Lawrence, Kan. - The University of Denver men's and women's swimming team showed another strong performance on the second day of their double dual meet against the University of Kansas and Missouri State University. The DU men topped Missouri State by a final score of 243-98, while the women beat Kansas 188-162 and defeated Missouri State 279-67. The team combined for a final score of 522 over Missouri State's 165 to earn their first place victory.

"I'm really proud of our women for responding to a tough challenge that the Kansas women gave us over the weekend," head coach Brian Schrader said. "Everyone played a role and scored necessary points for a team win. Our men did a great job of getting ready to race as well, and it was fun to see some records go down. I would have to say Johanna Roas and Amanda Sanders led the way with their individual and relay performances with our women, and our men really committed as a team to racing hard, lots of wins and solid swims top to bottom."

Denver's relay team consisting of Ray Bornman, Kyle Robrock, Tim Cottam and Anton Loncar finished first in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:22.83. The women's relay team of Johanna Roas, Zoe Huddleston, Lauren Moden and Morgan Wice also placed first in this event with a time of 1:34.65.

Both the men and women finished first in the 400-yard freestyle relay, as the men's relay team of Bornman, Robrock, Loncar and Luke Williams recorded a time of 3:03.41 and the women's relay of Roas, Huddleston, Moden and Wice finished with a time of 3:25.85.

Other first place finishes on the second day of the meet included Borman in the 100-yard free (45.12), Morgan McCormick in the 200-yard backstroke (1:59.43), Loncar in the 200-yard backstroke (1:47.49, Roas in the 100-yard butterfly (56.63), Andrew Torres in the 100-yard butterfly (49.51), and Dylan Bunch in the 500-yard freestyle event (4:33.36). Amanda Sanders also recorded a first place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:16.73.

Junior Larissa Grammer placed third in the one meter diving event with a final score of 225.50. Divers Ryan Reed and Jackson Martin each took part in the three meter diving event, as Reed finished with a final score of 254.05 and Martin recorded a final score of 135.99.

The DU men's team will travel to California on Nov. 6th to take on UC Santa Cruz, while the women are set to host Air Force on Nov. 7th at noon at El Pomar.