COLUMBIA, Mo. (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV swimming closed out the Mizzou Invitational in style on Saturday, out-touching the host Missouri squad in one of the fastest times in the nation this year. That finished three days of action for the Rebels in the meet. UNLV also competed in the Arizona Diving Invite on Saturday.

Hannon Daigler started things off for the Rebels Saturday when he placed sixth in the 200 back with a time of 1:49.50.

Next was the 100 free, an event the Rebels placed three in the top six. Leading the way was Tom Paco-Pedroni, who finished runner-up in 43.48, after posting a time of 43.26 in the morning preliminaries. Or Sabatier was fourth in 43.58 while Henrique Machado took sixth with a time of 44.33. Caio Dini added a 12th place swim (45.17) for UNLV in the event.

The 200 breast saw one Rebel score, with Boris Kulizhnikov placing sixth in 1:59.95. Two Rebels placed in the top eight of the 200 fly, with Balint Batka finishing third in 1:45.78 and Avi Cohen seventh with a time of 1:47.74. Joe Riggert placed in the event as well, coming in 11th.

UNLV closed out by just out-touching the Missouri team in the 400 free relay. Machado, Sabatier, Paco-Pedroni and Dillon Virva turned in a first place time of 2:53.53, .08 seconds ahead of the Tiger relay squad, and a time that would rank second in the country coming into Saturday. It's also a NCAA 'B' time, and was .42 off the 'A' standard.

In the women's meet Michelle Troup posted a seventh place time in the 100 free, touching the wall in 50.61 after swimming 50.44 in the morning. Kristina Hendrick was the other Rebel woman to swim on Saturday, finishing 15th in the 200 breast in 2:21.11.

In Tucson, Ariz., four divers represented UNLV at the Arizona competition. Lucas James posted his second top-eight finish of the meet, placing seventh on the 3-meter with a score of 274.60. On the 1-meter women's event, Michele Serra placed 21st, Taylor Shillingburg was 27th and Mykayla Fielding finished 30th.