Columbia, Mo., Oct. 2, 2015 – The Washington University in St. Louis men's and women's swimming and diving teams combined to post 16 top-10 finishes as the Bears finished sixth in the men's team standings and seventh in the women's at the Show-Me Showdown Friday afternoon at the University of Missouri.
The WashU men scored 233 points to finish sixth out of 11 teams at the meet, while the women scored 201 to finish seventh out of 10 teams. Host University of Missouri finished first in both team standings.
Senior Reed Dalton posted the top finish of the day for WashU, swimming to second place in the men's 100 butterfly with a B-cut time of 49.49 seconds. Freshman Brandon Lum finished seventh in the event with a season-best time of 51.14.
Dalton also swam on a pair of top-10 relay finishes for the Bears. He teamed with sophomore Ross Brown, freshman Kevin Van Cleave and junior Justin Morrell to place seventh in the 400-free relay in a time of 3:09.59. Van Cleave, Dalton, Morrell and junior Reese Frerichs also finished eighth in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:34.59. Morrell added a ninth-place finish in the 50 free with a season-best time of 21.36.
Junior Emily Ramos placed in the top-10 of both women's diving events. She placed third in the one-meter event (220.80) and was 10th in the three-meter diving (190.40), season-best scores in both. Freshman Lauren Sapp had the lone top-10 individual finish in the swimming events for the WashU women. She placed ninth in the 100 butterfly in 59.17.
The WashU women also had a pair of top-10 relay finishes. Sophomore Niamh O'Grady, senior Kristalyn McAfee, Sapp and junior MariMac Collins teamed up to place eighth in the 400-free relay in 3:38.18. Senior Katie Anderson, freshmen Isabel Kennon and Maddie Robinson, and McAfee added a ninth-place finish in the 200-free relay in 1:41.03.
Sophomore Ryan Nathenson placed fourth in the men's one-meter diving with a season-best score of 205.60, and also had a career-best score of 189.05 to finish seventh in the three-meter diving. Junior Michael Lagieski posted a seventh-place finish in the 100 butterfly (57.76), and junior Andrew Ellison (4:44.47) and Van Cleave (4:45.39) placed ninth and 10th, respectively, in the 500 free. The Bears' other top-10 finish came in the men's 200-free relay with senior Kaisen Yao, sophomore TJ Dawson, senior RJ Petrella and Brown teaming up to finish ninth in 1:27.20.
The WashU men's and women's swimming & diving teams return to action Saturday, Oct. 31, when they host DePauw University for a dual meet. Action is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Millstone Pool.
