No. 15 IUSD Ready for Final Night of Big Tens
 MADISON, Wis. – Indiana swimming and diving will compete in 13 final swims and have two diving finalists during the last evening of the Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday (Feb. 19) night inside Soderholm Family Aquatic Center.
The Hoosiers clinched nine final bids during the preliminary swimming session Saturday morning. IU will also have three athletes, freshmen Mariah Denigan and Ching Hwee Gan and senior Maggie Wallace, in the 1,650 Freestyle and a team in the 400 Freestyle Relay.
Sophomore Tarrin Gilliland and senior Kristen Hayden qualified for the Platform dive championship final after finishing first and fourth, respectively, in the preliminary.
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
200 Backstroke – Anna Peplowski (2nd)
100 Freestyle – None.
200 Breaststroke – Brearna Crawford (1st), Noelle Peplowski (2nd)
200 Butterfly – None.
Platform – Tarrin Gilliland (1st), Kristen Hayden (4th)
CONSOLATION FINAL
200 Backstroke – Anna Freed (11th)
100 Freestyle – Ashley Turak (16th)
200 Breaststroke – Mackenzie Looze (9th)
200 Butterfly – None.
Platform – None.
C FINAL
200 Backstroke – Elyse Heiser (21st)
100 Freestyle – Ella Ristic (21st), Dominika Kossakowska (24th)
200 Breaststroke – None.
200 Butterfly – None.
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
• In the 200 Breaststroke prelim, freshman Brearna Crawford (2:07.85) and senior Noelle Peplowski (2:08.25) tallied the top two qualifying scores to cruise into the championship final. IU finished 1-2-4 in last year’s final.
- Crawford recorded the fastest first 100 yards in the field with a 1:00.84. Her time was a season-best and the fifth-best time on IU’s all-time performance list.
- Anna Peplowski tallied the fourth-best time in program history, 1:53.04, to earn the second seed in the 200 Backstroke.
- Four athletes recorded career-best swims in the 200 Breaststroke. Freshman Emma Shaughnessy, swimming a 2:19.13, beat her previous best by five seconds.
- Gilliland tallied a career-best 365.10 in the Platform prelim to capture the No. 1 seed going into the evening finale. Her score ranks No. 4 on Indiana’s all-time performance list. Gilliland will go for her second medal of the event after winning bronze in the 3-meter dive Friday.PRELIMINARY RESULTS
200 BACKSTROKE
Anna Peplowski – 1:53.04 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Anna Freed – 1:55.36 (B Final, NCAA B Cut)
Elyse Heiser – 1:57.91 (C Final, Career Best)
Katie Broderick – 1:58.90
Kacey McKenna – 1:59.65 (Career Best)
Katie Carson – 2:06.56
                           100 FREESTYLE
Ashley Turak – 49.44 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)
Ella Ristic – 49.64 (C Final)
Dominika Kossakowska – 49.79 (C Final)
- Elizabeth Broshears – 50.41
Aislinn Holder – 50.90 (Career Best)
                          200 BREASTSTROKE
Brearna Crawford – 2:07.85 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Noelle Peplowski – 2:08.25 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
Mackenzie Looze – 2:10.02 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)
Catherine Graham – 2:12.14 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Kabria Chapman – 2:18.20 (Career Best)
Emma Shaughnessy – 2:19.13 (Career Best)
                               200 BUTTERFLY
- Cat Minic – 2:03.25
Sydney Turner – 2:04.68
                               PLATFORM DIVE
Tarrin Gilliland – 365.10 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier, Career Best)
Kristen Hayden – 296.05 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier, Career Best)
- Megan Carter – 225.45 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)
- Margaret Rogers – 207.40 (Career Best)
- Taylor Carter – 142.20
