SINGAPORE – The 2025 World Aquatics Championships kicked off this month in Singapore, with the UIndy swimming and diving program well represented. Incoming-junior Kirabo Namutebi and recent graduates Cedric Buessing ('25) and Likhith "Liki" Prema ('23) are competing among the world's fastest swimmers at the elite meet.

Prema swam in the 50 and 100 breaststroke earlier this week, placing 50th overall in the 50 and 40th in the 100. Namutebi (50 fly, 50 free) and Buessing (400 IM), meanwhile, take the pool this weekend. For a complete schedule of events, visit the event's homepage.

"A big portion of our students come to us with goals of representing their home countries at international meets," said UIndy Head Coach Brent Noble, "and those goals are important to us. We value our presence at meets like Worlds, the Olympics, World University Games, and more regional international meets like Pan-Am Games and European Championships. We hope to grow that presence as we move toward 2028."

The only active Greyhound of the trio, Namutebi is the fastest woman to ever don a Greyhound swim cap. The Uganda native posted a time of 22.08 in the 50 free (SCY) at the 2024 NCAA DII Championships to both win the national title and set a Division II record. She has racked up 12 All-America nods in her two seasons as a Hound, adding national championships in both the 200 free relay and 200 medley relay last March.

One of the greatest student-athletes in UIndy history, Buessing entered the meet with the 19th-fastest time in the 400 IM. The German phenom hit his mark of 4:11.52 at the Olympics Games in Paris last summer to become the first-ever Division II athlete to qualify for an Olympic final. A two-time national champion, Buessing wrapped up his Greyhound career this past spring by winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive GLVC Men's Swimmer of the Year honor. He left UIndy as a 19-time All-American and the owner of eight school records.

Prema graduated in 2023 after filling UIndy's top breaststroker role. He was a multi-time All-American in both the 100 and 200 breast, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the 100 at the 2022 NCAA DII Championships. He also helped to 200 medley relay team to a runner-up finish at Nationals in '23. A three-time GLVC event champ, the Bengaluru, India native currently ranks third in the school's 200 breast top 10 and fourth in the 100 breast.