New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Championships: Day Four

CLEVLAND, Ohio, February 16. ON the final day, no team hardware was won by the Aqua Statesmen and Lady Statesmen, but both teams turned in memorable performances as the New South Intercollegiate Swimming Conference Championships concluded at the DSU Aquatics Center. Truman State repeated at women's champion, while Missouri S&T earned the men's title.

For a second year in a row, Delta State head coach Brian Hein was named the NSISC Women's Coach of the Year. Lady Statesmen freshman Merv Terzioglu was hot this week and earned the Most Valuable Swimmer Award, as she finished with the highest point total for the championships.

Truman State maintained their first place postion and held on for the women's title with 978.5 points. The Lady Statesmen finished second with 832. OBU (585.5), Henderson (431), UIW (367) and Drury (134) close out the bracket.

The Statesmen remained in third finishing with 566 for the meet, while Missouri S&T would take home the title with 830.5. OBU would take second with 733. Henderson (550.5), Truman (522.5), UIW (290) and Drury (93.5) round out the standings.

For the Lady Statesmen, Hannah Willis (2:09.90) and Kaitlyn Pittman (2:10.34) took home fifth and sixth respectively in the women's 200-backstoke in the first event of the day.

Terzioglu picked up her second win of the championship with a first place finish in the 200-breaststroke in (2:19.02) while Ashley Thompson finished sixth.

Amanda Guidry took first in the 200-fly, touching the pad in (2:06.28) while teammate Jen Artichuk finished third (2:07.23).

The Lady Statesmen ‘A' team also finished fourth in the 400-free relay.

Roman Sereda got things going for the Statesmen with a sixth place finish in the 200-backstroke, while teammate Justin Ingvolstad finished fifth in the 100-free.

Patrick Weyrich would get the first top-finish for the Statesmen in the 200-fly, finishing in (1:51.86) along with Gurkon Eroksuz who finished fifth in the same event. The Statesmen would close out the day with a fifth place finish in the 400-free relay.

Special thanks to NSISC for contributing this report.

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