INDIANAPOLIS, IND.- The Milwaukee swimming and diving team competed in the first day of IU Indy's House of Champions Invitational on Thursday. After day one, the women sit in fourth place with a total of 210 points, while the men are tied for sixth with 158 points, led by a school-record performance by the 200 freestyle relay team.
 
Events held on day one included the 200 freestyle relay, 400 medley relay, 50 backstroke, 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 1m dive (women), and 3m dive (men). Following the conclusion of the morning preliminaries, Milwaukee had a total of 24 athletes qualify for the finals, with at least one in every event.
 
The 200 freestyle relay squad of Charlie House, Caleb Carlisle, Jackson Ahrens, and Ben Lorenz grabbed second place with a time of 1:19.88, highlighting the way as the top finish on the men's side. With that clocking, the team topped the former school mark of 1:20.45 set last season (House, Jensen, Ahrens, Lorenz). On the women's side, Julie Rebek placed runner-up to lead the way to mark the two podium finishes for MKE on the evening.

In both the 200 freestyle and 400 medley relays, the Milwaukee women just missed the podium, finishing fourth on the day.
 
Mara Freeman had a strong showing in the 50 backstroke, touching the wall in 25.57 for a fourth-place finish. Carly Plate added a seventh-place performance (25.92) in the event as well.
 
In the 200 individual medley, Erika Thomas had the best finish, placing seventh while finishing the event in 2:04.02. Jay Jensen took eighth-place in the event on the men's side, reaching the end in 1:50.93.
 
The best individual finish on the men's side came from Charlie House in the 50 freestyle, who used a time of 20.41 to grab the seventh spot in the finals.
 
On the diving boards, Rebek turned in an impressive second-place finish in the 1m with 247.45 points. Kristina Wittmann also competed in the finals, ending up in sixth putting up a score 233.20. Ben Stitgen placed eighth in the finals of the 3m, scoring a 280.60 total.
 
The Panthers will return for day two of the three-day Invitational tomorrow, with prelims starting at 9:00 a.m., and the finals taking place at 4:30 p.m.