INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI men's and women's swimming teams cruised to victories over Lewis University inside the Natatorium on Saturday (Oct. 2) with the men winning 187-73 and the women winning 179-78. 

"What a special moment today for the team. Getting our first win at home against a solid team was a lot of fun," head coach Damion Dennis said. "This meet was a good measuring meet for us. It gives us a chance to really evaluate where we are, how we are able to handle back-to-back meets and how we are doing in our training program.

"Overall, most of our races were faster today and that's a reflection of our athletes. Special thanks to the parents, friends and alumni for coming out and supporting the Jaguars today."

Emma Theobald was the star of stars, winning three individual events and contributing to the Jaguars' 200 IM win to start the meet. After the 200 IM squad of Theobald, Ali Sippel, Caylee Hamilton and Lillian Brandt cruised to a relay win in a time of 1:47.57, Theobald followed with a win just ahead of Brandt in the 200 free in a time of 1:54.25. Brandt touched at 1:55.59 and Emmaleigh Zietlow finished third at 1:57.47. Theobald then cruised to an easy win in the 500 free in a time of 5:05.68 and closed her four swims with a victory in the 200 IM in a time of 2:06.78. 

Sippel earned a pair of individual wins by capturing the 100 breast at 1:07.18 and 200 breast at 2:26.07. Brandt won the 100 fly (58.17) by more than two seconds and the 100 free (53.88) by nearly a full second. Other individual winners included Lauren Thompson's three-second win in the 100 back as she touched at 59.14 and Zoe Hendrickx victory in the 200 fly at 2:11.17. Hamilton edged Avery Brooks in the 50 free with a time of 24.71 to Brooks' 24.93 and Zietlow won the 200 back at 2:07.11. 

The Jaguars' 200 free relay team of Hamilton, Brooks, Thompson and Zietlow also flashed some speed with a time of 1:38.90 in the meet's final event. 

The men's side got individual wins from eight different athletes, including multiple event wins from Logan Kelly, Nick Dibley and Kevin Burke. Kelly won the 100 breaststroke in a time of 56.73 and followed with a win in the 200 breast at 2:07.26. Dibley won the 500 free at 4:46.60, just outgunning younger brother Luke Dibley's time of 4:48.56. The elder Dibley also won the 200 butterfly in a time of 1:54.81, touching more than three seconds ahead of his closest competition. Burke won the 50 free in a time of 20.85 and followed with a win in the 100 free at 46.68. 

Other individual wins came from Nicolas Gallego in the 1000 free at 9:53.22 and Riley Lohse in the 100 back (51.25). Ben Kimmel won the 200 backstroke at 1:50.79 by more than two seconds and Spencer Jyawook breezed to a victory in the 100 fly in a time of 49.30. Jason Harary touched first in the 200 IM at 1:55.39, just ahead of Dane Charleston's time of 1:56.69. 

IUPUI's 200 medley relay team of Lohse, Kelly, Jyawook and Burke won the opener at 1:32.34 and the 200 free relay group of Jyawook, Burke, Mihir Chandra and Wes Wickens finished with a time of 1:23.92. 

The Jags won't compete again until the Oct. 16 Indiana Intercollegiates, hosted by Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind.