SLU vs UMSL
- September 30, 2023
- St. Louis, MO
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: SLU Athletics
ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis competitors won eight women’s events and seven men’s events as the Billikens swept a dual meet with Missouri-St. Louis Saturday afternoon at Simon Recreation Center.
The Billiken women defeated UMSL 145-73, while the Billiken men prevailed 131.5-86.5.
Elena Escalante led the women’s team with two individual victories and a spot on a victorious relay team. Escalante won the 50 free (24.99) and 100 free (53.68) and joined Karis Reynaga, Carly McKeon and Emily Leonard on the winning 400 free relay squad (3:34.77).
McKeon touched first in the 200 free (1:57.37). Also winning for Saint Louis were Morgan Walker in the 400 IM (4:43.40), MaryBeth Clark in the 100 fly (58.61), Meghan Eng in the 100 back (58.70) and Elizabeth Voss in 1-meter diving (225.70).
In the men’s meet, Colton Mosley captured the 50 free (21.55) and swam on SLU’s winning 200 medley relay (1:35.10) and 400 free relay (3:10.74) teams. Daniel Jekov also was a member of both relay quartets.
Logan Townsend claimed victory in the 100 free (47.76) and anchored the 400 free relay team, while Brae Sanchez won the 100 breast (57.20) and was a member of the 200 medley relay team. Also winning for the Billikens were Franklin Liu in the 500 free (4:45.10) and Ben Mears in 1-meter diving (287.60).
Ethan Hoak and Ryan Bates were members of the 200 medley and 400 free relay teams, respectively.
Courtesy: UMSL Athletics
ST. LOUIS – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men’s and women’s swimming teams opened their 2023-24 season winning nine events in its dual against Saint Louis at the Simon Rec Center on Saturday afternoon. The men fell to the Billikens 131.5-86.5 and the women lost 145-73.
On the men’s side, the Tritons won five events and were led by Guillem Masjuan Roca and Conley Savage with two event wins each. Hendrik Bechtel picked up the other event win.
Masjuan Roca picked up his first event win in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.28 and finished over a second ahead of SLU’s Logan Townsend. Masjuan Roca came back later in the meet to win the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 52.07.
Savage won the 400-yard individual medley and the 100-yard fly. UMSL went 1-2-3 in the 100 fly with Savage recording the winning time of 4:08.56 while Aaron Wicklund and Harrison Miller finished second and third with times of 4:12.65 and 4:16.30 respectively.
Savage and Ethan Boehle went 1-2 in the 100 fly with times of 50.42 seconds and 52.81 seconds.
Bechtel won the 1,000 free in a time of 9:48.88 defeating SLU’s Franklin Liu by a second and a half.
The women got off to a great start as its team of Ella Lantz, Zara Konstapel, Audrey Lantz and Ava Boehning won the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:46.95.
Justice Beard won the 1,000 free in a time of 10:25.71 and the 500 free with a time of 5:07.29.
Konstapel was the winner in the 100 breast by over two seconds in a time of 1:06.60.
The Tritons are back in action on Friday (Oct. 13) as they travel down to Arkadelphia, Ark., to take on Henderson State at 5 p.m.