COLUMBIA, Mo. – The McKendree University women's swimming & diving team continued competition here Thursday on the second day of the Mizzou Invitational held at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
 
On the second day of action, the Bearcat women recorded a school record and an NCAA Provisional time in the 800 freestyle relay and tallied 18 season best times in the finals.
 
After two days of the event, McKendree sits in fourth place of six teams with 328 points. McKendree is the lone Division II team competing in the event.
 
The best event on the second night of finals for McKendree was the last one – 800 freestyle relay. In the event, McKendree's 'A' Team placed fourth overall with a school record and NCAA Provisional time of 7:30.96. The time bettered the old school record of 7:35.35 set at the 2022 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships.
 
In Thursday's finals, the members of the school record setting relay team were freshman Jocelyn Zgola (Milwaukee, Wis./Greendale), redshirt freshman McKenzie Fazio (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River), freshman Natalia Kralova (Poprad, Slovakia/Gymnasium Ivana Horvatha) and freshman Ana Cecilia Carvalho (Belo Horizonte, Brazi/Colegio Loyola).
 
In addition to finishing fourth, McKendree's 'B' Team of sophomore Sarah Gormley (Las Cruces, N.M./Las Cruces), sophomore Karley Sonnenberg (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North), junior Alexis Kachkin (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) and freshman Terrah DeLorimiere (Lubbock, Texas/Coronado) posted a time of 7:50.16 to finish sixth in the 800 freestyle relay.
 
Thursday night's finals began with the 100 butterfly and the Bearcats recorded three season best times in the 'B' Final of the event as freshman Keianna Moss (Nassau, Bahamas/Focus Point Academy) was 11th with a time of 56.75. Fazio was 13th with a time of 57.49 and sophomore Aurora Abbruscato (Reggio Emilia, Italy/I.I.S. Blaise Pascal) was 16th with a time of 58.05.
 
The next event was the 200 medley relay as the Bearcats 'A' relay team posted a season best time of 1:43.12 to finish in fifth place. The members of the relay team were Kachkin, senior Grace Credit (La Grange Highlands, Ill./Lyons Township), Moss and fifth-year senior Abigail Rumpp (Knoxville, Tenn./L&N STEM Academy).
 
Gormley recorded a season best time of 4:32.19 in the 400 IM to finish in seventh place in the 'A' Final.
 
In the 200 freestyle, the Bearcats set four season best times in the 'B' Final as Carvalho was 11th with a time of 1:51.83, while Zgola was 13th with a time of 1:52.01. Kralova was 15th with a time of 1:53.29 and Fazio was 16th with a time of 1:53.77.
  
Four more season best times were set in the 'B' Final of the 100 breaststroke as Credit was the top finisher for the Bearcats as she was 11th with a time of 1:04.95. Freshman Rylee Sitton (Troy, Ill./Triad) was 12th with a time of 1:05.84, while sophomore Presley Heitzmann (Magnolia, Texas/Magnolia) was 13th with a time of 1:06.58 and senior Emily Drabick (Barto, Pa./Florida Southern) was 14th with a time of 1:07.89.
 
The final individual event of the second night of the finals was the 100 backstroke as Rumpp and sophomore Caitlyn Sligh (Tomball, Texas/Tomball Memorial) each recorded season best times in the 'B' Final as Rumpp was 10th with a time of 57.11 and Sligh was 12th with a time of 59.00.
 
The meet concludes on Friday.
 
Here are the results from Thursday's second day of the Mizzou Invitational.
 
100 Butterfly
'B' Final
11. Moss, 56.75
13. Fazio, 57.49
16. Abbruscato, 58.05
 
200 Medley Relay
5. McKendree 'A' – 1:43.12 – Kachkin, Credit, Moss, Rumpp
10. McKendree 'B' – 1:45.95 – Sligh, Gormley, Fazio, Sonnenberg
13. McKendree 'C' – 1:49.92 – Drabick, Sitton, Abbruscato, Olivia Fuller
 
400 IM
'A' Final
7. Gormley, 4:32.19
 
200 Freestyle
'B' Final
11. Carvalho, 1:51.83
13. Zgola, 1:52.01
15. Kralova, 1:53.29
16. Fazio, 1:53.77
 
100 Breaststroke
'B' Final
11. Credit, 1:04.95
12. Sitton, 1:05.84
13. Heitzmann, 1:06.58
14. Drabick, 1:07.89
 
100 Backstroke
'B' Final
10. Rumpp, 57.11
12. Sligh, 59.00
 
800 Freestyle Relay
4. McKendree 'A' – 7:30.96 (School Record/NCAA Provisional) – Zgola, Fazio, Kralova, Carvalho
6. McKendree 'B' – 7:50.16 – Gormley, Sonnenberg, Kachkin, DeLorimiere