BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams split a dual meet with Big Ten rival Michigan on Friday afternoon at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind.
The No. 5-ranked Indiana men improved to 9-0 in dual meets on the season, beating the No. 13 Wolverines, 167-133. The win marked the first for the Hoosiers over Michigan in a dual meet since the 1998-99 season.
On the women’s side, the No. 6 Wolverines beat the No. 13 Hoosiers, 211-87, as Indiana’s women moved to 6-3 on the dual meet season.
The IU men got the meet off to a great start, winning the 200 medley relay. The Hoosier team of Bob Glover, Ian Finnerty, Vini Lanza and Ali Khalafalla touched the wall in a time of 1:27.13. On the women’s side, the team of Gia Dalesandro, Lilly King, Christine Jensen and Ali Rockett placed second with a time of 1:40.72.
In the women’s 1000 freestyle, Stephanie Marchuk led the way, taking third with a time of 10:02.62, while Cassie Jernberg was fifth in a time of 10:08.30. On the men’s side, Adam Destrampe paced the Hoosiers, placing third overall with a personal-best time of 9:12.14 that ranks him as the 14th-fastest swimmer in the event in Indiana history. Marwan Elkamash took fifth with a mark of 9:12.76.
Pieroni touched the wall first in the men’s 200 freestyle with a NCAA B cut time of 1:36.43, while Mohamed Samy made a strong impression in his first Indiana swim, taking third in a time of 1:38.52. Anze Tavcar was fifth in 1:40.01.
For the IU women in the 200 freestyle, Kenned Goss placed second with a NCAA B cut time of 1:47.11, while freshman Maria Paula Heitmann made her IU debut, taking fifth with a time of 1:52.38.
In the 100 backstroke, Glover won it for the Hoosier men with a NCAA B cut time of 48.11, while Wilson Beckman was fourth overall with a mark of 50.02. On the women’s side, Ali Rockett was fourth with a time of 55.48, while Rachel Matsumura was sixth in 56.45.
King, the reigning NCAA Champion in the 100 breaststroke had no problem winning on Friday, touching the wall in a NCAA B cut time of 1:01.08. Mackenzie Atencio was sixth in 1:04.75.
Finnerty made it a Hoosier sweep in the event, winning the 100 breast with a NCAA B cut time of 54.01. Pieroni also had a nice swim in the event, coming in fourth with a NCAA B cut mark of 54.79.
Lanza was terrific in the men’s 200 butterfly for the Hoosiers, touching the wall in first place with a NCAA B cut time of 1:45.45. Brian Valedon was sixth for IU in a time of 1:52.36. For the Hoosier women, Dalesandro was second with a NCAA B cut time of 1:58.53, while Reagan Cook placed fourth with a mark of 2:01.76. Bailey Pressey was fifth in a time of 2:02.95.
In a showdown of two of the top sprinters in the country, Indiana’s Khalafalla beat Michigan’s Paul Powers, touching the wall first with a time of 19.87. Oliver Patrouch was fifth with a mark of 20.69. For the Hoosier women, Ali Rockett was fourth in a time of 23.89, while Heitmann was sixth in 24.26.
IU was dominant in the men’s 3-meter dive, sweeping the top-3 spots with NCAA qualifying scores. Michael Hixon led the way with a total of 443.33, while James Connor took second place with a score of 411.38. Cody Coldren took third for the Hoosiers with a total of 380.03.
In the women’s 1-meter dive, Jessica Parratto won the event with a NCAA qualifying score of 304.28. Parratto made it a clean sweep later in the 3-meter dive, winning with a NCAA qualifying total of 332.70.
The Hoosiers flexed their sprint muscles again in the men’s 100 freestyle, as Pieroni won his second event with a NCAA B cut time of 43.38. Samy was second overall with a mark of 44.43, while Tavcar was fourth in 44.71. On the women’s side, Shelby Koontz was fourth with a time of 52.48, while Heitmann was sixth in 52.87.
Glover led the Hoosier men in the 200 backstroke, taking third with a time of 1:47.67, while Beckman was sixth in 1:50.55. For the IU women, Goss placed fourth overall with a NCAA B cut time of 1:58.79, while Matsumura was sixth in 2:00.93.
King completed the breaststroke sweep, winning the 200 breast with a NCAA B cut time of 2:12.45. Laura Morley took fourth for IU with a time of 2:18.28. Finnerty also completed his sweep of the breast events, winning the 200 with a NCAA B cut mark of 1:58.30. Sam Apa was sixth in 2:07.039.
In the men’s 500 freestyle, Jackson Miller paced the Hoosiers, taking third with a mark of 4:27.57, while Elkamash was right behind him in fourth with a time of 4:27.71. For the IU women, Goss was fourth with a mark of 4:55.83, while Marchuk was fifth in a time of 4:59.30.
Lanza continued his great day, completing the sweep of the butterfly events with an impressive win in the 200, touching the wall in a NCAA B cut time of 47.17. Patrouch was fifth overall with a time of 49.27.
Dalesandro was second in the women’s 200 butterfly with a NCAA B cut time of 53.28, while Jensen was fifth with a mark of 55.73.
In the men’s 1-meter dive, the Hoosiers dominated again, going 1-2-3, as Hixon won his second event of the meet with a NCAA qualifying score of 430.43. Connor was second with a total of 416.10, while Coldren was third with a total of 339.90.
Finnerty continued his great day, winning his third event by touching first in the men’s 200 IM with a NCAA B cut time of 1:47.69. Lanza was fifth in 1:49.71. For the IU women, Dalesandro was second overall with a time of 2:03.52, while King took fourth with a mark of 2:04.70.
The Indiana men put an exclamation point on their win over the Wolverines with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay. The Hoosier team of Tavcar, Khalafalla, Pieroni and Samy touched the wall in a time of 2:56.77.
On the women’s side, the IU team of Rockett, Goss, Delaney Barnard and Heitmann placed third with a time of 3:28.67.
The Indiana University swimming and diving teams will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 21 when the Hoosiers head north to face Purdue in a Big Ten dual meet at 10:00 a.m. ET in West Lafayette, Ind.
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