SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri State swimming & diving teams won the men's and women's 'Duel in the Pool' over the Panthers on Thursday at Drury. The MSU men's team won 140-91 while Drury's women's squad was edged 124-117.
 
The Drury women's team won nine of the 12 events in the dual starting with a victory in the 200 medley relay. Katya Rudenko, Zuza Chwadeczko, Vera Johansson and Abby Lunzmann posted a winning time of 1:44.25 and won by more than five seconds.
 
Marshfield native Bailee Nunn won two individual events as the sophomore took the 200 individual medley (2:02.20) and the 100 butterfly (55.31).
 
Erica Dahlgren also won a pair of individual events winning the 1000 freestyle by more than six seconds (10:14.07), and she returned to win the 500 freestyle (5:00.35).
 
Zuza Chwadeczko won the 100 breaststroke (1:03.38) and the 100 freestyle (52.01).
 
The Drury women's team capped the night with a win in the 200 freestyle relay as Nunn, Lunzmann, Chrysoula Karamanou, and Mackenzie Wieberg edged the Bears by .04 winning the event in 1:36.12.
 
Joan Casanovas won a pair of individual events for the Drury men's team. The sophomore from Spain took the 200 freestyle (1:37.13) and 500 freestyle (4:28.76).
 
Rodrigo Caceres took first in the 100 freestyle (45.58) while Pavel Semochkin won the 100 backstroke (49.79).
 
The Panthers ended the meet with a win in the 200 freestyle relay as Semochkin, Casanovas, Ryan Walker and Caceras posted a time of 1:22.65 topping Missouri State's time of 1:23.26. 
 
Both Drury swim teams compete again on Jan. 25 in a dual against Missouri University in Columbia.
 

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