Drury Breaks 4 Conference Meet Records on Day 1 of GLVC Championships

2018 GLVC Championships

• Wednesday-Saturday, Febraury 7-10th
• Crawfordsville High School, Crawfordsville, IN
• Short course yards
• Day 1 results

Team Scores After Day 1

Women

1. Drury – 185
2. Indianapolis – 147
3. Truman State – 130
4. McKendree – 68
5. UMSL – 60
6. Bellarmine – 54
7. William Jewel – 31
8. Lewis – 10

Men

1. Drury – 154
2. Missouri S&T – 145
3. Indianapolis – 143
4. Truman State – 89
5. McKendree – 78
6. William Jewel – 59
7. UMSL – 36
8. Lewis – 35
9. Bellarmine – 22
10. Maryville – 14

The 2018 GLVC Championships kicked off on Wednesday night, with defending champions Drury jumping out to leads in both the men’s and women’s standings. Drury won all 4 of the women’s events and 2 of the 4 men’s events on the 1st day of competition.

Drury‘s biggest individual performances of day 1 came in the 1000, where Erica Dahlgren and Joan Casanovas won the women’s and men’s races respectviely, both broke the GLVC record, and each achieved the NCAA Division 2 ‘A’ cut, automatically qualifying them for the D2 NCAAs. Dahlgren went a 9:55.69 to be the 1st woman in the conference to break 10 minutes. Casanovas won the men’s 1000 with a 9:04.62, coming in just under the GLVC record of 9:04.66 which was set last year. Casanovas negative split his race, taking the 1st 500 out in 4:33.13, and coming back in 4:31.49. Dahlgren’s time is 2nd in the D2 rankings this year, while Casanovas’ is #1.

Drury also broke the GLVC records in the men’s and women’s 200 medley relays, however neither of their times were season bests. The men’s team broke Indianapolis’ GLVC record of 1:28.70 with their time of 1:28.14. Pavel Semochkin led off the relay in 22.57, followed by Andrea Bazzoli (24.43), Ryan Walker (21.02), and anchored by Rodrigo Caceres (20.12). The same squad went 1:27.56 back in November.

#GLVCswim #GLVCchamps on GLVCSN: NEW RECORD! In the final event of the night, Drury sets a new GLVC & POOL record (1:28.70) with a 200 Medley Relay winning time of 1:28.14! pic.twitter.com/0V2SmERilX

— GLVC Sports Network (@GLVCSN) February 8, 2018

The women’s team of Katya Rudenko, Zuza Chwadeczko, Vera Johansson, and Mackenzie Wieberg combined to post a 1:40.53, coming in under the GLVC record of 1:41.22, set by Drury last year. That same squad leads the D2 rankings with their season best of 1:39.63 from November.

#GLVCswim #GLVCchamps on GLVCSN: NEW RECORD!!! @drurypanthers have done it again. They broke their own 200 Medley Relay GLVC/POOL record (1:41.22) with a winning time of 1:40.53! pic.twitter.com/e7HNrkjYnx

— GLVC Sports Network (@GLVCSN) February 8, 2018

**U-Indy’s Josh Zylstra broke the GLVC record in 1 meter diving in the morning session of day 2.

#GLVCswim #GLVCchamps on GLVCSN: NEW RECORD! Congrats to all four @UIndySwimDive standouts, including new GLVC record holder on the 1-meter, Josh Zylstra (509.10) pic.twitter.com/AmE0vBSF5k

— GLVC Sports Network (@GLVCSN) February 8, 2018