O'FALLON, Ill. – The No. 2 ranked McKendree University men's swimming and diving team picked up a huge 151-145 win her Friday afternoon over top-ranked University of Indianapolis at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex Pool.
 
Friday's win improved the Bearcats to 5-0 on the season and the victory was the first for the Bearcats in a dual meet against the Greyhounds since the program began in 2017.
 
Against the top-ranked Greyhounds, the Bearcats won eight of the 16 events that were held, including taking home first place in the 400 freestyle relay, which was the final event of the meet. That relay win sealed the Bearcats' win as they scored 11 points to the four points UIndy scored by finishing second.
 
Two Bearcats won multiple events in Friday's dual as sophomore Jackson Lustig (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI) won three individual events and junior Filipe Pinheiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Colegio Ao Cubo) won two individual events. In addition to Lustig and Pinheiro, the other Bearcats to win individual events against UIndy were sophomore Leo Gandaria-Hernandez (Milwaukee, Wis./Greenfield) and sophomore Patryk Rozenek (Radlin, Poland/Zsoms Raciborz).
 
The members of the winning 400-freestyle relay team were sophomore Alireza Yavari (Isfahan, Iran/Shayestegan), senior Caleb Law (Anchorage, Alaska/Robert Service), sophomore Arthur Souza (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Saber) and fifth-year senior Gregg Lichinsky (West Des Moines, Iowa/West Des Moines Valley). That team posted a time of 2:59.21 to edge out UIndy's 'A' Team by less than a second as UIndy posted a time of 2:59.56 in the event. McKendree's 'B' Team was third with a time of 3:03.70. The members of that team were freshman Kirk Brotherton (North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa City West), freshman Mario Perez Torrado (Madrid, Spain/Gredos San Diego), Rozenek and Gandaria-Hernandez.
 
Friday's dual meet began with diving as UIndy's Julio Osuna Kelly won both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. In fact, UIndy went 1-2 in the 3-meter and 1-2-4 in the 1-meter. McKendree earned points in both of the diving events as freshman Xander McWhorter (Cypress, Texas/Cypress Woods) placed third in each event as he recorded a score of 212.55 in the 3-meter and a score of 205.50 in the 1-meter.
 
Following diving, the first swimming event was the 200-medley relay and McKendree went second, fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth in the event that UIndy won with a time of 1:28.25. McKendree's second-place team posted a time of 1:29.03. The members of the second place team were Rozenek, Pinheiro, Lichinsky and Law.
 
The Bearcats would score nine points in the next event as they went 2-3-4 in the 1,000 freestyle. Freshman Preston Troyer (Dayton, Ohio/Xenia Christian) placed second in the event with a time of 9:44.80, while freshman Caden Brooks (Princeton, Ill./Princeton) was third with a time of 9:52.51 and freshman Frankie Runge (Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch) was fourth with a time of 10:00.28.
 
McKendree's first event win came in the 200 freestyle was Gandaria-Hernandez posted a winning time of 1:39.69. In fact, the Bearcats recorded the top three finishes in the event as along with Gandaria-Hernandez, Souza was second with a time of 1:41.10 and Yavari was third with a time of 1:42.14.
 
Rozenek then followed with a win in the 100 backstroke in a time of 48.89. In addition to Rozenek, sophomore Abram Hagedorn (Oregon, Ohio/Toledo School for the Arts) was third with a time of 50.82 and senior DaVante Carey (Nassau, Bahamas/Queens College) was fourth with a time of 51.17.
 
Pinheiro won the next event – 100 breaststroke – as he recorded a time of 55.92. The Bearcats also scored two more points in the event thanks to a fourth place finish from freshman Noah Tague (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson). Tague posted a time of 58.29.
 
Lustig would collect his first of three individual wins in the 200 butterfly as he swam a time of 1:44.77.
 
The Bearcats would then score seven points in the 50 freestyle thanks to a 2-3-5 finish from Law (20.47), Lichinsky (20.60) Perez Torrado (20.69). UIndy's Diego Mas won the event in a time of 20.17.
 
Souza, Gandaria-Hernandez and Yavari went second, third and fourth in the 100 freestyle as the Bearcats scored nine points in the event. Souza was second with a time of 45.30, while Gandaria-Hernandez was third with a time of 45.70 and Yavari was fourth with a time of 45.87.
 
