BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana swimming and diving had a strong showing on Friday (Oct. 21) as the Hoosiers beat No. 14/22 Texas A&M but fell in close duels with #2/3 Texas at the Texas Swimming Center.
Senior Brendan Burns had a dominant meet, sweeping the butterfly events and earning a third victory in the 200-yard backstroke. All three of his times rank top 10 in the country this season, and his 200 fly (1:42.45) and 200 back (1:41.46) rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Burns won the 200 back by 19 hundredths, touching just before Texas junior Carson Foster, who holds the current fastest time in the 200 back this season at 1:40.90.
For the second straight meet, sophomore Anna Peplowski swept the women’s backstroke events, earning an NCAA B cut in both. Peplowski (53.37) touched in front of UT’s Emma Stricklen (53.42) by a difference of five hundredths of a second in the 100-yard backstroke. In the 200 back, Peplowski was dominant, touching in 1:55.97 – nearly 2.5 seconds faster than second place.
Sophomore diver Quinn Henninger went 2-for-2 on the men’s springboards, winning the 1-meter and 3-meter events. Henninger finished 47.20 points better than the runner-up on the 1-meter board but needed a clutch 75.25-point scoring 5337D on the 3-meter to finish 3.05 points better than Texas A&M’s Allen Bottego, III.
Mariah Denigan wrapped up the women’s distance events with victories in the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle races. Finishing in 9:45.47, Denigan posted the second-best time in the country this season in the 1,000 free.
Indiana tallied 14 NCAA B cut times and eight zone qualifying scores on Friday.
TEAM SCORES
Men
No. 8 Indiana 220, No. 14 Texas A&M 80
No. 2 Texas 155, No. 8 Indiana 145
Women
No. 13 Indiana 200, No. 22 Texas A&M 100
No. 3 Texas 166, No. 13 Indiana 132
HOOSIER WINNERS
Men
Luke Barr – 200 medley relay (1:26.42), 100 back (47.40)
Brendan Burns – 200 fly (1:42.45), 200 back (1:41.46), 100 fly (46.52)
Tomer Frankel – 200 medley relay (1:26.42)
Quinn Henninger – 3-meter diving (368.80), 1-meter diving (401.85)
Josh Matheny – 200 medley relay (1:26.42)
Van Mathias – 200 medley relay (1:26.42)
Rafael Miroslaw – 200 free (1:35.23)
Women
Mariah Denigan – 1,000 free (9:45.47), 500 free (4:48.47)
Kristina Paegle – 400 freestyle relay (3:21.32)
Anna Peplowski – 100 back (53.37), 200 back (1:55.97), 400 freestyle relay (3:21.32)
Noelle Peplowski – 200 breast (2:10.41)
Ella Ristic – 400 freestyle relay (3:21.32)
Ashley Turak – 400 freestyle relay (3:21.32)
NOTABLES
- Indiana swept the backstroke events, with Peplowski winning on the women’s side while Burns and sophomore Luke Barr split the honors on the men’s side.
- With the loss to Texas, the Indiana men’s streak of consecutive dual meet victories ended on Friday. IU had won 16 straight duels going back to 2019.
- Six Hoosiers earned NCAA zone qualifying scores on the 1-meter springboard; three men’s and three women’s divers. Henninger and junior Anne Fowler earned qualifiers in both events.
NCAA CUTS
A: None.
B: Luke Barr – 100 back (47.40); Brendan Burns – 200 fly (1:42.45), 200 back (1:41.46), 100 fly (46.52); Tomer Frankel – 100 fly (46.92); Mackenzie Looze – 200 breast (2:12.77), 200 IM (1:59.00); Rafael Miroslaw – 200 free (1:35.23); Anna Peplowski – 100 back (53.37), 200 back (1:55.97); Noelle Peplowski – 100 breast (1:00.82), 200 breast (2:10.41); Maxwell Reich – 200 breast (1:57.47); Jassen Yep – 200 breast (1:56.79)
NCAA ZONE QUALIFYING SCORES
1-meter: Megan Carter (302.35), Anne Fowler (330.00), Quinn Henninger (401.85), Alaina Heyde (265.35), Will Jansen (312.50), Maxwell Weinrich (359.90)
3-meter: Anne Fowler (280.15), Quinn Henninger (368.80)
