ELKHART, Ind. – The 2025 GLVC Swimming & Diving Championships continued Friday, with the University of Indianapolis notching five more event titles and three more school records. Senior standout
Cedric Buessing etched his name is atop numerous record lists, as his time of 4:16.15 in the 500 free set a new NCAA Division II benchmark.
The annual conference meet, which is being held at Elkhart Health and Aquatics in Elkhart, Ind., concludes Saturday, with prelims starting at 10 a.m. ET.
In the team standings, the UIndy women sliced into the Drury lead and will enter the fifth and final day just 29 points back of the Panthers. The Greyhound men, meanwhile, currently sit in third place behind McKendree and Drury.
TEAM STANDINGS THRU DAY 3 (top 5 only)
|
WOMEN |
PTS |
|
|
MEN |
PTS |
| 1. |
Drury |
1460 |
|
1. |
McKendree |
1275.5 |
| 2. |
UIndy |
1431 |
|
2. |
Drury |
1256 |
| 3. |
McKendree |
853.5 |
|
3. |
UIndy |
1019 |
| 4. |
Lewis |
558 |
|
4. |
S&T |
638 |
| 5. |
UMSL |
543 |
|
5. |
Lewis |
603.5 |
FRIDAY
Buessing's historic performance was one of a number of memorable swims by the Greyhounds Friday night. UIndy amassed 13 medals in the evening's 11 events, including a podium sweep in the women's 100 back.
Isabella Revstedt took gold in the event as one of four Greyhounds in the top five. Second through fifth place touched the wall within just .06 seconds of each other, with
Caroline Reinke earning silver,
Julia Magierowska bronze, and
Mia Krstevska a hair behind in fifth.
The men's 100 breaststroke had an intriguing finish as well. As they've done all season, roommates
Brayden Cole and
Jeremias Pock went head-to-head, but this time Cole bested Pock for the first time all year. Cole's 51.97 broke Pock's GLVC and school records and secured gold, while Pock finished right on his heels with a silver-medal-winning 52.08.
Celina Schmidt (100 breast) and
Andrea Gomez (200 fly) also earned silver medals. The latter's time of 1:57.61 broke her own school record.
In the diving well,
Alexis Lumaj and
Megan Sunderman went 1-2 for the second time this week, this time on the 3-meter board. Lumaj pulled away with an impressive point total of 521.05, setting a new UIndy and GLVC record.
Jamie Glover and
Brynhildur Traustadottir took second and third, respectively, in the 500 free;
Sharon Semchiy placed fifth in the 200 fly and
Mattia Rossi won the B final of the 100 back. Both Semchiy (2:02.80) and Rossi (47.96) posted a No. 5-fastest time in program history.
The women's 200 free relay team earned the ladies their second relay gold in three days.
Kirabo Namutebi,
Julia Magierowska Andrea Paaske and
Isabella Revstedt combined for a time of 1:31.32, out-touching Drury's fastest group by nearly a full second.
THURSDAY
The Greyhounds swept gold in the 400 IM, setting a school record in the women's race and taking three of the top four spot in the men's.
Andrea Gomez continued her stellar senior campaign, setting a new program and GLVC mark with a time of 4:13.31, while
Cedric Buessing topped a trio of hurrying Hounds with a pool-record 3:46.40.
Jeremias Pock touched less than a second behind Cedric to take silver, while
Silas Buessing finished comfortably in fourth.
Andrea Paaske and
Oskar Sawicki each earned a silver medal in their respective 100 fly races. Paaske broke the school record with a 54.18, while Sawicki (46.65) claimed the No. 2 spot on the UIndy men's all-time top 10.
On the diving boards, sophomore
Adam Carr earned his first career GLVC medal, taking bronze on the 3-meter with a score of 423.80.
The evening was capped with a pair of medal-winning swims in the 400 medley relay. The women's team of
Caroline Reinke,
Celina Schmidt, Paaske and
Kirabo Namutebi earned silver status with a 3:39.91; while by the men's quartet of
Cedric Buessing,
Brayden Cole, Sawicki and Pock secured bronze with a 3:09.29. The top three in the men's relay touched the wall within about a second of each other, while the UIndy women's B team won the consolation final with a time that would have placed them third in the A final.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
