Oilers Nicely Represented in G-MAC Swimming Postseason Awards

Indianapolis, Ind. – The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) introduced its’ postseason awards for the swimming and diving season on Friday, March 27. The University of Findlay males’s and girls’s groups had 20 athletes named all-conference.

The Oilers, which each gained convention titles and went on to complete within the high eight on the NCAA DII National Championship meet, additionally secured 5 main awards together with Men’s and Women’s Swimmer of the Year, Men’s Co-Freshman of the Year, and Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year.

Women’s Swimmer of the Year

Emily Mears-Bentley (Sr. – Leicester, England)

The Oilers’ standout senior capped the best season and profession within the historical past of Findlay’s ladies’s swimming and diving program in 2026, capturing her fourth consecutive Swimmer of the Year award. Mears-Bentley was a winner in 5 races on the G-MAC/MEC Championship, however what she did a month later is what cemented her legacy. At the National Championship in Evansville, Indiana, Mears-Bentley made historical past, incomes first staff all-American in seven occasions, 4 of which had been particular person races and three relays. That efficiency was highlighted within the 200 butterfly the place she captured the ladies’s program’s first-ever nationwide title on her solution to main the Oilers to a seventh-place end, its’ highest in program historical past.

Men’s Swimmer of the Year

Camilo Marrugo (Gr. – Soledad, Columbia)

Another athlete who has been a mainstay on podiums in yearly he has worn the orange and black, Camilo Marrugo capped his profession with one other memorable season within the pool. At the G-MAC/MEC Championship he was a winner in seven completely different races and was named the Men’s Swimmer of the Meet for a 3rd time. At the National Championship, Marrugo picked up first staff all-American thrice, all of which had been particular person races. Two of these finishes, the 50 free and the 100 fly, he was the nationwide runner-up and within the 100 free, he took third. Marrugo additionally earned second staff all-American within the three relay occasions wherein he swam serving to lead UF to an eighth-place end, its’ second-highest in program historical past.

Men’s Co-Freshman of the Year

Juan Blandon Torres (Fr. – Cali, Columbia)

Making an announcement in his first 12 months with this system, Juan Blandon Torres earned Men’s Freshman of the Meet on the G-MAC/MEC Championship after successful in each the 200 free relay and the 400 medley relay. He earned a visit to Evansville for the DII National Championship the place he earned second staff all-American in 5 occasions; the 800 free relay, the 200 medley relay, the 400 medley relay, the 200 free relay, and the 400 free relay.

Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year

Diego Santos

Leading the Oilers to the best mixed season in program historical past, Coach Santos has now picked up G-MAC Coach of the Year on each the boys’s and girls’s sides in every of his three years on the helm. This 12 months was historic as each groups gained convention championships and went on to complete top-eight in Division II. The ladies gained a fifth-consecutive G-MAC title and went on to take seventh on the National Championship whereas the boys gained a ninth-straight G-MAC title and took eighth at nationals. The squad that went to nationals went on to earn first or second staff all-American in 26 completely different occasions.

First Team All-G-MAC Performers

Nick Beratz– – Freshman- 200 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay

Sebastian Washington– – Junior- 200 Medley Relay, 100 Breast, 800 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay

Stanislav Lohvynenko– – Freshman- 200 Medley Relay

Camdyn Sever– – Freshman- 200 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay

Sebastian Camacho– – Freshman- 1000 Free, 200 Free, 500 Free, 1650 Free

Randy Keener– – Senior- 200 Individual Medley, 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100 Back, 200 Back, 400 Free Relay

Camilo Marrugo– – Graduate- 50 Free, 200 Free Relay, 100 Fly, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Fly, 100 Free, 400 Free Relay

Juan Blandon Torres– – Freshman- 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay

Santiago Arteaga– – Junior- 200 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay

Matteo Filippi– – Senior- 400 Individual Medley

Arnaldo Guimaraes– – Sophomore- 400 Medley Relay, 200 Breast

Macee Reckard– – Senior- 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay

Katie Susi– – Senior- 200 Medley Relay, 200 Individual Medley, 400 Medley Relay

Alexis Jankowski– – Junior- 200 Medley Relay

Troie Grubbs– – Senior- 200 Medley Relay, 50 Free, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay, 100 Free

Faith Marsicek– – Senior- 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay

Anabelle Smith– – Junior- 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay

Helmi Käkelä- – Freshman- 200 Free Relay, 100 Breast, 800 Free Relay, 200 Breast, 400 Free Relay

Olivia Scheibelhoffer– – Sophomore- 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100 Back, 400 Free Relay

Emily Mears-Bentley– – Senior- 200 Individual Medley, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay