SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – It may have just been a season-opening dual, but Drury men's swimming and diving team appeared to be in mid-season form with a commanding 174 to 31 victory over Missouri S&T Saturday afternoon at Breech Pool.

The Panthers captured gold in all but two scored events, highlighted by a pair of wins by Matteo Vissotto in the 100 and 200 races, as well as a Breech Pool record by Alvaro Zornoza, who clocked a 1:48.27 in the 200 IM. Lucas Mineur captured the 50 free race and a runner-up finish in the 100 free, in addition to helping the Panthers to a relay win in the 200 medley, as Drury swept the three podium positions in eight of the 11 competitions.

"This team is loaded with experienced, senior leaders," head coach Brian Reynolds stated. "We have a number of experienced athletes who are pushing themselves and that is showing already. Alvaro broke the pool record in the 200 IM today, he trained hard all summer. A lot of these kids have elevated their game and that's exciting. They're really stressing to the freshman class and the younger athletes that we have to keep consistently grinding away everyday. So it's exciting to see and they had a really great day today."

HIGHLIGHTS

• Vissotto captured the win in the 200 free with a swim of 1:37.76, while Josue Hernandez-Tellez (1:40.44) and freshman Max Hite (1:43.52) took second and third, respectively; the junior edged out Mineur for the 100 free crown with a time of 44.72.
• Drury also staked claim to the top three spots in the 1000 free, with Matheus Siniscalchi capturing the top podium spot with a time of 9:27.95, followed by Austin Metzler (9:32.09) and Colby Hughes (9:35.69).
• Hughes posted a win himself in the 500 free, narrowly edging Siniscalchi (4:36.80) and Hernandez-Tellez (4:39.05).
• Hernandez-Tellez and Vissotto also played key roles in the Panthers' victory in the 200 free relay (1:22.87), joining forces with Yuri Cabral and Mike Jasinski to lock up one of DU's two relay wins.
• DU claimed the top three finishes in the 200 medley relay, including a time of 1:30.14 by the Panthers' top team consisting of Ivan Adamchuk, Joao Nogueira, Bill Beckman and Mineur.
• Cabral (20.57) also posted a second-place finish in the 50 free, as Minuer (20.50) captured the race by the narrowest of margins; Marwane Sebbata placed third for Drury with a swim of 20.87.
• In addition to his record-setting swim in the 200 IM, Zornoza finished second in the 200 back (1:47.93), as Adamchuk (1:47.69) took the top spot and freshman Reece Blackett (1:53.41) registered one of his two third-place finishes in his Drury debut.
• Nogueira added a second-place finish in the 200 IM, in addition to his 200 medley relay effort that led to a DU gold, and Jaime Gomez-Guillamon finished third (1:52.15), in addition to his runner-up finish in the 200 breast (2:05.85). 
• Additionally, Sebbata logged a second third-place finish in the 100 free, while freshman Mathis Ducci placed third in the 200 breast (2:07.86) to compliment his second-place 200 medley relay performance.
• Hite, another DU freshman, recorded recorded a third-place finish in the 500 free (4:39.05), while helping the Panthers' 200 free relay B-team to a second-place finish.

UP NEXT
Drury swimming will compete in the SMU Classic next weekend (Oct. 10-11) in Dallas, while the Panthers divers will travel to Clarion, Pa., for the Don Leas Invitational (Oct. 10) and Clarion Fall Classic (Oct. 11).

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