No. 5/11 Indiana Visits No. 24/16 Northwestern

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 5/11 Indiana swimming and diving faces ranked opponent No. 24/16 Northwestern in the first Big Ten Conference dual meet for both squads. Coming off three wins in its opening meet, IU will look to keep its early momentum going on the road Saturday (Oct. 16) when they visit the Wildcats inside Norris Aquatics Center.

“Northwestern poses a very stiff test for our first Big Ten Conference dual meet the season,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “They are particularly strong protecting their home pool. It has been many years since we have competed in Evanston, and we look forward to the challenge.”

“We are looking forward to the competition with Northwestern this weekend,” Indiana head diving coach Drew Johansen said. “We have three freshmen competing on the men’s side and six of our veteran women heading to Chicago. The team has already qualified six divers for the postseason, and we are focused on adding more this weekend as we take on Northwestern.”

MEET INFO

Saturday, Oct. 16 | 11 a.m. ET

Norris Aquatics Center • Evanston, Ill.

Opponents: (M) No. 24 Northwestern; (W) No. 16 Northwestern

Live Results: https://bit.ly/30tPt9i
SCHEDULED EVENTS

200 Medley Relay, 3-meter dive, 1,000 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, 50 Freestyle, 1-meter dive, 100 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 200 Breaststroke, 500 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 200 IM, 400 Freestyle Relay

OF NOTE…

HOOSIERS COMPETE FOR U.S. NATIONAL TEAM

The IU swimming and diving program sent 13 current, former, and Indiana Swim Club trainees, and two coaches to the Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo. The athletes returned with 11 medals. Three Hoosier Olympians, Michael Brinegar, Andrew Capobianco and Tomer Frankel, are on the roster for the 2021-22 campaign. Capobianco earned silver in the 3M Synchro Springboard.

Five athletes with Indiana ties were named to the 2021-22 U.S. National Team roster: Zach Apple, Michael Brinegar, Blake Pieroni, Lilly King and Annie Lazor.

Last weekend (Oct. 8-10), three IU student-athletes excelled in Team USA events. Freshman diver Carson Tyler won two gold and one silver medal to help USA Diving win its first Pan American Diving Championship since 2011. Then, Brinegar and freshman Mariah Denigan each placed top-3 at the Las Vegas Open Water Championships, qualifying both for the 2021-22 U.S. Open Water National Team.

LAST TIME OUT: IUSD OPENS SEASON WITH THREE WINS

In its first meet of the 2021-22 season, Indiana came away with three wins against reigning SEC Champion Kentucky and Indiana State at home in Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center on October 6. The IU men won every race to defeat Kentucky, 171-115, as the women’s team pulled out a 162-138 win over Kentucky and a dominant 253-47 performance over ISU.

Both Indiana teams dominated the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay. The men’s quartet of Rafael Miroslaw, Jack Franzman, Van Mathias and Tomer Frankel posted a 2:56.44, the top time in the country. For the women, Anna Peplowski, Ashley Turak, Ella Ristic and Elizabeth Broshears finished in 3:21.59, the nation’s second-best mark.

Three IU swimmers and six divers qualified for postseason in the season-opening meet. Four of those divers, Andrew Capobianco, Quinn Henninger, Tarrin Gilliland and Anne Fowler, qualified in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives.

Senior Gabriel Fantoni and Miroslaw each won three races to lead IU. Fantoni’s 46.43 time in the 100-Yard Backstroke is the nation’s fastest to-date.