By: John Kean, Athletic Communications Director
ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T will have competitors taking part in two NCAA Division II championship events during the upcoming week, with nine student-athletes representing the swimming team and two from the men's track & field squad taking part in the national competition.
The Miner swimmers will be in Indianapolis at the Division II Swimming & Diving Championships that will begin on Tuesday evening with the 800-yard freestyle relay. Meanwhile, the two Miner track & field competitors –
Jacob Luebbert (Warsaw, MO/Warsaw) and
Nathan Swadley (Willard, MO/Willard) – will head to Virginia Beach, Va., to compete at the Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, with Swadley seeking to earn All-America honors for the second year in succession.
Following is the schedule for the Miner competitors at this week's national championship meets; all times are Central:
Tuesday, March 7
Swimming (Finals at 6 p.m.)
800-yard relay (
Connor Wiedemeier (West Monroe, LA/West Monroe),
Daniel Matlock (Peoria, IL/Richwoods),
Martin Melinder (Upplands Vasby, Sweden/),
Aidan Walters (Olathe, KS/Olathe East))
Wednesday, March 8
Swimming (Preliminaries at 9 a.m., finals at 5 p.m.)
200-yard individual medley (
Connor Bichsel (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit West),
Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North),
Jay Mercer (Kansas City, MO/Whitefield Academy))
50-yard freestyle (Wiedemeier)
200-yard medley relay (Walters,
Noah Clancy (Alton, IL/Alton), Baxter, Wiedemeier)
Thursday, March 9
Swimming (Preliminaries at 9 a.m., finals at 5 p.m.)
100-yard butterfly (Baxter)
400-yard individual medley (Bichsel, Mercer)
200-yard freestyle (Wiedemeier, Walters)
400-yard medley relay (Clancy,
Jordan Christensen (Coralville, IA/Iowa West), Baxter, Wiedemeier)
Friday, March 10
Swimming (Preliminaries at 9 a.m., finals at 5 p.m.)
100-yard backstroke (Clancy, Walters)
100-yard breaststroke (Clancy)
200-yard butterfly (Baxter, Bichsel)
Track & Field
Weight throw (
Jacob Luebbert (Warsaw, MO/Warsaw)), 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 11
Swimming (Preliminaries at 9 a.m., finals at 5 p.m.)
100-yard freestyle (Wiedemeier)
200-yard backstroke (Clancy, Walters)
200-yard breaststroke (Bichsel, Mercer)
400-yard freestyle (Wiedemeier, Clancy, Baxter, Walters)
Track & Field
Shot put (
Nathan Swadley (Willard, MO/Willard)), 2:45 p.m.