SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Solid opening day performances for Drury men's and women's swimming teams handed both Panther squads leads after the first of two days of competition at the Drury Invitational Friday afternoon at Breech Pool.

Individually, Ivan Adamchuk eclipsed a Breech Pool mark in the 200 IM with his time of 1:48.17, while freshman Missy Mizell turned in a personal best of 23.27 in her 50 free win. Like Mizell, Yuri Cabral helped the Panthers to a relay win in the 200 free, before capturing an individual win in the 50 free (20.18) on the men's side of the ledger.

The two Drury teams combined to win all 10 competitions to open the five-team meet, including individual wins by six different Panthers and sweeps of the 200 free and 400 medley relays, with both DU teams claiming the top two finishes in two of the four relay races. The DU women totaled 398.5 points and hold a 172.5 point lead over second-place Rockhurst (226) heading into the final day of the meet. On the men's side, Drury tallied 365 points and lead second-place Missouri S&T (175) by 190 points after day one.

Women's Highlights

• Drury captured gold and silver in both the 200 free and 400 medley relays in dominant fashion; Paula Rodríguez Rendón, Mizell, Kelsey Perdomo and Yevheniia Zhukova combined for a 1:35.72 finish in the 200 free, followed closely by the quartet of Petra Baumane, Sophia Deane, Leticia Nunes and Sophia Kelly (1:36.11).
• In the 400 medley, Elvira Lonnberg Flores, Gwen Bergum, Rianne Rose and Morales turned in a time of 3:44.14 to claim the race, while Sara El Tahawi, Kelly, Julia Haar and Mizell finished third (3:55.78).
• The Panthers swept the top three finishes in the 500 free, with Morales (4:56.72) taking gold, followed by Luiza Dias (5:00.13) and Rose (5:03.56) in second and third, respectively.
• Bergum (2:01.97) brought home a win in the 200 IM, as Drury swept the top five spots; Lonnberg Flores (2:05.88) won silver, followed by Ella Gunnarsson's (2:07.36) third-place finish and Selima Hmaied (2:09.57) placed fourth, edging Kelly (2:10.72), who claimed fifth. 
• Mizell claimed an individual win in the 50 free with a personal best of 23.34, leading a pack of Panthers sweeping the top four spots; Rodríguez Rendón (23.73) took second, while Baumane (23.76) finished third and Nunes (24.31) earned a fourth-place finish.

Men's Highlights

• Drury finished No. 1 and 2 in the 200 free relay, with the team of Yuri Cabral, Matteo Vissotto, Belhassen Ben Miled and Branden Lowe taking the race with a time of 1:22.02; DU's second squad consisting of Fran Miodrag, Francesco Galluzzi, Elliot Weber and Lucas Mendes Alvares placing second, just 0.73 of a second behind (1:22.75).
• The Panthers trio of Vasil Tushev, Kostas Vaiciunas and Vissotto dominated the 500 free competition, with Tushev (4:28.25) earning the win in a virtual photo finish with Vaiciunas (4:28.26), while Vissotto (4:32.51) took bronze; in all, Drury claimed five of the top six finishes, with Matheus Siniscalchi (4:34.40) coming home fifth and Austin Metzler (4:40.60) placing sixth. 
• DU was nearly as effective in the 200 IM, with Adamchuk (1;48.17) earning the victory, followed by Ben Miled (1:49.91) in second and Jaime Gomez-Guillamon in fifth with a swim of 1:53.42.
• Cabral picked up the individual gold in the 50 free, edging SBU's Tyler Sharp by 0.13 of a second; Galluzzi (21.02) turned in a fourth-place effort, followed by Weber's (21.17) sixth-place performance.
• Drury capped the afternoon with another relay win, with the team of Adamchuk, Weber, Max Hagl and Mendes Alvares bringing home the gold in the 400 medley with a time of 3:17.19; DU also claimed a third-place finish behind the efforts of Evaldas Babakinas, Miodrag, Gomez-Guillamon and Vissotto, who turned in a time of 3:21.82.

UP NEXT
Both Drury swimming and diving squads will be back in action for the second and final day of competition at the Drury Invitational Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m. at Breech Pool.