INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - No. 6 Men's swim and dive battled off against No. 3 University of Indianapolis at the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center this past Friday. 

The Bearcats started off on the right foot with the group of Jakub Rynkiewicz, Braynsly Dirksz, Daniel De Oliveria, and Omar Fathy delivering a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with a 1:30.28 time.  

Miguel Carvalhosa, Rynkiewicz and Gabe Jones kicked off the first individual events with second place finishes in the 1000 and 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke with a times of 9:16.53, 1:42.39, and 50.66 in the respective events.  

Dirksz got individual wins in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke with times of 56.47 and 2:04.56. In the 200-yard butterfly Carson Olson, Jamesyn Samples and Phin Theall swept the podium with times of 1:52.93, 1:53.43 and 1:53.59. Fathy had second place finishes in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle with times of 20.17 and 45.33. 

Carvalhosa had his first win of the season with a 4:29.35 in the 500-yard freestyle. De Oliveria secured another win in the 100-yard butterfly with a 49.94 performance with Samples closely behind in third with a time of 50.42.  

Jones and Dirksz earned second and third in the 200-yard individual medley with times of 1:52.79 and 1:56.19. To finish out the day Fathy, de Oliveria, Carvalhosa and Theall had a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:03.81.  

McKendree will be back at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex for back-to-back home meets on October 30th and 31st starting at 1:30 p.m. on Friday and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.    

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