Thomas set the Bears on a winning course in the opening individual event against the Salukis, each handily securing the top spot in the 1000 freestyle by a solid 10-plus second differential. Both swimmers would also run away with the 500 freestyle later in the conference dual.
• The Bears swam close against both nationally-ranked Missouri squads, impressing in the freestyle portion with runner-up finishes from Libby Howell, Antonio Thomas, and Samantha Hietpas.
• Saturday's meet signals the beginning of league swims, as MSU starts Missouri Valley Conference and Mid-American Conference competition.
• After a successful weekend at the Indiana State Invitational, Libby Howell and Ashley Yarbrough swept the Missouri Valley Conference swimmer and diver of the week honors. Howell produced three deciding freestyle swims at the Indiana State Invitational this past weekend, winning the 200 (1:48.98), 500 (4:52.88), and 1650 freestyle (16:55.92) events against the University of Indianapolis and host Indiana State. All three times top the Missouri Valley Conference and rank within the top 40 nationally. Her 1650 freestyle time stands at #6 in NCAA Division I. Yarbrough claimed both diving events for the Bears at the Indiana State Invitational, recording first-place finishes on the 1-meter (243.10) and 3-meter (275.40) boards. The sweep marks her first two individual titles on the young season.
• MSU checked the win column at the ISU invite, as the men edged past the University of Indianapolis 217-153 while the women compiled a 214.5-154.5 rout of host and fellow Missouri Valley Conference member Indiana State. UIndy narrowly passed the Bears, 187.5-179.5, splitting the women's results in their second-consecutive double dual.
• Arthur Cury impressed on the men's side, picking up four individual wins in the 200 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 free, and 100 free. His 200 IM and 200 free times top the MAC and rank among the top-25 nationally.
• Michael Hampel earned Mid-American Conference Swimmer of the Week honors after turning in three individual wins in the 100 breaststroke, 200 IM, and 200 breaststroke events. He also contributed to the Bears' first-place finish in the 200 medley.
• Freshman Samantha Hietpas made a splash in the Kansas Double Dual's opening long-distance event, beating out Kansas by nearly three seconds in the 1000 freestyle. The win signaled the first in her collegiate career.
• Michael Claunch swept the diving events against South Dakota, posting first-place efforts in both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.
• Missouri State's women and men's swimming and diving each claimed a second-place team finish among 11 in-state schools at the Show-Me Showdown, amassing 387.5 and 413 points, respectively.
• Reigning freshman of the year pair Pawel Krawczyk and Alex Thorson produced stellar performances in the 500 freestyle, with Krawczyk placing third (4:35.57) and Thorson taking fourth (5:05.54) in the long-distance event at the Show-Me Showdown. The duo each tacked on an additional top-10 finish in the 200 freestyle.

 
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