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Truman State swimmers win eight events in losses at Missouri-St. Louis

Truman State swimmers won eight events Saturday, but Missouri-St. Louis swept the dual meet in St. Louis, taking the men's meet 158-94 and the women's meet 165-88.

Jacob Wolf, of Truman State, swept the men's backstroke races, winning the 100-yard event in 50.19 seconds and the 200 in 1:52.07. Orin Meyer, of Truman State, won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:56.19 and the 500 in 4:53.79.

Xoel Parcero Areoso, of Truman State, won the men's 100-yard breaststroke in 59.19 seconds and finished second in the 200 in 2:10.82. Dennis Bobiv, of Truman State, won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.67 seconds.

Alex Powers, of Truman State, won the women's 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.42, beating Lena Olender, of Missouri-St. Louis, by 0.16 seconds. Powers also finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:28.41.

Truman State swept the top three places in the women's 200-yard backstroke. Maddie Lynch, of Truman State, won in 2:15.16, followed by Ella Cagle, of Truman State, in 2:18.90 and Anabelle Cook, of Truman State, in 2:20.57.

Charlotte Holcomb, of Truman State, finished second in the women's 50-yard freestyle in 25.13 seconds, 0.08 behind Justice Beard, of Missouri-St. Louis.

Truman State next competes at the South Dakota Midseason Invite Nov. 19-21 in Vermillion, South Dakota.

Final scores: Missouri-St. Louis men 158, Truman State 94; Missouri-St. Louis women 165, Truman State 88.