The Lindenwood men's and women's swimming teams competed against the University of Missouri-St. Louis this past Friday and Saturday. The men's team took home a victory, edging out the Tritons 199-128. The women's team also won, outscoring UMSL 234-92 during the event.

Team Stand Out Performances (UMSL):

• Men's First Place Finishes
  • 400-yd Medley Relay
• Women's First Place Finishes
  • 200-yd Freestyle Relay, 400-yd Medley Relay, 200-yd Medley Relay, 400-yd Freestyle Relay

Individual Stand Out Performances (UMSL):

• Meredith Riegler
  • 1st place - Women's 200-yd IM (2:11.31), Women's 400-yd IM (4:43.07), 
• Melker Olsson
  • 1st place - Men's 200-yd IM (1:55.19), Men's 200-yd Backstroke (1:52.18), Men's 100-yd Backstroke (52.36)
• Camilla Rimmereide
  • 1st place - Women's 200-yd Butterfly (2:10.28), Women's 200-yd Freestyle (1:57.73)
• Patryk Winiatowski
  • 1st place - Men's 200-yd Butterfly (1:53.58)
• Marit de Lau
  • 1st place - Women's 100-yd Freestyle (55.18)
• Shelby Kasse
  • 1st place - Women's 200-yd Backstroke (2:09.45)
• Maxime Eekhof
  • 1st place - Men's 100-yd Breaststroke (57.58), Men's 200-yd Breaststroke (2:10.36)
• Maria Leticia Rodrigues
  • 1st place - Women's 500-yd Freestyle (5:14.85)
• Niels Engeln
  • 1st place - Men's 500-yd Freestyle (4:41.00), Men's 1650-yd Freestyle (16:24.60)
• Vincent Jaworski
  • 1st place - Men's 200-yd Freestyle (1:43.38)
• Kamila Kunka
  • 1st place - Women's 50-yd Freestyle (25.59), Women's 100-yd Backstroke (1:00.05)
• Tylen Phillips
  • 1st place - Men's 400-yd IM (3:59.38)
• Lexie Winnett 
  • 1st place - Women's 100-yd Butterfly (59.39)
• Beata Maruszcyzyk
  • 1st place - Women's 200-yd Breaststroke (2:27.78)
• Jana Hellenschmidt 
  • 1st place - Women's 1650-yd Freestyle (17:48.19)

Delta Drive Invitational Recap
This past weekend, the Lindenwood University dive team traveled to Cleveland, Mississippi for the Delta Dive Invitational.  This three-day meet Included prelims, consolation and finals on 1-meter and 3-meter for men and women.  The other teams present included Maryville University, Delta State University, University of Western Florida and Oklahoma Baptist University.  The highlights included a National Qualifying score for Dylan Callaghan on 3-meter and 1^st place overall for the women's team.
 
The women's team, including Elle Christie, Katie Werkema and Taylor Seilheimer, qualified for finals on both 1-meter and 3-meter.  The three sophomore girls took home first place overall as a team beating all four other teams with 91 total points.
 
1-meter

• Elle Christie – 1^st 438.55
• Katie Werkema – 3^rd 407.50
• Taylor Seilheimer – 8^th 347.30

 
3-meter

• Katie Werkema –2^nd 414.95
• Elle Christie - 3^rd 396.85
• Taylor Seilheimer –8^th 341.90

 
The men's team, consisting only of Dylan Callaghan, took home 2^nd place in overall team points.  He qualified for Division II Nationals with a total score of 467.65.
 


Up Next:

The men's and women's teams will head out to Cleveland, Mississippi to compete in the Delta State Christmas Invite beginning on December 18th and ending on December 21st.