Prior the holiday's the Lindenwood men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept the competition at the annual Delta State Christmas Invite.  The men's team tallied 2,297 points, 291 points ahead of the host school Delta State, while the women scored 2,479 points, 398 points ahead of Delta State. Both Lions teams swept all of the relays while the women won a total of 16 of the 21 events, while the men took home 13 titles. 

During the meet the Lindenwood swimmers and divers posted a total of 62 times or scores that met the standards set for qualifications to the NCAA championships. Those times met the standard, but are not guarantees to get invites into the championship.  Those invited times will be announced prior to the championship based on the top times across the nation.  The one exception to that is freshman Elliott Irwin, whose time of 19.57 seconds in the 50 free is good enough to automatically earn him an invitation to the championships in March.

Here is a recap the top finishers and times from the event.

Women's Relays

• 800 Free Relay – 1^st Place (7:31.51)
• 200 Medley Relay – 1^st Place (1:42.92) – D2 B Standard Time
• 400 Medley Relay – 1^st Place (3:46.31)
• 200 Free Relay – 1^st Place (1:34.46)
• 400 Free Relay – 1^st Place (3:25.63)

Men's Relays

• 800 Free Relay – 1^st Place (6:36.34) – D2 B Standard Time
• 200 Medley Relay – 1^st Place (1:27.27) – D2 B Standard Time
• 400 Medley Relay – 1^st Place (3:11.58) – D2 B Standard Time
• 200 Free Relay – 1^st Place (1:19.86) – D2 B Standard Time
• 400 Free Relay – 1^st Place (2:55.50) – D2 B Standard Time

Top Women's Performances

Elle Christie

• Women's 3 Meter Diving – 2^nd Place (451.05 pts) – NCAA Qualifying Score
• Women's 1 Meter Diving – 1^st Place (468.83 pts) – NCAA Qualifying Score

Marit de Lau

• Women's 50 Free – 4^th Place (23.63) – D2 B Standard Time
• Women's 100 free – 2^nd Place (51.43) – D2 B Standard Time

Laney Fenton

• Women's 200 Breast – 2^nd Place (2:19.65) – D2 B Standard Time

Jana Hellenschmidt

• Women's 1000 Free – 1^st Place (10:20.86) – D2 B Standard Time
• Women's 500 Free – 1^st Place (4:56.30) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Women's 400 IM – 2^nd Place (4:25.22) – 2021 D2 Invited Time
• Women's 1650 Free -1^st Place (17:06.31) – 2020 D2 Invited Time

Shelby Kasse

• Women's 200 IM – 2^nd Place (2:04.56) – D2 B Standard Time
• Women's 100 Breast – 2^nd Place (55.23) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Women's 200 Back – 3^rd Place (2:01.50) – 2021 D2 Invited Time

Ellie Lopez

• Women's 200 IM – 3^rd Place (2:06.23) – D2 B Standard Time
• Women's 400 IM – 3^rd Place (4:28.71) – D2 B Standard Time

Stephanie Marks

• Women's 50 Free – 2^nd Place (23.38) – 2021 D2 Invited Time
• Women's 100 Breast – 1^st Place (54.42) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Women's 200 Back – 2^nd Place (2:00.51) – 2020 D2 Invited Time

Beata Maruszczyk

• Women's 200 IM – 4^th Place (2:04.99) – D2 B Standard Time
• Women's 200 Free – Prelim (1:51.28) – D2 B Standard Time
• Women's 200 Breast – 1^st Place (2:17.95) – 2021 D2 Invited Time

Joselle Mensah

• Women's 50 Free – 1^st Place (23.25) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Women's 100 Breast – 2^nd Place (1:03.56) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Women's 100 Free – 1^st Place (51.20) – 2021 D2 Invited Time

Meredith Riegler

• Women's 500 Free – 2^nd Place (4:58.74) – D2 B Standard Time
• Women's 200 Free – 2^nd Place (1:51.92) – D2 B Standard Time

Camilla Rimmereide

• Women's 200 Free – 3^rd Place (1:52.03) – D2 B Standard Time
• Women's 200 Fly – 2^nd Place (2:03.58) – 2020 D2 Invited Time

McKayla Siemiller

• Women's 50 Free – 3^rd Place (23.40) – 2021 D2 Invited Time
• Women's 100 free – 3rd Place (51.97) – D2 B Standard Time

Katie Werkema

• Women's 3 Meter Diving – 4^th Place (421.00 pts) – NCAA Qualifying Score
• Women's 1 Meter Diving – 2^nd Place (450.14 pts) – NCAA Qualifying Score

Lexie Winnett

• Women's 50 Free – 6^th Place (23.86) – D2 B Standard Time
• Women's 100 Breast – 1^st Place (1:03.54) – D2 B Standard Time

Lyssa Wood

• Women's 200 IM – 1^st Place (2:03.78) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Women's 400 IM – 1^st Place (4:24.13) – 2020 D2 Invited Time

Top Men's Performances

Jerry Brown

• Men's 100 Breast – 1^st Place (53.34) – 2021 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 200 Breast – 1^st Place (1:57.66) – 2020 D2 Invited Time

Jan Hanzal

• Men's 800 Free – 2^nd Place (9:18.81) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 500 Free – 9^th Place – winner of B Final) (4:30.51) – D2 B Standard Time
• Men's 400 IM – 2^nd Place (3:54.52) – 2021 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 200 Fly – 4^th Place (1:49.83*) – D2 B Standard Time

Elliott Irwin

• Men's 50 Free – 1^st Place (19.57) – D2 Automatic Time
• Men's 100 Fly – 2^nd Place (46.90) – 2021 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 100 Back – 2^nd Place (48.18) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 100 Free – 1^st Place (43.48) – 2021 D2 Invited Time

Vincent Jaworski

• Men's 800 Free – 1^st Place (9:16.02) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 500 Free – 1^st Place (4:28.99) – D2 B Standard Time
• Men's 200 Free – 2^nd Place (1:38.42) – D2 B Standard Time
• Men's 1650 Free – 1^st Place (15:38.94) – 2021 D2 Invited Time

Zach Linder

• Men's 50 Free – 3^rd Place (20.09) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 100 Free – 2^nd Place (43.67) – 2021 D2 Invited Time

Matheo Mateos-Mongelos

• Men's 800 Free – 4^th Place (9:31.64) – D2 B Standard Time
• Men's 200 IM – 2^nd Place (1:46.85) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 200 Free – 1^st Place (1:38.00) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 1650 Free – 3^rd Place (15:51.33) – D2 B Standard Time

David Molina-Fregenal

• Men's 3 Meter Diving – 2^nd Place (511.42 pts) – NCAA Qualifying Score

Sebastian Silva

• Men's 200 IM – 4^th Place (1:50.12) – D2 B Standard Time
• Men's 200 Fly – 3^rd Place (1:49.78) – D2 B Standard Time

Patryk Winiatowski

• Men's 200 IM – 3^rd Place (1:48.43) – 2020 D2 Invited Time
• Men's 100 Fly – 6^th Place (48.40) – D2 B Standard Time
• Men's 100 Free- 4^th Place (44.36) – 2020 D2 Invited Time

 The Lions will embark on their annual training trip over the holiday's and will return to competition on January 14 for a dual against McKendree.