SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri State men's and women's swimming teams completed their two-day dual meet against Southern Illinois at Hammons Student Center Saturday afternoon. The Missouri State men defeated SIU, 205.5-145.5, while the women fell to the Salukis, 187-166.  
 
"The men performed well and we learned a lot," head coach Dave Collins said. "We have some things we can work on but the effort was really good and there is a lot to be excited about as we move into the next couple of meets. All in all, it was a good performance by the men today." 
  
"On the women's side we learned a lot about what we need to be doing and areas for improvements," Collins added. "SIU was very good and humbled us a little bit which we can build on. If we would have performed on day one like we did today it would have been a different outcome. We were slow getting started on Friday and we were playing catch up the rest of the way. It is early, we learned a lot, and I look for us to be much improved in the next meet."
  
Missouri State got its day started with a win in the women's 200 medley relay courtesy of Kelly Sego, Yuliya Zubina, Sami Roemer and Anna Miller, who combined to swim a 1:44.03.  Kellie Fischer, Cabrini Johnson, Ulyana Zubina and Anna Lucas took fourth with a time of 1:48.48, while Sira Limbu, Alessia Puleo, Anika Lam and Jordan Wenner placed sixth with a 1:50.43. 
 
The men got out to a strong start in the 200 medley relay as Robbie Hill, Michael Hampel, Arthur Cury and Bruno Guerra clocked a 1:31.53 to take first. Following in fourth was Brek Stukerjurgen, Nick Schuster, James Vaughn and Reese Hodgins (1:36.18). 
 
Missouri State swept the women's 1000 freestyle, Vera Margula won the event with a time of 10:31.61, Sam Hietpas (10:34.58) took second and Libby Howell (10:37.25) finished third. Rounding out the Bears was Alex Thorson (10:48.20) in sixth. 
 
Dylan Moffatt was victorious in the men's 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:41.16. Pawel Krawczyk followed him in second as the Warsaw, Poland, product clocked a 9:44.69. 
 
In the women's 50 freestyle, the Bears took the 1-4 spots with Miller (23.54) leading the way, followed by Ulyana Zubina (24.53), Hannah Amelung (24.54) and Wenner (24.59). 
 
"It was really awesome to be back at Hammons Student Center with fans this weekend," Miller expressed. "We raced really tough today and we had to since SIU raced tough yesterday. We had a good mindset going in. I think we did everything we could to put up a good fight." 
 
The men's 50 freestyle featured three newcomers for MSU. Guerra recorded a third-place finish by swimming a 21.58. He was followed by Hodgins (21.75) in fourth and Andrew Watts (22.25) in seventh. 
 
Kelly Sego (58.54), Kellie Fischer (59.94) and Sira Limbu (1:00.89) finished third, fifth and seventh, respectively, in the women's 100 backstroke. 
 
Robbie Hill won the men's 100 backstroke by clocking a 50.27 while A.J. Huskey followed in third with a time of 52.92. Rounding out MSU was Jonathan Hill (53.24) in fourth and Brek Stukerjurgen (55.09) in sixth. 
 
In the women's 200 breaststroke Alessia Puleo clocked in at 2:22.53 to take second while Cabrini Johnson (2:26.13) and Yuliya Zubina (2:29.03) followed in fifth and seventh, respectively. 
 
Hampel blew away the field to win the men's 200 breaststroke. The Owensboro, Ky. native finished with a time of 2:07.98. Nick Schuster swam a 2:09.43 to tie with Sam Flessner of Southern Illinois in third. 
 
MSU took the 2-4 positions in the women's 100 butterfly with Sami Roemer (57.23) in second, Ulyana Zubina (58.29) in third and Payton Smith in fourth (58.47). Rounding out the Bears was Limbu (59.75) in seventh and Anika Lam (1:01.69) in 10th.  
 
The men swept the 100 butterfly, with Krawczyk swimming a 51.21 to win the event. Following him in the top three were Robbie Hill (52.13) and Tyler Lewis (52.20). James Vaughn clocked a 52.59 to finish fifth.  
 
Libby Howell took first in the women's 200 freestyle with a time of 1:53.48. Lucas (1:56.21) took fourth while Grace Beahan (1:57.74) followed in fifth. Alex Thorson finished with a time of 2:00.34 to take seventh. 
 
Arthur Cury picked up a big win in the men's 200 freestyle by swimming a 1:41.31, to edge SIU's Zheng Yang Yeap by .17 seconds. Brunno Suzuki (1:42.65) took third while Jonathan Hill (1:47.95) finished fifth. 
 
In the women's 400 IM, Smith paced the Bears by swimming a 4:37.23 to finish second. Roemer followed in third by clocking a 4:37.72 while Sego (4:43.27) took fifth. 
 
Moffatt picked up his second victory of the day in the men's 400 IM as the Independence, Iowa native recorded a time of 4:09.96. He was followed by Huskey (4:11.15) in second and Lewis (4:13.12) in fifth. 
 
"It felt great in the water today," Moffatt said. "Having the home crowd's support behind me for the first time felt great and to get some wins today was awesome." 
 
In the women's 400 freestyle relay, the quartet of Howell, Amelung, Miller and Lucas swam a 3:28.73 to finish second. MSU also placed third courtesy of Yuliya Zubina, Wenner, Fischer and Beahan, clocking a 3:36.52. 
 
Rounding out the swimming events was the men's 400 freestyle relay. Suzuki, Cury, Guerra and Hodgins finished second with a time of 3:04.06 while Krawczyk, Hill, Hampel and Watts combined to swim a 3:09.27, which was good for fourth place. 
 
In women's 3-meter diving action, Courtney Stanbury recorded a third-place finish with a 216.07 mark while Hailey Rissinger (203.55) finished fifth and Adriana Avila (201.75) placed sixth. 
 
John David Spence posted a 258.90 to place third in the men's 1-meter diving while Trevor Fischer followed in fourth with a score of 228.87. 
 
The Bears will be back in action Oct. 8-9 when they travel to Miami, Fla., to compete in the TYR Invitational hosted by Florida International.