OXFORD, Ohio – The No. 3/6 ranked UIndy swimming & diving teams continued a successful stint at the Miami Invitational Thursday. After the men's 800 free relay opened the midseason meet with a victory on Wednesday night, the Greyhounds added three more event wins while setting a slew of NCAA standards amongst a mostly-DI field.
 
With two days left of competition, the UIndy men currently sit atop the men's team standings, leading the likes of Notre Dame, host Miami and Valpo. The Greyhound women finished the evening in fifth place of eight teams. Action continues Friday with morning prelims and evening finals before concluding with the same schedule on Saturday.
 
THURSDAY RECAP
The Hounds notched a pair of A cuts on the day, with Kirabo Namutebi (50 free) and Swann Plaza (500 free) officially punching their tickets to nationals. Namutebi won her sprint race with a time of 22.31—after an even-faster 22.27 in the morning prelims—while Plaza set a new pool record and just missed the UIndy benchmark with a 4:16.21. Both times are the fastest marks in their respective event in Division II this season.
 
Four other UIndy men improved or set B-cuts in the 500, including a 4:20.17 from Jan Schmidt, putting him third on the UIndy top-10 list.
 
Senior Jeremias Pock also earned a win, with he and teammate Nico Basten going 1-2 in the men's 200 IM. Both improved their B-cut standards, with Pocks' 1:44.71 coming in just .05 seconds behind the A standard. Basten, meanwhile, put his name in the No. 2 spot on the school top 10 with a 1:45.70.
 
Celina Schmidt led UIndy's efforts in the women's 200 IM. The All-American was one of a trio of Greyhounds to improve on her B standard, with her time of 2:00.78 good for fourth place.
 
The men's sprinters saw similar results, with three Greyhounds shaving time off existing B cuts. Zachary Anthony became the first Greyhound this year—and ninth ever—to go sub-20 in the 50 free, posting a 19.85 to finish runner-up. Elias Noe (20.11) and Johann-Matthew Matamoro (20.21) also scored points in the A-final.
 
All four relay times found success. Both 400 medley relay squads placed second and hit NCAA provisional times, with the women's quartet of Valentina Masella, Schmidt, Caprice Schlueter and Namutebi touching less than a half second behind a school-record pace. The UIndy 200 free relay teams both placed third, while both also trimmed provisional times.
 
Lillie Arps finished third in the 500 free C-final with a B-cut time of 5:02.40, and Silas Buessing won the 200 IM B-final with a time of 1:48.15 to improve his B time.
 
On the boards, two UIndy men earned a spot in the one-meter A-final. Freshman Donovan McMahon placed fifth, followed closely by teammate Adam Carr in seventh. Junior Megan Sunderman finished seventh on the three-meter board.