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The Drury men received a major boost in the 200 individual medley when Jakub Jiracek (1:48.31) and Tomas Kuzvard (1:48.38) posted a one-two finish. Drury also received a one-two performance in the 1,000 freestyle as Ryan Norrie (9:06.68) and Michael Lewandowski (9:12.79) bested the competition.<\/p>\n
Tampa\u2019s Cole Tedhams claimed a decisive victory in the 50 freestyle as his time of 19.77 was the only sub-20 clocking in the field. North Dakota\u2019s Rodrigo Ferreira was second in 20.30 and also helped his squad to gold in the 200 medley relay. Ferreira was joined by Jeff Schneider, Jared Peters and Eric Knight for a time of 1:31.09, quicker than Tampa\u2019s effort of 1:31.86.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s competition, Truman notched its only triumph of the night in the 200 medley relay. The foursome of Emily Greenwood, Brigit Brunsman, Laura Harp and Whitney Jensen managed a clocking of 1:44.36. Truman\u2019s Lija Kaleps-Clark was second in the 200 I.M., behind only Tampa\u2019s Chelsea Hastings (2:03.52).<\/p>\n
In the 1,000 freestyle, West Chester\u2019s Tammy Leane was first to the wall, thanks to a swim of 10:00.18. That effort was easily enough to hold off UC-San Diego\u2019s Sophie Levy (10:08.15). Meanwhile, Drury\u2019s Mariana De Oliveira was first in the 50 free in 23.34.<\/p>\n
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