No. 3/14 Hoosiers Earn Split with No. 4/2 Michigan

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The No. 3/14 Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams earned a split with No. 4/2 Michigan on Thursday afternoon at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind.

 

The No. 3 Indiana men’s team (6-0) defeated No. 4 Michigan (5-1), 173.5-126.5. The No. 14 IU women’s squad (2-3-1) fought hard against the No. 2 Wolverines (6-0), but fell 172-128. The win for the Hoosier men marked the team’s 28th-straight dual-meet victory.

 

HOOSIER WINNERS

MEN

Zach Apple – 100 freestyle (43.58), 400 freestyle relay (2:55.33)

Bruno Blaskovic – 200 medley relay (1:26.87), 400 freestyle relay (2:55.33)

Andrew Capobianco – 3-meter dive (486.00)

James Connor – 1-meter dive (409.80)

Gabriel Fantoni – 200 medley relay (1:26.87), 100 backstroke (46.51), 200 backstroke (1:45.44)

Ian Finnerty – 200 medley relay (1:26.87), 100 breaststroke (53.25)

Jack Franzman – 400 freestyle relay (2:55.33)

Vini Lanza – 200 medley relay (1:26.87)

Mohamed Samy – 200 freestyle (1:35.24), 400 freestyle relay (2:55.33)

 

WOMEN

Laurel Eiber – 200 medley relay (1:38.83)

Lilly King – 200 medley relay (1:38.83), 100 breaststroke (59.62), 200 breaststroke (2:11.57)

Shelby Koontz – 200 medley relay (1:38.83)

Bailey Kovac – 200 backstroke (1:58.16)

Jessica Parratto – 3-meter dive (362.25), 1-meter dive (328.58)

Morgan Scott – 200 medley relay (1:38.83)

 

NOTABLES

  • The Hoosier men’s team extended its dual-meet winning streak to 28 meets. IU’s last loss in a dual meet came on Jan. 16, 2016 against Michigan.
  • The victory for IU men is the team’s fifth over a top-25 opponent this season and the third against a top-10 squad – No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Michigan and No. 8 Florida.
  • IU’s James Connor won his eighth event of the season, taking first in the men’s 1-meter. Connor has won eight of the nine events he’s entered this year.

 

NCAA CUTS

A: None.

B: Mohamed Samy (200 free), Gabriel Fantoni (100 back), Lilly King (100 breast), Noelle Peplowski (100 breast, 1:01.10), Ian Finnerty (100 breast), Zach Apple (100 free), Lilly King (200 breast), Noelle Peplowski (200 breast, 2:12.70), Laura Morley (200 breast, 2:12.97), Ian Finnerty (200 breast, 1:56.23), Ian Finnerty (200 IM, 1:45.56).

 

NCAA ZONES QUALIFYING SCORES

Women’s 1-Meter: Jessica Parratto

Men’s 1-Meter: James Connor, Andrew Capobianco (400.13), Cole VanDevender (317.48), Mory Gould (300.38)

Women’s 3-Meter: Jessica Parratto, Alyssa Wang (291.53), Taylor Carter (288.15)

Men’s 3-Meter: Andrew Capobianco, James Connor (463.43), Mory Gould (356.70), Cole VanDevender (345.75)

 

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