Day #1 Results (.pdf) I Diving Results I Photo Gallery

INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI men's and women's swimming and diving teams found the home water friendly on day one of the 12th House of Champions inside the Natatorium on Friday (Nov. 20). The IUPUI women's 200 free relay set a new school record and just missed a new meet record and freshman Ben Levart later posted a new school record in the 500 free.

The women's team is second among 10 teams with 383 points while the men's team is third of nine teams with 341 points.

The quartet of Maranda Buha, Alexis Bullard, Madison Taylor and Lexie Meade posted a decisive win in the 200 free relay at 1:33.90, trimming more than a tenth of a second off the previous mark. Meade closed hard, helping IUPUI win the race by more than half a second. The Jaguars 'B' entry of Mary Klueh, Tori Kroon, Lauren Campbell and Brittani Grove finished fifth at 1:36.82.

In the 500 free, both Maddie Bradford and Jordyn Harrison showed well, finishing second and seventh respectively in the finals. Bradford touched with the fifth-best time in school history at 5:00.38 and Harrison swam a personal best time of 5:08.83. In the men's 500, freshman Ben Levart blazed to a school record time of 4:29.57 in a second-place finish. Classmate David Sweezer finished fourth in the finals at 4:33.98 in the fifth-best time in school history.

The 200 IM belonged to Allison Cicero, who swam a winning time of 2:06.39 as the Jaguars' lone representative in the A-final. Tori Kroon won the B-final at 2:07.49 and Carmen Escalante Ruiz won the C-final at 2:09.10. The men's 200 IM saw Jon Stoller place third overall at 1:51.79 and Josh Barajas placing sixth at 1:54.89.

Buha and Meade continued to build off their fantastic relay effort by placing second and third in the 50 free. Neither were able to match their prelim times as Buha touched at 23.76 and Meade closed at 23.84. In the men's race, the always dependable Lennart Kuester finished second at 20.72 and Aaron Brysch was fifth at 21.27. Jared Allen was sixth at 21.30 and Trenton Wolfe was third in the B-final at 21.55. Josh Garmon won the C-final at 21.52.

The women's 400 medley relay finished fourth as the B entry of Bradford, Kroon, Ruiz and Grove ended at 3:52.99. The men's quartet placed third overall at 3:27.65 as Brysch, Stoller, Andrew Olson and Kuester.

Diving events, which will not be factored into team scoring, included synchronized and platform events on Friday. Both the men's and women's teams had entries in the synchronized dives and freshman standout Krisztian Somhegyi was the Jaguars' lone participant off the platform.

Action will resume on Saturday morning with the prelims beginning at 10:30 a.m.. Live results will be posted throughout the event here and those planning on attending can purchase tickets at the door. All session passes cost $20 and are $10 for youths, ages 3-12. Single-session passes will be $5 each and youth single-session tickets are just $2. In addition, standard university parking rates may apply.