INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis men's and women's swim and dive teams closed out day one of the annual House of Champions invite Thursday evening (Nov. 21) with the men sitting atop the leaderboard with Lewis University at 306.5 points apiece and the women earning 114 points which puts them eighth place among 13 teams.

Thursday's finals session got underway with the 200 yard free relays, where both the men's and women's teams earned significant points.

In the first individual final of the session, Addy Hirsbrunner picked up points, finishing in the top half of the 50 back. For the men, four swimmers—David Niemiec (sixth), Jack Gallob (seventh), Keiran Rahmaan (eleventh) and Ben Kimmel (sixteenth)—earned points.

The Jaguars earned their first individual title of the invite when Emmaleigh Zietlow dominated the 500 free. On the men's side, the trio of Nathan Rariden, William Gorman and Youssef Magdy finished in the top eight. Michael Esdon and Luke Dibley also earned points with their solid swims.

In the 200 yard individual medley, six swimmers—five men and one woman—racked up points.

The final individual race of the evening—the 50 free—saw four Jaguars earn tallies.

Like the beginning of the session, the night ended with an intense relay—the 400 medley. Both the men's and women's relay teams earned 24 points with seventh-place finishes.

Swimming resumes tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. with the prelims. Diving will pick up at 12:30 p.m. and day two will again conclude with the finals starting at 5:30 p.m.