KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Campbellsville's men's swimming team scored 43 points and sits in sixth place after the first day of action at the Mid-South Conference Championships in the Kingsport Aquatics Center.
 
Forty-two of the Tigers' points on day one came from the two relay events.
 
Campbellsville picked up 20 points in the 200-yard medley relay with the quartet of Matthew Monday, Seth Jones, Josh Provost and RJ Harris finishing fifth with a time of 1:40.22 to improve of their national standard.
 
The first day of action concluded with the Tigers placing fourth in the 800-yard freestyle relay with time of 7:33.06. Harris, Monday, Provost and Tucker Hardin placed fourth overall.
 
Jones hit the bonus standard in the 200-yard individual medley after placing 11th with a time of 2:02.65 to qualify for the B finals. Monday placed 18th overall with a time of 2:08.01. In the B finals of the event, Jones placed 12th overall after notching a time of 2:01.87 to improve on his bonus standard time.
 
Hardin and Alex Meade represented the Tigers in the 500-yard freestyle prelims, where Hardin finished just outside the top 12 to qualify for the finals with a time of 5:12.46 to place 14th. Meade finished 17th after notching a time of 5:26.62.
 
Provost just missed out on the B finals in the 50-yard freestyle after placing 14th with time of 22.33. Provost's time also hit the national B standard. Harris finished in 23.06 to place 22nd, Justin Spalding swam a 23.76 and Brandon Bagwell finished in 24.71 as the Tiger pair placed 33rd and 35th. Austin Tucker also competed in the event and finished 39th with a time of 25.70.
 
University of the Cumberlands wraps up day one in first place with 154 points and Lindenwood University-Belleville is second with 115 points.
 
Day two of the championships begin at 10 a.m. ET with prelims and finals at 5 p.m. ET. 

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