EVANSVILE, Ind.— The 2024 GLVC Swimming & Diving Championships continued Friday, with the University of Indianapolis notching five more event titles – three on the men's side, two on the women's. The UIndy men, who also set three school records on Friday, maintained their spot atop the team standings, while the Greyhound women posted the most points on the day but remained in second place overall.

The annual conference meet, which is being held at Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville, Ind., concludes Saturday, starting with prelims at 11 a.m. ET.

STANDINGS THRU 29 EVENTS (top 5 only)

	WOMEN				MEN
1.	Drury	1379		1.	UIndy	1129
2.	UIndy	1287		2.	McKendree	1120
3.	McKendree	832		3.	Drury	1103
4.	Lewis	690		4.	Lewis	763
5.	UMSL	644		5.	S&T	748

 
FRIDAY
In the afternoon diving session, Julio Osuna posted the biggest number in the history of both UIndy and the GLVC on the 3-meter board. The Tijuana, Mexico native craft a 682.65-point set to out-score second place by nearly 100 points. All-American Jason Lenzo added to his list of accolades with a bronze in the event, while freshman Adam Carr battled to a fifth-place finish.
 
After winning both the 1- and 3-meter competitions this year, Osuna now has five GLVC gold medals to his credit.
 

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— UIndy Swim & Dive (@UIndySwimDive) February 9, 2024

 
The evening finals started with a 1-2 finish by the women in the 500 free. Jamie Glover and Brynhildur Traustadottir claimed the top two spots on the podium, with Glover's career-best 4:55.87 setting the gold standard in the event.
 
More distance success followed with another historic swim from junior Cedric Buessing. Already a two-time GLVC Swimmer of the Year, Buessing continued his onslaught of the UIndy record book, resetting his own school record in the 500 free. His A-cut time of 4:18.84 is the fastest in DII this season and also broke a GLVC meet record, his third conference-record swim of the week.
 
Isabella Revstedt and Caroline Reinke added to the Hounds' medal count in the women's 100 back. The former finished in 54.82 to share the gold medal with Drury's Lexie Waller, while the latter finished just a quarter-second behind to take bronze.
 
Brayden Cole broke out a gold-medal swim in the men's 100 back, posting his first-ever sub-53 time at 52.94.
 
Andrea Gomez was one of three Greyhounds in the finals of the 200 fly. She touched the wall in 2:00.08, earning a silver medal while posting the second-fastest time in school history.
 
Freshman Elias Noe, meanwhile, set the final school record of the night with a bronze-medal time of 1:46.29 in the men's 200 fly.
 
The UIndy women capped the evening with a silver-medal swim in the 200 free relay. The squad of Leticia Vaselli, Stefanie Markwardt, Isabella Revstedt and Kirabo Namutebi combined for a 1:31.61.
 
Additionally, the women's B team of Julia Magierowska, Savannah Mueller, Brynhildur Traustadottir and Hanna Burke won the consolation final with a time of 1:34.35.
              
OTHER NOTABLES
4th- Celina Schmidt. 100 breast
5th- Mia Krstevska, 100 back
5th- Jeron Thompson, 100 back
5th- Sharon Semchiy, 200 fly
6th- Julia Magierowska, 100 back
7th- Sebestyen Bohm, 100 breast
7th- Hanna Burke, 200 fly
8th- Jackson Vanwanzeele, 200 fly
 
THURSDAY
The Hounds' first gold of the day came on the diving boards. Junior Alexis Lumaj secured her first career GLVC medal with a winning score of 460.55 on the 3-meter. Teammate Daeges Morgan took bronze in her conference debut with a 347.25.
 

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— Great Lakes Valley Conference (@GLVCsports) February 9, 2024

 
The evening finals kicked off with the 100 butterfly, where UIndy racked up a ton of points. Stefanie Markwardt and Elias Noe both took home silver medals, with both authoring top-five times in the UIndy record book. Seven more Hounds—four men and three women—placed in the top eight in the event, while Isabella Revstedt and Joao Silva won their respective gender's B final.
 
Andrea Gomez netted another runner-up finish for UIndy, touching second in the women's 400 IM.
 
Cedric Buessing continued his trend of dominance at the GLVC meet. The reigning GLVC Swimmer of the Year won the men's 400 IM by breaking his own school and conference record with a time of 3:43.78. His younger brother Silas wasn't far with a time of 3:49.83, good for bronze.
 

?? | Cedric Buessing is good as gold! ??#GLVCswim x @UIndySwimDive pic.twitter.com/Dd8OBrhAjx

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) February 9, 2024

 
Brynhildur Traustadottir led the Hounds in the 200 free, placing fifth with a B-cut mark of 1:51.81.
 
The evening's lone relay, the 400 medley, capped the day's festivities. UIndy took second in both women's heats, with the quartet of Revstedt, Celina Schmidt, Stefanie Markwardt and Kirabo Namutebi securing a silver medal with a strong NCAA provisional time of 3:41.30.
 
The Greyhound men followed with a pair of exciting victories. After the B team won their heat with a provisional time of 3:13.97, the Hounds' top team out-swam the GLVC's best with a gold-medal performance of 3:09.06, snapping school and conference records. Hear from the record-setting team of Cedric Buessing, Brayden Cole, Oskar Sawicki and Joao Silva here:
 

?? | Your NEW school and GLVC record holders… the UIndy men's 400 medley relay team! ??#GLVCswim x @UIndySwimDive pic.twitter.com/j7P04SxeZh

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) February 9, 2024

              
OTHER NOTABLES
4th- Oskar Sawicki, 100 fly
5th- Mihir Ambre, 100 fly
6th- Julia Magierowska, 100 fly
6th- Jeron Thompson, 100 fly
7th- Sharon Semchiy, 100 fly
7th- Megan Sunderman, 3-meter
8th- Karolina Dubcakova, 400 IM


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.
 
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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— GLVC Sports Network (@GLVCSN) February 8, 2024

 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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— UIndy Swim & Dive (@UIndySwimDive) February 8, 2024

              
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
 
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.
 
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.