Missouri swimming and diving had no trouble on night one of the Mizzou Invitational, scoring 1,009 team points and winning 11 events.
The Tigers put themselves in good position for the rest of the season, as multiple earned qualifying times for the NCAA Championships in March.
Here are takeaways from night one of the three-day invitational:
Sansoucie explodes
When the freshmen on the Missouri swim team saw Andrew Sansoucie on Thursday morning, they did not recognize him. The senior butterflier had shaved his beard in preparation for the meet.
“I walked in, they had to do a double-take,” he said.