Springfield — Four Bears, a Panther, a Tiger, two Miners and a former Nixa Eagle are ready to compete against the very best in Rio. Also, Missouri State swimming coach Dave Collins is the head coach of the Latvian swimming team – it has one member, his collegiate athlete, Uvis Kalnins. Most of the action can be seen on KY3, and the NBC family of networks, until August 21.
Courtney Frerichs (USA) Nixa High School / New Mexico
Steeplechase:
Round 1, Saturday Aug. 13 (a.m.)
FInals, Monday, Aug 15 (a.m.)
J'den Cox (USA) Columbia-Hickman High School / Mizzou
Wrestling 86 kg:
Tournament, Saturday, Aug. 20
Shawn Dingilius-Wallace (Palau) Missouri S&T
Swimming 50 Freestyle:
Heat, Thursday, Aug. 11 (a.m.)
Dingilius-Wallace finished 4.68 seconds from qualifying for semifinals, finished 72nd out of 85.
Fabian Florant (The Netherlands) MIssouri State '06
Triple Jump:
Qualifier, Monday, Aug 15 (a.m.)
Finals, Thursday, Aug 18 (a.m.)
Uvis Kalnins (Latvia) Missouri State
Swimming 200 Individual Medley:
Heat, Wednesday, Aug. 10 (a.m.)
Kalnins finished 2.57 seconds from qualifying for the semifinals, finished 24th out of 30.
Marissa Kurtimah (Canada) Missouri State
Track 4 x 100
Rd. 1, Thursday, Aug. 18 (a.m.)
Finals, Friday, Aug. 19 (p.m.)
Jamial Rolle (Bahamas) Missouri State '01
Track 100 Meter
Rd. 1, Saturday, Aug. 13 (a.m.)
Semifinals, Sunday, Aug. 14 (p.m.)
Finals, Sunday, Aug. 14 (p.m.)
Yekaterina Rudenko (Kazakhstan) Drury
Swimming 100 Backstroke
Heats, Sunday, Aug. 7.
Rudenko finished 0.39 seconds from qualifying for semifinals, 20th place overall.
Tyrone Smith (Bermuda) Missouri S&T '07
Long Jump
Qualifying, Friday, Aug. 12 (p.m.)
Smith finished 0.04 meters from qualifying for the finals,16th place overall.
