INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indy swim and dive teams closed out the three-day House of Champions with the men's team sealing the team win. The women finished in eighth.
Hugo Arteaga highlighted the final day of House of Champions with a new meet record in the men's 50 yard butterfly.
The final session was kicked off with the final two heats of the 1650 freestyle.
Emmaleigh Zietlow took second place with a time of 16:49.91 for the women's team. On the men's side,
Youssef Magdy led the Jags with a third place finish (15:35.39).
Nathan Rariden earned a top five finish in fifth with a time of 15:46.59 while
Michael Esdon also earned points in ninth.
Next up was the 50 fly.
Lillian Brandt took fifth with a time of 24.90 while
Dani Stemper earned points in 13. For the men's team, Arteaga set the Jags' second meet record of the week with a new best time of 21.41 to take first.
Isaac Wilson earned fourth at 21.99 while
David Niemiec took fifth at 22.01.
Max Gerke (9
th),
William Gorman (13
th) and
Brady Gray (15
th) all earned points for IU Indy in the B final.
In the 200 back, seven Jaguars earned points. On the women's side,
Addy Hirsbrunner swan in the B final, taking 12
th overall.
Ben Kimmel,
Grayson Tidwell and
Jack Gallob all swam in the A final for the men's team with Kimmel taking fourth (1:48.01), Tidwell sixth (1:48.45) and Gallob at eighth (1:49.74).
Carson Szotek (9
th),
Luke Dibley (14
th) swam in the B final and
Anthony Braun (21
st) earned points in the C final.
Luca Eckert and Arteaga earned points in the 100 free with Eckert taking 12
th and Arteaga earning 24
th.
In the 200 breast, three Jags earned points on the women's side. Morgan Frausto took 14
th,
Victoria Surdyka took 16
th and
Kaylee Dexter took 22
nd. On the men's side
Zach Drotar earned fourth with a time of 2:00.80.
Next up was the 200 fly with Brandt taking 12
th for the women's team.
William Gorman earned fifth (1:48.85), Wilson took sixth (1:49.04) and Szotek earned 10
th for the men's team.
With the last individual event of the weekend, Zietlow earned yet another top two finish with second place in the 100 IM at 57.39. Brandt took fifth at 58.08. On the men's side, the Jags placed eight in the finals with four in the A final and four in the B final. In the A final,
Max Gerke took fourth (51.69), Kimmel fifth (51.76), Drotar sixth (51.78) and Wilson eighth (54.74). IU Indy swept the top four spots in the B final with Tidwell taking ninth overall, Gallob tenth,
Ayden Cason 11
th and Dibley 12
th.
The Jags closed out day three with the 400 free relay. The women's team of Zietlow, Brandt, Hirsbrunner and
Luca McGee took seventh at 3:26.23. The men's relay team of Rariden, Arteaga, Gorman and Eckert took fifth at 3:00.55.
Rounding out the scores for IU Indy this week on the diving boards was
Sebastian Otero,
Adam Schmehl,
Blake Vanderjeugdt and
Midori Adams all earning spots in their A finals.
Otero led the way with a new IU Indy and meet record of 438.25 in the men's 3-meter dive to earn first place. He followed that up with a second place finish in the 1-meter with a score of 362.75.
Schmehl took third in the men's 3-meter with a score of 344.35 followed by a sixth place finish in the 1-meter at 271.50. Vanderjeugdt earned sixth in the 3-meter at 314.30 then took fourth in the 1-meter with a score of 282.55.
On the women's side, Adams led the way with a fourth place finish in the 1-meter (233.95) and a seventh place finish on the 3-meter (234.65).
The IU Indy men's team took first out of 11 teams with a total of 1,341.50 points. The women's team closed out House of Champions in eighth place out of 13 teams with 502.50 points.
The Jaguars will now prepare for the U.S. Open Championships which take place from December 4-7 in Greensboro, North Carolina.