DALLAS — Drury men's and women's swimming and diving wrapped up a successful weekend at the SMU Invitational Saturday at Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center. The Drury men wrapped up a fourth-place finish, while the women placed fifth in the team standings. 

Ranked No. 1 in this month's College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division II Top 25 dual meet poll, the Drury men earned a total of 429.5 points to place fourth among seven teams. Stanford won the event with 972 points, while SMU was second with 833.5 points and Utah placed third with 717 points. The Panthers finished ahead of fifth-place Air Force (366.5), followed by Hawaii (334.5) and Notre Dame (90).
 
The DU women's squad, ranked third in the November CSCAA D-II poll, recorded 354 points to finish fifth among seven teams. Arkansas won the meet with 1,072 points, while Hawaii was second with 690.5 points, while Utah was third with 629.5 points and SMU (618) edged Drury for fourth. The Panthers finished ahead of sixth-place North Texas (294) and Notre Dame (63).
 
Drury was the only Division II team on both the men's and women's side of the competition.

Highlighting the fourth day of competition in Dallas were big performances by both the DU men and women in the 200 IM and 100 free. Both Gwen Bergum (2:01.22) and Nikol Maniko (2:02.57) turned in top-five national times for the women in the 200 IM. On the men's side, Alvaro Zornoza clocked the top mark in the nation this season (1:44.87), while Joao Nogueira also turned in an NCAA-qualifying time with his swim of 1:47.29.

In the 100 free, Belen Morales posted a personal-best of 49.92 to take eighth, followed closely by Ashlyn Moore with a provisional-qualifying swim of 50.58 for the women. Lucas Mineur (43.30), Marwane Sebbata (43.54) and Yuri Cabral (44.13) each posted top 10 national times for the DU men.

Drury also enjoyed strong performances by its men's and women's 400 free relay squads, which posted fourth and fifth-place finishes, respectively. The DU men's team, consisting of Sebbata, Zornoza, Matteo Vissotto and Mineur, delivered a time of 2:51.78. The women's squad, comprised of Morales, Whitney Stortz, Maniko and Moore, finished in 3:21.54.

Individually, Belhassen Ben miled logged the top finish for the Panthers, placing fifth in the 200 fly (1:46.75). On the women's ledger, Rianne Rose (2:02.88) earned a sixth-place finish in the 200 fly.

In the men's 1650 free, Colby Hughes (15:24.38) and Matheus Siniscalchi (15:24.44) each registered top-five national marks, placing 10th and 11th, respectively.

UP NEXT
Following an off week, the Panthers return to Breech Pool to host SBU and William Jewell in a double dual on Friday, Dec. 5.

For all the latest information on Drury swimming and diving, visit drurypanthers.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow the Panthers on Instagram.