INDIANAPOLIS – Another impressive day in the pool for the IU Indy men's and women's swim and dive teams saw 22 individual student-athletes compete in the finals sessions with two earning individual titles, including a Horizon League Championship record time.
 
The Jags opened the meet with the 500 free. Bella Tufts took eighth in the women's race with a time of 5:03.31. On the men's side, Nathan Rariden took sixth (4:24.56) while Youssef Magdy earned eighth (4:26.08). Jack Gallob earned ninth (4:27.53) and Luke Parsons earned 16th (4:41.04).
 
The women's team put two in the finals of the 200 IM. Chloe Yerkes took eighth (2:08.64) while Victoria Surdyka competed in the consolation finals earning ninth overall (2:05.19).
 
In the prelims session, the men's team put five swimmers in the men's 200 IM. Logan Kelly clocked a 1:45.91 to take second while Grayson Tidwell finished in third (1:46.71), Isaac Wilson took fifth (1:48.39) and Noah VanZuidam took eighth (1:49.54). Zach Drotar placed tenth overall with a time of 1:49.70.
 
Next up was the 50 free. On the women's side, Luca McGee earned fifth with a time of 23.11 while Tori Barnet earned 13th with a time of 23.91.
 
For the men's team, Yassin Abdelghany threw down a new Horizon League Championship record time in the prelims at 19.12, then smashed that record in the finals session with an NCAA qualifying time of 18.91. With the record time, he took the Horizon League 50 free title and punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships.
 
Hugo Arteaga earned fifth with a time of 20.01 while Shane Tebeest took seventh with a time of 20.02.
 
After the heart-racing pace in the 50 free, the men's dive team took to the boards for the 1-meter event. Sebastian Otero defended his title to stay undefeated in the 1-meter event in the Horizon League, becoming a four-time champ with a score of 400.20. Blake VanderJeugdt followed right behind him in second at 357.40. Evan Butcher took fifth (276.90) and Gavin Day took sixth (263.80). Declan Taylor finished in 11th with a score of 228.80.
 
The night concluded with the 200 free relay. The women's relay team of Bella Tufts, Addy Hirsbrunner, Grace Sharp and Tori Barnet took fourth with a time of 1:33.87. The men's team of Abdelghany, Arteaga, Kelly and Tebeest made with podium in second with a time of 1:18.10.
 
After day two, the men's team holds a slight lead in first with 320.5 as Oakland is closely behind at 292. On the women's side, the Jags sit in third at 179.5.