COLUMBIA, Mo. - No. 17 Mckendree University women's swimming competed against the University of Missouri tigers and Missouri State bears over a two-day meet. 

Friday 

The 200-yard freestyle relay saw freshman Tumi Macdonell, senior Aurora Abbruscato, junior Jocelyn Zgola, and fifth-year senior Alexis Kachkin take fourth place with a time of 1:33.52. 

Graduate student Sophia Burwtiz placed fifth in the 150-fly with a time of 1:30.69. 

Freshman Bianka Bukovics placed third in the 150-yard backstroke with a time of 1:30.06. 

Senior Presley Heitzman and junior Rylee sitton placed fifth and sixth in the 150-yard breaststroke with times of 1:45.45 and 1:46.72 respectively. They also placed eighth and sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke with marks of 1:05.91 and 1:06.47.  

Zgola also took fifth place in the 150-yard freestyle in 1:21.38. 

Saturday 

Kachkin, seniors Sarah Gormley, Karley Sonnenberg, and Macdonell took fifth in the 200-yard medley relay. 

Junior Natalia Kralova placed fifth in the 1650-yard freestyle with a mark of 17:43.35. 

In the 200-yard freestyle Luiza Dias placed fifth and Zgola placed sixth with times of 1:50.02 and 1:52.03 respectively. 

Bukovics took sixth in the 100-yard backstroke, and sophomore Helena Kurtz took eighth with times of 57.30 and 59.36.  

The 50-yard freestyle saw Sonnenberg place third in 23.19, Macdonell place fourth in 23.80, and Kachkin place 10th in 24.10. 

The Sitton and Heitzman duo went fifth and seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke with times of 2:22.07 and 2:27.60. 

Dias and Zgola had marks of 5:00.92 and 5:01.23 in the 500-yard freestyle. 

Burwitz saw a time of 56.46 in the 100-yard fly which placed her in seventh. 

The 400-yard free relay saw Zgola, Macdonell, Sonnenberg, and Kachin take fourth with a time of 3:26.76. 

The Bearcats are back in the pool next Sat. Jan. 25 for Senior Day against GLVC foes Lewis University and University of Missouri Saint Louis.