Gilliland Eyes Platform Title Defense

Saturday, March 19

Atlanta, Ga.

10:00 AM

Indiana University

NCAA Championships - Prelims

3/19/2022 4:09:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

ATLANTA – Reigning NCAA Platform Champion Tarrin Gilliland will try for her second straight national title in the event Saturday (March 19) night at the 2022 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships inside McAuley Aquatic Center.

Gilliland, a sophomore, advances to her third championship final this week after placing second among qualifiers during the preliminary session Saturday morning with a score of 350.20, just 1.30 points behind the top qualifier. A year ago, Gilliland scored 338.40 to win gold at the national meet and this year posted a career-best 382.80 to capture her first Big Ten title in the event.

Last night, Gilliland finished third in the 3-meter dive behind teammate and runner-up Kristen Hayden. Hayden, a senior, placed 14th in the Platform prelim to earn a place in the consolation final and her third All-America honor of the meet.

In total, three IU divers have earned seven total All-America nods with four of those being first team honors.

Across the deck, senior Mackenzie Looze swam a career-best 2:08.14 to grab a spot in the 200 Breaststroke consolation final. Looze had earned three All-America finishes this week to bring her career total to five.

In the final night of the 2022 women's championships, Indiana will also compete in the 1,650 Freestyle and 400 Freestyle Relay. Freshmen Ching Hwee Gan and Mariah Denigan are IU's representatives in the mile race, each boasting top-20 seeds.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS
200 BACKSTROKE
20. Anna Peplowski – 1:53.04

100 FREESTYLE
57. Ella Ristic – 49.72

200 BREASTSTROKE
16. Mackenzie Looze – 2:08.14 (Consolation Final, All-America Honorable Mention, Career Best)
21. Noelle Peplowski – 2:08.46
42. Brearna Crawford – 2:10.97

PLATFORM DIVE
2. Tarrin Gilliland – 350.20 (Championship Final, All-America)
14. Kristen Hayden – 270.55 (Consolation Final, All-America Honorable Mention)

HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS
Elizabeth Broshears (200 Medley Relay*)
Anne Fowler (1-Meter*)
Tarrin Gilliland (1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform)
Kristen Hayden (1-Meter*, 3-Meter, Platform*)
Dominika Kossakowska (800 Freestyle Relay*)
Mackenzie Looze (800 Freestyle Relay*, 200 IM*, 200 Breaststroke*)
Kacey McKenna (200 Medley Relay*)
Anna Peplowski (800 Freestyle Relay*, 200 Freestyle*)
Noelle Peplowski (200 Medley Relay*, 100 Breaststroke)
Ella Ristic (800 Freestyle Relay*)
Ashley Turak (200 Medley Relay*)

* - Denotes All-America Honorable Mention

UP NEXT
Six 1,650 Freestyle heats are set to begin at 3:50 p.m. ET Saturday with the sixth heat starting at 6 p.m. ET to kick off the last night of finals at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. IU's Denigan and Gan are slated for the fourth and fifth heats of the mile, respectively.

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