By: John Kean, Athletic Communications Director
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The third full day of the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships was a record-setting one for Missouri S&T's
Noah Clancy (Alton, IL/Alton), as he set a new school record in the process of winning the consolation final of the 100-yard breaststroke in one of his two scoring performances of the night.
Clancy shattered the record in the event with a time of 52.84 seconds – a time that would be better than that of all but two of the competitors in the championship finals – and won the race by nearly a second. He followed that performance with a 13
th-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, where he finished with a time of 47.97 seconds.
The two scoring performances for Clancy on Friday, which were the only ones for S&T on the day, gives him three All-America awards at the national meet as he was also part of S&T's 400-yard medley relay team that finished among the top 16.
In the morning preliminaries,
Aidan Walters (Olathe, KS/Olathe East) had a time of 48.58 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke, while
Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North) posted a time of 1:49.45 and
Connor Bichsel (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit West) had a time of 1:50.99 in the 200-yard butterfly.
Through the third full day of competition, the Miners remain in 16
th place in the standings with 44 points as a team. The meet is still led by three teams from the Great Lakes Valley Conference – Indianapolis, Drury and McKendree – with UIndy holding a 34.5 point lead over the Panthers.
The final day of the meet will see Wiedemeier compete in the 100-yard freestyle and lead off the 400-yard freestyle relay team that will include Clancy, Baxter and Walters. Clancy and Walters will also compete in the 200-yard backstroke, while Bichsel and
Jay Mercer (Kansas City, MO/Whitefield Academy) are slated to race in the 200-yard breaststroke.