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MANSFIELD, Texas -- The University of Indianapolis women finished 11th and the men 12th at the 2012 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships that concluded Saturday night at the Mansfield ISD Natatorium. The women increased their streak of top-12 finishes to 12 years in a row, while the men finished in the top 25 for the 13th year in a row. The women totaled 130 points, 11 shy of 10th place Florida Southern, while the men racked up 132 points to finish 20 points behind 11th-place Queens (N.C.).

The women's national championship was won by UIndy's Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival Wayne State by one point over Drury (497-496). On the men's side, Drury won the national championship by 73 points over UC San Diego.

The women were led by two-time GLIAC Swimmer of the Year Maura Donahue with All-America finishes in the maximum seven events, including first team honors (top eight finish) in five of them. The men were paced by freshman Justin Rossillo with six All-America finishes that included two first team.

Overall, the Greyhounds earned 21 All-American honors (men-12, women-9) in 20 events, including all five relays for both genders.

On Saturday, the Greyhounds started with Maura Donahue taking fifth in the 100 free in 50.77, while Bruno Barbosa was seventh in 44.70 in the finals.

The men put more points up in the 200 breast as Muzaffer Demirtas swam a personal best of 2:00.79 to place fifth in the consolation final (13th overall) to move into second all-time at UIndy, just .23 behind Manuel Stiem's school record.

The women closed out the championship with a school record of 3:25.09 to take fifth in the 400 free relay with Maura Donahue, Julia Madeira, Hayley Good (who's mom sang the national anthem during the championship) and Meghan Donahue.

The men took fourth in the consolation final (12th overall) in 3:02.03 with Guy Kogel, Rossillo, Nikolas Aresti and Barbosa.

Friday Update

Maura Donahue started the night with her third First Team All-America performance by placing eighth in the 500 free in 4:58.10.

Rossillo put the next points on the board by breaking a 10-year old school record in the 100 back (Orel Oral-49.42) with a time of 49.16 to earn Honorable Mention All-America honors placing fourth (12th overall) in the consolation finals.


The men added 19 more points in the 200 fly as senior Guy Kogel was seventh in 1:47.99, while junior Daniel Chan was runner-up (10th overall) in 1:48.12 in the consolation final.

Friday night closed with the 800 free relay as the women placed ninth in 7:33.73 with Maura Donahue, Hayley Good, Shiran Abrahamson and Meghan Donahue. The men finished the night breaking a five-year old school record to finish 13th in 6:44.78 with Bruno Barbosa, Rossillo, Nikolas Aresti and Chan.

The NCAA Championships conclude on Saturday with prelims at 11:30 a.m. ET and finals at 7 p.m. tomorrow.

Thursday Update

The evening started with the quartet of Julia Madeira, Maura Donahue, Vicki Galiamoutsa and Meghan Donahue earning First Team All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in 1:34.35 in the 200 free relay. The men were 14th (1:23.04) for honorable mention honors with Barbosa, Rossillo, Muzaffer Demirtas and Aresti.

Up next was Chan taking seventh in the 400 individual medley for the men in 3:56.93, while Kogel finished in a tie to win the consolation final in the 100 butterfly in 48.58.

Maura Donahue added her third All-America honor of the meet by taking fourth in the 200 free in 1:49.98 and the Greyhounds finished the night with the 400 medley relay. The women were 11th with Meghan Donahue, Jaclyn Luscomb, Ashlee Fishburn and Galiamoutsa in 3:51.56, while the men turned in a school-record performance in the final event of the day. Rossillo, Demirtas, Kogel and Barbosa swam a program-best 3:16.15 to finish seventh in the 400 medley relay.

Wednesday Update

The 200 medley relay team of Rossillo, Demirtas, Kogel and Aresti earned First Team All-America honors by finishing in seventh with a time of 1:29.31.

The women scored nine points after a pair of honorable mention All-America performances. Maura Donahue was 12th in the 1,000 free in 10:15.26, while the 200 medley relay team of Meghan Donahue, Luscomb, Samantha Asencio and Galiamoutsa was 15th in 1:46.23.

