INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy swimming and diving teams made the short trek downtown Thursday night, falling to host IUPUI Jaguars in a pair of dual finals at the IU Natatorium. The Greyhounds women were defeated, 198-95, while the men were edged, 166.5-133.5.Sophomore Rodrigo Codo Berti (pictured) notched four wins in four races.
 
Despite the final scores, the Greyhounds had a number of successes on the night, both in the event results and in the bigger picture, as head coach Jason Hite explains:
 
"We had some great races tonight and showed a lot of heart," said the second-year coach. "We are pretty beat up right now with the work the group is putting in the pool and in the weight room with (strength and conditioning) coach Chris (Massaro). So it's good to see the group support each other and race with good energy and passion.
 
"Overall we're happy. We would always like to beat a team like IUPUI, but they were the better team tonight. It's good for us to race a harder schedule because it'll prepare us for the end goal which is swimming well at the House of Champions meet in November, and later the GLVCs and Nationals in March."
 
Sophomore Vitor Botana continued his strong start to the season. The Brazilian won both the 500 and 1000 free, hitting an NCAA B standard in the former with a time of 4:32.95.
 
His countryman, Rodrigo Codo Berti, won all four events he entered. He led off with a quick backstroke leg in the Hounds' 400 medley relay win, and followed with individual victories in the 100 back (49.91), 200 back (1:54.59) and 100 fly (50.23).
 
Bartosz Zarzecki, Bucky Coonradt and Ante Lucev were also part of the relay victory, while Zarzecki (100 breast) and Lucev (100 free) also picked up individual wins.
 
UIndy notched three wins on the women's side, all by underclassmen. Sophomore Stefanie Haholiades won the 50 free with a time of 24.4, freshman Darian Murray took the 200 fly (2:09.09), while freshman Melanie Arnold touched first in the 500 free (5:14.17).
 
The Greyhounds next head west to the St. Louis area to take on a number of teams in a meet hosted by Lindenwood University Saturday, Oct. 22. In addition to the host Lions, the Hounds will compete against Delta State, Truman and Missouri S&T.