COLUMBUS, Ohio – Indiana swimming and diving had a strong first day at Ohio State Fall Invitational, earning a competition-best 1580.5 points between both its men’s and women’s team Thursday (Nov. 18) at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
Through Thursday, the IU men lead the pack with 812.5 points, 301 points more than the second-place squad, host Ohio State. Indiana’s women’s squad (548) trails the hosts (579.5) in second place by a closer margin, 31.5 points.
The competition resumes at 9:30 a.m. ET Friday (Nov. 19) beginning with 400 IM prelims. Finals are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
TEAM SCORES
Men
1. Indiana – 812.5
2. Ohio State – 511.5
3. Notre Dame – 455.5
4. Virginia Tech – 449
5. Kentucky – 318
6. Pittsburgh – 246.5
7. Cincinnati – 205
Women
1. Ohio State – 579.5
2. Indiana – 548
3. Kentucky – 499.5
4. UCLA – 436.5
5. Notre Dame – 323.5
6. Virginia Tech – 314
7. Navy – 216
8. Pittsburgh – 186
9. Cincinnati – 64
NOTABLES
• Indiana’s men’s 400 Medley Relay squad (Burns, Mathias, Fantoni, Miroslaw) won the final in 3:04.05, setting a meet record and recording an NCAA A Cut time.Â
• The Hoosier men also captured an A cut in the 200 Freestyle Relay (Blaskovic, Miroslaw, Fantoni, Franzman) with a 1:16.63 mark.
• IU men won five of six competitions, while filling the runner-up spot in the 200 IM.
• Bruno Blaskovic raced a 19.21 in the 50 Free preliminary, then recorded a 19.28 to tie for first in the final with Virginia Tech’s Yousse Ramadan. The pair together set a pool record, previously 20.07 set by Matthew J. Kamin on February 24, 2017.
• Redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco returned to action and filed two NCAA Zone Qualifying scores in the 1-Meter dive preliminaries and finals, capturing first place with a 366.30 score.
• Indiana swept the men’s 500 Freestyle with the trio of Michael Brinegar, Mikey Calvillo and Warren Briggs. Each tallied an NCAA B Cut time in both the preliminary and the final.
RESULTS
200 Freestyle RelayÂ
Women
2. Ashley Turak, Anna Peplowski, Elizabeth Broshears, Noelle Peplowski – 1:28.88 (NCAA B Cut)
6. Kacey McKenna, Mackenzie Looze, Brearna Crawford, Aislinn Holder – 1:31.56
Men
1. Bruno Blaskovic, Rafael Miroslaw, Gabriel Fantoni, Jack Franzman – 1:16.63 (NCAA A Cut)
4. Luke Barr, Van Mathias, Gavin Wight, Brendan Burns – 1:18.58
6. Jacob Destrampe, Brandon Hamblin, Finn Brooks, Corey Gambardella – 1:19.53
500 Freestyle
Women
2. Mariah Denigan – 4:41.21 (NCAA B Cut)*
3. Ella Ristic – 4:42.73 (NCAA B Cut)*
12. Maggie Wallace – 4:45.74 (NCAA B Cut)
15. Elyse Heiser – 4:46.78 (NCAA B Cut)
30. Katie Carson – 4:58.33
Men
1. Michael Brinegar – 4:16.82 (NCAA B Cut)*
2. Mikey Calvillo – 4:18.62 (NCAA B Cut)*
3. Warren Briggs – 4:18.62 (NCAA B Cut)*
8. Tomer Frankel – 4:24.21*
14. Jackson Carlile – 4:24.19
16. Aidan Reagan – 4:24.79
21. Mason Carlton – 4:25.13
200 IM
Women
1. Mackenzie Looze – 1:56.14 (NCAA B Cut)*
2. Noelle Peplowski – 1:56.80 (NCAA B Cut)*
10. Brearna Crawford – 2:01.13*
13. Anna Freed – 1:58.51 (NCAA B Cut)
28. Emily Weiss – 2:01.67
Men
2. Jacob Steele – 1:44.87 (NCAA B Cut)*
3. Tristan DeWitt – 1:45.26 (NCAA B Cut)*
4. Luke Barr – 1:45.45 (NCAA B Cut)*
6. Van Mathias – 1:46.06 (NCAA B Cut)*
13. Maxwell Reich – 1:47.68
20. Josh Matheny – 1:52.365
23. Jassen Yep – 1:49.15
50 FreeÂ
Women
1. Ashley Turak – 22.21 (NCAA B Cut)*
6. Anna Peplowski – 22.44 (NCAA B Cut)*
DQ. Elizabeth Broshears*
27. Kacey McKenna – 23.28Â
38. Aislinn Holder – 23.56
Men
T1. Bruno Blaskovic – 19.28 (Pool Record, NCAA B Cut)*
5. Jack Franzman – 19.57 (NCAA B Cut)*
6. Rafael Miroslaw – 19.61 (NCAA B Cut)*
8. Gabriel Fantoni – 19.65 (NCAA B Cut)*
10. Gavin Wight – 19.87 (NCAA B Cut)*
13. Brandon Hamblin – 20.31
14. Finn Brooks – 20.34
23. Corey Gambardella – 20.24
26. Jacob Destrampe – 20.44
400 Medley RelayÂ
Women
2. Anna Peplowski, Noelle Peplowski, Elizabeth Broshears, Ashley Turak – 3:33.41 (NCAA B Cut)
3. Kacey McKenna, Brearna Crawford, Mackenzie Looze, Ella Ristic – 3:33.45 (NCAA B Cut)
Men
1. Brendan Burns, Van Mathias, Gabriel Fantoni, Rafael Miroslaw – 3:04.05 (Meet Record, NCAA A Cut)
3. Jacob Steele, Josh Matheny, Tomer Frankel, Jack Franzman – 3:07.97
7. Luke Barr, Maxwell Reich, Corey Gambardella, Gavin Wight – 3:10.85
Men’s 1-Meter Dive
1. Andrew Capobianco – 366.30 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)*
3. Carson Tyler – 353.10 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)*
Women’s 3-Meter DiveÂ
2. Anne Fowler – 368.55 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)*
3. Kristen Hayden – 368.30 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)*
UP NEXT
Seven more events are set for the second day of the three-day meet on Friday (Nov. 19). Preliminaries begin at 9:30 a.m. ET to set up for the final events scheduled to start at 5 p.m.
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