INDIANAPOLIS – First-year head coach Jason Hite picked up his first win as the head man of the Greyhound Swimming & Diving teams Saturday. In a dual meet with Bellarmine, the men cruised a 175-48 victory while the women similarly swam their way to a 166-57 win at the Ruth Lilly Pool.

It was a somber start to the afternoon as the team was honoring Carter Mears, the program's team IMPACT member who tragically passed away a week ago from complications with his illness. A moment of silence was recognized before the meet, and a donation fund was organized in his name with his family in the audience.

"It just breaks my heart," said Hite afterwards. "My oldest is a cancer survivor, so I know a little bit about what that family is going through and some of what they have been through … But it's really neat to have our student-athletes see real-life and an unfortunate situation, and then to honor him this way with a moment of silence and donations."

In the pool, Indianapolis jumped out to an early advantage in the team scoring with a Greyhound taking first in each of the first eight heats. Sophomore Malvina Shoukri, who won eight races last year as a freshman, took first in the 200 freestyle (1:58.82) before later winning the 100 frees (53.89) and being a member of the 400 free relay team that also won its heat (3:38.08).

Freshman Vitor Botana continued to impress after a successful debut at the Indiana Intercollegiates. The Spaniard won each of his three events, including the 200 medley relay (1:35.61), 200 freestyle (1:39.48) and 200 backstroke (1:52.98).

Indianapolis won both of the 1000 freestyles, with seniors Ana Couto (11:06.42) taking first in the women's race and Dawid Rybinski (9:49.44) topping the men's heat.

"The IM's on the men's side are really good for us, we have some good 200 freestylers, good, strong breaststrokers, backstrokers," said Hite. "We don't have a lot of depth with our sprint freestylers, so we need to get some more on the back end there."

Up next for the Hounds is a dual meet at DePauw Nov. 7.