ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's swimming team will hold its final competition prior to the holiday break on Friday, when the Miners will host Missouri-St. Louis in a dual meet at the S&T Pool in the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.  The meet will get underway at 11 a.m.

Both teams come into Friday's meet ranked among the top 25 teams in NCAA Division II in the most recent College Swimming Coaches Association of America rankings, with the Miners at No. 14 in the nation and the Tritons coming at No. 24.

S&T is competing for the first time in nearly a month, as it last hit the water in a meet on Nov. 19 when it completed a fifth place finish in the 10-team Mizzou Invitational as the only NCAA Division II school taking part in that meet.  The Miners also reached seven B-cut times in that meet, two of them by Noah Clancy (Alton, IL/Alton) as he reached those standards in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke.

Two of S&T's other national qualifiers from last season also made a B-cut at Mizzou, as Andy Huffman (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit) did so in the 400-yard individual medley and Joshua Umrysh (Kingwood, TX/Kingwood) made it in the 100-yard breaststroke.

The others to make B-cuts were Alex Graham (Parker, TX/Homeschooled) and Martin Melinder (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) in the 1,650-yard freestyle and Nolan Fergus (Aurora, IL/Marmion Academy) in the 100-yard butterfly.

Clancy currently has the ninth-fastest time in Division II in the 100-backstroke of 48.13 seconds and was also part of S&T's 400-yard medley relay team that has the 10^th-fastest time in the nation this season.

UMSL has two provisional qualifiers, led by Jon Osa, who has made the B-cut in three freestyle events -- the 50-, 100- and 200-free – as well as both backstroke races where he ranks among the top seven nationally.

The other Tritons to make the B-cut standard are Guillem Masjuan Roca in both backstroke events and Conley Savage in the 200-yard butterfly, as well as their 400-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley relay teams.