The Valpo men's and women's swimming teams competed for the second time in as many days Saturday afternoon, swimming at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate in West Lafayette, Ind. The teams combined for 11 times which cracked the program's top-10 charts.
 
How It Happened

• The Beacons got the meet started strong, as both 200 medley relay quartets cracked the top-10 charts. The men's team of Caleb Smesko (Green, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit), Ben Mettler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton), Brian Bosse (Bowling Green, Ky./South Warren) and Kingston Vickers (Houston, Texas/Memorial) moved into fourth in program history with a time of 1:32.18.
• Swimming on another team in that relay, Jacob Faust (Plover, Wis./SPASH) swam a leadoff leg of 24.64, good for 10^th in program history in the 50 back.
• On the women's side, Mia Ceballos (Joliet, Ill./Plainfield North), Ashlynn Taylor (Skiatook, Okla./Bartlesville), Gabi Peterman (Mattawan, Mich./Mattawan) and Una Dizdarevic (Bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park) posted the eighth-fastest 200 medley relay in program history, coming home in 1:48.06. Ceballos' leadoff leg of 27.76 is ninth-best in program history in the 50 back as well.
• Beyond their contributions to the 200 medley relay, both Bosse and Vickers had two other top-10 individual swims as well. Bosse moved into sixth in program history in the 200 IM with a time of 1:55.12 and concluded the meet by swimming a leadoff leg of 21.00 in the 500 free relay, also sixth-best in program history.
• Vickers cracked the top-10 chart in the 50 free as well with a time of 21.29 in that event, and then moved up to ninth in program history in the 100 back with a time of 51.99.
• Griffin Schilz (Suamico, Wis./Bay Port) moved into ninth in program history in the 200 free, touching the wall in 1:42.64.
• Audrey Morgan (Villa Park, Ill./Willowbrook) had a pair of top-10 swims on Saturday, improving upon her eighth-best time in program history in the 50 free with a time of 24.38, and moving into a tie for 10^th place all-time in the 100 free with a time of 53.65.
• Smesko posted the top individual finish in the meet in the full events, coming home ninth in the 100 back with a time of 50.95.
• Carson Parker (Silver Lake, Ind./Tippecanoe Valley) recorded a top-10 finish as well, touching the wall 10^th in the 100 breast with a time of 56.94.
• Valpo's top individual event finish on the women's side came in the 100 back as well, as Ceballos finished 13^th in the event, covering the distance in 58.47.
• The men finished in fourth place out of seven competing teams, totaling 125 points, while the women placed seventh of nine with 74 points.

 
Next Up
Valpo returns to the pool next Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. for a double dual meet against Green Bay and IU Indy, taking place at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis.