Results
INDIANAPOLIS – Arriving at Indianapolis International Airport from their winter training in Jupiter, Fla., just 90 minutes before meet time, the No. 7 University of Indianapolis men's and women's swimming teams were still able to emerge victorious at Ruth Lilly Center Pool.
The men defeated Bellarmine, 118-37, and William Jewell, 95-77, while the women won against the Knights, 114-56, and over the Cardinals, 91-71. All three teams will be conference rivals next season when the Great Lakes Valley Conference will sponsor swimming and diving for the first time.
"We really beat the kids up with some rigourous training in Florida and I was glad to see them still come out and put up some quality swims tonight," head coach
Gary Kinkead said.
The Greyhounds either won or had the fastest time in 17 of the 22 events on Friday night.
The women won the 200 medley relay in 1:51.34 with
Sarah Griffin,
Michelle Mikaelsson,
Samantha Asencio and
Risa Ricard and then posted the fastest time swimming the 200 free relay as an exhibition in 1:40.16 with Asencio,
Julia Madeira,
Maura Donahue and
Regina Perez.
Other winners for the women were
Katy Sonksen in the 1,000 free (10:49.21),
Hayley Good in the 100 (54.71) and 200 free (1:59.10), Madeira in the 50 free (25.40), Asencio in the 100 fly (59.29) and Donahue had the fastest time in an exhibition in the 500 free (5:13.84).
The men started the meet by winning the 200 medley relay with
Oneil Wood,
Nir Posner,
Justin Lyle and
Nikolas Aresti in 1:38.13. They ended the meet by swimming the fastest time in the 200 free relay (1:28.29) with
Bruno Barbosa,
Marius Bornkessel,
Justin Klopp and
Dawid Rybinski.
Individual winners were
Adil Assouab in the 1,000 free (9:46.15), Rybinksi in the 200 free (1:47.40),
Aaron Stevenson in the 50 free (21.79), Klopp in the 100 fly (52.31), Barbosa in the 100 free (47.48) and Posner in the 100 back (54.02).
Muzaffer Demirtas swam the 100 breast as an exhibition and posted the fastest time in 58.51.
There will be no rest for the Greyhounds as they head to Crawfordsville, Ind., tomorrow for competition at Wabash. The men will swim against the Little Giants and William Jewell, while the women will take on Hillsdale and William Jewell in the meet that begins at 1 p.m.
