2025 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Championships
- Dates: Tuesday, February 11–Saturday, February 15
- Location: Elkhart Health and Aquatics, Elkhart, IN
- Defending Champions: Drury women (1x); Indy men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video: GLVC Sports Network
- Championship Central
- Teams: Drury, Indianapolis, Lewis, Maryville, McKendree, Missouri S&T (men only), Missouri-St. Louis, Quincy, Rockhurst, Truman State*, William Jewell
- Day 1 Results (PDF)
- Day 2 Results (PDF)
- Day 3 Results (PDF)
Courtesy: GLVC Sports
ELKHART, Ind. –The Drury University women’s squad moved atop the standings while the men’s team stayed in first after the third day of the 2025 GLVC Swimming and Diving Championships at the Elkhart Health and Aquatics.
On the women’s side, Drury (939) overtook University of Indianapolis (862) for the top spot. McKendree University stays in third with 560 points while the University of Missouri-St. Louis (376) and Lewis University (354) round out the top five, respectively. Truman State University closely follows behind with 350 points while William Jewell College (258), Rockhurst University (257), Quincy University (196), and Maryville University (68) round out sixth through tenth.
McKendree closed the gap to Drury for the lead with the Panthers now at 861 points and the Bearcats at 836. Indianapolis stood pat in third with 677 points with Missouri S&T (410) and Lewis (404) fighting for fourth. Missouri-St. Louis (316), Rockhurst (267), Quincy (260), and William Jewell (206) sit sixth through ninth with Truman State (134), and Maryville (76) taking tenth and 11th respectively.
Nine GLVC champions were crowned Thursday, with four of those event winners setting a new league standard.
- In the Men’s 3-Meter Diving, Drury’s Israel Zavaleta took home top spot with 616.25 points and making an NCAA A-Cut.
- Drury’s Carter Austin also scored an A-Cut placing second, and Indianapolis’ Adam Carr placing third
- The Women’s 100 Butterfly was won by Drury’s Mellie Wijk for the second year in a row.
- Wijk’s time of 53.39 was enough for an NCAA B-Cut with her teammate Kirsten Lee who finished third, and Indianapolis’ Andrea Paaske who claimed silver, and Isabella Revstedt all swimming B-Cut times.
- The Men’s 100 Butterfly saw McKendree’s Jack Lustig (46.56) repeat as champion with Indianapolis’ Oskar Sawicki and Drury’s Alejandro Villarejo take second and third.
- The top three earned NCAA A-Cuts while 18 other swimmers earned B-Cuts.
- Indianapolis’ Andrea Gomez Espinoza set a new GLVC record in the Women’s 400 IM with a time of 4:13.31. Drury’s Claire Conover and Jonnette Laegreid finished second and third in the race.
- Gomez Espinoza and Conover both earned NCAA A-Cuts with eight swimmers earning B-Cuts
- Cedric Buessing of Indianapolis won the Men’s 400 IM with a time of 3:46.40. Buessing was followed by Greyhound teammate Jeremias Pock and Missouri S&T’s Connor Bichsel for the podium spots.
- The top three swimmers all earned A-Cuts with nine others earning B-Cuts
- McKendree freshman Luiza Dias earned her first GLVC Championships win in the Women’s 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:48.81. Drury’s Ellie Walker and Truman State’s Emily Traube finished in second and third.
- Ten individuals earned B-Cut times
- Another McKendree freshman took home a 200 Freestyle gold medal with his name being Vova Gavrysh who won the Men’s finals with a time of 1:34.91. Gavrysh set a new GLVC record in the prelims of this event in the morning posting a time of 1:34.74.
- Gavrysh’s time was good enough for an A-Cut with 12 swimmers earning B-Cuts
- In the Women’s 400 Medley Relay, the Drury Panthers took home their third straight title in the event with a time of 3:38.72. The team of Waller, Laegreid, Wijk, and Moore outswam the second and third place squads of Indianapolis and McKendree.
- All three of the top teams posted NCAA provisional marks
- In our final event of the night, the McKendree Bearcats Men’s 400 Medley Relay team of Rozenek, Bertulis, Lustig, and Upton broke the GLVC record by swimming a time of 3:08.27. Drury and Indianapolis rounded out the podium places
- As well as the top three relay teams, the squads from Missouri S&T and Lewis posted NCAA provisional marks.
All first- and second-place finishers are awarded first- and second-team All-GLVC honors.
Day four of the GLVC Championships begins Friday with preliminaries of the 500 Free, 100 back, 100 Breast, and 200 Fly, beginning at 10 AM CT. The women’s 3-meter Diving prelims are set to begin at 12:30 PM CT with finals kicking off at 5:30 PM.
Complete results and additional information on the 2025 GLVC Swimming & Diving Championships can found at GLVCsports.com/2025swim. Live coverage is available on all GLVCSN platforms, including GLVCSN.com, GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, and GLVCSN OTT apps on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android TV. An all-session pass is available for purchase, while single-day passes are available for $20 per day. Fans can also stay up to date on Championship coverage on Twitter/X by following the league’s official accounts at @GLVCsports and @GLVCSN, as well as the hashtags #GLVCswim and #GLVCchamps. Additional coverage will be provided from @glvcsports on Instagram.
Women’s Team Standings:
- Drury – 939
- University of Indianapolis – 862
- McKendree University – 560
- University of Missouri-St. Louis – 376
- Lewis University – 354
- Truman State University – 350
- William Jewell College – 258
- Rockhurst University – 257
- Quincy University – 196
- Maryville University – 68
Men’s Team Standings:
- Drury – 861
- McKendree University – 836
- University of Indianapolis – 677
- Missouri S&T – 410
- Lewis University – 404
- University of Missouri-St. Louis – 316
- Rockhurst University – 267
- Quincy University – 260
- William Jewell College – 206
- Truman State University – 134
- Maryville University – 76