ALL-AMERICA UINDY PERFORMANCES

Women (9)
Shiran Abrahamson: 800 free relay - 9th (HM)
Samantha Asencio: 200 medley relay - 15th (HM)
Maura Donahue (7): 1,000 free - 12th (HM), 200 free relay - 7th; 200 free - 4th; 500 free - 8th; 800 free relay - 9th (HM); 100 free - 5th; 400 free relay - 5th
Meghan Donahue (5): 200 medley relay - 15th (HM); 200 free relay - 7th; 400 medley relay - 11th (HM); 800 free relay - 9th (HM); 400 free relay - 5th
Ashlee Fishburn: 400 medley relay - 11th (HM)
Vicki Galiamoutsa (3): 200 medley relay - 15th (HM); 200 free relay - 7th; 400 medley relay - 11th (HM)
Hayley Good (2): 800 free relay - 9th (HM); 400 free relay - 5th
Jaclyn Luscomb (2): 200 medley relay - 15th (HM); 400 medley relay - 11th (HM)
Julia Madeira (2): 200 free relay - 7th; 400 free relay - 5th

Men (12)
Nikolas Aresti (4): 200 medley relay - 7th; 200 free relay - 14th (HM); 800 free relay - 13th (HM); 400 free relay - 12th (HM)
Bruno Barbosa (5): 200 free relay - 14th (HM); 400 medley relay - 7th; 800 free relay - 13th (HM); 100 free - 7th; 400 free relay - 12th (HM)
Daniel Chan (3): 400 IM - 7th; 200 fly - 10th (HM); 800 free relay - 13th (HM)
Muzaffer Demirtas (4): 200 medley relay - 7th; 200 free relay - 14th (HM); 400 medley relay - 7th; 200 breast - 13th (HM)
Guy Kogel (5): 200 medley relay - 7th; 100 fly - 9th (HM); 400 medley relay - 7th; 200 fly - 7th; 400 free relay - 12th (HM)
Justin Rossillo (6): 200 medley relay - 7th; 200 free relay - 14th (HM); 400 medley relay - 7th; 100 back - 12th (HM); 800 free relay - 13th (HM); 400 free relay - 12th (HM)

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 42                      
 
  1. Drury                             473   2. Ucsd                              400
  3. Florida Southern                316.5   4. Incarnate Word                  315.5
  5. Wingate                           305   5. Grand Canyon                      305
  7. Wayne State                       278   8. Grand Valley                    266.5
  9. Bridgeport                        244  10. Nova S'Eastern                    227
 11. Queens (Nc)                       152  12. UIndy                             132
 13. Tampa                             104  14. St. Cloud State                   102
 15. Clarion                            96  16. Ashland                            70
 17. Ouachita                         67.5  18. West Chester                       50
 19. Limestone                          27  20. Delta State                        23
 21. Colorado Mesa                      21  22. Lake Erie                          19
 23. Truman St.                         14  24. Missouri S & T                      5
 25. Mars Hill                           4  26. Saint Leo                           3

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 41                     
 
  1. Wayne State                       497   2. Drury                             496
  3. Ucsd                            451.5   4. Tampa                             222
  5. Grand Canyon                      218   6. Grand Valley                    191.5
  7. Ashland                           158   8. West Chester                      155
  9. St. Cloud State                   152  10. Florida Southern                  141
 11. UIndy                             130  12. Calu-Pa                           121
 13. Incarnate Word                  115.5  14. Nova S'Eastern                  113.5
 15. Iup                                91  16. Alaska Fairbanks                   88
 17. Southern Conn                      80  18. Wingate                            78
 19. Henderson St.                      77  20. C.W. Post                          66
 21. Queens (Nc)                        55  22. Clarion                            52
 23. Ouachita                           49  24. Truman St.                         42
 25. LeMoyne                            31  26. Ship                               24
 27. Colorado Mesa                      18  27. Fairmont                           18
 29. Lock Haven                         13  29. Lenoir-Rhyne                       13
 31. Nmu                                12  31. Saint Rose                         12
 33. Colorado School of Mines            8  33. Bloomsburg                          8
 35. Findlay                             4  35. Delta State                         4
 37. Converse                            2