Hoosiers Gain Three Medals on Day Three

Friday, February 18

Madison, Wis.

Indiana University

Big Ten Championships - Finals

2/18/2022 11:01:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

MADISON, Wis. – No. 15-ranked Indiana women's swimming and diving remains in third after earning three medals during the third day of competition at the Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships Friday (Feb. 18) inside Soderholm Family Aquatic Center.

Freshmen swimmers Anna Peplowski and Kacey McKenna both reached the podium. Peplowski took silver in the 200 Freestyle after swimming a 1:43.92, just .19 seconds out of first place. McKenna beat her seed in the 100 Back to take bronze with a season-best 51.93.

Sophomore Tarrin Gilliland represented diving on the podium via a bronze-medal performance in the 3-meter dive. Gilliland earned 60-plus points on three of her dives and captured career-best 369.40. Sophomore teammate Anne Fowler finished fifth in the event with a 352.60.

"We had an up and down day with a couple of divers on the bubble to move into the next final," IU head diving coach Drew Johansen said. "Obviously, Tarrin and Anne had a great day getting into another A final and battling for those top spots. I'm proud of the whole team, and we're looking forward to carrying on into tomorrow."

Indiana will try to climb up the leaderboard one last time in the final day of competition Saturday (Feb. 19).

"I thought we had a really good preliminary, but then we just had some unfortunate things happen after that," IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. "We lost some valuable ground, and we find ourselves in third. We're 28 points out of second, but Ohio State did a great job putting themselves in a good position for tomorrow.

"I'm proud of the girls. We finished the 100 Backstroke on a high note with Kacey McKenna going 51.00 for the first time, but we're going to have to step back up and have a great prelims and close the meet out on the highest note possible."

TEAM SCORES
1. Ohio State – 877
2. Michigan – 810
3. Indiana – 782
4. Wisconsin – 681
5. Minnesota – 595.5
6. Northwestern – 583.5
7. Rutgers – 330
8. Purdue - 289
9. Penn State – 289
10. Nebraska – 288
11. Illinois – 161
12. Iowa – 134

NOTABLES
• Hoosier freshmen combined for six top 10 finishes.
• Gilliland, McKenna and Peplowski each earned their first-ever Big Ten medals.
• After a fifth-place finish in the 3M as a freshman, Gilliland's career-best 369.40 pushed her to third place and a bronze medal a year later.

RESULTS
100 BUTTERFLY
16. Elizabeth Broshears – 54.20
17. Brearna Crawford – 53.57 (NCAA B Cut)

400 IM
6. Mackenzie Looze – 4:11.02 (NCAA B Cut)
8. Mariah Denigan – 4:14.55 (NCAA B Cut)
10. Anna Freed – 4:13.49 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
11. Ching Hwee Gan – 4:14.18 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
22. Cat Minic – 4:20.72

200 FREESTYLE
2. Anna Peplowski – 1:43.92 (NCAA B Cut)
10. Dominika Kossakowska – 1:46.17 (NCAA B Cut)
13. Ella Ristic – 1:47.27

100 BREASTSTROKE
7. Noelle Peplowski – 59.43 (NCAA B Cut)
8. Brearna Crawford – 59.91 (NCAA B Cut)

100 BACKSTROKE
3. Kacey McKenna – 51.93 (NCAA B Cut)
5. Anna Peplowski – 52.38 (NCAA B Cut)

3-METER DIVE
3. Tarrin Gilliland – 369.40
5. Anne Fowler – 352.60

200 FREESTYLE RELAY
6. Anna Peplowski, Ashley Turak, Mackenzie Looze, Noelle Peplowski – 1:29.86

UP NEXT
Day four of the 2022 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships is set to begin at 11 a.m. ET Saturday (Feb. 19) in preliminary action with finals following at 6:30 p.m. ET. Athletes will compete in the 1,650 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, Platform dive and 400 Freestyle Relay.

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