St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 3, 2014 – The Washington University in St. Louis men's and women's swimming & diving teams each finished sixth in the team standings at the Show-Me Showdown hosted by the University of Missouri Friday evening.
The Washington University women scored 208 points to finish sixth behind five NCAA Division I and II teams, led by team champion Missouri who scored 696 points. Missouri also won the men's team title with 684 points, while the Washington U. men scored 204.5 to place sixth overall.
Freshman Niamh O'Grady posted the highest finish of the day for the Washington University women's team, placing fourth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 58.18. O'Grady also teamed with freshman Fiona Hon and sophomores MariMac Collins and Claire Savage to take fifth in the 200-freestyle relay in 1:39.66. Senior Sara Taege, sophomores Lindsey Siegel and Lauren Carlos and junior Katie Anderson finished ninth in the event with a time of 1:40.75.
The 200-free relay team of sophomore Justin Morrell, junior Reed Dalton, freshman Ross Brown and junior Kaisen Yao had the highest finish of the meet for the Washington U. men, clocking a time of 1:25.69 to place fourth overall. Yao, Dalton, Morrell and sophomore Michael Lagieski added a seventh-place showing in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:34.27. The Washington U. men added a ninth-place finish in the 400-free relay when the team of junior RJ Petrella, Brown, Lagieski and sophomore Reese Frerichs clocked a time of 3:13.68.
Morrell added an eighth-place finish in the 50 freestyle with a season-best time of 21.12, while Dalton was seventh in the 100 butterfly in 51.04. Lagieski also posted a ninth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke in a season-best and B-cut time of 57.59. Sophomore Andrew Ellison was the only other men's swimmer to post a top-10 finish, placing seventh in the 500 free in a season-best time of 4:44.52.
The Washington U. women added two more top-10 relay finishes at the meet. Taege, Collins, junior Toireasa Rafferty-Millett and freshman Nicole Zanolli finish the 400-free relay in 3:38.98 to finish seventh overall. O'Grady, freshman Devon Litteral, Carlos and Savage added a 10th-place finish in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:51.14.
The Washington University men's and women's swimming & diving teams return to action with a dual meet at DePauw University Saturday, Nov. 1. That meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. (ET) in Greencastle, Ind.
