2026 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, February 10 – Saturday, February 14
• Location: Deaconess Aquatic Center, Evansville IN
• Defending Champions:
  • Women: Drury (2x)
  • Men: Drury (1x)
• Teams: Drury, Indianapolis, Lewis, McKendree, Missouri S&T (men only), Missouri-St. Louis, Quincy, Rockhurst, Southwest Baptist*, Truman State, William Jewell
• Championship Central
• Full Results

Indianapolis swept the team titles at this year’s edition of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships. Drury was the runner-up on both sides of the meet after sweeping the team titles in 2025.

The meet was also a preview of what is to come at the NCAA Division II Championships, including three of the top five men’s teams from 2025. Drury initially swam to the team title, but  ended up vacating its title due to a caffeine test over the legal limit. McKendree placed 3rd while Indianapolis was 5th.

On the women’s side, Drury (2nd) and Indianapolis (4th) both placed in the top five at nationals last year.

Men’s Recap

Indianapolis won their sixth GLVC title, defeating Drury by over 200 points.

The Greyhounds had the only four event winner, Jeremias Pock, who swept the breaststroke and IM events. His meet was highlighted by two national records in the 100 breast (51.58) and 200 breast (1:51.26). The previous records had been set in 2015. Pock also swam to a conference record in the 200 IM (1:43.63) and a pool record in the 400 IM (3:43.80).

Pock’s senior teammate Swann Plaza, in his first year competing in the NCAA, won the 500 free (4:18.79), 1000 free (8:53.72), and 1650 free (15:10.34). His time in the 1000 was a new conference record. He holds the fastest time in Division II this season across the same three events.

McKendree’s Vova Gavrysh also won three events. He earned conference titles in the 100 free (43.16), 200 free (1:34.74), and 200 fly (1:44.61), and tied for 2nd in the 50 free (19.93). Gavrysh tied his own conference record in the 200 free.

Another conference record fell at the hands of Drury’s Lucas Mineur in the 50 free (19.58). His teammate Alvaro Zornoza Quiros also lowered the conference record in the 200 back (1:42.67) en route to his second title in the event. Zornoza Quiros also won the 100 back (46.39).

Other Event Winners

• UIndy’s Donovan McMahon swept the diving events in his freshman campaign.
• Elias Noe (UIndy) won the 100 fly (46.73) after finishing 5th last year.
• McKendree kicked off the meet with a title in the 800 free relay (6:25.51), fielding a team of Gavrysh (1:34.56), Tyson Upton (1:36.39), Jakub Rynkiewicz (1:37.69), and Caden Brooks (1:36.87).
• Drury won the remaining freestyle relays. In the 200 free relay, Yuri Cabral (20.11), Mineur (19.23), Marwane Sebbata (19.52), and Matteo Vissotto (19.49) touched first (1:18.35.) The 400 free relay had the same athletes in a different order (2:53.35), with Sebbata (44.02), Cabral (43.47), Mineur (43.17), and Vissotto (42.69).
• UIndy swept the medley relays. Camille Trinquesse (22.61), Pock (23.06), Noe (20.40), and Johann Matomoro (19.47) combined in the 200 medley (1:25.54), while Jokubas Jankauskas (48.02), Pock (50.80), Noe (45.94), and Zachary Anthony (43.14) teamed up in the 400 medley (3:07.90).

Final Standings

1. Indianapolis – 1853.5
2. Drury – 1632
3. McKendree – 1365
4. Missouri S&T – 801
5. Quincy – 660
6. Lewis – 615.5
7. Rockhurst – 582
8. Missouri-St. Louis – 552
9. William Jewell – 492
10. Truman – 252
11. Southwest Baptist – 215

Major Awards

• Swimmer of the Year – Jeremias Pock (UIndy)
• Diver of the Year – Donovan McMahon (UIndy)
• Freshman of the Year – Jan Schmidt (UIndy)
• Coach of the Year – Brent Noble (UIndy)

Women’s Recap

Indianapolis secured their second GLVC title in program history after finishing as the runner-up the last two seasons.

The Greyhounds were led by graduate student Celina Schmidt, who went four-for-four in her individual events. Schmidt won the 200 IM (2:00.03), 400 IM (4:16.50), 100 breast (1:00.49), and 200 breast (2:11.23). Prior to this year, she only held one individual conference title from the 200 breast in 2024. Schmidt also swept the breaststroke events at the 2024 NCAA Division II Championships.

Indianapolis had three more multi-event winners. First-year Valentina Masella swept the backstroke events, setting personal bests in the 100 (54.95) and 200 (1:58.06). Junior Kirabo Namutebi won the sprint free events. She lowered her own conference record from last year in the 50 (22.20) and was the only athlete to break 50 seconds in the 100 free (49.94).

On the boards, Megan Sunderman swept the diving events. The junior placed second in both events last season. 

Indianapolis had one more individual event winner in Caprice Schlueter, whose win in the 100 fly helped UIndy briefly overtake Drury on night three.

Indianapolis won three relays, the most consequential of which was the 200 free relay which gave them a seven point lead going into the last day, the final time the lead would change. The squad of Namutebi (22.27), Addisyn Newman (22.81), Jasmin Hoffmann (22.87), and Caroline Reinke (22.93) touched less than half-a-second ahead of Drury’s team.

Drury bookended the meet with relay wins. To start the meet, Belen Morales (1:49.21), Gwen Bergum (1:50.55), Ashlyn Moore (1:50.55), and Nikol Maniko (1:51.02) touched first in the 800 free relay by nearly five seconds (7:21.33).

Capping off the meet, Morales (50.62), Maniko (49.89), Whitney Stortz (50.94), and Moore (49.48) combined to win the 400 free relay. However, it wasn’t enough to catch Indianapolis in the team standings.

The only individual winner not from UIndy or Drury was Missouri-St. Louis’ Justice Beard. The junior swept her four events: the 200 free (1:48.90), 500 free (4:48.17), 1000 free (9:49.78), and 1650 free (16:31.13). Her 500 free time lowered her own conference record.

Other Event Winners

• Drury’s Maria Munoz won the 200 fly in 2:00.52.
• Indianapolis’ team of Masella (25.96), Schmidt (27.97), Schlueter (24.14), and Namutebi (22.01) won the 200 medley relay (1:40.08).
• Indianapolis’ team of Reinke (55.72), Schmidt (1:00.32), Schlueter (54.39), and Namutebi (49.49) won the 400 medley relay by 0.17-seconds (3:39.92).

Final Standings

1. Indianapolis – 1882
2. Drury – 1850
3. Missouri-St. Louis – 918
4. Lewis – 843.5
5. McKendree – 813.5
6. Rockhurst – 779
7. William Jewell – 634
8. Quincy – 509
9. Truman – 468
10. Southwest Baptist – 276

Major Awards

• Swimmer of the Year – Justice Beard (Missouri-St. Louis)
• Diver of the Year – Megan Sunderman (Indianapolis)
• Freshman of the year – Valentina Masella (Indianapolis)
• Coach of the Year – Tony Hernandez (Missouri-St. Louis)