ROLLA, Mo. – A run of six straight event wins propelled Missouri S&T's swimming team to a dual meet victory Friday over Southern Illinois, as the Miners captured a 121-84 win over the Salukis at the S&T Pool.

After finishing second in the opening event of the night, the 400-yard medley relay, the Miners swept the top three spots in the 1,000-yard freestyle to begin their string of event victories.  Matt Welsh (Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette) won the event in 9:56.46, followed by Alfredo Martinez (Mexico City, Mexico/Instituto Cumbres San Javier) in second in 9:59.16 and Ryan Layne (Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek) in third, as he edged SIU's Caleb Coots by 0.15 seconds in a time of 10:00.56.

That was followed by one-two finishes in the next two events, the 200- and 50-yard freestyle events, as Aljaz Kerc (Ljubljana, Slovenia/Gimnazija Bezigrad) won the 200-free in 1:44 flat and Jacob Dole (Corbin, Ky./Country Day School) captured first in the 50-freestyle in 21.33 seconds.  Luke Norris (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands) finished behind Kerc in the 200 in 1:45.47, while Danylo Mykhailov (Khankiv, Ukraine/Sport Collegue N.S.) was second in the 50-free in 21.44 seconds.

Other first place finishes for the Miners during the early run of wins came from Ethan Goldfarb (Arlington, Texas/The Oakridge School) in the 200-individual medley in 1:57.97, Andrew Schranck (Alton, Ill./Marquette Catholic) in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:56.32 and Dole in the 100-freestyle in 46.47 seconds.  Goldfarb also got a second win later in the meet in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:07.63.

S&T's 400-yard freestyle relay team also posted the best time in that event, as the quartet of Kerc, Keith Sponsler (Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln East), Mykhailov and Dole posted a time of 3:09.06.

Ryan Gibson (Jackson, Mo./Jackson) took second in the 200-butterfly in 1:58.15, as did Kerc in the 100-free in 47.74 seconds, Nate Kamrath (Newburgh, Ind./Castle) in the 200-backstroke in 1:57.13 and Welsh in the 500-freestyle in 4:51.31.

The Miners' second place finish in the 400-yard medley relay came from the team of Kamrath, Drew Larkins (Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central), Gibson and Matt Zieger (St. Joseph, Mo./Central) posted a time of 3:31.86.

Third place efforts came from Larkins in the 200-IM in 2:01.40 and 200-breaststroke in 2:12.88 and from Sasha Stadnik (Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley West) in the 500-freestyle in 4:52.87.

Missouri S&T will compete in its home surroundings again next Friday, hosting Missouri State at 6 p.m. at the S&T Pool.