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The time is the first sub-4:20 finish in MVC history. His teammate <strong>Illias El Fallaki<\/strong> and Miami freshman<strong> Elijah Rolfsen<\/strong> followed behind him in a stacked final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami also broke a championship record in the 200 free relay at 1:18.43, with swimmers <strong>Owen<\/strong> <strong>Hoban<\/strong>, <strong>Ian<\/strong> <strong>Rodrigues<\/strong> <strong>Kmiliauski<\/strong>, <strong>Duncan<\/strong> <strong>Salmen<\/strong>, and <strong>Tegan<\/strong> <strong>Barrier<\/strong>. For the women, Southern Illinois\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Susana<\/strong> <strong>Hernandez<\/strong>, <strong>Zaria<\/strong> <strong>Terry<\/strong>, <strong>Ava<\/strong> <strong>Rines<\/strong>, and <strong>Masha<\/strong> <strong>Zhukova <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">earned a win in the 200 free relay with a 1:30.32.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indiana State freshman <strong>Grace<\/strong> <strong>Cummings<\/strong> won the women\u2019s 500 free with a 4:45.98, while Southern Illinois\u2019 <strong>Olivia<\/strong> <strong>Herron<\/strong> and <strong>Benedek<\/strong> <strong>Andor<\/strong> took the 200 IM titles at 1:58.31 and 1:44.63, respectively. The SIU women earned a victory in the 400 medley relay at 3:37.11 with swimmers <strong>Liseka<\/strong> <strong>Gallegos<\/strong> <strong>Gutierrez<\/strong>, Herron, <strong>Brooklyn<\/strong> <strong>Anderson<\/strong>, and Hernandez. Miami took the 400 men\u2019s medley in 3:08.58 with swimmers <strong>Jensen<\/strong> <strong>Nelson<\/strong>, <strong>Brady<\/strong> <strong>Miller<\/strong>, Salmen and Barrier. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day Two brought a close team race. On the women\u2019s side, Indiana State University was followed close behind by Southern Illinois University and Missouri State University. The Missouri State men moved into first, just ahead of Miami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The highlight swim came from Ball State freshman <strong>George<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<strong>Patterson<\/strong>, who shattered the MVC record in the men\u2019s 200 free in 1:34.79, with SIU\u2019s <strong>Willem<\/strong> <strong>Huggins<\/strong> also under the old mark in 1:34.91. Missouri State\u2019s <strong>Lillie<\/strong> <strong>Freulon<\/strong> won the women\u2019s 100 fly in 53.25, while SIU\u2019s <strong>Carter<\/strong> <strong>Ruthven<\/strong> took the men\u2019s race in 46.48.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIU\u2019s Anderson and Miami\u2019s Hoban claimed the 400 IM titles in 4:15.65 and 3:48.65, respectively. Indiana State won the women\u2019s 200 medley relay in 1:39.68 behind <strong>Sahara<\/strong> <strong>Visscher<\/strong>, <strong>Ali Pearson<\/strong>, <strong>Raine Boles<\/strong> and <strong>Kaleigh Kelley<\/strong>. Missouri State finished in first in the men\u2019s relay at 1:25.61 with <strong>Gonzolo Ruiz Vazquez<\/strong>, <strong>Kiefer Roemer<\/strong>, <strong>Jack Ailshire<\/strong> and <strong>Lucas Chadwell<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Friday<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day Three set up a tight finish heading into Saturday. Southern Illinois University moved into the lead on the women\u2019s side, just ahead of Indiana State University. On the men\u2019s side, Missouri State remained in front, with Miami University close behind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herron delivered a crucial swim for SIU, finishing in 1:59.75 to win the women\u2019s 200 fly and edge Indiana State\u2019s <strong>Haley Halsall<\/strong> by under a tenth. Miami\u2019s <strong>Allen Cotton<\/strong> finished in 1:44.23 to take the men\u2019s 200 fly after Missouri State\u2019s <strong>Anderson<\/strong> <strong>Brown<\/strong> broke the MVC record in prelims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indiana State\u2019s Pearson finished in 1:01.52 to win the women\u2019s 100 breast, while Missouri State freshman <strong>Kiefer<\/strong> <strong>Roemer<\/strong> broke the MVC record and earned an NCAA automatic qualifying time, finishing in 52.56 in the men\u2019s race. SIU\u2019s Gutierrez finished in 53.34 to win the 100 back, and Miami\u2019s Nelson finished in 46.71 to claim the men\u2019s title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missouri State closed the night with a women\u2019s 800 free relay victory, as <strong>Lana<\/strong> <strong>Janson<\/strong>, <strong>Ainsley<\/strong> <strong>Jenkins<\/strong>, <strong>Sophia<\/strong> <strong>Dela<\/strong> <strong>Coleta<\/strong> and <strong>Makenzie<\/strong> <strong>Kurre<\/strong> combined to finish in 7:14.68. Southern Illinois answered in the men\u2019s 800 free relay, where <strong>Rodrigo Ramos Chavez<\/strong>, <strong>Juraj Barcot<\/strong>, <strong>Alex Cimera<\/strong> and <strong>Willem Huggins<\/strong> teamed up to finish in 6:25.92.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3874\" data-end=\"4133\">Indiana State all but secured the women\u2019s championship early on the final day, sweeping the top three spots in the 1650 freestyle behind Cummings\u2019 winning time of 16:17.25. Miami\u2019s\u00a0Rolfsen won the men\u2019s mile in a 15:04.27.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4135\" data-end=\"4442\">Southern Illinois added another title from Gallegos Gutierrez in the women\u2019s 200 back (1:56.46), while Nelson capped a dominant meet in the men\u2019s backstroke events with an MVC record at 1:42.88. SIU&#8217;s Herron won the 200 breastroke and punched her ticket to NCAAs with a 2:11.01.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4444\" data-end=\"4732\">Southern Illinois&#8217; Andor, <strong>Carter Ruthven<\/strong>, Cimera and Huggins narrowly beat Ball State in the men\u2019s 400 freestyle relay to end the championships, while Missouri State&#8217;s Janson, Jenkins, Ane Meier and Kurre won the women\u2019s race in 3:18.97.<\/p>\n<h4>Missouri Valley Conference Women&#8217;s Team Standings<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Indiana State &#8211; 1,236<\/li>\n<li>Southern Illinois &#8211; 1,161<\/li>\n<li>Missouri State \u2013 1,117<\/li>\n<li>UIC \u2013 1,054.5<\/li>\n<li>Northern Iowa \u2013 920<\/li>\n<li>Little Rock \u2013 869.5<\/li>\n<li>Illinois State \u2013 697<\/li>\n<li>Evansville \u2013 313<\/li>\n<li>Valparaiso \u2013 253<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Missouri Valley Conference Mens Team Standings<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Missouri State \u2013 1,446.5<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span 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