Elkhart, Ind. -- The Lewis women's and men's swimming teams closed out the GLVC Championships with a fourth place finish by the women's team and a fifth place finish by the men's team.

Interim Head Coach Tim O'Neill
"I am thrilled by our performance with such a young team to maintain our competitive edge in the GLVC. We now have 5 school records, over 40 NCAA B cuts, and too many best times to count this year. We head into nationals to show that the future is bright for Lewis Swimming."

The Flyers ended the GLVC Championships on a high note earning their second bronze medal in the men's relay. Yesterday it was the 200 yard freestyle relay and today it was the 400 yard freestyle relay. The men's relay team consisted of Matt Howard (Tamarin, Mauritius/Westcoast International), Tom Thalau (Stuttgart, Germany/Wirtemberg-Gymnasium), Nico Jacinto (Caloocan, Philippines/Texas A&M University) and Mahmoud Abdelkarim (Cairo, Egypt/Modern English School Cairo).

The women's team had three top six finishes in the 1650 yard freestyle, 200 yard backstroke, and the 400 yard freestyle relay. Dominique Dingshoff (Hoogeveen, Netherlands/Roelof Van Echten College) finished in sixth place in the 1650 yard freestyle, Amelia Marsicek (Centennial, Colo./Regis Jesuit) finished in sixth place in the 200 yard backstroke and the relay team of Morgan Vis (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West), Marsicek, Larissa Bueno Alves (Brazil, Panama/Colegio De La Salle) and Maria Kretosz (Katowice, Poland/AWF Katowice) finished in sixth place.  

Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
6th - Dingshoff - 17:23.21 
9th - Brynn Koehler - 17:27.98 

Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
6th - Valentin De Frutos (Santafe, Argentina/Colegio de Traductores de la Provincia de Santa Fe) - 15:43.27 
9th - Juan Castro - 15:50.51 

Men 100 Yard Freestyle
4th - Jacinto - 43.77 

Women 200 Yard Backstroke
6th - Marsicek - 2:02.56 

Men 200 Yard Backstroke
20th - Colin Bade (La Grange Park, Ill./Lyons Township) -1:52.04 
22nd - Miguel Turcios (Clearwater, FL/Canterbury School) - 1:52.55 
24th - Lukasz Gorka (Wroclaw, Poland/Emmanuel University) - 1:53.72 

Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
16th - Geovanna Seawright - 2:24.51 
19th - Kretosz - 2:26.79 

Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
13th - River Streefland (Nootdorp, Netherlands/Lycecum Ypenburg) - 2:02.62 

Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
6th - Vis, Marsicek, Alves and Kretosz 

Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
3rd - Howard, Thalau, Jacinto and Abdelkarim - 2:57.22 

UP NEXT 
Lewis' swimming teams will be back in action Friday, February 21st in Chicago for the University of Chicago Last Chance Invite.