ELKHART, Ind. – The first full day of the 2025 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 Greyhound gold rush netted seven first-place finishes in nine total events on the day, with the UIndy women settling into first place and the Greyhound men in third.
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The annual conference meet, which is being held at Elkhart Health and Aquatics in Elkhart, Ind., continues Thursday morning with prelims starting at 10 a.m. ET. The event started Tuesday evening and will continue through Saturday night.
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TEAM STANDINGS THRU DAY 2 (top 5 only)
|
WOMEN |
PTS |
|
|
MEN |
PTS |
| 1. |
UIndy |
584 |
|
1. |
Drury |
480 |
| 2. |
Drury |
556 |
|
2. |
McKendree |
416 |
| 3. |
McKendree |
319 |
|
3. |
UIndy |
350 |
| 4. |
Lewis |
237 |
|
4. |
Lewis |
289 |
| 5. |
UMSL |
236 |
|
5. |
S&T |
231 |
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WEDNESDAY
UIndy amassed six GLVC records, three pool records and a pair of school marks on day two. The highlight came in the women's 50 free, where the Hounds went 1-2-3 to sweep the medals.
Kirabo Namutebi took gold after resetting a 10-year-old meet record with a 22.45. She was sandwiched on the podium by teammates
Julia Magierowska (2nd, 23.08) and
Andrea Paaske (3rd, 23.16). Meanwhile,
Isabella Revstedt won the B final, posting the fourth-fastest time in program history in the process (23.14).
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UIndy opened the evening by winning both 1000 free races.
Andrea Gomez broke her own school record with a winning time of 9:49.28 before
Cedric Buessing set a new pool mark with a 8:54.93. Both times were good for meet records.
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Jeremias Pock captured his first GLVC gold medal by winning the men's 200 IM. His 1:44.26 set both meet and pool marks and came just a quarter of a second shy of eclipsing is own school record.
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The night wrapped up with the Hounds touching first in both the men's and women's 200 medley relays.
Mattia Rossi, Brayden, Cole
Oskar Sawicki and
Aqeel Joseph reset the GLVC record (1:24.88), while
Megan Gregory joined the three aforementioned 50-free medalists to set a new UIndy mark (1:39.42).
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Earlier in the day, the Greyhounds earned both gold and silver on the women's 1-meter board.
Alexis Lumaj grabbed the pool record with a total of 470.30 points, holding off runner-up
Megan Sunderman (408.15).
Sarah Kerbrat secured fourth-place points with a score of 378.15.
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TUESDAY
With only the 800 freestyle relay on the docket, the UIndy women secured the Greyhounds' first medal of the five-day event, as
Andrea Gomez,
Celina Schmidt,
Lillie Arps and
Brynhildur Traustadottir combined for a bronze-medal time of 7:23.76.
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The UIndy men secured fourth-place points, with the quartet of
Cedric Buessing,
Silas Buessing,
Jokubas Jankaukas and
Jeremias Pock combining for a time of 6:32.02. Both Greyhound teams hit NCAA provisional marks.
The Greyhound B teams also contributed to the cause. The women's team of
Jamie Glover,
Sharon Semchiy,
Hanna Burke and
Mia Krstevska took the runner-up spot in the consolation final; while
Elias Noe,
Pedro Peixoto,
Max Wiedemann and
Jackson Vanwanzeele took third.
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