EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Indianapolis locked up the program’s sixth Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship at the Deaconess Aquatic Center on Saturday night. The Greyhounds have now won six out of the last nine league titles in the sport.
UIndy scored 1,853.5 points to take the top spot by more than 200 points, with the defending champions – Drury – landing in second with 1,632 points. McKendree (1,365) finished third, while Missouri S&T (801) and Quincy (660) rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth. Lewis placed sixth (615.5), followed by Rockhurst (582), Missouri-St. Louis (552), William Jewell (492), Truman State (252), and Southwest Baptist (215).
Two men’s records were broken on Saturday, bringing the grand total to five for the five-day event.
- 3-meter Diving
- UIndy’s Donovan McMahon won in dominant fashion, posting a score of 603.20.
- Drury’s Carter Austin finished as runner-up and UIndy’s Randy Balbuena finished third.
- 1650 Freestyle
- UIndy’s Swann Plaza won with a time of 15:10.34.
- McKendree’s Miguel Carvalhosa and UIndy’s Durukan Sahan respectively landed in second and third place.
- 100 Freestyle
- McKendree’s Vova Gavrysh took gold for the second year in a row with a time of 43.16.
- Drury’s Marwane Sebbata and McKendree’s Tyson Upton rounded out the podium places.
- 200 Backstroke
- Drury’s Alvaro Zornoza Quiros also became a back-to-back champion in the 200 back with a GLVC record time of 1:42.67.
- Drury’s Ivan Adamchuk (1:43.01) would’ve also broke the previous record as he came in second with UIndy’s Silas Buessing (1:44.46) placing third.
- 200 Breaststroke
- UIndy’s Jeremias Pock broke not only the GLVC record but also the NCAA Division II record with a time of 1:51.26, taking down the DII record by 0.45 seconds.
- The S&T duo of Connor Bichsel (1:57.17) and Jordan Christensen (1:58.00) took silver and bronze.
- 400 Freestyle Relay
- The Drury squad of Sebbatta, Yuri Cabral, Lucas Mineur, and Matteo Vissotto took gold with a time of 2:53.35.
- McKendree finished second, while UIndy rounded out the top three.
At the conclusion of the meet, UIndy swept the postseason awards with Pock being named Swimmer of the Year, McMahon, Diver of the Year, Jan Schmidt, Freshman of the Year, and Brent Noble, Coach of the Year. Other than Diver of the Year, which is awarded to the diver(s) who earns the most total team points, the postseason honors are voted on by the league’s 11 head coaches. Per GLVC Bylaws, coaches are not permitted to vote for their own student-athletes.
The league coaches also selected Rockhurst as the recipient of the GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award in women’s swimming and diving, while 11 student-athletes were named GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award honorees. These individuals must be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. The honorees from full-time GLVC member institutions are now eligible to become one of their school's two Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners, which will be announced at the end of the academic year.
Swimmer of the Year: Jeremias Pock, Jr., UINDY
Diver of the Year: Donovan McMahon, Fr., UINDY
Freshman of the Year: Jan Schmidt, UINDY
Coach of the Year: Brent Noble, UINDY
GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD
Rockhurst
GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP INDIVIDUAL AWARD HONOREES
Matteo Vissotto, DU
Swann Plaza, UINDY
Otavio Cunha, LEWIS
Caden Brooks, MCK
Jordan Christensen, S&T
Gabriel Wells, UMSL
Jordan Settumba, QU
Phoenix Stockdale, RU
Brogan Miller, SBU
Dennis Bobiv, TSU
Tony Vandebeck, WJC