Missouri
Missouri State Women Defend Title At 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Championships
2024 MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Dates: Wednesday, February 21 – Saturday, February 24
- Location: Deaconess Aquatic Center, Evansville, IN
- Defending Champions (women): Missouri State
- Live Results
- Live Results also available via Meet Mobile: “2024 Missouri Valley Conference”
- Live Video
- Championship Central
- Teams: Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Little Rock, Missouri State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso, UIC
The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Championships are officially over, and the Missouri State women claimed their eighth straight title.
Senior Cabrini Johnson was a major points contributor over the final two days, securing gold in the 100 breast as well as silver in the 200 breast. She scared the 1:00-barrier in the 100 breast, touching in 1:00.37 at the wall. It was a VERY close race with Illinois State’s Madyson Morse, who touched just 0.01 back at 1:00.38. Morse took the race out significantly faster (28.33 to 28.86), but Johnson, who was 3rd in the event last year, found something extra over the final 10-yards to get her hands on the wall 1st.
Senior Lily DeSpain had a great final two days for Missouri State, winning the 400 IM and 200 butterfly. She hit the wall in 4:14.92 en route to defending her 400 IM title, clearing the field by over three seconds. She then clocked the only sub-2:00 minute performance in the 200 fly, finishing in 1:58.89.
She helped Missouri State to a 400 free relay victory to end the competition, anchoring them home in 49.41. It was a close race all around, with Southern Illinois (3:18.95) and Northern Iowa (3:19.16) finishing closely behind. Lana Janson (50.52), Jordan Wenner (49.12), and Anna Lucas (49.82) were the other contributors to the gold medal relay.
Southern Illinois had great showings over the final two days, with Celia Pulido, Susana Hernandez Barradas, and Olivia Herron all grabbing wins. Pulido shined in the 100 fly, 100 back, and 200 back events, bagging gold in all three. She hit the wall in 52.75 to clear the 100 fly field by over a second, then later won the 100 back to end the session (53.22). She was most dominant in the 200 back, where her time of 1:53.80 was the only performance under the 1:56-barrier.
Hernandez Barradas’ win came in the 200 free, where she hit the wall in 1:47.42 to outpace Missouri State sophomore Lana Janson (1:47.74). Herron stopped the clock in 2:12.17 to win the 200 breast by nearly a full second, just off her 2:12.08 entry time.
Illinois State had an individual event winner in the form of Emma Feltzer, who led the 100 free field in a time of 49.33. Missouri State’s Jordan Wenner (49.41) and Susana Hernandez Barradas (49.47) rounded out the top three.
Other Event Winners:
Meet Awards
- Freshman Swimmer of the Year — Claire Parsons, Indiana State
- Swimmer of the Year — Celia Pulido, Southern Illinois
- Swimming Coach of the Year — Dave Collins, Missouri State
- Freshman Diver of the Year — Trista Thompson, Northern Iowa
- Diver of the Year — Ciara McCliment, UIC
- Diving Coach of the Year — Susan Bromberg, UIC
- Elite 17 — Faith Larsen, Northern Iowa
Final Team Scores
- Missouri State — 1,463.5 points
- Indiana State — 1,294.5 points
- Southern Illinois — 1,126.5 points
- Illinois State — 897.5 points
- Northern Iowa — 835 points
- Little Rock — 772 points
- UIC — 753 points
- Evansville — 312 points
- Valparaiso — 206 points
Missouri
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Mizzou is a 22.5-point favorite over Alabama State. The Tigers step back onto its home floor looking to reset after road losses to Notre Dame and Kansas. Alabama State has struggled mightily against high-major opponents.
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What our Post expert thinks about Missouri vs. Alabama State
Alabama State has already dropped its two power-conference tests by an average of 32.5 points, and its defensive profile hasn’t suggested much resistance.
The Hornets bring two of the SWAC’s top scorers in Asjon Anderson and Micah Simpson, they are giving up 81.4 points per game and allowing opponents to shoot 45.3 percent from the floor.
Missouri’s rebounding edge should matter — the Tigers pull nearly 40 boards per game while Alabama State is giving up 37.4 a night and just surrendered 18 offensive rebounds to UT Martin.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Road construction on Springfield’s northside is affecting access to the Southwest Missouri Humane Society.
MoDOT is realigning the intersection of Norton and Melville Road as part of the I-44 overpass project. The bridge work and intersection project are both impacting the animal shelter.
The shelter sits on Norton Road just west of where the work is happening. Visitors can only reach the shelter by taking the long way up West Bypass to Westgate Avenue, then onto Norton Road.
MoDOT says the intersection at Norton and Melville is supposed to be closed for two weeks. The bridge project, as a whole, is supposed to be completed by the end of the year.
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Organizers working to turn back Missouri’s congressional redistricting map spoke Tuesday about collecting signatures to put the effort to a vote by citizens.
People Not Politicians submitted more than 300,000 signatures Tuesday to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office. The signatures hope to force a statewide vote on redistricting approved earlier this year by Missouri politicians.
KSHB 41 anchor Caitlin Knute spoke with one of the volunteers behind the effort.
Volunteer describes collecting signatures for petition on Missouri redistricting
“I think people in rural areas want to follow the Constitution, and I think it was pretty clear this was not done within the parameters of the Constitution,” volunteer Elizabeth Franklin said.
Redistricting typically occurs after a census every 10 years, but that wasn’t the case this year in Missouri. Critics on both sides of the aisle note that it splits Kansas City into three districts, lumping parts of the city in with much more rural areas.
A spokesperson for the Missouri Secretary of State’s office confirmed receipt of 691 boxes of signatures.
“The elections division will proceed with scanning, counting and sorting the sheets for verification by local election authorities,” the spokesperson said.
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