SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri S&T got wins in four events Saturday, but Drury’s overall depth was evident as the defending NCAA Division II champions beat the Miners in a dual meet Saturday by a count of
149-88.
The Miners got their events wins from Andrew Trowbridge, who swept the distance freestyle events for the second week in a row, Andrew Schranck in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.70 seconds and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Sean Deegan, Agi VanWetering, David Sanchez-Turner and Hamilton Vernon with a winning time of 1:25.75.
Trowbridge won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:44.38 after taking the 1,000-free in 9:47.84.
Second place finishes came from Vernon in the 50-freestyle in 21.80 seconds, Danny Murphy in the 400-yard individual medley in 4:09.30 and 500-freestyle in 4:45.14, Jeff Enge in the 100-backstroke in 53.56 seconds and Zlatan Hamzic in the 100-yard breaststroke in 59.09 seconds.
S&T’s 200-yard medley relay team of Schranck, Hamzic, Paul Reinisch and Vernon also took second in that event in a time of 1:35.87.
Deegan placed third in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.92, as did Schranck in the 100-yard butterfly in 51.73 seconds and VanWetering in the 100-yard freestyle in 48.58 seconds
The Panthers built their margin with 32 additional points in diving.
Missouri S&T’s next action will take place at the Western Kentucky Invitational, which runs from Nov. 20-22 in Bowling Green, Ky.