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The Maneater

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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Mizzou Swimming opens season with Show Me Showdown

Peter Baugh October 3, 2015

At Friday’s Show Me Showdown, junior Katharine Ross found her times around where they were in the middle of last season. “This is a really good place to start out at,” she said. Ross opened up...

Diving in: Women’s swimming preview

Peter Baugh September 27, 2015

**2014-2015 Recap** At the 2015 NCAA meet, the Tigers finished in 14th place with 100 points. The 14th place showing was tied for the best finish in program history. At the SEC Championships, the women...

Aruban freshman Mikel Schreuders brings promise, mystery

Aruban freshman Mikel Schreuders brings promise, mystery

Peter Baugh September 23, 2015

Missouri coach Greg Rhodenbaugh doesn’t know what he is getting in freshman Mikel Schreuders. In fact, Schreuders doesn’t either. On Monday, Schreuders turned 17 years old, making him one of the...

German swimmers start to settle in at Mizzou after WKU hazing scandal

German swimmers start to settle in at Mizzou after WKU hazing scandal

Peter Baugh September 9, 2015

His last name has 16 letters and four syllables. He has the fastest returning 100-yard breaststroke time of anyone in American collegiate swimming. And, after two seasons at Western Kentucky University,...

Stevens emerges as a top national swimmer

Stevens emerges as a top national swimmer

Peter Baugh September 1, 2015

Mizzou coach Greg Rhodenbaugh believes swimming is a process. He wants his swimmers to train hard and believe in his system. If they do, he believes that they will take steps forward. Rhodenbaugh feels...

Junior swimmer Carter Griffin shines at Pan American Games

Peter Baugh August 26, 2015

Moments after his hand touched the wall, Carter Griffin leaned across the lane line and celebrated with teammate Sean Lehane. The Americans had just finished first and second in the 200-meter backstroke...

Q&A with Missouri swimmer Michael Chadwick

Peter Baugh July 8, 2015

_Swimmer Michael Chadwick is an All-American and rising junior at Missouri. As a sophomore at the NCAA Championships, he finished fifth in the 100-yard freestyle, sixth in the 200-yard freestyle relay...

Christmas training not so bad this year

Mitchell Forde December 9, 2014

When most people hear the word “Christmas,” they think of a fun, relaxing holiday. When swimmers hear “Christmas,” we think of Christmas training, and it evokes very different feelings. Even as...

Second half of swim season begins, bringing difficulties

Mitchell Forde December 8, 2014

For swimmers, it’s halftime of our season, and while we do not have another meet for more than a month, there seems to be more going on than ever. Prior to Thanksgiving break, we competed in the Mizzou...

Upcoming Mizzou Invite is huge

Mitchell Forde November 19, 2014

This is a big one. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, the swim and dive team will host the Mizzou Invite, a swim meet that will match us against Drury, Florida International, Illinois, Missouri...

How traveling with a team of 60 works

Mitchell Forde November 14, 2014

The swim and dive team had its first away meet last week at Kentucky. Away meets are not as simple as traveling to another school, swimming the meet and coming home. Along with them come issues of making...

Team closeness is vital

Mitchell Forde November 4, 2014

Swimming is unique because it is such an individual sport. Unlike other sports, success in swimming and diving is not centered on working with one another to make plays or formations work. In swimming,...