INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy swimming & diving program orchestrated an impressive day at the NCAA DII Championships Wednesday. The Greyhounds combined for three event titles and 11 total All-America performances on day two of the five-day event.
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The Greyhounds sandwiched the evening with national champion performances, as
Andrea Gomez led off with a win in the women's 1000 free before both UIndy 200 medley relay teams added the exclamation point with gold-medal swims in the night's final two races.
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The national meet is being held at the IU Natatorium in downtown Indy as part of the
2025 DII National Championships Festival. Action continues tomorrow and runs through Saturday, with morning prelims at 10 a.m. ET, followed by diving at 1 p.m. and evening finals at 5:30 p.m. each day.
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Through 11 events, both Greyhound squads sit in third place, with the men 40 points back of leader Drury and the women positioned 56 points back of first-place Nova Southeastern.
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WEDNESDAY
Gomez earned the program's first-ever title in the women's 1000, slicing nearly five seconds off her own school record with a time of 9:44.90. In the closest race of the night, the standout senior held off Simon Fraser's Tori Meklensek, out-touching her by just three one-hundredths of a second.
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The relay races proved just as fruitful for UIndy. The women's 200 medley team of
Julia Magierowska,
Megan Gregory,
Andrea Paaske and
Kirabo Namutebi snapped the Division II record with a 1:38.30 to best Nova Southeastern. The men's team of
Mattia Rossi,
Brayden Cole,
Oskar Sawicki and
Aqeel Joseph followed with a winning time of 1:24.68 to edge out second-place Tampa. It marked back-to-back 200 MR titles for the men, with Rossi the only newcomer on the squad this year.
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UIndy also racked up three runner-up finishes, including one in the fastest 1000-free swim in Division II history. Tampa's Jacob Hamlin edged UIndy's own
Cedric Buessing by less than a second, with both men's times besting the previous DII and meet records. Hamlin's 8:47.23 reset both marks while Buessing's 8:48.18 broke his own school record. Buessing, himself a two-time national champ in the event, placed in the top three in the 1000 in all four of his Nationals appearances.
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Before anchoring the 200 MR team to gold, Namutebi earned runner-up status in the women's 50 free. She saw her DII record broken in the prelims when Augustana's Bryn Greenwaldt posted the first sub-22 time in the Division's history (21.92). In the evening finals, the two again went head-to-head, with Greenwaldt going 22.09 and Namutebi 22.26.
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Making his DII Nationals debut,
Jeremias Pock managed a record-breaking performance in the men's 200 IM. His time of 1:44.26 put his name atop the UIndy annuals in the event while securing second place among DII's best.
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Diving also started Wednesday. Two Greyhound women earned All-America Honorable Mention on the 1-meter board, as
Alexis Lumaj placed 11th overall and
Megan Sunderman 13th.
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OTHE NOTABLES
12th-
Aqeel Joseph, men's 50 free
13th-
Silas Buessing, men's 200 IM
14th-
Celina Schmidt, women's 200 IM
TUESDAY |
results
The UIndy swimming & diving team kicked off the NCAA DII Championships Tuesday night with a pair of memorable performances. With just two events being held on day one, the Greyhounds earned All-America honors and broke school records in both the men's and women's 800 free relays.
In the timed final, both UIndy teams found themselves in the second-to-last heat, but both managed top-eight times. The women's quartet of
Andrea Gomez,
Lillie Arps,
Mia Krstevska and
Brynhildur Traustadottir won their heat with a school-record time of 7:20.26. After the final heat was competed, their time settling at No. 7 on the scoreboard, earning All-America status.
The UIndy men saw their event play out in similar fashion, winning heat 2 and ultimately earning fifth overall.
Cedric Buessing,
Silas Buessing, Jokubas Jankauskas and
Jeremias Pock reset the program record to 6:27.77, while Cedric's leadoff leg of 1:34.28 broke the UIndy 200 free mark.
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