Indiana Finishes Third at 2021 B1G Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships Weiss Wins Big Ten Gold

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The No. 21-ranked Indiana Hoosiers completed five days of competition at the 2021 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. The team finished in third place with 1,066.5 points.

 

For the second-straight season, Ohio State ran away with the team title. The Buckeyes scored 1,584 points. Michigan finished third with 1,326.5 points.

 

100 FREESTYLE

Sophomore Ashley Turak finished fifth overall in the 100 Freestyle with a career-best time of 48.60.

 

Freshman Elizabeth Broshears took 15th out of the Consolation Final with a time of 49.91, while freshman Ella Ristic claimed 16th with a time of 50.01. Out of the C Final, senior Laurel Eiber finished 18th with a time of 49.67.

 

1,650 FREESTYLE

Junior Maggie Wallace took sixth place out of the fourth heat of the timed finals of the mile. She finished with an NCAA B Cut time of 16:15.19. Senior Josie Grote placed ninth with a time of 16:16.38, nearly topping her career-best mark.

 

200 BACKSTROKE

Senior Bailey Kovac outpaced her seed to score crucial points for the Hoosiers with a career-best time of 1:54.07. She finished fourth in the Championship Final.

 

Freshman Anna Freed took fifth place in the Consolation Final with a time of 1:56.62. She finished 13th overall in the event.

 

200 BREASTSTROKE

Indiana scored massive points in the 200 Breaststroke and it started with a Gold medal from sophomore Emily Weiss. She set a career-best mark in winning her first-career Big Ten title with a time of 2:07.20. Junior Noelle Peplowski finished in the silver slot with a time of 2:07.61, while junior Mackenzie Looze claimed fourth with a career-best time of 2:08.62.

 

In the Consolation Final, senior Abby Kirkpatrick tied for 10th with a time of 2:12.13 and freshman Catherine Graham finished 22nd overall out of the C Final with a time of 2:15.54.

 

400 FREESTYLE RELAY

The Indiana team consisting of sophomore Ashley Turak, freshman Elizabeth Broshears, freshman Ella Ristic, and Laurel Eiber finished in fifth with a time of 3:15.87. Turak opened the relay with a split of 48.74.

TEAM SCORES

  1. Ohio State – 1,584 pts.
  2. Michigan – 1,326.5 pts.
  3. INDIANA – 1,066.5 pts.
  4. Northwestern – 992 pts.
  5. Wisconsin – 749.5 pts.
  6. Minnesota – 555 pts.
  7. Nebraska – 542.5 pts.
  8. Iowa – 424 pts.
  9. Purdue – 414 pts.
  10. Penn State – 410 pts.
  11. Michigan State – 217 pts.
  12. Illinois – 177 pts.
  13. Rutgers – 60 pts.

 

NOTABLES

  • Weiss joins elite company as only the second swimmer in program history to win the 200 Breaststroke at the Big Ten meet. Olympic Gold medalist Lilly King won the event in each of her four collegiate seasons from 2016-19.
  • The Muncie, Ind., native ranks as the 13th-fastest swimmer in the event nationally this season.
  • Indiana has medaled in a women’s breaststroke event in each of the last six conference meets, dating back to the title won by King in 2016.
  • Turak set a career-best of 48.75 in the preliminary rounds of the 100 Freestyle, which marked the seventh-fastest time in program history. In the finals, she lowered her mark to 48.60. The time is the fifth-fastest time ever by a Hoosier and makes Turak the third-quickest performer in program history in the event.
  • Kovac clocked a career-best 1:54.07 to make her the eighth-fastest performer in the Hoosier record books in the 200 Backstroke.
  • The 400 Freestyle Relay time of 3:15.87 ranked as the fifth-fastest time in school history.

 

INDIANA POSTSEASON ACCOLDAES

FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN

Anne Fowler

Emily Weiss

 

SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN

Josie Grote

Abby Kirkpatrick

Noelle Peplowski

Ella Ristic

 

BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD NOMINEE

Anne Rouleau

FINALS RESULTS

100 FREESTYLE

  1. Ashley Turak – Time (NCAA A Cut, Career Best)
  2. Elizabeth Broshears – 49.91
  3. Ella Ristic – 50.01
  4. Laurel Eiber – 49.67

 

1,650 FREESTYLE

  1. Maggie Wallace – 16:15.19 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. Josie Grote – 16:16.38 (NCAA B Cut)
  3. Christin Rockway – 16:51.77
  4. Anne Rouleau – 17:02.60

 

200 BACKSTROKE

  1. Bailey Kovac – 1:54.07 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  2. Anna Freed – 1:56.62 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

 

200 BREASTSTROKE

  1. Emily Weiss – 2:07.20 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  2. Noelle Peplowski – 2:07.61 (NCAA B Cut)
  3. Mackenzie Looze – 2:08.62 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

t-10. Abby Kirkpatrick – 2:12.13 (NCAA B Cut)

  1. Catherine Graham – 2:15.54 (Career Best)

 

400 FREESTYLE RELAY

  1. Ashley Turak, Elizabeth Broshears, Ella Ristic, Laurel Eiber – 3:15.87 (NCAA B Cut)

 

UP NEXT

The women’s swimming team will be back in the pool for the 2021 NCAA Championships from March 17-20 in Greensboro, N.C.

 

The men’s team will compete in the 2021 Big Ten Championships next week starting on March 2 in Columbus, Ohio.

 

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