Indianapolis. Ind. -- The Lewis University men's and women's swimming teams were in Indianapolis for the NCAA DII National Championships  from Tuesday, March 11-Saturday, March 15. The swimmers representing Lewis at the NCAA DII National Championships was Larissa Bueno Alves (Brazil, Panama/Colegio De La Salle) on the women's side. For the men's team, Mahmoud Abdelkarim (Cairo, Egypt/Modern English School Cairo), Valentin De Frutos (Santafe, Argentina/Colegio de Traductores de la Provincia de Santa Fe), Matt Howard (Tamarin, Mauritius/Westcoast International), Nico Jacinto (Caloocan, Philippines/Texas A&M University), Juan Jose Castro (Cali, Colombia/Corporacion Cultural Colegio Aleman), River Streefland (Nootdorp, Netherlands/Lycecum Ypenburg), Tom Thalau (Stuttgart, Germany/Wirtemberg-Gymnasium), and Davidson Vincent (Thomonde, Haiti/Westlake Preparatory School) were all there. 

The Flyers trip to Indianapolis was one for the record books, literally. The Flyers broke nine school records at meet and received 28 All-American honors which is the most in school history. The men's relay team set a new school record in every event at the National Championships.

Interim head coach Tim O'Neill
 "It's been an amazing season for this team not only an achievement perspective. With a coaching change, the amount of adversity that they overcame to sustain success is astounding. We are established at the national level because of their willingness to learn and compete."

FULL RESULTS BELOW
Day 1 (March 11th) 
Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay 
15th - Howard, Thalau, Castro, De Frutos - 6:35.37 *New School Record and Second Team All-American

Day 2 (March 12th) 
Women 200 Yard IM
21st - Bueno Alves - 2:04.21

Men 200 IM
6th - Thalau - 1:45.51 *New School Record and First Team All-American

Men 50 Yard Freestyle
16th - Jacinto - 20.42 *Second Team All-American 
29th - Howard - 20.15
34th - Abdelkarim - 20.33 

Men 1000 Yard Freestyle
11th - Castro - 9:11.50 *New School Record and Second Team All-American

Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
7th - Jacinto, Streefland, Vincent, Howard - 1:25.96 *New School Record and First Team All-American
 
Day 3 (March 13th) 
Men 100 Yard Butterfly
30th - Abdelkarim - 48.34 

Women 400 Yard IM
20th - Bueno Alves - 4:27.09

Men 400 Yard IM
4th - Thalau - 3:49.63 *New School Record and First Team All-American 

Men 200 Yard Freestyle
35th - Castro - 1:39.05 

Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
7th - Jacinto, Streefland, Vincent, Howard 3:10.49 *New School Record and First Team All-American 

Day 4 (March 14th)
Women 500 Yard Freestyle
43rd - Bueno Alves - 5:04.60 

Men 500 Yard Freestyle
14th - Castro - 4:26.01 *Second Team All-American
25th - Thalau - 4:29.80
32nd - De Frutos - 4:32.75

Men 100 Yard Backstroke
16th - Jacinto - 49.74 *Second Team All-American 
26th - Abdelkarim - 49.06 

Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
6th - Abdelkarim, Jacinto, Howard, Vincent - 1:18.87 *New School Record and First Team All-American

Day 5 (March 15th) 
Women 100 Yard Freestyle
43rd - Bueno Alves - 51.51 

Men 100 Yard Freestyle
9th - Jacinto - 43.40 *New School Record and Second Team All-American 
37th - Howard - 44.35

Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
9th - Castro - 15:26.41 *Second Team All-American
28th - De Frutos - 16:03.99
29th - Thalau - 16:04.52

Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
5th - Abdelkarim, Jacinto, Vincent, Howard - 2:54.51 *New School Record and First Team All-American