 The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming teams concluded competition at the 2016 AT&T Winter National Championships on Saturday on a high note, winning three titles and setting two school records.
Vini Lanza won his second championships and set his second school record in as many days, winning the men’s 200 butterfly with a NCAA A cut time of 1:41.34. Teammate Max Irwin was sixth overall with a mark of 1:47.13.
Marwan Elkamash won his second title and set his second Indiana record at the Winter Nationals on Saturday, winning the 1650 freestyle with a mark of 1:48.34. Elkamash led a tremendous showing of seven Hoosier swimmers who finished in the top-16, with six of the swimmers setting personal-best times that rank in them in the top-20 performers at IU in the event
Jack Collins took seventh overall with a personal-best time of 15:07.58 that ranks him seventh all-time, while Jackson Miller was right behind in eighth place with a PR of 15:08.40 that ranks him 10th at IU.
Trey Hubbuch won the B Final of the 1650 free with a personal-best time of 15:09.20 that puts him 11th all-time, while Adam Destrampe took 10th overall with a PR of 15:13.80. Matthew Anderson was 11th with a career-best mark of 15:15.95 that puts him 19th all-time, while Andrej Ivanovic was 16th overall for the Hoosiers.
The Hoosiers third and final win of the night came in the men’s 400 freestyle relay, where the team of Lanza, Elkamash, Irwin and Josh Romany touched first with a time of 2:52.93. The relay’s time is the sixth-fastest in Hoosier history.
On the women’s side, Stephanie Marchuk placed fourth overall with a time of 16:10.11. Freshman Cassie Jernberg took fifth with a personal-best time of 16:10.44 that ranks her as the 10th-best performer in the event in school history.
Anze Tavcar led a quartet of Hoosiers in the men’s 100 freestyle finals, placing second with a time of 43.12. Sam Lorentz was fifth overall with a personal-best time of 43.48 that ranks him as the sixth-fastest performer in the event at IU. Romany was eighth with a time of 44.22. Oliver Patrouch took 10th overall with a PR of 43.63 that ranks him 11th all-time at IU.
For the Hoosier women, Holly Spears took 14th with a time of 50.46, while Delaney Barnard was 16th in 50.60.
The Hoosier women had a great showing in the 200 backstroke, with six IU swimmers finishing in the top-16. Ali Rockett led the charge, placing eighth overall with a time of 1:57.39. In the B Final, Brooklyn Snodgrass as 10th in 1:56.18, while Marie Chamberlain was 11th in 1:56.60. Rachel Matsumura was 13th overall with a personal-best time of 1:57.13 that improves her ranking as the 19th-best performer in the event at IU. Shelly Drozda was 14th overall with a time of 1:57.51, while Bailey Pressey was 16th in 2:00.83.
On the men’s side, Bob Glover placed third with a time of 1:41.96, while Wilson Beckman won the B Final, placing ninth overall with a mark of 1:45.83.
Reagan Cook was the top IU finisher in the women’s 200 butterfly, touching sixth with a personal-best time of 1:57.50 that ranks her 10th all-time at Indiana. Gia Dalesandro was seventh in a time of 1:58.36, while Olivia Barker was 16th in 1:59.52.
In the 200 breaststroke, Ian Finnerty placed 15th overall with a time of 2:02.76 for the IU men, while Laura Morley took 16th in 2:16.11 for the Hoosier women.
In the women’s 400 freestyle relay, the team of Rockett, Dalesandro, Spears and Barnard took second with a time of 3:20.82, while the team of Drozda, Matsumura, Christine Jensen and Marchuk placed eighth in a time of 3:26.33. On the men’s side, the team of Patrouch, Lorentz, Wes Duke and Irwin placed fourth in a time of 2:56.01.
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