INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI swimming and diving team concluded day one of the Horizon League Championships with four school records, one meet record and two first-place finishes. The men's team holds the top team spot with 149 points while the women's team is tied for second with 66 points.
 
"Overall great day!" said IUPUI head coach Damion Dennis. "Four team records, one meet record and several top ten times. Everyone involved, on the board, in the pool and the support from the people not swimming today was lights out. This was an unbelievable start, better than expected. In terms of overall performance, everyone that competed tonight did something above and beyond what they thought they were capable of two weeks ago."
 
The Jaguars kicked off the meet with the 200 medley relay. The women's relay team made up of Malayna Mancinelli, Avery Brooks, Gabby Puryear-Lynch and Lilly Brandt clocked a time of 1:42.71 to earn the third-place finish. During the men's race, the Jags were neck and neck with Oakland with Wes Wickens inching out Oakland's Samuel McKenzie to earn the gold. The Jags earned first-place with an IUPUI and meet record time of 1:25.88.
 
Freshman diver Sebastian Otero continued his dominate rookie year with a gold worthy performance on the 3-meter board with a school record score of 399.80. Alex Scott also took the podium at the bronze level with a score of 320.30.
 
We went back to the pool lanes after diving with the 800 free relay. The women's relay with Emmaleigh Zietlow, Puryear-Lynch, Emma Theobald and Jackie Bontrager, earned the silver with a school record time of 7:19.47. The men's relay team with Ben Kimmel, Luke Dibley, Isaac Wilson and Nick Dibley earned the third-place finish with a time of 6:35.87.
 
"The real meet starts tomorrow," said Dennis. "While tonight was great, we can't lose sight of the next six sessions. Hopefully tonight will serve as motivation and inspiration for the rest of the team this week. There are a lot of great teams and a lot of good swimming. We're just getting started and it's going to be an exciting three days.
 
IUPUI will begin day two with prelims starting at 10:00 AM.