2013-14 GLVC Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships

The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has announced a change in the venue for its inaugural GLVC Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships, which will be held Feb. 12-15, 2014.  The conference office recently agreed to terms with Crawfordsville Aquatics Center on the campus of Crawfordsville High School in Crawfordsville, Ind., located an hour west of Indianapolis.

The GLVC had originally planned to administer its inaugural event at Lake Central High School in St. John, Ind., however construction delays this past summer ultimately led to both parties agreeing to move the event.

The Crawfordsville Aquatics Center features a 10-lane, 25-yard competition pool with additional cool-down space and both 1- and 3-meter diving boards.

Seven men's teams and seven women's squads representing eight member institutions will vie for the 2014 GLVC Championship in February.  Six GLVC schools currently sponsor both men's and women's swimming and diving, including Bellarmine, Drury, Indianapolis, Lewis, Truman State, and William Jewell.  Missouri S&T currently fields a men's squad and Maryville is in the midst of its inaugural women's swimming season this year. 

The Drury men have captured the last nine NCAA Division II National Championships and a total of 11 since coming on board as a Division II member in 1994, following nine national titles at the NAIA level.  The Panthers have won nine NCAA crowns on the women's side and have claimed four out of the last five national titles, including the 2013 crown.  In fact, the Drury women have not placed out of the top-three finishers since classifying as a Division II member in 1994.  When Drury has not won the women's national title, it has often been Truman State picking up the hardware.  The Bulldogs own seven national championships as a team, having most recently won in 2008 following a streak of six-straight from 2001-06.  MORE>>>