Men's Swimming and Diving | 11/7/2026 6:18:00 PM
COLUMBIA, Ky. – The Lindsey Wilson men's swimming team recorded five individual victories and several NAIA qualifying standards on Saturday afternoon during a home tri-meet against Carson-Newman (Tenn.) and Campbellsville (Ky.) at Holloway Natatorium.
Sergio Ybarra led the Blue Raiders with three individual victories, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle and 400-yard individual medley.
Ybarra opened his afternoon with a first-place finish in the 1,000 freestyle, touching the wall in 9:51.21 to finish more than 14 seconds ahead of the runner-up. He followed with a dominant performance in the 500 freestyle, clocking a time of 4:30.20 to win by over 12 seconds. His time was just 0.93 seconds shy of the NAIA automatic qualifying standard.
Ybarra completed his three-win performance in the 400 individual medley, posting a time of 4:01.71 to secure another victory and meet the NAIA provisional qualifying standard.
Bruno Mendonça added another first-place finish for Lindsey Wilson in the 100-yard backstroke. Mendonça touched the wall in 51.55 seconds, edging Carson-Newman's Brycen Andrews by 0.25 seconds while achieving the NAIA provisional qualifying standard. Teammate Rafael Braga finished fourth in the event with a time of 53.22 seconds.
Lewis Dickinson secured the Blue Raiders' fifth individual victory in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing in 56.43 seconds to meet the NAIA provisional standard. Dan Spinola followed closely behind in second place with a provisional qualifying time of 56.80 seconds, giving Lindsey Wilson the top two finishes in the event.
Dickinson also turned in a strong performance in the 400 individual medley, finishing third with a provisional qualifying time of 4:08.37. Spinola added a runner-up finish in the 200-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:08.25 to meet another provisional standard.
In the sprint events, Colin Maron placed second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.11 seconds, meeting the NAIA provisional standard. Lav Putnik followed in fourth place at 21.35 seconds, also achieving the provisional mark. Putnik later added a second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking 46.69 seconds for another provisional qualifying performance.
Karem Amakye contributed three strong individual finishes, placing second in both the 200-yard butterfly (1:59.31) and 100-yard butterfly (51.59), along with a fourth-place showing in the 400 individual medley (4:16.94). His 100 butterfly performance met the NAIA provisional standard.
Lindsey Wilson closed the meet with a season-best performance in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Lav Putnik, Bruno Mendonça, Timo Berghuis and Colin Maron combined for a time of 1:26.28 to finish second overall, with Maron anchoring the relay in 20.65 seconds.
The Blue Raiders close the 2026-27 fall semester Nov. 19-21 at the Total Performance Invitational, hosted by Kenyon College (Ohio).
