The Lions opened up the season at the Show-Me Showdown in Columbia, Mo. on Friday. Both the men's and women's teams finished in second place at the meet, which was hosted by NCAA Division I Missouri.

MEN'S OVERVIEW
The men's squad (450) trailed Mizzou (750) for second place, and finished ahead of WashU (372), Missouri-St. Louis (251), Saint Louis (248), William Jewell (162), Truman State (103) and Maryville (33).

MEN'S TOP FINISHERS

• The 200 Yard Medley Relay squad (Matheo Mateos-Mongelos, Jerry Brown, Patryk Winiatowski, and Ryan Boeding) earned 3rd with a time of 1:32.19.
• Melker Olsson captured 3rd in the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 4:35.20.
• Zach Linder, Mateos-Mongelos, Vincent Jaworski, and Tait Harvey combined for a finish of 3:07.84 (3rd) in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay.
• Linder, Evan Root, Brown, and Boeding teamed up for a 4th place finish in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (1:25.10).
• David Molina-Fregenal finished 3rd in the 1 Meter Dive after totaling a score of 300.75.

WOMEN'S OVERVIEW
Lindenwood (477) finished behind Mizzou (683) and ahead of Saint Louis (400), WashU (375), Truman State (221), Missouri-St. Louis (162), William Jewell (67) and Maryville (26).

WOMEN'S TOP FINISHERS

• McKayla Siemiller, Kirsten Votova, Marit de Lau, and Joselle Mensah were part of a quad that finished 3rd in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay.
• Stephanie Marks, Lexie Winnett, Siemiller, and Laney Fenton finished 4th in the 200 Yard Medley Relay, tallying a time of 1:49.43.
• Elle Christie earned 2nd in the 1 Meter Dive with a score of 229.95. She also finished 2nd in the 3 Meter Dive with a score of 251.20.

UP NEXT
The Lions compete at UIndy in Indianapolis, Ind. on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 12:00 p.m.

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