No. 21 Indiana Claims Silver on Opening Night of Big Tens

Tuesday, February 23

Minneapolis, Minn.

6:00 PM

Indiana University

Big Ten Championships - Finals

No. 21 Indiana Claims Silver on Opening Night of Big Tens

2/23/2021 8:30:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

Hoosiers Sit in 12th after Two Events

MINNEAPOLIS – The Indiana Hoosier women's swimming team sits in 12th place after the first day of competition at the 2021 Big Ten Championships at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in on the campus of the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

The 200 Medley Relay team of senior Bailey Kovac, sophomore Emily Weiss, freshman Elizabeth Broshears, and sophomore Ashley Turak was disqualified due to faulty starting position on the backstroke leg of the event. The team would go on to swim a time trial in the event and earned an NCAA B Cut time of 1:36.80.

The 800 Freestyle Relay team consisting of freshman Ella Ristic (1:45.33), senior Josie Grote (1:45.19), junior Abby Kirkpatrick (1:46.20), and junior Noelle Peplowski (1:45.90) earned a silver medal for the Hoosiers with an NCAA B Cut time of 7:02.62. The second-place effort marked the first opening-night medal for the IU women's swim team since claiming a gold medal in the 200 Medley Relay during the 2019 league championships.

TEAM SCORES
t-1. Ohio State – 118 pts.
t-1. Michigan – 118 pts.
3. Northwestern – 106 pts.
4. Wisconsin – 102 pts.
t-5. Penn State – 96 pts.
t-5. Minnesota – 96 pts.
7. Nebraska – 92 pts.
8. Iowa – 84 pts.
9. Michigan State – 70 pts.
10. Purdue – 68 pts.
11. Illinois – 64 pts.
12. INDIANA – 56 pts.
13. Rutgers – 30 pts.

NOTABLES
• Indiana's silver finish in the 800 Freestyle Relay (7:02.62) is the best finish in the event since also earning a runner-up nod in the 2016 Big Ten Championships.
• The 200-meter freestyle open time of 1:45.33 swam by Ristic marked a career-best time and sits as the seventh-fastest performer in program history.
• The time set by Hoosiers in the 800 Freestyle Relay ranks 10th nationally and is under a second away from cracking the top-5.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS
200 MEDLEY RELAY
DQ. Bailey Kovac, Emily Weiss, Elizabeth Broshears, Ashley Turak – Toes Out of the Water
Time Trial – Bailey Kovac, Emily Weiss, Elizabeth Broshears, Ashley Turak – 1:36.80 (NCAA B Cut)

800 FREESTYLE RELAY
2. Ella Ristic, Josie Grote, Abby Kirkpatrick, Noelle Peplowski – 7:02.62 (NCAA B Cut)

UP NEXT
The 2021 Big Ten Championships will continue on Wednesday afternoon with the first full day of action beginning at noon ET. Three preliminary events will be contested, including the 200 IM, 50 Freestyle and 500 Freestyle.

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