SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri S&T had four second place showings Friday in the first of two dual meets with Missouri State, with the Bears taking the first of the two matchups by a count of 102-45.

The Miners finished second in both relays that were contested Friday, as S&T's team of Gabriel Asevedo (Singapore/Canadian International School), Noah Clancy (Alton, IL/Alton), Josh Umrysh and Nolan Fergus (Aurora, IL/Marmion Academy) finished second in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:25.34.  At the end of the evening, the team of Clancy, Umrysh, Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North) and Asevedo took second in the 400-yard medley relay in 3:25.70.

Clancy also had a second place showing in the 200-yard backstroke, where he finished with a time of 1:54.17, as did Asevedo in the 100-yard freestyle where he recorded a time of 46.89 seconds.

Third place finishes came from Martin Melinder (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:45.98, Umrysh in the 100-yard breaststroke in 58.34 seconds and Mark Cavanaugh (Papillion, NE/Papillion-LaVista) in the 200-backstroke in 1:57.30.  Baxter placed fourth in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:56.38, as did Marcelo Busch (Sao Centrano Do Sui-Sp, Brazil/Colegio Ateneu) in the 500-freestyle in 4:50.11, Jay Mercer (Kansas City, MO/Whitefield Academy) in the 100-breaststroke in 59.18 seconds and Andy Huffman (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit) in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:57.15.

The Miners and Bears will compete again Saturday with nine more events scheduled starting at 10:15 a.m.