SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The Drury men's swimming & diving team defeated Missouri State 207-88, while the DU women's squad was edged by the Bears 174-124 in the 'Duel in the Pool' at the Breech Pool in Springfield on Saturday.
 
Men's Highlights
The Drury men's team won 12 of the 14 swimming events against Missouri State.
 
The Panthers started the day with a win in the 200 Medley Relay. Nathan Bighetti, Dawid Nowodworski, Dominik Karacic, and Karol Ostrowski combined for a time 1:29.07.
 
Nowodworksi, a senior from Poland, won two more events taking the 100 Breaststroke (54.91) and the 100 Butterfly (48.46).
 
Kham Glass also won a pair of individual events as he finished first in the 100 Backstroke (48.57) and took the 100 Free with a time of 45.97.
 
Jan Rasmussen won the 100 Free with a time of 1:40.51, while Dominik Karacic took the 200 Butterfly in 1:51.80.
 
Karol Ostrowski, who owns the second-best time nationally in the 50 Free, won that event getting to the wall in 20.18 to finish ahead of teammate Alex Bowen, who swam a 21.13.
 
Nathan Bighetti won the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:51.11, and Lucas Lima's time of 4:36.81 was the top mark in the 500 Free.
 
James Brown earned a win in the 200 Individual Medley, posting a time of 1:53.88.
 
Drury also won a diving event as sophomore Cole Earl won the three-meter event with 343.05 points.
 
The Panthers also won the 200 Free Relay as Glass, Ostrowski, Eric Nunn, and Rasmussen posted a time of 1:22.12.
 
Women's Highlights
The Drury women's team, who competed at 17^th ranked Arkansas on Friday, won the majority of swimming events against Missouri State, taking eight of the 14 contests.
 
Laura Pareja won two individual events. The junior from Grenada, Spain, finished first in the 100 Backstroke, winning by more than a second-and-a-half with a time of 54.49. Pareja returned to win the 200 Backstroke by 0.01 seconds. She posted a time of 2:02.52 and out-touched Missouri State's Kellie Fischer's time of 2:02.53.
 
Bec Cross, a junior from Australia, also won a pair of events. Cross earned a win in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:19.94, and she took the 200 Individual Medley, winning with a time of 2:05.42.
 
Allison Weber continued her strong performances in distance events as the junior from Marshall, Missouri, won the 1000 Free by more than four seconds as she posted a time of 10:06.25.
 
Mackenzie Harris gave the Panthers a win in the 200 Butterfly (2:03.65), while Kasia Rogowska won the 100 Butterfly with a time of 54.84.
 
Drury's 200 Medley Relay also posted a win as Pareja, Rogowska, Cross, and Josie Bushell teamed up to complete the event in 1:43.73 and won by 0.48 seconds.
 
 
Both Drury swim teams compete again next Friday when they travel to Rolla to face Missouri S&T in dual competitions starting at 4 pm.
 
 
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