EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The first full day of the 2024 GLVC Swimming & Diving Championships is in the books, and the UIndy Greyhounds find themselves squarely in the hunt for both the men's and women's crowns. The Hounds finished the day with a combined four event titles, with the UIndy men sitting in first place and the Greyhound women second.
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The annual conference meet, which is being held at Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville, Ind., continues Thursday morning with prelims starting at 11 a.m. ET. The event started Tuesday evening and will continue through Saturday night.
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STANDINGS THRU 11 EVENTS (top 5 only)
|
WOMEN |
PTS |
|
|
MEN |
PTS |
| 1. |
Drury |
513 |
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1. |
UIndy |
460 |
| 2. |
UIndy |
435 |
|
2. |
Drury |
453 |
| 3. |
McKendree |
299 |
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3. |
McKendree |
413 |
| 4. |
Lewis |
260 |
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4. |
Lewis |
294 |
| 5. |
UMSL |
253 |
|
5. |
S&T |
248 |
WEDNESDAY
The night's action started with a timed final of the 1000-yard freestyle, and after a fourth-place finish last year,
Brynhildur Traustadottir earned a spot on the podium tonight. The Icelandic distance swimmer earned silver with a time of 10:05.39 – the second-fastest 1000 time in program history. All told, five of the top 11 spots were occupied by Greyhounds, with fourth-place
Jamie Glover sliding into seventh on the school's top 10 list.
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Cedric Buessing earned his second medal of the meet, taking gold in the men's 1000 for the third straight year. His time of 8:57.18 set a new meet record and is the fastest in Division II this season. He shard the podium with teammate
Stanislaw Chalat, whose 9:13.33 netted a bronze medal.
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Silas Buessing moved up the UIndy top 10 with a third-place performance in the 200 IM, with his 1:47.14 vaulting his name to fourth in the program annals.
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Later,
Kirabo Namutebi had one of the more exciting GLVC debuts. The freshman sprinter out of Kampala, Uganda captured gold in the 50 free, out-touching Drury's fastest swimmers with a lightning-fast 22.65. In fact, she recording two sub-23s on the day, with her morning prelim time of 22.57 good for No. 2 on the school's all-time list.
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After winning the morning prelim, senior
Joao Silva followed with a bronze-medal swim in the men's 50. His 19.92 was just 16 hundredths back of first.
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Meanwhile on the boards, the Hounds started the diving events by nabbing two more medals.
Julio Osuna and
Jason Lenzo earned gold and bronze, respectively, on the 1-meter. It marked the third straight GLVC title for Osuna in the event, who is also the defending national champ.
The Greyhounds' capped the night with a pair of podium finishes in the always-exciting 200 medley relay.
Jeron Thompson,
Brayden Cole,
Oskar Sawicki and
Aqeel Joseph combined for a school- and meet-record time of 1:24.90 to take gold.
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The women's team of
Julia Magierowska,
Savannah Mueller,
Stefanie Markwardt and
Kirabo Namutebi claimed silver with a 1:41.43, just .06 seconds shy of Drury's winning time.
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OTHER NOTABLES
4th-
Brynhildur Traustadottir, 1000 free
4th-
Adam Carr, 1-meter diving
6th-
Oskar Sawicki, 50 free
6th-
Sydney Alamein, 1000 free
8th-
Aqeel Joseph, 50 free
8th-
Stefanie Markwardt, 50 free
8th-
Andrea Gomez, 200 IM
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TUESDAY
The conference meet kicked off Tuesday evening with the men's and women's finals of the 800 freestyle relay, with both events netting a medal for the Hounds. The men's quartet of
Cedric Buessing,
Silas Buessing,
Elias Noe and
Joao Silva claimed the silver, while the women's team of
Celina Schmidt,
Andrea Gomez,
Sharon Semchiy and
Brynhildur Traustadottir took bronze. Both team's improved upon B-cut times, with both ranked in the top five in the nation.
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Meanwhile, the women's B team won the consolation final, as
Jamie Glover,
Mia Krstevska,
Hanna Burke and
Lillie Arps combined for a time of 7:29.27, which would have been good for fourth in the championship race.
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