Sports Blog — February 22, 2012
Updike named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for sixth time
The Big 12 Conference has named Missouri freshman gymnast Rachel Updike its Newcomer of the Week, the sixth time this season she has won the award. Updike is the first gymnast to win the award six times in a season.
Updike had a strong meet despite Missouri losing to Oklahoma on Friday. She scored 9.900 on vault, a career-high 9.850 on beam and 9.900 on floor to help propel the Tigers to their highest team score of the season.
Missouri will face Bowling Green State at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Hearnes Center.
Missouri swim team holds third place after day one of Big 12 Championships
Several records have fallen to the wayside as the Missouri Tigers find themselves collectively in third place after day one of the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday at the Mizzou Aquatics Center. The men’s squad is competing against Texas and Texas A&M, while the women square off against Iowa State, Kansas, Texas and Texas A&M.
Starting the record-setting day was the women’s 200-meter medley relay. The team finished second overall, with Cassie Cunningham, Amanda Masters, Shara Stafford and Emily Doucette recording a time of 1:37.34. The time was good enough for an all-time Missouri record.
Not to be left out, the men also recorded a Missouri record in the 800-meter freestyle relay. Swimmers Eegan Groome, Igor Kozlovskij, Neil O'Halloran and Yaniv Shnaider finished third with a time of 6:30.62, shaving nearly five seconds off their preliminary seeded time.
The diving team also contributed to the scoreboard. Sophomore diver David Bonuchi finished second in the one-meter competition with a total of 379.80 points. Both the men’s and women’s teams fiound themselves in third place following the action, with 92 points and 66 points, respectively.
The competition will resume at 10 a.m. Thursday morning.