GENEVA, Ohio—The UIndy swimming & diving teams Saturday night wrapped up a success stint at the NCAA DII Championships, held Tuesday through Saturday at the SPIRE Institute Aquatics Center just outside of Cleveland.
 
The Greyhound men and women combined for 84 All-America honors, 12 school records and seven event national championships, with the latter total good for the second-highest number in program history for a single DII Championships.
 

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— UIndy Swim & Dive (@UIndySwimDive) March 17, 2024

 
SATURDAY
Celina Schmidt earned her second event title in as many days, completed the breaststroke sweep. After winning the 100 breast last night, the Germany native set a school record in the 200 breast Saturday with a time of 2:10.82.
 

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— UIndy Swim & Dive (@UIndySwimDive) March 17, 2024

 
Brynhildur Traustadottir also set a school record Saturday, with her mile swim breaking the oldest record in the UIndy annals. Traustadottir posted a 16:47.53 in the event, besting the previous UIndy mark—set back in 1996—by six-and-a-half seconds.
 
Cedric Buessing notched his third runner-up finish of the meet, taking second in the men's mile. Buessing racked up a team-best six All-America First Team nods on the week, including a national championship in the 1000 free.
 
The Hounds tacked on one more All-America performance in the final event of the evening. The men's 400 free relay unit of Jeron Thompson, Aqeel Joseph, Cedric Buessing and Joao Silva combined for a time of 2:55.22, good for eighth place.
 
OTHER NOTABLES
9th- Jamie Glover, women's 1650 free
9th- Mia Krstevska, women's 200 back
11th- Joao Silva, men's 100 free
11th- Stanislaw Chalat, men's 1650 free
12th- Silas Buessing, men's 200 back
13th- Andrea Gomez, women's 200 back
14th- Traustadottir, Gomez, Revstedt and Namutebi, women's 400 FR
15th- Kirabo Namutebi, women's 100 free
15th- Alexis Lumaj, women's 1-meter
16th- Brayden Cole, men's 200 breast

FRIDAY
Julio Osuna added to an already-storied collegiate career, posting a massive score on the way to winning his second straight 3-meter title. The junior racked up 645.15 points in 11 dives, breaking school, meet and Division II records in the process. Teammate Jason Lenzo earned fourth-place points with 560.30 points.
 
Meanwhile, Celina Schmidt earned her first career event championship, winning the women's 100 breaststroke. Her time of 1:01.11 bested second place by more than six tenths of a second.
 

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— UIndy Swim & Dive (@UIndySwimDive) March 16, 2024

 
Cedric Buessing continued a fantastic week with another runner-up swim. Already with a national title (100 free) and a second-place finish (400 IM) to his credit, the junior standout collected another silver medal with a school-record time of 4:18.27 in the 500.
 
Brayden Cole and Elias Noe also picked up All-America First Team accolades. Cole posted the second-fastest time in UIndy history (52.58) with a third-place showing in the 100 breast, while Noe managed UIndy's first-ever sub-1:45 swim in the 200 fly (1:44.97)—good for fifth place.
 
The relays once again capped the night, with both Greyhound squads placing in the top eight in the 200 free relay. The women's team of Kirabo Namutebi, Isabella Revstedt, Stefanie Markwardt and Leticia Vaselli earned fourth-place points with a time of 1:32.16, while the men's quartet of Joao Silva, Jeron Thompson, Oskar Sawicki and Aqeel Joseph placed seventh (1:18.86).
 
OTHER NOTABLES
9th- Brynhildur Traustadottir, women's 500 free
9th- Andrea Gomez, women's 200 fly
10th- Caroline Reinke, women's 100 back
11th- Jamie Glover, women's 500 free
13th- Isabella Revstedt, women's 100 back
13th- Silas Buessing, men's 200 fly
14th, Jackson Vanwanzeele, men's 200 fly
16th- Jeron Thompson, men's 100 back
 
THURSDAY
Cedric Buessing was in the national-championship hunt was once. One day after the winning the 1000 free title, Buessing came just short of capturing another event championship in the 400 IM. The German speedster bested the previous Division II record with a time of 3:40.23, but Colorado Mesa's Ben Sampson was a hair faster, out-touching Buessing by a mere .01 to earn the win.
 
Andrea Gomez also earned a runner-up finish, taking second in the women's 400 IM. She was joined on the podium by sixth-place-finisher Celina Schmidt, as both set personal bests while etching their names in the UIndy top 10.
 
Both the UIndy 400 medley relay teams earned fourth-place points later in the night. The men's team of Buessing, Brayden Cole, Oskar Sawicki and Joao Silva set a school record with a time of  3:08.57 to finish just 11 hundredths behind third place. Each of the top four men's teams hailed from the GLVC.
 
The UIndy women's team of Isabella Revstedt, Schmidt, Stefanie Markwardt and Kirabo Namutebi combined for a time of 3:40.31.
 
On the boards, Alexis Lumaj earned her first career All-America First Team nod on the 3-meter. After a 12th-place finish last year, Lumaj earned a podium spot with 410.20 points, good for eighth.
 
OTHE NOTABLES
9th- Silas Buessing, men's 400 IM
10th- Mihir Ambre, men's 100 fly
12th- Oskar Sawicki, men's 100 fly

 

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— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) March 14, 2024

WEDNESDAY
The national titles came early and often Wednesday, starting with a repeat championship by junior standout Cedric Buessing. The two-time reigning GLVC Swimmer of the Year successfully defended his 1000 free crown, breaking his own school record with a time of 8:54.51. He narrowly held off Wayne State's Khalil Ben Ajmia, besting the freshman by seven hundredths of a second.
 
From a fast 1000 to the fastest 50 in DII history, UIndy newcomer Kirabo Namutebi posted a lightning-fast 22.08 to win the women's 50 free. It marked the second straight year a Greyhound broke the Division II record in the 50 at Nationals, as Namutebi's time just edged former-Hound Johanna Buys and her 22.10 from last year's championships.
 
On the boards, Julio Osuna also repeated as national champ on the men's 1-meter. He finished with a lofty 11-dive score of 602.50, though his total after 10 dives was still good enough the win.
 
The night concluded with the 200 medley relay, where the Hounds generated even more excitement. The men's quartet of Jeron Thompson, Brayden Cole, Oskar Sawicki and Aqeel Joseph posted a DII-record 1:24.46, out-touching GLVC-rival McKendree by a half second to win the national title.
 

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— UIndy Swim & Dive (@UIndySwimDive) March 14, 2024

 
The women's quartet of Caroline Reinke, Celina Schmidt, Stefanie Markwardt and Namutebi earned All-America Second Team honors with a ninth-place time of 1:41.45.
 
The UIndy women added a pair of individual All-America performances. Schmidt notched her first sub-two-minute swim in the 200 IM, taking runner-up with a 1:59.68, while Andrea Gomez finished third in the 1000 free, breaking her own school record with a time of 9:51.24.
 
OTHE NOTABLES
9th- Brynhildur Traustadottir, women's 1000 free
10th- Jason Lenzo, men's 1-meter
11th- Silas Buessing, men's 200 IM
14th- Stanislaw Chalat, men's 1000 free
15th- Joao Silva, men's 50 free
16th- Jamie Glover, women's 1000 free

TUESDAY
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.
 
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.
 
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.