CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) swimming & diving teams competed in week one of the 2026-27 season.

Around the League:
HCAC Swimming & Diving Schedule

Athletes of the Week: 
Men’s Swimmer of the Week:
Will Ho (Bellevue, Wash.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Swimmer | Freshman - Will Ho achieved four top-two finishes at the Indiana DIII Championships. He earned a first-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.74. He added three second-place finishes at the meet, placing in the 100-yard backstroke (52.17), the 100-yard freestyle (48.01), and as part of the 200-yard freestyle medley relay (1:36.10).

Men’s Diver of the Week:
Eliot Riem (South Bend, Ind.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Diver | Sophomore - Eliot Riem recorded first-place finishes in both of his events at the Indiana DIII Championships. He won the 1-meter diving with a score of 227.10 and the 3-meter diving with a score of 205.80.

Women’s Swimmer of the Week:
Josie Blanchard (Farmington, Mich.) Franklin College | Swimmer | Freshman - Josie Blanchard asserted herself as a force to be reckoned with at distance, winning the 500-yard freestyle at the Indiana Division III Championships with a time of 5:22.94. She was also second in the 1,000 free, hitting the wall in 11:11.78. Blanchard also swam on a pair of relays for Franklin, which finished second as a team behind DePauw.

Women’s Diver of the Week:
Alexis Fleming (Monroe, Ohio) Franklin College | Diver | Senior - Alexis Fleming picked up where she left off last winter, winning both the 1- and 3-meter diving events at the Indiana Division III Championships. The reigning conference champion posted scores of 185.55 at 1-meter and 203.75 at 3-meters.

Notable Performances:
Men’s:

• Sargio Canarini (Wheatfield, Ind.) Franklin College | Diver | Freshman - Sargio Canarini made his collegiate debut a successful one, placing second in the 1-meter diving competition at the Indiana Division III Championships with a score of 186.25 points. He also finished fourth on the 3-meter board.
• Will Chambley (Westfield, Ind.) Franklin College | Swimmer | Freshman - Will Chambley made an immediate splash in his first collegiate meet, tying for high individual scoring honors at the Indiana Division III Championships with 54 points. The freshman won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:09.46 and was a close second in the 100 breast (1:00.68) and 200 individual medley (1:59.86), getting out-touched in both events by less than three tenths of a second.

Women:

• Allison Buroker (Zionsville, Ind.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Swimmer | Freshman - Allison recorded four top-three finishes at the Indiana DIII Championships. She touched the wall first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.35. She also finished third in the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in at 25.10. She was part of two podium relays as the Fightin’ Engineers placed second in the 200-yard medley relay at 1:52.59 and third in the 400-yard freestyle relay at 3:50.32.
• Lily Mierow (Caledonia, Ill.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Diver | Freshman - Lily Mierow recorded a fifth-place finish in the 1-meter diving event at the Indiana DIII Championships. She recorded a score of 122.55.

2026-27 Athlete of the Week Reports:
Week 1 (Week ending Oct. 18)