GENEVA, Ohio—The UIndy swimming & diving team kicked off the 2024 NCAA DII Championships Tuesday night with a pair of memorable performances. With just two events being held on day one, the Greyhounds earned All-America honors and broke school records in both the men's and women's 800 free relays.
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The Greyhound quartet of
Celina Schmidt,
Andrea Gomez,
Jamie Glover and
Brynhildur Traustadottir opened the festivities by combining for the fastest women's 800 freestyle relay time in program history. Their time of 7:21.02 not only earned seventh place and All-America accolades, but also bested the school record by a half second.
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The UIndy men's team followed with an All-American performance of their own.
Cedric Buessing,
Silas Buessing,
Elias Noe and
Joao Silva also took seventh place, with their combined time of 6:29.28 topping the school record set at last year's Nationals.
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Earlier in the day, the diving pre-qualification meet was held at the Natatorium. Three UIndy divers officially advanced to Nationals, with
Alexis Lumaj,
Jason Lenzo and
Julio Osuna all earning a chance at All-America and national championship accolades later this week.
The national meet is being held at the SPIRE Institute Aquatics Center just outside of Cleveland Tuesday through Saturday. Action continues tomorrow with morning prelims at 10 a.m. ET, followed by diving at 1 p.m. and evening finals at 5:30 p.m.
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