SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Drury swimming and diving delivered yet another dominant performance to sweep team titles at the Drury Invitational Saturday afternoon at Breech Pool. The Panthers claimed 31 of the 34 swimming events, as well as a pair of diving titles as part of a convincing two-day performance that saw 24 different DU athletes post wins.

Individually, Ivan Adamchuk earned his second and third individual wins of the weekend, claiming titles in the 100 fly and 200 back, while Yuri Cabral followed his Friday victory in the 50 free with another win in the 100 free to lead the Drury men, who topped second-place Rockhurst by 572 points to take the team title.

On the women's side, Gwen Bergum cruised to three individual wins (200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breast), while also helping a pair of DU relay squads to victories. Additionally, Belen Morales captured titles in the 100 free and 200 free Saturday after claiming the 500 free title on Friday. The Panthers racked up 1139 points to take the team title, topping second-place Rockhurst by 299 points.

Women's Highlights

• Yevheniia Zhukova secured the first Drury victory of the day with her time of 56.35 in the 100 fly, while Rianne Rose (56.59) and Julia Haar (57.61) placed second and third, respectively.
• Bergum captured gold in the 400 IM with a swim of 4:22.38; Selima Hmaied (4:31.54) finished second and Elvira Lonnberg Flores (4:44.35) placed third for the Panthers.
• Drury turned in a clean sweep of the top five finishes in the 200 free, led by Morales (1:50.00) in the top podium position, followed by Luiza Dias (1:53.23) in second and Paula Rodríguez Rendón  (1:53.52) in third; Sophia Kelly (1:54.38) and Rose (1:54.97) rounded out the top five.
• Ella Gunnarsson (1:05.76) captured the title in the 100 breast.
• Sophia Deane (55.73) led a Drury sweep of the top three podium spots in the 100 back, followed by Missy Mizell (57.20) in second and Zhukova (58.08) in third.
• Drury rounded out the morning session with a 1-2 finish in the 200 medley relay, with the Panthers' squad of Zhukova, Bergum, Haar and Petra Baumane turning in the top time of 1:43.81; DU's team of Deane, Gunnarsson, Rose and Morales finished second in 1:45.71.
• Hmaied (2:03.36) captured the win in the 200 back, while Lonnberg Flores (2:04.36) and Dias (2:06.75) placed second and third for DU.
• Morales claimed another individual win in the 100 Free with a time of 50.47, as Drury swept the top seven spots in the standings; Mizell (51.24) took silver, followed by Rodriguez Rendon (52.10) in third and Leticia Nunes (52.46) and Baumane (52.62) in fourth and fifth, respectively.
• Bergum locked up yet another individual win with a time of 2:13.32 in the 200 breast, while Gunnarsson (2:19.50) claimed silver for DU.
• Rose bested the field in the 200 fly with her time of 2:01.04.
• The Panthers swept the top two spots in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:27.59.
• Maddie Rogers secured the win for Drury in the 1-meter diving competition, posting an NCAA-qualifyint score of 428.85, while Piera Rufino took third (365.65).

Men's Highlights

• Drury was equally as dominant on the men's side of the competition, with Adamchuk (48.23) pacing the Panthers with a win in the 100 fly; Cabral (48.34) finished on Adamchuk's heels in second, while Max Hagl (48.92) earned the bronze.
• The Panthers also earned three of the top four finishes in the 400 IM, led by Belhassen Ben Miled's winning time of 3:58.84; Jaime Gomez-Guillamon (4:04.47) claimed silver, while Lawson Thomas notched a fourth-place effort of 4:08.82.
• Matteo Vissotto's time of 1:38.18 in the 200 free powered a Drury sweep of the top three spots in the event; Kostas Vaiciunas (1:38.57) finished a close second, while Vasil Tushev placed third with a personal best of 1:39.61.
• In the lone event not won by a Panther, Fran Miodrag (55.48) earned silver in the 100 breast, as Rockhurst's Mohannad Nada (54.64) claimed the victory.
• Alvaro Zornoza narrowly missed setting a pool record in the 100 back, as his time of 47.50 fell just 0.07 shy of Nathan Bighetti's Breech Pool mark (2022); Evaldas Babakinas (50.18) finished second, and Hagl (51.16) earned a fifth-place finish.
• The Panthers finished the morning by taking the top two spots in the 200 medley relay standings, with DU's team of Adamchuk, Elliot Weber, Cabral and Vissotto clocking a time of 1:28.61 to earn gold, followed by the quartet of Babakinas, Miodrag, Branden Lowe and Francesco Galluzzi placing second in 1:31.34.
• Adamchuk (1:44.95) locked up another win in the 200 back, edging Zornoza (1:45.24) in a duel of the last two national champions in the event; Babakinas (1:48.15) took third, followed by Tushev (1:49.64), Colton Spaulding (1:53.18) and Kole Esselstyn (1:53.50), as Drury swept the top six spots in the standings.
• Cabral also logged another individual title, this time taking the 100 free with a time of 43.72; Vissotto (44.78) earned the silver, with Vaiciunas (45.71) finishing a close third.
• Hagl wrapped up a win in the 200 fly with a time of 1:50.13, while Siniscalchi (1:53.71) placed fourth and Gomez-Guillamon (1:54.51) took fifth.
• DU's 400 free relay team of Tushev, Jake Prevatte, Vissotto and Cabral earned the victory with a time of 3:01.46.
• Carter Austin brought home the 3-meter diving crown with his NCAA-qualifying score of 511.35.

LOOKING AHEAD
Drury swimming and diving will travel to Dallas for the SMU Invitational, Nov. 19-22 at Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center.

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