The No. 15-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team closed out the 2020-21 collegiate season with a 15th place finish and 102 team points at the 2021 NCAA Championships on Saturday night at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
IU has finished inside the top-15 finish of the team standings in 13-straight seasons. A total of 10 Hoosiers claimed 20 All-American honors, including four first-team honors and a national champion.
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PLATFORM DIVING
Freshman Tarrin Gilliland won the 2021 NCAA Championship in the Platform Dive with a career-best mark of 338.40. After hitting a 45.60 on her first attempt, Gilliland locked in to rip 76.50, 67.50, 76.80, and 72.00 on her final four dives to claim the individual championship. Her performance ranks her as the 10th-best performer in the history of the event.
She is the third Hoosier woman to win the event in program history, joining Cassandra Cardinell (2005) and Jessica Parratto (2015). She also gives Indiana four medals since the 2015 championships:
2021 – Tarrin Gilliland (Gold)
2019 – Jessica Parratto (Bronze)
2017 – Jessica Parratto (Silver)
2015 – Jessica Parratto (Gold)
The Midland, Texas, native extends the Indiana’s Big Ten record with an individual title in seven-straight NCAA Championships. Lilly King claimed eight breaststroke titles from 2016-19, Jessica Parratto won the Platform in 2015, and Brooklyn Snodgrass won the 200 Backstroke in 2014.
200 BREASTSTROKE
Junior Noelle Peplowski earned First Team All-America status with a sixth-place finish in the 200 Breaststroke with a career-best time of 2:06.46. She matches her finish from the 2019 NCAA Championships and gives the Hoosiers a seventh podium in the event since the 2016 championships.
2021 – Noelle Peplowski (6th)
2019 – Lilly King (1st); Noelle Peplowski (6th)
2018 – Lilly King (1st)
2017 – Lilly King (1st)
2016 – Lilly King (1st); Miranda Tucker (2nd)
1,650 FREESTYLE
Senior Josie Grote closed out her collegiate career with a career-best time of 16:13.72 in the 1,650 Freestyle. Her mark earned her a 17th-place finish in the event, just missing out on her third All-America honor of the weekend.
In her opening 1,000 yards, Grote set a new personal best with a split of 9:52.21. Both her 1,000 split and 1,650 time rank her inside the top-15 on the all-time performer list.
Junior Maggie Wallace placed 39th in the mile with a time of 16:35.50.
400 FREESTYLE RELAY
The Hoosier relay team consisting of sophomore Ashley Turak, freshman Elizabeth Broshears, senior Abby Kirkpatrick, and senior Laurel Eiber finished 14th with a time of 3:15.20, earning Honorable Mention All-America honors for all four swimmers. The time turned in by Indiana marked the second-fastest time in program history.
The leadoff 100 from Turak was clocked at 48.56, a new career-best mark. She now holds the fifth, sixth, ninth, and 10th-fastest 100 Freestyle times in program history.
FINALS RESULTS
1,650 FREESTYLE
- Josie Grote – 16:13.72 (Career Best)
- Maggie Wallace – 16:35.50
200 BREASTSTROKE
- Noelle Peplowski – 2:06.46 (First Team All-America, Career Best)
PLATFORM DIVE
- Tarrin Gilliland – 301.85 (National Champion, First Team All-America, Career Best)
400 FREESTYLE RELAY
- Ashley Turak, Elizabeth Broshears, Abby Kirkpatrick, Laurel Eiber – 3:15.20 (Honorable Mention All-America)
2021 HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS
Elizabeth Broshears (2) – 200 Medley Relay (HM), 400 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Laurel Eiber (2) – 400 Freestyle Relay (HM), 800 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Anne Fowler (2) – 1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive (HM)
Tarrin Gilliland (3) – 1-Meter Dive (HM), 3-Meter Dive (HM), Platform*
Josie Grote (2) – 400 IM, 800 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Abby Kirkpatrick (2) – 400 Freestyle Relay (HM), 800 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Bailey Kovac (1) – 200 Medley Relay (HM)
Noelle Peplowski (3) – 100 Breaststroke (HM), 200 Breaststroke, 800 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Ashley Turak (2) – 200 Medley Relay (HM), 400 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Emily Weiss (1) – 200 Medley Relay (HM)
*2021 NCAA Champion
