ROLLA/SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Statesmen and Lady Statesmen swimming and diving teams put together some strong swims and race victories against a pair of top national teams this weekend.

Karl-Richard Hennebach and Laura Nichols highlighted the weekend for the two teams.

Hennebach continued his dominance in the 100-Backstoke event this season, winning at Drury with a time of 51.46. The time was just slower then his personal best this season, but .62 seconds faster than second place. The freshman has won all three 100-Backstoke events competed in this season.

Henneback also won the 50-Freestyle at Drury, finishing with a 21.18 for a team and personal best this season. He also finished second in the 200-Individual Medley against Missouri S&T, swimming the fastest time by a Statesmen in the event all season with a 1:58.79

Laura Nichols won the 100-Breaststroke event at Drury, winning by over two seconds with a 1:06.45. The time for Nichols was over a second faster than her season best coming into the meet (1:07.53).

Yvan Nys nearly matched a season best time in the 200-Backstroke (1:57.16) at Missouri S&T with a second place finish (1:57.17). The next day, Nys went nearly a second faster than his season best time in the 200-Freestyle, finishing in third place at Drury with a 1:48.54.

Dani Meerholz put together a strong swimming performance in the 200-Freestle event against Drury. Meerholz finished third with a 1:57.67, 1.21 seconds faster than her previous season best time this year. The sophomore also shaved 1.49 seconds off of her season best time in the 500-Freestyle, finishing in second place with a 5:12.04.

Freshman Bryce Anderson had a strong swim on back to back nights for the Statesmen in the 1000-Freestyle. At Missouri S&T, Anderson took third place with a 10:08.00, the fastest time in the event for the Green-and-White this season and 5.44 seconds faster than his previous time. Anderson then bettered his time at Drury, finishing third again with a 10:02.23.

Maria Torres took second place in the 100-Freestyle event against Drury, finishing with a 10:42.60 just off her top time of the season.

Paul Stewart also had a big improvement this weekend, finishing nearly two seconds faster than his previous best time in the 200-Breaststroke with a 2:14.30. The time is also the fastest time for the Statesmen this season.

Hannah Core edged her season best time in the 50-Freesyle against Drury. Core finished third with a 25.38 in the event. Core also took second in the 100-Freetyle with a 55.44.

Shawnee Gundry swam in the 100-Backstroke for the Lady Statesmen for the first time this season, finishing in third with a 1:02.41, over a second faster than the previous top Lady Statesmen time this season. Kelsey Fallstrom the previous best time in the event, improved her time as well, finishing with a 1:02.88.

The Statesmen and the Lady Statesmen will have a week off before returning to the pool for competition November 16-17 in Arkadelphia, Ark. with dual meets on consecutive days against Henderson State and Ouachita Baptist.