EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Day two of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Swimming & Diving Championships saw Missouri S&T get a school record performance from Connor Bichsel (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit West) that also guaranteed him a spot at the NCAA Division II Championships, heading a night in which the Miners find themselves in fifth place in the team standings.

Bichsel finished a close second in the 200-yard individual medley to Drury's Ivan Adamchuk, posting a time of 1:45.80 that fell 0.06 under the automatic qualifying standard.  Bichsel had broken Andy Huffman's record in the event earlier in the day, but went nearly a second and a half faster in the championship race.

The Miners' team of Oskar Fridsell (Solna, Sweden/Solna Gymnasium), Noah Clancy (Alton, IL/Alton), Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North) and Oscar Iden (Oslo, Norway/Oslo Private Gymnasium) finished fifth in the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:28.16, while S&T's second 200-medley relay group of Cameron McCrary (O'Fallon, MO/Fort Zumwalt West), Jordan Christensen (Coralville, IA/Iowa West), Greg Dreisewerd (Ellisville, MO/MICDS) and Kevin Williams (Houston, TX/Westside) posted a time of 1:30.85 to finish 15^th.

Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North) won the B-final in the 200-IM with a time of 1:49.05 that made a NCAA provisional mark, while Jay Mercer (Kansas City, MO/Whitefield Academy) scored with a time of 1:52.43 in that same race after making a provisional cut in the morning at 1:50.96.  Christensen, who finished second in the C-final, also made a provisional mark of 1:50.69.

S&T also got an improved provisional time from Adam Wiedemeier (West Monroe, LA/West Monroe) in the 50-yard freestyle of 20.27 seconds, while Aidan Walters (Olathe, KS/Olathe East) scored in the C-final in 20.74 in that event.  Meanwhile, Martin Melinder (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) placed 13^th in the 1,000-yard freestyle by posting a time of 9:30.81, barely off the mark needed to reach the NCAA provisional standard.

Indianapolis moved into the lead in the team standings with 460 points, seven more than Drury and 47 ahead of McKendree, who led after day one.  The Miners trail Lewis by 46 points heading into the third day, where the contested events will be the 100-yard butterfly, 400-yard individual medley, 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley relay.