INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Milwaukee swimming & diving team closed the fall portion of its schedule, finishing out the weekend at IU Indy's House of Champions Invitational Saturday.
 
Caleb Carlisle continued his outstanding meet, setting a new school record in the 200 butterfly.
 
As a team, the women finished fifth place in the 13-team event with 825 points, while the men closed the meet in seventh place of the 11-team field with 739 points.
 
Carlisle's record of 1:47.34 came in the prelims, following it up with a seventh-place (1:51.21) finish in the final round. Adding to his big day, he placed second in the 50 butterfly touching the wall in 21:53. 
 
"This meet was a quick one, full of good teams and swimmers, and it pushed us to a different level," said head coach Kyle Clements. "We had too many seasons bests to count, as well as dozens of lifetime bests … when we get back to Milwaukee, we will need to update our record board."
 
Victor Kostov found the podium as well, grabbing third place in the 100 individual medley with a time of 51.16. On the women's side, Janelle Schulz had a time of 57.90 that was good for fourth in the event.
 
In the 1650 freestyle, Gunnar Seversen finished just 0.02 seconds off the school's freshman record at 15:47.07 to come in sixth place.
 
"This meet was also a very long," Clements added, "we packed a lot of swimming into these three days in Indianapolis."
 
"There were many long sessions that kept us at the pool with not a lot of time recover in between," said Clements. "That challenged us both physically and mentally, and we are going to be better for it."
 
A pair of Panther women took sixth and seventh in the 200 backstroke, including Skylar Ruggles at 2:02.79, and Mara Freeman right behind at 2:02.93.
 
Milwaukee closed the day in the 400 freestyle relay, with the women finishing fifth (3:24.93), while the men managed a sixth place finish at 3:00.88.
 
Clements finished saying, "this meet is just a preview of what's to come for our program … we have a long way to go, but we are headed in the right direction."
 
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The Panthers will return to action in 2025, when they host Green Bay for a Horizon League dual meet Jan. 25 at Klotsche Natatorium.