The No. 15-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team heads to Greensboro, N.C. this week for the 2021 NCAA Championships starting on Wednesday evening at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
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Schedule of Events
March 17 – 800 Freestyle Relay (6 p.m. Finals)
March 18 – 200 Freestyle Relay; 500 Freestyle; 200 IM; 50 Freestyle; 400 Medley Relay; 1-meter diving (10 a.m. Trials | 6 p.m. Finals)
March 19 – 400 IM; 100 Butterfly; 200 Freestyle; 100 Breaststroke; 100 Backstroke; 200 Medley Relay; 3-meter Diving (10 a.m. Trials | 6 p.m. Finals)
March 20 – 1,650 Freestyle; 200 Backstroke; 100 Freestyle; 200 Breaststroke; 200 Butterfly; 400 Freestyle Relay; Platform Diving (10 a.m. Trials | 6 p.m. Finals)
Hoosiers in Greensboro
A total of 13 Hoosiers will be making the trip to Greensboro this week to compete at the NCAA Championships. Along with the individual events, IU will also compete in four relays.
Below is a list of the 10 Hoosiers from the women’s teams who qualified for individual events at the 2021 NCAA Championships, along with their seeding in each event:
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Individuals
Elizabeth Broshears – Relay Alternate
Laurel Eiber – Relay Alternate
Anne Fowler – 1-Meter, 3-Meter
Tarrin Gilliland – 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Josie Grote – 500 Freestyle (29th), 1,650 Freestyle (31st), 400 IM (14th)
Abby Kirkpatrick – Relay Alternate
Bailey Kovac – 100 Backstroke (55th), 200 Backstroke (29th)
Mackenzie Looze – 200 Breaststroke (26th), 200 IM (32nd), 400 IM (31st)
Noelle Peplowski – 100 Breaststroke (25th), 200 Breaststroke (17th), 200 IM (18th)
Ella Ristic – 200 Freestyle (18th), 500 Freestyle (22nd)
Ashley Turak – 50 Freestyle (13th), 100 Freestyle (27th)
Maggie Wallace – 500 Freestyle (56th), 1,650 Freestyle (28th)
Emily Weiss – 100 Breaststroke (24th), 200 Breaststroke (13th), 200 IM (54th)
Relays
200 Freestyle – 1:29.12 (18th)
400 Freestyle – 3:15.87 (19th)
800 Freestyle – 7:02.62 (12th)
200 Medley – 1:36.80 (16th)
NCAA Championships History
The Hoosiers are amidst the most successful NCAA Championships run in program history, having finished inside the top-15 in 12-straight years in which the championships were held. For the first time in school history, Indiana has posted top-10 finishes in five-consecutive seasons.
Olympic gold medalist Lilly King claimed two more NCAA titles during the last contested NCAA Championships (2019) in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke events, giving her eight NCAA crowns in her illustrious collegiate career, becomes the first woman in NCAA history to win eight breaststroke crowns.
Indiana has won 10 titles over the last six championships – the most prolific stretch of any Big Ten team in history. IU is also the first squad in league history to win at least one national title in six-consecutive seasons.
2021 Big Ten Championships
Indiana finished third at the Big Ten Championships for the second-straight season after compiling 1,066.5 points.
Over the course of the 2021 Big Ten Women’s Championships, the Hoosiers won a total of eight medals – two gold, four silver and two bronze. Anne Fowler and Emily Weiss each earned First Team All-Big Ten, while Josie Grote, Abby Kirkpatrick, Noelle Peplowski, and Ella Ristic all claimed second team honors.
