No. 6/12 Indiana Completes Solid Week at Fall Invite

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Indiana swimming and diving completed a strong showing at the Ohio State Fall Invitational, highlighted by a first-place finish in the men’s competition Saturday (Nov. 20) at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.

A wire-to-wire win, Indiana dominated the meet with 2,830 total points over the three-day event, 547 points better than the next-best team, host Ohio State (2283).

“The men won this competition convincingly, but we have a lot of work to do on relays as well,” Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “When one man goes down, another needs to step up and get the job done. This team has superior depth but needs to have a better idea what a championship mentality really entails. We must demand excellence of ourselves at all times.”

Indiana’s women’s team (2023 points) kept the margins close all three days but settled for a third-place finish behind Ohio State (2258) and Kentucky (2198).

“We got a good taste of what it will be like in a three-team battle at the Big Ten Championships in February,” Looze said. “Although we came out on the short end of the stick, our women gained valuable experience which we will use to take the next steps as a program. An important goal in our next several dual meets will be winning relays. We came close this weekend but need to breakthrough in this valuable area.”

On the weekend, Indiana diving won all three men’s events and sophomore diver Anne Fowler finished second in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives.

“It was a great weekend for Hoosier diving,” IU head diving coach Drew Johansen said. “The entire team had strong performances. It was a nice return for Andrew Capobianco in all three events, and Carson Tyler had a standout performance in the platform today.

“Anne Fowler continued to position herself as a top performer in the Big Ten and nationally against some of the best women’s programs in the country. We were also excited to see Kristen Hayden in her first showing as a Hoosier.”

 

TEAM SCORES

Men

1. Indiana – 2830
2. Ohio State – 2283
3. Virginia Tech – 1663.5
4. Notre Dame – 1515
5. Kentucky – 1222
6. Pittsburgh – 1219
7. Cincinnati – 700
8. Miami – 158
9. Kenyon – 34
10. Navy – 9.5

 

Women

1. Ohio State – 2258
2. Kentucky – 2198
3. Indiana – 2023
4. Notre Dame – 1429
5. UCLA – 1355
6. Virginia Tech – 938
7. Pittsburgh – 834
8. Navy – 789
9. Cincinnati – 193
10. Miami – 158

 

NOTABLES

• Despite finishing second in the race, the quartet of Rafael Miroslaw, Jack Franzman, Tomer Frankel and Van Mathias recorded an NCAA A Cut time of 2:49.05 in the 400 Freestyle Relay, besting the previous meet record.
• The women’s team had one of its top performances of the weekend in the 200 Breaststroke, placing first, second and third in the event with all three finishing within .32 seconds of each other for NCAA B Cut times. Freshman Brearna Crawford (2:08.40) led the trio, followed by Makenzie Looze (2:08.64) and Noelle Peplowski (2:08.72).
• Indiana men’s diving swept the men’s events this weekend. After redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco won both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives coming into Saturday, freshman Carson Tyler followed with a sparkling 428.20 in the platform dive. Capobianco finished fifth with a 343.70, his third NCAA Zone qualifier of the weekend.

 

RESULTS

1650 Freestyle

Women

2. Mariah Denigan – 16:08.80 (NCAA B Cut)
3. Maggie Wallace – 16:18.72 (NCAA B Cut)

 

Men

1. Michael Brinegar – 14:40.23 (NCAA B Cut)
2. Mikey Calvillo – 14:55.95 (NCAA B Cut)
3. Warren Briggs – 15:06.02 (NCAA B Cut)
4. Mason Carlton – 15:26.91
5. Jackson Carlile – 15:38.37
6. Aidan Reagan – 15:40.71
7. Michael Draves – 16:05.79

 

200 Backstroke

Women

3. Anna Peplowski – 1:53.98 (NCAA B Cut)*
4. Anna Freed – 1:55.03 (NCAA B Cut)
5. Elyse Heiser – 1:58.74
6. Katie Broderick – 1:59.88
7. Kacey McKenna – 2:03.71
8. Katie Carson – 2:04.55

 

Men

1. Brendan Burns – 1:40.27 (NCAA B Cut)*
2. Jacob Steele – 1:40.95 (NCAA B Cut)*
3. Lucas Piunti – 1:47.57
4. Josephe Radde – 1:47.60
5. Logan Graham – 1:49.46
6. Mac Boyle – 1:51.60

 

100 Freestyle

Women

T-4. Ashley Turak – 48.96 (NCAA B Cut)*

T-7. Ella Ristic – 49.39 (NCAA B Cut)*

9. Elizabeth Broshears – 49.71
10. Aislinn Holder – 51.04

 

Men

3. Rafael Miroslaw – 42.76 (NCAA B Cut)*
4. Tomer Frankel – 42.94 (NCAA B Cut)*
5. Jack Franzman – 43.00 (NCAA B Cut)*
6. Bruno Blaskovic – 43.01 (NCAA B Cut)*
7. Gavin Wight – 43.52 (NCAA B Cut)
8. Brandon Hamblin – 44.53
9. Jacob Destrampe – 44.75

T-28. Finn Brooks – 45.45

 

200 Breaststroke

Women

1. Brearna Crawford – 2:08.40 (NCAA B Cut)*
2. Mackenzie Looze – 2:08.64 (NCAA B Cut)*
3. Noelle Peplowski – 2:08.72 (NCAA B Cut)*
4. Emily Weiss – 2:14.52 (NCAA B Cut)
5. Catherine Graham – 2:15.76
6. Kabria Chapman – 2:19.00
7. Emma Shaughnessy – 2:24.40

 

Men

2. Josh Matheny – 1:53.03 (NCAA B Cut)*
3. Maxwell Reich – 1:55.17 (NCAA B Cut)*
4. Jassen Yep – 1:56.35 (NCAA B Cut)*
5. Luke Barr – 2:00.42*
6. Tristan DeWitt – 1:58.08 (NCAA B Cut)*
7. Andrew Davis – 1:59.60

 

200 Butterfly

Women

40. Sydney Turner – 2:06.28
41. Ashleigh Lechner – 2:12.94

 

Men

1. Brendan Burns – 1:41.74 (NCAA B Cut)*
2. Gabriel Fantoni – 1:44.58 (NCAA B Cut)*
3. Van Mathias – 1:46.34 (NCAA B Cut)*
4. Corey Gambardella – 1:48.27
5. Lucas Piunti – 1:49.52

 

400 Freestyle Relay

Women

2. Anna Peplowski, Ella Ristic, Mackenzie Looze, Ashley Turak – 3:14.99 (NCAA B Cut)
3. Noelle Peplowski, Samantha Bello, Aislinn Holder, Kacey McKenna – 3:21.10

 

Men

2. Rafael Miroslaw, Jack Franzman, Tomer Frankel, Van Mathias – 2:49.05 (NCAA A Cut)
3. Brendan Burns, Gabriel Fantoni, Gavin Wight, Luke Barr – 2:53.13
4. Tristan DeWitt, Brandon Hamblin, Jacob Destrampe, Finn Brooks – 2:58.00

 

Platform Diving

Women

7. Anne Fowler – 231.55 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)
8. Megan Carter – 230.15 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)
9. Taylor Carter – 223.50
10. Zain Smith – 198.75
11. Casey Morgan – 186.60

 

Men

1. Tyler Carson – 428.20 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)
2. Andrew Capobianco – 343.70 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)

 

* – Collected NCAA B Cut in preliminaries