No. 8 Hoosiers Ready for Big Ten Championships

Wednesday, February 15

Ann Arbor, Mich.

5 p.m.

Indiana University

Big Ten Championships - Finals

2/14/2023 10:11:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 8-ranked Indiana swimming and diving is set to kick off the 2023 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, a four-day event spanning Wednesday (Feb. 15) through Saturday (Feb. 19) inside Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The Hoosiers are the second-highest ranked program in their conference meet behind only No. 5 Ohio State and in front of No. 16 Michigan, No. 20 Northwestern and No. 21 Wisconsin.

The event begins Wednesday evening with the first set of finals in the 200-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay. The following three days will consist of two sessions, with preliminaries in the morning to determine finals in the evening. All seven sessions can be streamed on the Big Ten Plus digital platform.

MEET INFO
Wednesday, Feb. 15 – Saturday, Feb. 19 • 10 a.m. ET (prelims), 5 p.m. ET (finals)
Canham Natatorium • Ann Arbor, Mich.
Live Results (Swimming): http://bit.ly/3jTPEVx/Meet Mobile App
Live Results (Diving): http://bit.ly/3jWYeCQ
Live Stream: bigtenplus.com

SCHEDULED EVENTS (Finals)
Wednesday (5 p.m. ET) – 200 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
Thursday (5 p.m. ET) – 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, 1-Meter Dive, 400 Medley Relay
Friday (5 p.m. ET) – 100 Butterfly, 400 IM, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke, 3-Meter Dive, 200 Freestyle Relay
Saturday (5 p.m. ET) – 1,650 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, Platform Dive, 400 Freestyle Relay

OF NOTE…
PODIUM WATCH – HOOSIERS WITH TOP FIVE MARKS IN BIG TEN
Megan Carter – 1-meter (351.60)
Brearna Crawford – 200 breast (2:09.36)
Mariah Denigan – 500 free (4:41.89), 1,650 free (16:08.72)
Anne Fowler – 1-meter (346.28), 3-meter (375.55)
Ching Hwee Gan – 500 free (4:41.58), 1,650 free (16:05.69)
Mackenzie Looze – 200 IM (1:56.52), 400 IM (4:09.67)
Kristina Paegle – 50 free (22.07), 100 free (48.15)
Anna Peplowski – 200 free (1:44.19), 100 back (52.11), 200 back (1:52.00), 100 free (48.73)
Noelle Peplowski – 200 IM (1:56.85), 100 breast (59.17), 200 breast (2:05.52)
Ella Ristic – 200 free (1:45.45)

2022 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Hoosiers extended a stretch of 16 straight top-three finishes at the conference meet, as well as a stretch of 21-of-22, while placing third in last year's championships. IU scored 1,100 points to finish behind Big Ten Champion Ohio State (1303) and Michigan (1185).

Two Hoosiers earned individual titles, as then-freshman Brearna Crawford won gold in the 200-yard breaststroke, and Tarrin Gilliland secured victory in the platform diving event.

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Indiana won its sixth and most recent women's Big Ten Championship in 2019. Five have occurred during IU head swimming coach Ray Looze's tenure. The Hoosiers have finished in the top three in 16 straight seasons, with 11 championship or runner-up finishes during that span.

IU athletes have combined for 119 Big Ten championships, including 58 swimming titles, 22 relay championships and 33 diving titles.

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