Razorbacks Drop Season Opener to Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo.- The Razorback swim and dive team dropped their season opener to the Missouri Tigers on Saturday by a score of 185.5-114.5 inside the Mizzou Aquatic Center.

Razorback Winners

The Razorbacks had seven winners on the day. Peyton Palsha won the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:54.23.  Adela Vavrinova secured a win in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.39. Vanessa Herrmann earned a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:00.78. Brooke Schultz locked up the 1-meter dive with a final score of 336.30.  Vanessa Herrmann won her second event of the day in the 200-yard breaststroke with a score of 2:12.58. Brooke Schultz also won two events, with a win in the 3-meter dive and a final score of 345.60. Adela Vavrinova pulled in the Razorbacks’ final win for the day with a 201.09 time in the 200-yard individual medley.

Quotables

“I am proud of our team,” said Arkansas head swim and dive coach Neil Harper. “This is our first meet of the year and we didn’t back down to a Top-20 SEC opponent on the road.”

“Of the 14 individual events we won seven of them and that’s a credit to our leaders stepping up,” said Harper. “I was particularly impressed with Brooke, Vanessa, Peyton and Adéla who between them earned all the Razorback wins today. I also thought Kobie swam great in the 100-back,100-free and relays.”

“Brooke and Maha scored NCAA Zone qualifying scores in both the 3-meter and 1-meter springboard events and Vanessa’s wins were also NCAA B qualifying times.”

“I think our freshmen made a great account of themselves in their collegiate debuts as Razorbacks,” Harper said. “Abby Pfeifer, Serena Gould, Hannah Cech and Bella Cothern all had great showings today. We learned a lot about our performances under pressure and can make some adjustments and improvements for our future meets.”

Up Next

The U.S. Open will be up next for the Razorbacks on Thursday (Nov. 12), more details about the open will be available closer to the date of competition.