Rozenek, Hagedorn and freshman Kadence Griffin (Prosper, Texas, Prosper) gave the Bearcats nine points in the 200 backstroke thanks to finishing second, third and fourth respectively. Rozenek posted a time of 1:53.61, while Hagedorn swam a time of 1:54.78 and Griffin posted a time of 1:57.68.
 
Pinheiro captured his second event win next as he recorded a time of 2:03.77 to place first in the 200 breaststroke.
 
The Bearcats then added another seven points to its tally after finishing second, fourth and fifth in the 500 freestyle. In the event, junior Chance Conde (Jacksonville, Fla./Indian River State College) was second with a time of 4:38.86, while Runge was fourth (4:54.81) and sophomore Filip Cigic (Zagreb, Croatia/Sportska Gimnazija) was fifth (4:59.02).
 
Lustig then added his second win as he posted a time of 47.82 to win the 100 butterfly and followed that win up with a win in the 200 IM as he posted a time of 1:53.04.
 
The Bearcats have little time to savor Friday's win as they return to the pool on Saturday, Nov. 5 with a 1 p.m. dual meet in Kirksville, Mo., against Truman State University.
 
Here are the individual results from the dual meet with UIndy.

3-Meter Diving
3. McWhorter, 212.55
 
1-Meter Diving
3. McWhorter, 205.50

200 Medley Relay
2. McKendree 'A' – 1:29.03 – Rozenek, Pinheiro, Lichinsky, Law
4. McKendree 'B' – 1:32.17 – Carey, Tague, Nick Khatkovyy, Perez Torrado
5. McKendree 'C' – 1:35.53 – Hagedorn, Ty Miller, Joey Ovanic, Brotherton
6. McKendree 'D' – 1:36.53 – Colton Grimes, Ethan Hanson, Matthew Stooke, Finn Moseley
9. McKendree 'E' – 1:39.84 – Gavin Wagner, Owen Brubaker, Neill Mauss, Noah Fishel

1,000 Freestyle
2. Troyer, 9:44.80
3. Brooks, 9:52.51
4. Runge, 10;00.28
6. Cigic, 10:10.04
7. Colin Gibson, 10:16.51

200 Freestyle
1. Gandaria-Hernandez, 1:39.69
2. Souza, 1:41.10
3. Yavari, 1:42.14
9. Ian Garwold, 1:50.21
11. Fishel, 1:50.96

100 Backstroke
1. Rozenek, 48.89
3. Hagedorn, 50.82
4. Carey, 51.17
5. Griffin, 51.23
6. Grimes, 52.29
7. Ovanic, 53.20
8. Wagner, 53.34

100 Breaststroke
1. Pinheiro, 55.92
4. Tague, 58.29
6. Hanson, 59.18
9. Brubaker, 1:02.90

200 Butterfly
1. Lustig, 1:44.77
5. Miller, 1:56.18
6. Khatkovyy, 1:59.40

50 Freestyle
2. Law, 20.47
4. Lichinsky, 20.60
5. Perez Torrado 20.69
6. Brotherton, 21.45
7. Moseley, 21.95
 
100 Freestyle
2. Souza, 45.30
3. Gandaria-Hernandez, 45.70
4. Yavari, 45.87
6. Law, 46.55
8. Moseley, 47.04
9. Brotherton, 47.77
12. Fishel, 49.57
13. Garwold, 49.92
 
200 Backstroke
2. Rozenek, 1:53.61
3. Hagedorn, 1:54.78
4. Griffin, 1:57.68
5. Brooks, 1:58.03
6. Grimes, 1:59.95
7. Wagner, 2:03.20
 
200 Breaststroke
1. Pinheiro, 2:03.77
3. Tague, 2:06.59
6. Hanson, 2:11.35
 
500 Freestyle
2. Conde, 4:38.86
4. Runge, 4:54.09
5. Cigic, 4:59.02
6. Gibson, 5:01.32
 
100 Butterfly
1. Lustig, 1:53.04
3. Miller, 1:57.19
6. Brooks, 1:57.87
7. Troyer, 1:57.95
9. Ovanic, 1:59.4

400 Free Relay
1. McKendree 'A' – 2:59.21 – Yavari, Law, Souza, Lichinsky
3. McKendree 'B' – 3:03.70 – Brotherton, Perez Torrado, Rozenek, Gandaria-Hernandez
5. McKendree 'C' – 3:10.98 – Hagedorn, Khatkovyy, Moseley, Carey
6. McKendree 'D' – 3:15.10 – Griffin, Grimes, Ovanic, Stooke
8. McKendree 'E' – 3:20.05 – Garwold, Fishel, Brubaker, Runge