2016 GLVC Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Championships

The Great Lakes Valley Conference is set to host the third annual GLVC Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships, Feb. 10-13, 2016, at the Crawfordsville Aquatics Center on the campus of Crawfordsville High School in Crawfordsville, Ind., located an hour west of Indianapolis.

Nine men's teams and nine women's squads representing 10 member institutions will vie for the 2016 GLVC Championship.  Eight GLVC schools currently sponsor both men's and women's swimming and diving, including Bellarmine, Drury, Indianapolis, Lewis, Maryville, Missouri-St. Louis, Truman State, and William Jewell.  Missouri S&T currently fields a men's squad and Quincy is in its first year of existence on the women's side.

This year's GLVC Championship meet will be streamed live and free of charge on the GLVC Sports Network. 

Drury swept both the men's and women's titles at the 2014 and 2015 GLVC Championships.

Last year on the men's side, Drury scored 834 points in the win, followed by Missouri S&T (608.5), Indianapolis (584.5), Lewis (486.5), William Jewell (481.5), Truman State (412), Missouri-St. Louis (189) and Bellarmine (164).

Drury's women's team scored 1,008 points in the win, while Truman State netted a runner-up finish with 769.5 points.  Indianapolis (510) was third, followed by William Jewell (500), Lewis (479), Bellarmine (245), Maryville (166) and Missouri-St. Louis (6).  

Drury went on to finish second on the men's and women's side at the 2015 NCAA Division II Championships.  Prior to the 2015 campaign, the Panthers had earned 10 straight and 11 overall national titles since coming on board as a Division II member in 1994.  The Panthers have won 10 NCAA crowns on the women's side and have claimed five out of the last seven national titles, including the 2013 and 2014 crowns.

Finishing behind Drury last year as the only other women's team to score was Truman State in 35th place. For the men, Missouri S&T came in 16th, Lewis was right behind the Miners at 17th, Truman State was tied for 26th and William Jewell finished 30th.