Bulldog Women Place Sixth, Men Seventh at TYR Cup

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2013 Women's Schedule || 2013 Men's Schedule

EVANSTON, Ill. - - A late surge in the TYR Cup's final event propelled the Truman women's swimming team to a sixth-place finish in the team competition, while the Bulldog men notched a seventh-place finish at the three-day event, hosted by Big Ten program Northwestern (Ill.) University.

The Bulldog quartet of Alison Strickler, Evyn Spencer, Bailey Peterson, and Casey Jepsen finished seventh in the 400 Free Relay with a B-cut time of 3:30.54 to earn 26 points towards its three-day total of 252. That finish slid the Bulldogs past Div. I North Dakota by one point in the primarily Div. I event that is one of the top fall classics in the nation.

On the day, the Bulldog women secured seven B-cut times to finish the event with 20 standard settings entering the final week of November. Hannah Nicks had one of the top days for the Bulldog women, finishing second in the 50 Back (26.68) to earn 17 team points while also picking up a sixth-place finish in the 200 Back. Her prelim time of 2:03.36 was a B-cut.

Other individual B-cut times on the day were set in the 100 Free (Spencer, 52.56; Jepsen, 52.27), 200 Breast (Abby Hempen, 2:19.57; Ally Neumann, 2:21.52), and 1650 Free (Brynn Guardado, 17:14.80). All five earned team points with their results in finals swims.

On the men's side, the four-man team of Neil Girmus, Alec Morgan, George Dowdy, and Etienne Thro took home 15th in the 400 Free Relay to pick up 24 points, while Girmus logged the only individual point of the day - touching in a time of 2:10.77 in the 200 Breast. The Bulldog men finished the meet with 122 points.

The Bulldog teams have one meet remaining in the fall semester, as the squads will host Lewis (Ill.) on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 11:00 am in the Pershing Natatorium.

Saturday Recap
The Truman women's swimming team moved up to seventh place and added eight B-cut times to its ledger, as both Bulldog squads competed on day two of three at the Northwestern (Ill.) University TYR Cup.

The Bulldog women picked up 83 team points in seven swimming finals on Saturday night - fueled by a fifth-place, 30-point finish in the 800 Free Relay to close the night. Brynn Guardado, Kristi Van Oost, Bailey Peterson and Casey Jepsen comprised that B-cut time.

In the evening's first event, Hannah Nicks, Abby Hempen, Beth Eyanson and Jepsen logged a B-cut time of 1:47.09 in the 200 Medley Relay, before Ashley Shanel used her "bonus final" race to pick up a B-cut mark of 4:31.94 in the 400 IM.

Eyanson (57.42, 12th place) and Evyn Spencer (57.73) picked up B-cut times in the 100 Fly, while Jepsen earned an individual B-cut time in the 200 Free - touching the wall in the finals in 1:52.16 to win the Consolation Final and earn nine points.

Hempen added a B-cut time in the 100 Breast during prelims at 1:05.59 before finishing 13th in the finals .08 slower at 1:05.67, while Nicks similarly notched her fastest time in the 100 Back during prelims at 57.47 prior to a 57.66 (6th place) finish in the finals.

On the men's side, Neil Girmus picked up a point in the 100 Breast, hitting the wall at 59.37 in the finals. The 'Dogs earned 24 points in both the 200 Medley Relay (Justin Marler, Girmus, Etienne Thro, and George Dowdy time of 1:35.98) and the 800 Free Relay (Alec Morgan, Dowdy, Girmus, and Thro time of 7:06.71).

The men's team also sits in seventh through two days with 97 total points. Weekend host NU has the lead both on the women's and men's sides.

Day three begins with preliminaries at 9 a.m. Sunday before the finals commence at 3 p.m. Sunday's docket includes 50 Fly, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 50 Back, 200 Fly, and 1650 Free for individuals as well as the 400 Free Relay.

Friday Recap
The Truman women's swimming team picked up five B-cuts to highlight day one of the men's and women's TYR Cup hosted by Northwestern University.

The Bulldog men – fueled by a pair of 24-point performances in two relay events – sit seventh with 48 points in meet scoring, while the women are in eighth with 55 total points.

The women did the majority of their damage during the morning prelims, as Brynn Guardado (500 Free; 5:00.76), Evyn Spencer (200 IM; 2:07.32) and Alison Strickler (50 Free; 24.04) all picked up their fastest B-cut times of the day. All three would score later in the evening during the finals, combining for five team points.

The four-swimmer squad of Strickler, Spencer, Bailey Peterson and Casey Jepsen turned in a time of 1:36.19 for 22 points in the women's 200 Free Relay, before Hannah Nicks, Abby Hempen, Beth Eyanson and Jepsen would combine for 24 points in the women's 400 Medley Relay with a time of 3:52.70.

Hempen also logged a four-point finish in the finals of the 50 Breast with a time of 30.44.

The Bulldog men turned in a time of 1:26.81 in the 200 Free relay, led by Neil Girmus, Matt Phillips, George Dowdy and Etienne Thro, while also logging a 3:31.60 time in the 400 Medley relay fueled by Justin Marler, Lars Winkelmolen, Thro and Girmus.

The two teams return to the pool on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. for preliminary competition in the 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast and 100 Back. The 5 p.m. night session features the finals in those five events, as well as the 200 Medley Relay and the 800 Free Relay.

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