 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Twenty-three Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving athletes earned individual qualifying berths to the 2022 NCAA Championships in Atlanta following the NCAA’s announcement of the men’s field and the conclusion of the NCAA Zone Diving Championships on Wednesday (March 9).
The women’s championships will take place from March 16-19, while the Big Ten Champion men’s team will compete March 23-26, both inside McCauley Aquatic Center on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
Seventeen swimmers, eight women, and nine men qualified individually for Indiana. Both Hoosier teams will also participate in all five relay events, and the Hoosier men own a top-10 seed in each relay.
Among IU’s notable swimmers is the 2022 Big Ten Champion in three events, junior Brendan Burns, who owns the No. 1 seed in the 100 Backstroke (44.31), No. 5 seed in the 200 Butterfly (1:39.81), and No. 25 seed in the 100 Fly (45.49). IU will have five swimmers in the men’s 100 Fly.
As zone diving concluded on Wednesday, six Hoosiers qualified for the national meet with five of them earning bids in all three events. On the women’s side, senior Kristen Hayden and sophomore Tarrin Gilliland completed the triad, while sophomore Anne Fowler will compete in each of the springboard events. The men’s trio of senior Andrew Capobianco and freshmen Quinn Henninger and Carson Tyler each qualified for all three events as well. Capobianco and Gilliland are the reigning NCAA Champions in the 3-meter dive and Platform dive, respectively.
WOMEN’S QUALIFIERS (SEED)
Breanna Crawford – 200 IM (79), 100 Breaststroke (22), 200 Breaststroke (12)
Mariah Denigan – 400 IM (31), 500 Freestyle (25), 1,650 Freestyle (20)
Anne Fowler – 1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive
Ching Hwee Gan – 400 IM (44), 500 Freestyle (19), 1,650 Freestyle (10)
Tarrin Gilliland – 1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive, Platform Dive
Kristen Hayden – 1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive, Platform Dive
Mackenzie Looze – 200 IM (18), 400 IM (23), 200 Breaststroke (32)
Kacey McKenna – 100 Backstroke (23)
Anna Peplowski – 200 Freestyle (10), 100 Backstroke (33), 200 Backstroke (18)
Noelle Peplowski – 200 IM (20), 100 Breaststroke (25), 200 Breaststroke (16)
Ella Ristic – 100 Freestyle (60), 200 Freestyle (22), 500 Freestyle (36)
Relays: 200 Freestyle (22), 400 Freestyle (20), 800 Freestyle (8), 200 Medley (16), 400 Medley (22)
MEN’S QUALIFIERS (SEED)
Bruno Blaskovic – 50 Freestyle (27), 100 Freestyle (15), 100 Butterfly (30)
Michael Brinegar – 500 Freestyle (40), 1,650 Freestyle (9)
Brendan Burns – 100 Backstroke (1), 100 Butterfly (25), 200 Butterfly (5)
Andrew Capobianco – 1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive, Platform Dive
Corey Gambardella – 100 Butterfly (47), 200 Butterfly (26)
Quinn Henninger – 1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive, Platform Dive
Gabriel Fantoni – 100 Backstroke (8), 200 Backstroke (12), 100 Butterfly (13)
Tomer Frankel – 200 Freestyle (27), 100 Butterfly (8), 200 Butterfly (32)
Josh Matheny – 100 Breaststroke (15), 200 Breaststroke (6)
Rafael Miroslaw – 50 Freestyle (45), 100 Freestyle (25), 200 Freestyle (5)
Jacob Steele – 200 IM (44), 100 Backstroke (16), 200 Backstroke (33)
Carson Tyler – 1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive, Platform Dive
Relays: 200 Freestyle (8), 400 Freestyle (9), 800 Freestyle (10), 200 Medley (6), 400 Medley (1)
