INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI men's swimming and diving team coasted past Horizon League foe Milwaukee in a dual inside the Natatorium on Saturday (Oct. 23), breezing to a 213-87 margin. On the women's side, the Jaguars dropped a 155-144 decision to the Panthers in a dual that came down to the final events of the meet.
"For us, it was their first meet, so we knew they were going to come in high energy and ready to go, and it was a good challenge for us," head coach
Damion Dennis said. "I wanted to see how we'd step up in competition against a tough team - where they'd kind of stack against us and where we kind of are in our training and how we're adapting to (training).
"I think the barometer is - we killed it, we did a good job. I think we did exceptional across the board."
The men used their superior depth to outgun Milwaukee as the Jaguars won both the 400 medley relay to open the meet and 400 free relay to close. In between, Jaguars captured 11 event wins with
Logan Kelly (100 breast and 200 breast),
Nick Dibley (200 fly and 500 free) and
Spencer Jyawook (50 free and 100 fly) winning two events apiece. Jyawook also competed on both relay wins, as did
Kevin Burke.
Riley Lohse won the 100 backstroke in a time of 51.81, just ahead of teammate
Ben Kimmel's time of 52.43. Kelly followed with a win the 100 breaststroke for the first of his two victories, touching in a time of 56.48. Dibley earned his first of two wins in the 200 fly with a time of 1:53.22 while
Dillon Stangeland collected second-place at 1:56.43. The Jags dominated the 50 free as Jyawook (20.54), Burke (20.60) and
Wes Wickens (21.40) earned the top three spots. Wickens then followed with a win in the 100 free at 46.33, just ahead of Burke (47.25) and
Kaden Parker (47.83).
Kimmel won the 200 backstroke at 1:51.76 ahead of
Jason Harary's time of 1:53.25 before Kelly cruised to a five-second win in the 200 breaststroke at 2:03.95. Dibley turned in a tight win in the 500 free at 4:43.03, edging Milwaukee's Jay Jensen by less than two-tenths of a second. Jyawook won the 100 fly at 49.14 and IUPUI took the top four spots in the 200 IM, keyed by Harary (1:53.31) and Kelly (1:56.40).
IUPUI's 400 free relay team of Jyawook, Burke, Wickens and Dibley cruised to a win in a time of 3:05.77.
On the boards, reigning Horizon League Men's Diver of the Week
Alex Scott won the 3-meter event with a score of 297.83 and
Kyle Huehn was second at 286.35. Scott placed second in the 1-meter at 293.63 and
Adam Schmehl was third at 263.25.
On the women's side,
Emma Theobald won all three of her individual events while
Emmaleigh Zietlow won a pair of races and
Sadie Smith swept the diving events.
The Jaguars 400 medley relay group of Theobald,
Avery Brooks,
Lillian Brandt and
Caylee Hamilton won by more than seven seconds, touching in a time of 3:55.73. Then Zietlow, the reigning Horizon League Women's Swimmer of the Week, won the 1,000 free in a time of 10:29.09 for an easy victory. Brandt won the 200 free at 1:56.45 before Theobald (57.34) and
Lauren Thompson (58.08) went 1-2 in the 100 backstroke. The duo later went 1-2 in the 200 back as well as Theobald touched at 2:02.61 and Thompson closed at 2:06.42.
Zietlow capped a distance double with a win in the 500 in a time of 5:06.62. She also swam the 200 IM, finishing second in a time of 2:09.93 while Theobald earned her third win at 2:08.17.
Smith, who was named Horizon League Women's Diver of the Week, won the 1-meter with a score of 280.13 and the 3-meter at 295.20.
Isabella Smith was third on the 1-meter at 251.40 and fourth on the 3-meter at 221.40.
The meet closed with Milwaukee edging IUPUI's 400 free relay group of Hamilton, Brandt,
Avery Brooks and Thompson as the quartet swam a time of 3:34.39.
The women's team will compete next weekend in a dual against Rutgers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 30) while the men won't compete again until IUPUI hosts the House of Champions Invitational, beginning on Nov. 18 inside the Natatorium.
