INDIANAPOLIS—The UIndy swimming & diving team authored a memorable day two at the 2023 NCAA DII Championships Wednesday night. A combined 17 All-America performances, four school records and a pair of event championships highlighted the action. With 11 of 42 events complete, the UIndy men lead the field, while the women currently sit second.
 
Senior Johanna Buys headlined the story of day two. The Lusaka, Zambia native made history with the fastest 50 free time ever recorded by a Division II female student-athlete. She won her first career individual national title and fourth overall with a time of 22.10, breaking the school, meet and DII records in a single swim.
 
Buys would share the spotlight with sophomore Cedric Buessing, who won the men's 1000 free. He shattered his own school record in the process, recording a time of 8:55.88.
 

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Buys would later swim the butterfly leg of the 200 medley relay team, helping the Hounds take second place in the night's penultimate race. She was joined by Julia Magierowska, Celina Schmidt and Leticia Vaselli, who combined for a runner-up time of 1:40.11.
 
The UIndy men also took second in the 200 MR. Jeron Thompson, Liki Prema, Kael Yorke and Diego Mas crafted a time of 1:25.01, slicing .02 seconds off the school record while touching just eight hundredths behind conference-rival Drury.

Earlier in the evening, Mas and Thompson earned some more major hardware. The paired sprinted to a third- and fifth-place finish, respectively, in the 50 free. Both student-athletes bested the previous school record, with Mas turning in a 19.32 and Thompson a 19.37.
 
Kaitlyn McCoy continued her fantastic Greyhound career with her ninth individual All-America honor. She placed fifth in the 200 IM final with a time of 2:01 flat, good for her third straight top-five finish in the event.
 
On the boards, Mikaela Starr earned her best-ever finish at Nationals, as her score of 433.55 on the 1-meter was good for fifth place. Teammate Alexis Lumaj also earned team points for the Hounds, placing 10th.
 
Vaselli won the dramatic consolation final of the women's 50 free, matching her collegiate best with a time of 22.96 to take ninth overall by .01 seconds.
 
OTHER NOTABLE FINISHES
9th- Emilia Colti-Dumitrescu, W 1000 free
11th- Celina Schmidt, W 200 IM
11th- Christian Hedeen, M 1000 free
11th- Joao Silva, M 50 free
12th- Karolina Dubcakova, W 1000 free
13th- Brynhildur Traustadottir, W 1000 free
13th- Stanislaw Chalat, M 1000 free

The national meet is being held at the IU Natatorium in downtown Indianapolis Tuesday through Saturday. Action continues tomorrow with swimming preliminaries at 10 a.m. ET, followed by diving prelims at 1 p.m. and evening finals at 6 p.m.

TUESDAY - results
The Greyhound quartet of Kaitlyn McCoy, Leticia Vaselli, Mika Heideyer and Brynhildur Traustadottir opened the festivities by combining for the fastest women's 800 freestyle relay time in program history. Their time of 7:21.52 not only earned eighth place and All-America accolodaes, but also bested the school record by .02 seconds.
 
The UIndy men's team followed with an All-American performance of their own. Cedric Buessing, Serge Ahadzhanian, Christian Hedeen and Joao Silva also took eighth place, with their combined time of 6:29.40 topping a five-year-old school record.
 
Earlier in the day, the diving pre-qualification meet was held at the Natatorium. All five UIndy divers in attendance officially advanced to Nationals, with Alexis Lumaj, Mikaela Starr, Cade Hammond, Jason Lenzo and Julio Osuna all earning a chance at All-America and national championship accolades later this week.