EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Drury swimming and diving begins its quest to defend its 2025 Great Lakes Valley Conference men's and women's titles Tuesday evening, when the league's annual championship meet gets underway from Deaconess Aquatic Center.
The 2026 GLVC Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships presented by PNC Bank open with the 800 free relay, scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 10) and continue through Saturday (Feb. 14) in Evansville.
Eleven men's teams and 10 women's squads will vie for the 2026 GLVC Championship. Nine GLVC schools currently sponsor both men's and women's swimming and diving, including Drury, Indianapolis, Lewis, McKendree, Missouri-St. Louis, Quincy, Rockhurst, Southwest Baptist, Truman State, and William Jewell. Missouri S&T currently fields a men's squad only.
This year's GLVC Championship meet will again be streamed live on the GLVC Sports Network at GLVCSN.com. The GLVCSN Android and iOS apps can also be downloaded on your mobile device, while the OTT platforms on Roku, Amazon fireTV, Android TV, and Apple TV are compatible with the GLVCSN app.
Live results for the meet will be available through the GLVC Swimming & Diving Championship hub.
2025 GLVC CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW...The Drury men's and women's teams captured GLVC championships at Elkhart Health & Aquatic Center in Elkhart, Ind. The DU women trailed Indianapolis with only three events remaining but rallied to take the lead after the 200 back with Drury swimmers finishing second, third, and fourth. The Panthers went in front of the Greyhounds after that event, 1,765-1761, then widened their lead with a one-two-three finish in the 200 breast, led by Jonette Laegreid's conference title and pool record in the event. Drury's lead held as the Panthers and Indianapolis swam to a tie in the 400 free relay in the final event of the championship.
The Drury women's squad finished with 1,996 points, while Indianapolis was second with 1,921 points. McKendree finished third with 1,180.5. The Panthers' title marked the ninth championship in 12 years for the Drury women's program and their second-straight GLVC crown.
The Drury men's team won their seventh GLVC Championship and their second league title in three years. The Panthers finished with 1,770 points to win the league championship, while McKendree was second with 1,734.5 points and Indianapolis was third with 1,407.
A total of 20 records were broken at the 2025 Championship meet, with 12 on the men's side and eight on the women's side.
PANTHERS AT THE GLVC CHAMPIONSHIP
- Last year, the Drury women won the 800 free relay, as Belen Morales, Ashlyn Moore, Ellie Walker, and Mellie Wijk posted a winning time of 7:17.90 and took the event by 3.48 seconds over McKendree.
- The DU men's team finished second in the same event, with Lucas Mineur, Ivan Adamchuk, Alvaro Zornoza, and Matteo Vissotto combining for a time of 6:28.53.
- The Panthers registered 1-2 finishes in the 100 back with Zornoza (46.43) and Adamchuk (46.43) finishing just .01 seconds apart.
- The DU women also won the 400 medley relay, as Lexie Waller, Jonette Laegreid, Wijk and Ashlyn Moore, combined for a winning time of 3:38.72
- Yuri Cabral won the 2025 GLVC title in the 100 free with a time from 43.51; Marwane Sebbata was fifth (43.87), and Matteo Vissotto was sixth (43.96); Cabral was also the runner-up in the 50 free (19.91), while Sebbata took fourth (20.08).
- Vissotto was the runner-up in the 500 free with a time of 4:23.01.
- Drury's Carter Austin placed second last year in the men's 3-meter diving competition with 495 points and finished third third in the 1-meter with 589.90 points.
- Belen Morales was third in the 100 free (50.05) at last year's Championship.
- Drury earned silver and bronze in the 200 back, with Maria Fe Munoz placing third (1:59.16), and Nikol Maniko finishing fourth (1:59.85); Munzo also placed third in the 200 fly (1:59.99).
- Anamarie Lewis finished third in the women's 3-meter diving with 413.30 points, while Maddie Rogers was fourth (411.45).
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