The Valparaiso men’s and women’s swimming teams traveled to West Lafayette, Ind. today for the Indiana Intercollegiate hosted by Purdue University.

Freshman Dani Gomez Barrientos (Mexico City, Mexico/Grandview Prep.) continued to put her name in the record books in just her second collegiate meet. With a sixth place finish in the women’s 200 yard IM with a 2:11.25, she set the second-best time in Valpo history. She also finished seventh in the 500 yard freestyle with a 5:09.79, the fourth-best time at Valpo.

The men’s 200 yard medley team of freshman Max Penn (Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles Prep.), junior Fred Jenny (New Albany, Ohio/New Albany), junior Gonzalo Castro Diaz (Mexico City, Mexico) and senior Kyle Braun (McHenry, Ill./West) finished fourth with a time of 1:36.83. Their time was good for seventh-best all time.

The 200 yard freestyle relay team of Penn, Braun, senior Matt King (Clinton, Ill./Clinton), and junior Tim Mitchell (Lakeville, Minn./) finished in 8^th place with a 1:29.88, just outside the top-ten times in Crusader history.

Jenny also finished ninth in the men’s 100 yard breaststroke with a 59.12 and 16^th in the 50 yard freestyle with a 22.33. Braun finished three spots ahead of Jenny with a 21.96.

Castro Diaz finished 14^th in the 200 yard IM with a 2:01.60 and 17^th in the 100 yard butterfly with a 53.73. Penn would finish in 15^th in the 100 yard backstroke with a 55.72, just a second out of the top-ten Valpo times. King finished just behind Penn in 56.10.

Junior Erin McBride (St. Louis, Mo./Webster Groves) swam a 56.60 in the women’s 100 yard freestyle to finish 17^th.

Sophomore Emily Trimpe (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) placed 16^th in the 500 yard freestyle with a 5:27.67. Senior Makenna Cannon (Delafield, Wis./Kettle Moraine) finished the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.14 to finish in 16^th place.

The men finished in 8^th place with 78 points while the women earned 49 points to finish in 9^th place.

Both teams return to the pool next Saturday when they travel to Cleveland State. The women will also take on Youngstown State at the meet. Start time is set for 12:00 pm CT.