WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The IU Indy swim and dive teams competed in the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate where both the men's and women's team finished in third behind host Purdue and UIndy. The Jaguars earned 23 top five finishes with
Emmaleigh Zietlow leading the way with two top times.
IU Indy opened the match with the women's 200 medley relay. The relay team of
Malayna Mancinelli,
Victoria Surdyka,
Dani Stemper and
Tori Barnet earned second place with a time of 1:46.06.
Zietlow then earned her first top time of the meet with a first place finish in the 200 free (1:47.99). She earned her second top time in the 500 free, finishing first with a time of 4:51.16.
Kaylee Dexter also earned a top five finish in the 500 free, touching the wall in fifth with a time of 5:12.51.
Other top five finishes for the women's team including a second-place finish in the 100 free (52.31) and a third place finish in the 50 free (23.80) from freshman
Luca McGee.
Lillian Brandt touched the wall in fourth in the 50 free with a time of 24.18. Brandt earned her second top five finish in the 100 fly, coming in at second with a time of 56.50. Surdyka finished fourth in the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.78 to round out the top five times for the women's team.
On the men's side, the Jags earned 14 top five spots.
Sebastian Otero led the Jags on the diving boards with a third place finish in the 3-meter dive (405.90) and fourth in the 1-meter (344.95).
Luca Eckert also earned two top five finishes with a fourth in the 50 free (20.82) and third in the 100 free (45.88). Freshman
Hugo Arteaga took fifth in the 50 free (20.87) and third in the 100 fly (48.43).
Isaac Wilson also earned a top five finish in the 100 fly, finishing in fifth with a time of 49.49.
Grayson Tidwell collected two top five finishes with a fifth place finish in the 100 back (50.70) and fourth in the 100 IM (52.29). Finishing ahead of Tidwell in the 100 IM was
Ben Kimmel in second with a time of 51.38.
The Jags earned two top five finishes in the men's 500 free with
Nathan Rariden touching in fourth (4:44.31) and
Youssef Magdy following in fifth (4:45.89).
Zach Drotar earned third in the 100 breast with a time of 55.90.
The men's 200 free relay team of
Brady Gray, Will Gorman, Wilson and
Max Gerke closed out the meet with a fourth place finish with a time of 1:23.73.
The women's team finished third of nine teams with a total of 234 points. The men's team also finished in third out of eight teams with a total of 480 points.
IU Indy will next travel to Green Bay on Friday, October 25 for a 5:00 PM meet.