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S&T swimmers dominate in final home meet of season

1/20/2024 8:19:00 PM

ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's swimming team had a dominant performance in its final home and regular season meet Saturday afternoon, winning nine of the 11 events to defeat Truman State 176-66 at the S&T Pool.

The Miners got two event wins from Oscar Iden (Oslo, Norway/Oslo Private Gymnasium), who won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.18 seconds and 200-yard butterfly in 1:56.62, while S&T also had winning performances on an individual basis from Martin Melinder (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:05.42, Connor Bichsel (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit West) in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:52.32, Adam Wiedemeier (West Monroe, LA/West Monroe) in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.89 seconds, Aidan Walters (Olathe, KS/Olathe East) in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:54.83 and Noah Clancy (Alton, IL/Alton) in the 200-yard breaststroke with his mark of 2:06.09.  

The Miners also won the 400-yard medley relay in 3:22.98 behind the team of Walters, Clancy, Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North) and Wiedemeier and 400-yard freestyle relay as the team of Oskar Fridsell (Solna, Sweden/Solna Gymnasium), Kevin Williams (Houston, TX/Westside), Greg Dreisewerd (Ellisville, MO/MICDS) and Iden won in a time of 3:13.86.

Williams took second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.91, as did Clancy in the 50-freestyle in 21.49 seconds, Baxter in the 200-IM in 1:58.73 and 100-freestyle in 48.16, Jay Mercer (Kansas City, MO/Whitefield Academy) in the 200-butterfly in 1:57.59, Fridsell in the 200-backstroke in 1:56.79 and Melinder in the 500-freestyle in 4:58.88.  The Miners also got a second place finish from its second 400-medley relay team of Cameron McCrary (O'Fallon, MO/Fort Zumwalt West), Jordan Christensen (Coralville, IA/Iowa West), Bichsel and Eli Wetzel (Springdale, AR/Don Tyson School of Innovation) in 3:36.34.

Third place finishes came courtesy of Lane Werth (Wichita, KS/Wichita North) in the 200-freestyle in 1:51.05, Walters in the 50-freestyle in 21.89 seconds, Jake Hale in the 200-IM in 2:02.64, Christensen in the 100-free in 48.88 seconds and Dreisewerd in the 200-backstroke in 2:00.89.  S&T had a third place showing with its other 400-free relay team that consisted of Melinder, Giorgio Panci (Rome, Italy/Liceo Scientifico), Mercer and JP McCann (Houston, TX/Westside) as it posted a time of 3:23.55.

Saturday's meet was the final home meet for five S&T seniors – Baxter, Clancy, Melinder, Mercer and Walters.

Missouri S&T will begin competition at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships on Feb. 6 in Evansville, Ind.
 
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