TicketsINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – University of Cincinnati swimming and diving set four meet records in the opening day at the House of Champions invitational Friday night hosted at IUPUI Natatorium.
// MEET RECORDS
• Individual competition started with a 4:49.00 win in the 500 free by Rocky Laabs
• Dominic Polling was just shy of breaking his own school record in the 200 IM (1:46.07). He did break the meet record with a 1:46.11 in the victory
• Freshman Olivia Schmelzer swam the 50 free in 22.92 for the win
• The quartet of Natalie Obando, Victoria Hunt, Lina Kutsko and Schmelzer won the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:42.59
// TOP TEN TIMES
• The UC record book will have to be rewritten after many Bearcats recorded top ten times
• Sydney St. Rose-Finear and Jordyn Ryan, both freshmen, posted the fifth and eighth fastest times in the 500 free
• Laabs, who won the event, already sits third in the event in school history
• Dalton Lillibridge is now eighth in the 200 IM
• Schmelzer's 50 free time ranks third all-time at UC
• The women's 400 medley relay time is the sixth-fastest
• Swimming the leadoff leg of the men's 400 medley relay, Joey Puglessi's 100 back time of 48.84 ranks third
// DIVING RESULTS
• Claire Schuermann won off platform with a score of 219.55 with Tricia Roscoe coming in third and Audrey Capannari in fourth
• Gus Staubitz was third and Tai Sims fourth in the men's platform event
// OTHER TOP FIVE FINISHES
• Schmelzer, Maddie Exton, Molly Chelovitz and Claire Farrell came in second in the women's 200 free relay
• Polling, Kevin McCaffrey, Alberto Garcia and Alex Fortman put forth a third-place finish in the men's 200 free relay
• The Bearcats grabbed the top four spots in the women's 500 free as Caroline Sheehan followed Laabs, St. Rose-Finear and Ryan with a fourth-place finish
• The men took second through fourth in the 500 free thanks to swims by Din Selmanovic, Justin Crew and Toby Van Dyke
• Remington Oland took fifth in the men's 200 IM
• Farrell was second and Exton fourth in the women's 50 free
• Fortman came to the wall fourth on the men's side of the 50 free
• Puglessi, Polling, Garcia and Fortman finished third in the men's 400 medley relay
// TEAM STANDINGS
Women
1. Cincinnati (550.5)
2. UConn (426)
3. Illinois (337)
4. Indianapolis (419)
5. IUPUI (224)
6. Green Bay (177.5)
7. Butler (125)
8. Western Illinois (112)
9. Evansville (106)
10. Eastern Illinois (90)
Men
1. Cincinnati (464)
2. Indianapolis (419)
3. UConn (349)
4. Navy (302)
5. Green Bay (221)
6. IUPUI (214)
7. Eastern Illinois (157)
8. Evansville (141)
9. Western Illinois (117)
// SATURDAY SCHEDULE
• Prelims start once again at 10 a.m. with finals beginning at 6 p.m.
• In diving, women will compete on 1-meter and men on 3-meter
• Swimming order of events: 200 medley relay, 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 800 free relay
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati swimming and diving, visit GoBEARCATS.com. For an inside look at the program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@GoBearcatsSwim).
// MEET RECORDS
• Individual competition started with a 4:49.00 win in the 500 free by Rocky Laabs
• Dominic Polling was just shy of breaking his own school record in the 200 IM (1:46.07). He did break the meet record with a 1:46.11 in the victory
• Freshman Olivia Schmelzer swam the 50 free in 22.92 for the win
• The quartet of Natalie Obando, Victoria Hunt, Lina Kutsko and Schmelzer won the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:42.59
// TOP TEN TIMES
• The UC record book will have to be rewritten after many Bearcats recorded top ten times
• Sydney St. Rose-Finear and Jordyn Ryan, both freshmen, posted the fifth and eighth fastest times in the 500 free
• Laabs, who won the event, already sits third in the event in school history
• Dalton Lillibridge is now eighth in the 200 IM
• Schmelzer's 50 free time ranks third all-time at UC
• The women's 400 medley relay time is the sixth-fastest
• Swimming the leadoff leg of the men's 400 medley relay, Joey Puglessi's 100 back time of 48.84 ranks third
// DIVING RESULTS
• Claire Schuermann won off platform with a score of 219.55 with Tricia Roscoe coming in third and Audrey Capannari in fourth
• Gus Staubitz was third and Tai Sims fourth in the men's platform event
// OTHER TOP FIVE FINISHES
• Schmelzer, Maddie Exton, Molly Chelovitz and Claire Farrell came in second in the women's 200 free relay
• Polling, Kevin McCaffrey, Alberto Garcia and Alex Fortman put forth a third-place finish in the men's 200 free relay
• The Bearcats grabbed the top four spots in the women's 500 free as Caroline Sheehan followed Laabs, St. Rose-Finear and Ryan with a fourth-place finish
• The men took second through fourth in the 500 free thanks to swims by Din Selmanovic, Justin Crew and Toby Van Dyke
• Remington Oland took fifth in the men's 200 IM
• Farrell was second and Exton fourth in the women's 50 free
• Fortman came to the wall fourth on the men's side of the 50 free
• Puglessi, Polling, Garcia and Fortman finished third in the men's 400 medley relay
// TEAM STANDINGS
Women
1. Cincinnati (550.5)
2. UConn (426)
3. Illinois (337)
4. Indianapolis (419)
5. IUPUI (224)
6. Green Bay (177.5)
7. Butler (125)
8. Western Illinois (112)
9. Evansville (106)
10. Eastern Illinois (90)
Men
1. Cincinnati (464)
2. Indianapolis (419)
3. UConn (349)
4. Navy (302)
5. Green Bay (221)
6. IUPUI (214)
7. Eastern Illinois (157)
8. Evansville (141)
9. Western Illinois (117)
// SATURDAY SCHEDULE
• Prelims start once again at 10 a.m. with finals beginning at 6 p.m.
• In diving, women will compete on 1-meter and men on 3-meter
• Swimming order of events: 200 medley relay, 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 800 free relay
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati swimming and diving, visit GoBEARCATS.com. For an inside look at the program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@GoBearcatsSwim).