INDIANAPOLIS—The nationally-ranked UIndy swimming & diving program celebrated Senior Day with a pair of convincing wins over GLVC-rival McKendree Friday evening. The visiting Bearcats came into the day ranked No. 2 and No. 10 in the CSCSAA DII Poll, but the Greyhounds outpaced them 202-91 on the men's side and 189-105 on the women's.
 
SENIOR DAY
UIndy honored its 21 seniors during the meet. The one of the most-successful senior classes in program history, the list included Matt Bond, Karissa Cepon, Stanislaw Chalat, Brayden Cole, Karolina Dubcakova, Mia Krstevska, Jason Lenzo, Jacob Lin, Stefanie Markwardt, Diego Mas, Savannah Mueller, Liam Price, Isabella Revstedt, Celina Schmidt, Joao Silva, Collin Taylor, Jeron Thompson, Brynhildur Traustadottir, Jackson Vanwanzeele, Leticia Vaselli and Yaaseen Yunus.
 
INS & OUTS
In a matchup of the top two men's teams in the nation, the Hounds won 12 of 16 events to more than double the Bearcats' point total. Junior Cedric Buessing led the way for the Greyhounds, earning victories in three individual events, including impressive wins in both the 500 and 1000 free races.
 
Thompson also won multiple individual events, hitting B-cut times in both the 100 free and 100 back.
 
On the women's side, Schmidt made B cuts in all three of her individual wins. She won both breaststroke events as well as the 200 IM. The Greyhounds went 1-2-3 in the women's 100 breast, with Schmidt improving her B-cut time to 1:03.48.
 
Caroline Reinke won the 100 free and 100 back, while both 100 butterfly races went to the Hounds (Markwardt and Elias Noe).
 
The sprinters were also impressive, as Vaselli and Silva made it a Greyhound sweep in the 50 free. Silva touched the wall in 20.39 seconds, with UIndy also taking second (Bartosz Mielniczuk) and third (Mas).
 
 
UIndy sandwiched the meet by sweeping all four relay races. Thompson and Mas contributed to both the 200 MR and 400 FR wins for the men, with Vaselli and Magierowska doing the same for the women.
 
UIndy took three of the four diving events as well. Alexis Lumaj won the women's 1-meter event, while All-American Jason Lenzo won on both boards, highlighted by an NCAA qualifying score of 306.45 on the 1-meter.
 
UP NEXT
UIndy will divide its forces on Saturday, Nov. 4, as the women host crosstown Butler and the men travel to Terre Haute, Ind., to battle Lindenwood.