By: John Kean, Sports Information Director
ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T will have competitors taking part in the NCAA Division II Championships this week in swimming and men's track & field with 11 S&T student-athletes taking part in those meets.
Ten of the 11 competitors are from the swimming team that will take part in the national meet in Greensboro, N.C., starting on Wednesday. The preliminaries begin at 9 a.m. Central time on each of the four days of competition and the finals will begin at 5 p.m. Central time.
The lone men's track & field competitor from S&T at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in Pittsburg, Kan., is
Nathan Swadley (Willard, MO/Willard), who will take part in the shot put at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Swadley will be in the first of two flights of throwers – there are a total of 16 competitors overall – in that event.
Live links to the NCAA-produced videostreams and results are linked in the story.
Missouri S&T national competitors schedule:
Wednesday, March 9
Swimming –
Andy Huffman (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit) (200-yard individual medley)
Swimming –
Alex Graham (Parker, TX/Homeschooled),
Martin Melinder (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) (1,000-yard freestyle, morning session only)
Swimming –
Noah Clancy (Alton, IL/Alton), Josh Umrysh,
Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North),
Nolan Fergus (Aurora, IL/Marmion Academy) (200-yard medley relay, evening session only)
Thursday, March 10
Swimming – Clancy (100-yard butterfly)
Swimming – Huffman, Melinder,
Jay Mercer (Kansas City, MO/Whitefield Academy) (400-yard individual medley)
Swimming –
Connor Wiedemeier (West Monroe, LA/West Monroe), Graham (200-yard freestyle)
Swimming – Clancy, Umrysh, Baxter, Gabe Asevedo (400-yard medley relay, evening session only)
Friday, March 11
Swimming – Graham, Melinder (500-yard freestyle)
Swimming – Clancy (100-yard backstroke)
Swimming – Umrysh (100-yard breaststroke)
Swimming – Huffman (200-yard butterfly)
Swimming –
Alec Davis (Joplin, MO/Joplin),
Aidan Walters (Olathe, KS/Olathe East), Graham, Wiedemeier (800-yard freestyle relay, evening session only)
Saturday, March 12
Men's Track & Field –
Nathan Swadley (Willard, MO/Willard) (shot put, 2:30 p.m.)
Swimming – Wiedemeier (100-yard freestyle)
Swimming – Clancy (200-yard backstroke)
Swimming – Huffman, Mercer (200-yard breaststroke)
Swimming – Graham, Melinder (1,650-yard freestyle, morning session only)
Swimming – Wiedemeier, Fergus, Asevedo, Davis (400-yard freestyle relay, evening session only)