ELKHART, Ind. – The UIndy swimming & diving team Saturday night wrapped with the 2025 GLVC Championships, Elkhart Health and Aquatics in Elkhart, Ind. The Greyhound women made a final-day charge but came up just short of winner Drury. Meanwhile, the UIndy men secured third place by a comfortable margin.
All told, UIndy combined for 20 gold medals, nine school records and a pair of major awards, including now four-time Men's Swimmer of the Year
Cedric Buessing and back-to-back Women's Diver of the Year
Alexis Lumaj. Buessing's week was highlighted by his NCAA Division II record-breaking swim in the 500 free (4:16.15).
GLVC MAJOR WOMEN'S AWARDS
Swimmer of the Year: Mellie Wijk, Drury
Diver of the Year:
Alexis Lumaj, UIndy
Freshman of the Year: Jonette Laegreid, Drury
Coach of the Year: Brian Reynolds, Drury
GLVC MAJOR MEN'S AWARDS
Swimmer of the Year:
Cedric Buessing, UIndy
Diver of the Year: Israel Zavalete, Drury
Freshman of the Year: Vova Gavysh, McKendree
Coach of the Year: Jimmy Tiernet, McKendree
In addition, one student-athlete from each team garnered the GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award, with
Kyra Hall and
Yaaseen Yunus earning the honors for UIndy.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS (top 5 only)
|
WOMEN |
PTS |
|
|
MEN |
PTS |
| 1. |
Drury |
1996 |
|
1. |
Drury |
1770 |
| 2. |
UIndy |
1921 |
|
2. |
McKendree |
1734.5 |
| 3. |
McKendree |
1180.5 |
|
3. |
UIndy |
1407 |
| 4. |
Lewis |
757 |
|
4. |
S&T |
844 |
| 5. |
UMSL |
738 |
|
5. |
Lewis |
812.5 |
SATURDAY
Buessing became the first-ever student-athlete to earn four GLVC Swimmer of the Year nods. After winning the 1650 free tonight, he claimed four individual gold medals on the week while adding a bronze in the 400 medley relay on Thursday. Since his freshman year in 2022, Buessing racked up an incredible 18 GLVC event titles, including four straight golds in the 500 free, 1000 free, the mile and the 400 IM.
Andrea Gomez capped an outstanding week with two gold medals Saturday night. She obliterated both the GLVC and school records in the mile, clocking a time of 16:24.18—fastest in DII this year—then went on to anchor the first-place 400 free relay. Gomez won three individual events during the meet, claimed silver in the 200 fly, and earned a bronze in the 800 free relay.
Fifth-year senior
Mia Krstevska earned her first career GLVC title, winning the 200 back with an A-cut time of 1:56.84.
Kirabo Namutebi made it a sprint sweep by earning the 100 free gold from lane eight three days after setting the GLVC record in the 50.
Jeremias Pock capped his first GLVC meet with his fourth top-three finish of the week, winning the conference crown in the 200 breast by four seconds with a pool, GLVC and school record of 1:52.08.
Brynhildur Traustadottir joined Gomez on the mile podium, taking the bronze;
Adam Carr secured silver on the 1-meter board; while
Silas Buessing won the bronze on the 200 back.
The Greyhound women peppered the 200 breaststroke finals.
Celina Schmidt scored fourth-place points, followed by sixth-place
Elisa Funes and B-final winner
Megan Gregory.
William Pettifer (4th) and
Jamie Glover (5th) scored key points in their respective 1650 free races, while
Oskar Sawicki placed second in the 100 free B-final with the ninth-fastest time in program history (44.25).
Other members of the women's 400 free relay winner included Naumtebi,
Andrea Paaske and
Caroline Reinke.
FRIDAY
Senior standout
Cedric Buessing etched his name is atop numerous record lists, with his time of 4:16.15 in the 500 free Friday night set a new NCAA Division II benchmark. His historic performance was one of a number of memorable swims by the Greyhounds as 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.
