OTTAWA, Canada – Mizzou senior swimmer Mack Darragh (Ontario, Canada) punched his ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics, as announced on June 6 by Federation International De Natation (FINA) on Monday. Darragh qualifies as part of the 4x100m medley relay team for the Olympic Games based off of the fastest times in the world from the qualifying period of March 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016. Darragh won his event at the Canadian Olympic & Para-Swimming Trials in April, but missed the individual qualifying standards. The medley relay qualification was his final opportunity to earn an Olympic berth.

Darragh, 22, won the 100m butterfly at Trials. He also took the 200m butterfly and earned a bronze medal in the 200m IM. This is the second senior national team for Darragh, who competed at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships in Gold Coast, Australia. He was also a bronze medalist at the 2011 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in the 200-m butterfly. At the 2015 NCAA Division I Championships, he established Mizzou records in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM.

This will be the first Olympic Games for Darragh.

— Mizzou Athletics —