INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI men's and women's swimming and diving team closed out the 2023 Horizon League Championships with two runner-up titles. The women's team recorded 636.5 points to earn second while the men's competition came down to the final relay race with Oakland ultimately taking the crown by 11 points.
 
Emmaleigh Zietlow was named Co-Swimmer of the Meet with Oakland's Susan LaGrand while Sebastian Otero earned Diver of the Meet. Otero also became one of the only divers in Horizon League history to earn Freshman of the Year. IUPUI swept the freshman of the year category with Gabby Puryear-Lynch earning the women's Freshman of the Year. The Jags also swept the men's coaching awards with Eric Barnes earning Men's Diving Coach of the Year and Damion Dennis defending his title of Men's Swimming Coach of the Year.
 
Zietlow kicked off the night with another gold, defending her title in the 1650 free with a time of 16:36.62. Lylah Hutson placed 13^th overall and Jackie Bontrager took 14^th. In the men's 1650, Nico Gallego placed ninth overall while Luke Dibley came in 11^th.
 
Emma Theobald earned another silver with a second-place finish in the 200 back with a time of 1:58.30. Malayna Mancinelli took 13^th overall. On the men's side, Dane Charleston placed fifth in the 200 back while Grayson Tidwell placed seventh and Nick Cavanah took eighth. Ben Kimmel swam in the B final where he took the top spot earning himself ninth overall.
 
In the 100 free, Lilly Brandt placed sixth while Avery Brooks took tenth. Spencer Jyawook once again saw himself on the podium with a silver in the 100 free with a time of 43.61. Kevin Burke placed fourth, Wes Wickens took tenth and Nick Welle earned 16^th.
 
Ali Sippel and Kaylee Dexter went back-to-back with a fifth and sixth place finish in the women's 200 breast. Logan Kelly set a new meet record with a time of 1:52.86 to take the gold in the men's 200 breast. Freshman Maxwell Blume came up huge for the Jags with a bronze in a time of 1:58.52.
 
Puryear-Lynch earned another spot on the podium this week, this time with a gold in the women's 200 fly in a time of 2:02.29. Zoe Hendrickx took 10 while Jenna Taylor earned 12^th. On the men's side, Nick Dibley closed out his swimming career with a bronze in a time of 1:47.50. Isaac Wilson took fourth while Nick Cavanah earned sixth.
 
After the 200 fly, we turned to the boards for the women's 3-meter dive. Sadie Smith earned second with a score of 269.40.
 
After diving we went back to the competition pool for the final relay of the meet. The women's 400 free relay made up of Zietlow, Brandt, Brooks and Theobald earned the silver with a total time of 3:26.22. For the men, this race decided the overall winner of the meet. The relay ream made up of Jyawook, Burke, Kelly and Wickens left everything they had in the pool but it wasn't enough as Oakland outtouched them to take the gold and the overall victory. The Jags still marked their spot on the podium with a silver.
 
The men's team finished second with a total score of 841 points while the women's team recorded a score of 636.5 points to earn the second place trophy.