ELKHART, Ind. – Sophomore Mikaela Starr was named Co-Diver of the Year on Friday at the 2021 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, held this week at the Elkhart Health and Aquatics Center. After Starr posted a stellar total score of 432.05 on the women's 3-meter board, she won her first career conference gold medal and went on to share the GLVC's top women's diver award with Lindenwood's Elle Christie.

A year after sophomore Jeron Thompson set the GLVC record in the 100 back, today he tied his own record in receiving the gold for the Hounds with a 47.11.

To start the day for UIndy, both sophomore Christian Hedeen  and junior Sebastian Wenk earned spots on the podium, coming in second and third in the 500 free, respectively. Hedeen posted a time of 4.23.79, while Wenk went 4.25.77

Kaitlyn McCoy had another great day for the Hounds, posting a 53.95 in the 100 back. She was also part of the GLVC and UIndy record-breaking 800 free relay team, which also featured senior Marizel van Jaarsveld,  freshman Brynhildur Traustadottir and senior Krystal Caylor. The squad set the new GLVC record with a 7:23.06.

Van Jaarsveld also won the GLVC event title in the 200 fly with a 1:56.86.

After day three, the men trail Drury in second with a total score of 1100.5. The women's team stayed steady in third, trailing behind second-place Drury and first-place Lindenwood.

Other top-five finishes included:
Jan Zuchowicz (SR) – 4^th 100 breast
Jackson Vanwanzeele (FR) – 5^th 200 fly
Evan Weakley (SO), Sebastian Wenk(JR) , Christian Hedeen (SO), and Victor Antonon (SR) – 5^th 800 free relay.
Isabela Revstedt (SO) – 4^th 100 back
Ally Lunzmann – 5^th 200 back
 
THURSDAY
Freshman Landon Driggers posted a time of 3:48.38 in the 400 IM today, good enough to break his own program record and earn his second silver of the 2021 GLVC Championships.

Day two started with junior Benjamin Rader earning the diving team their first gold of the championships, compiling a score of 515.90 in the 3-meter. He was followed by teammate sophomore Jason Lenzo, who came in second with a score of 433.25.

A few hours later junior Kaitlyn McCoy broke the team's 400 IM record with a 4:15.48, also earning a silver. She was followed by senior Marizel Van Jaarseveld, who came in third with a 4:15.87. 

McCoy, Van Jaarseveld, senior Johanna Buys and sophomore Anahi Schreuders took first in the 400 medley relay to end the day. During the relay McCoy put up such a split in her 100 back that it earned her another school record, with a time of 54.46. 

Overall Drury edged the men's leaderboard today, taking the first-place spot while the Hounds sit close behind them in second. The women stayed in third, trailing just 50.5 points behind Lindenwood, who is second to Drury.

Other top-five finishes include:
Grant Largen (SO) – 4^th 400 IM
Jeron Thompson (SO) , Jan Zuchowicz (SR) , Kael Yorke (JR), Diego Mas (SO)  – 4^th 400 medley relay
Johanna Buys (JR) – 3^rd 100 fly
Krystal Caylor (SR)  – 2^nd 200 free

WEDNESDAY
The Greyhound men crushed a pair of program records to top the field after day one, while women's consistency positioned them in third place a quarter of the way through.

Sophomore Diego Mas was the first to break a record. The Caracas, Venezuela native posted a time of 19.85 in the 50 free, a record previously broken earlier this season by redshirt junior Gabriel Knaut. Mas placed fourth overall at the meet in the event.
 
Only a few hours later, the Hounds broke another of the school's best marks, this time in the 200 free relay. The team posted a time of 1:18.88 and placed second at the meet. Mas, Knaut, sophomore Jeron Thompson and senior Victor Antonon were the record-breaking team.
 
Antonon and Thompson also were apart of the gold-winning 200 medley relay team, along with senior Jan Zuchowicz and junior Kael Yorke. The squad posted a time of 1:26.68, edging Drury in the close race by less than a second.
 
On the women's side, the Hounds placed third to end day one with a total of 507 points. Lindenwood (540.5) ended in first and Drury (524) settled in the No. 2 spot.
 
Juniors Kaitlyn McCoy, Johanna Buys, and Leticia Vaselli all earned themselves a handful of silvers on the day. The three were joined by Masha Rezhilo on the second-place 200 medley relay team, as the team put up a time of 1:32.69. Another silver was earned by the 200 free relay team, compiled of Vaselli, Buys, freshman Isabela Revstedt, and junior Krystal Caylor. McCoy also took second in the 200 IM.
 
The diving also kicked off with the women's 1-meter event. Sophomore Mikaela Starr was edged by the slimmest of margins, falling just 0.25 points shy of Lindenwood's Elle Christie.for the gold-medal spot.
 
Other top-five finishes include:
Stanislaw Chalat (SO) – 2nd, 1000 free
Landon Driggers (FR)  – 2nd, 200 IM
Johanna Buys (JR) – 3rd, 50 free
Christian Hedeen (SO) – 3rd, 1000 free
Marizel van Jaarsveld (SR) – 3rd, 200 IM
Ashten Busscher (SR) – 5th, 1-meter diving
Krystal Caylor (JR) – 5th, 200 IM
Brynhildur Traustadottir (FR) – 5th, 1000 free
Leticia Vaselli (SO) – 5th, 50 free