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Kirabo Namutebi gets a hug from a teammate after her 50 free national championship win.
Jared McFarlane, GLVC

Women's Swimming & Diving Ryan Thorpe, Associate A.D. for Communications

Namutebi, Pock Secure Event Titles At Nationals

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The 2026 NCAA DII Swimming & Diving Championships continued Wednesday at the Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville, Ind. The Greyhound men and women combined for 11 All-America nods on the night, including event national titles from Kirabo Namutebi and Jeremias Pock.
 
Both UIndy team sit in fourth place through 11 events. See below for the current standings (top five only). The meet continues tomorrow with morning prelims at 11 a.m. ET, followed by diving at 2 p.m. and evening finals at 6:30 p.m.
 
 CURRENT STANDINGS
WOMEN PTS MEN PTS
1. Nova S'Eastern 163 1. Drury 152
2. Tampa 129.5 2. Tampa 149
3. Drury 94 3. Colorado Mesa 139
4. UIndy 87 4. UIndy 120
5. West Florida 81 5. McKendree 86.5

After Swann Plaza (third) and Jan Schmidt (eighth) set the tone with a pair of All-America swims in the men's 1000, Pock followed with a statement swim in the 200 IM. The recently-crown GLVC Men's Swimmer of the Year out-paced the field by two seconds with a school-record time of 1:42.39. It marked his first career national championship in the event and second overall (200 IM, 2025).
 
Celina Schmidt also scored big points in the 200 IM, placing third on the women's side. Her time of 1:59.42 set a new collegiate best.
 
Namutebi capped the Hounds' individual success with her second 50 free national title in the last three years. The junior touched the wall in 22.10, besting Nova Southeastern's Kristina Orban by a quarter of the second.
 
UIndy's 200 medley relay teams both earned spots in the top five. Namutebi returned to the pool to anchor the women's team, joining Caroline Reinke, Schmidt, Caprice Schlueter in a fourth-place performance (1:38.96). Camille Trinquesse, Pock, Elias Noe and Johann-Matthew Matamoro combined for a fifth-place time of 1:24.97.
  
OTHER NOTABLES
10th- Nico Basten, men's 200 IM
11th- Valentina Masella, women's 200 IM
15th- Silas Buessing, men's 200 IM
16th- Jasmin Hoffmann, women's 50 free

TUESDAY
With just two events being held on day one, the Greyhounds earned All-America honors in both the men's and women's 800 free relays, with the men's team resetting the school record.

In the timed final, the UIndy men's quartet of Jan Schmidt, Harrison Andoko, Nico Basten and Swann Plaza snapped the school mark with a time of 6:21.74, good for fourth place among the nation's best.

The women's team of Valentina Masella, Hanna Burke, Caroline Reinke and Lillie Arps earned All-America Honorable Mention accolades with a time of 7:25.23, taking second in heat 2 and 10th overall.

 
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Players Mentioned

Lillie Arps

Lillie Arps

Distance Free
Junior
Hanna Burke

Hanna Burke

Fly/ Sprint Free
Junior
Kirabo Namutebi

Kirabo Namutebi

Sprint
Sophomore
Caroline Reinke

Caroline Reinke

Back/Sprint Free
Junior
Celina Schmidt

Celina Schmidt

Breast
Senior
Jasmin Hoffmann

Jasmin Hoffmann

Free
5' 10"
Junior
Silas Buessing

Silas Buessing

Back/IM
Sophomore
Elias Noe

Elias Noe

Fly/Free
Sophomore
Jeremias Pock

Jeremias Pock

Breast/IM
Sophomore
Johann-Matthew Matamoro

Johann-Matthew Matamoro

Back/Fly
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lillie Arps

Lillie Arps

Junior
Distance Free
Hanna Burke

Hanna Burke

Junior
Fly/ Sprint Free
Kirabo Namutebi

Kirabo Namutebi

Sophomore
Sprint
Caroline Reinke

Caroline Reinke

Junior
Back/Sprint Free
Celina Schmidt

Celina Schmidt

Senior
Breast
Jasmin Hoffmann

Jasmin Hoffmann

5' 10"
Junior
Free
Silas Buessing

Silas Buessing

Sophomore
Back/IM
Elias Noe

Elias Noe

Sophomore
Fly/Free
Jeremias Pock

Jeremias Pock

Sophomore
Breast/IM
Johann-Matthew Matamoro

Johann-Matthew Matamoro

Freshman
Back/Fly
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