GREENSBORO, N.C. – Last year at the NCAA Division II Championships, the University of Indianapolis swimming & diving programs collected a total of four national championships through the four-day event. This year at the 2022 event, UIndy nearly matched that mark with three total between both programs on the very first day of action at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. In the team event rankings, the men sit in second while the women are holding down third.

Marizel van Jaarsveld (women's 200 IM) and Cade Hammond (men's 1M Diving) were each crowned individual national champions, while the women's 200 free relay captured the title and beat out a pair of Great Lakes Valley Conference foes in the process.
 
Van Jaarsveld earned her second consecutive title in the 200 IM after swimming a winning time of 1:58.91 this evening. Not only does she earn All-America honors, it also marks the third time in her UIndy career she has won an individual national crown. Kaitlyn McCoy, who was last year's runner-up in the event, tallied a solid third-place finishing time of 2:00.82 for her own All-America honors.
 

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Marizel van Jaarsveld has been crowned the 2022 NCAA DII national champion in the 200 IM for a second consecutive year! #HoundsAtNCAAs | #D2WSD pic.twitter.com/oPKB2F9GkD

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) March 10, 2022

Heading into the finals, Hammond, Julio Osuna, and Jason Lenzo were the top three divers in the men's 1M diving event. Nothing changed in the finals, as Hammond battled his way past his teammates to his first career national title with a winning score of 525.20. It marks the first time in program history a Greyhound has won a national title crown in the event. Osuna fell just on the heels of Hammond with his score of 520.55 while Lenzo filled out third place at a score of 454.80. All three divers earn All-America nods.
 

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Cade Hammond is your 2022 NCAA DII 1M Diving national champion!! Right behind him? Julio Osuna in second and Jason Lenzo in third. Incredible showing for the Hounds!#HoundsAtNCAAs | #D2MSD pic.twitter.com/eTQ5xwwu5X

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) March 10, 2022

 
Entering as the defending national champions, the women's 200 free relay was set to battle a highly competitive field which featured the likes of GLVC rivals in Lindenwood and Drury. The Hounds delivered in a big way, as the quartet of Johanna Buys, Leticia Vaselli, Andrea Paaske and Krystal Caylor outlasted the field and defended its title with a winning time of 1:31.08 for All-America honors. Lindenwood took second in the event while Drury was third.
 

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For a second consecutive year, UIndy will bring home the DII national title in the women's 200 free relay! Congrats to Johanna Buys, Leticia Vaselli, Andrea Paaske, and Krystal Caylor!#HoundsAtNCAAs | #D2WSD pic.twitter.com/SsDzxi3Uus

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) March 10, 2022

 
Other notable day one action on the women's side saw the 200 medley relay open the evening with a fourth-place finish at a time of 1:39.69. Not only did this earn All-America honors and 30 team points, it also set a new program record in the process. Julia Magierowska, van Jaarsveld, Buys, and Vaselli have etched their name atop the UIndy record book. Buys took to the pool individually in the 50 free and corralled a third-place mark of 22.75. With this finish, she is now a back-to-back All-American in the race.
 
OTHER WOMEN'S ALL-AMERICA HONORABLE MENTION SELECTIONS
14th- Vaselli, 50 free (23.35)
16th- Brynhildur Traustadottir, 1000 free (10:17.43)
 
Over on the men's side, the Greyhounds opened the night at third-place in the 200 medley relay to garner 32 team points. Jeron Thompson, Jan Zuchowicz, Kael Yorke, and Diego Mas faced an outstanding field and rolled out a 1:25.22 final time to earn All-America honors.
 
The GLVC Swimmer of the Year Cedric Buessing entered the pool in the 1000 free and rattled off a runner-up finish in his first-ever NCAA Championship meet. The freshman from Germany touched the wall in a finals time of 9:03.42 to garner All-America honors for himself.
 
Capping off day one, the men's 200 free relay added a bronze medal for UIndy and a new program record with a time of 1:17.46. Thompson, Diego Mas, Joao Silva, and Victor Antonon all earn All-America honors for their performance and now sit atop the program record books.
 
OTHER MEN'S ALL-AMERICA HONORABLE MENTION SELECTIONS
10th- Mas, 50 free (19.69)
13th- Christian Hedeen, 1000 free (9:14.17)
13th- Bartek Swiderski, 200 IM (1:48.12)
14th- Antonon, 50 free (19.84)
15th- Stanislaw Chalat, 1000 free (9:18.06)

HOUND BYTES
Interim head coach Brent Noble's thoughts on day one of action...
"Today was how we hoped to get started. Our divers and relay teams were both great and we made the most of our opportunities in the finals. I'm looking forward to seeing more of our team getting opportunities to join in tomorrow and keep our success going".
 
UP NEXT
Action is slated to begin tomorrow with the prelims at 10 a.m. The finals will follow at 6 p.m.