Hoosiers Ready for Final Night at NCAA Championships 

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 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 10-ranked Indiana women’s swimming and diving is all set for the final night of competition on Saturday (March 18) at the 2023 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships inside the Allan Jones Aquatic Center.

Indiana totaled four finalists from the preliminary session, three from swimming and one from diving. The Hoosiers will also have two swimmers in the 1,650-yard freestyle as well as the No. 11-seeded 400-yard freestyle relay.

Sophomore Skyler Liu was the second-best qualifier in the platform diving event as she looks to capture Indiana’s third straight title in the event after Tarrin Gilliland repeated as champion in 2021 and 2022. Liu tallied a 320.00 score in the afternoon, just 3.95 points behind the No. 1-seeded diver.

Sophomores Ching Hwee Gan and Mariah Denigan are set to compete in the 1,650 free. Gan, the No. 8 seed in the event, will swim in the sixth and final heat which will kick off the evening session at 6 p.m. ET. Denigan is entered in the fifth heat, which is slated to begin at 4:58 p.m.

Senior Noelle Peplowski improved her seed in her best event. As the No. 6 seed in the 200-yard breaststroke coming into the meet, Peplowski went 2:06.35 to capture the No. 3 seed in Saturday’s championship final. Peplowski’s 2:05.52 made her IU’s second-fastest woman in the event all-time, only behind Olympian Lilly King.

Sophomore Anna Peplowski is the top qualifier in the 200-yard backstroke after swimming a career-best 1:51.32. As the No. 25 seed coming into the 100-yard freestyle prelim, freshman Kristina Paegle swam a lifetime best 47.99 to qualify for the final spot in the consolation final; an improvement of nine seeds. Anna Peplowski and Paegle have each earned a team-best five All-America honors.

RESULTS
200 BACKSTROKE

  1. Anna Peplowski – 1:51.32 (Consolation Final, Career Best)

    100 FREESTYLE

  2. Kristina Paegle – 47.99 (Consolation Final, Career Best)
  3. Ashley Turak – 48.59

200 BREASTSTROKE

  1. Noelle Peplowski – 2:06.35 (Championship Final)
  2. Mackenzie Looze – 2:09.78
  3. Brearna Crawford – 2:11.12

PLATFORM DIVING

  1. Skyler Liu – 320.00 (Championship Final)
  2. Anne Fowler – 241.65

HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS

Elizabeth Broshears (200 Medley Relay*, 200 Freestyle Relay)
Ching Hwee Gan (800 Freestyle Relay, 500 Freestyle)

Anne Fowler (3-Meter)

Skyler Liu (3-Meter*, Platform)
Mackenzie Looze (800 Freestyle Relay, 400 IM*)
Kristina Paegle (200 Medley Relay*, 800 Freestyle Relay, 50 Freestyle*, 200 Freestyle Relay, 100 Freestyle*)
Anna Peplowski (200 Medley Relay*, 800 Freestyle Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay, 200 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke*)
Noelle Peplowski (200 Medley Relay*, 200 IM*, 100 Breaststroke*, 200 Breaststroke)

Ashley Turak (50 Freestyle*, 200 Freestyle Relay)

* – Denotes Honorable Mention
 
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Saturday night is the final session of the 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. IU will look to climb the leaderboard and seal a final team standing among the country’s top programs.

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