LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Indiana swimming and diving ended its 2022-23 dual meet slate with a pair of wins on the road at No. 17/6 Louisville on Friday (Jan. 27) inside Ralph Wright Natatorium. IU set three pool records in the win.
The Hoosier women picked up their first win over Louisville since they beat the No. 13-ranked Cardinals in Bloomington on November 18, 2019. Both squads ended the regular season with 7-1 records in dual meet competition, with their lone losses coming against No. 2/3 Texas in October.
“Every time we come to Louisville, it is a really challenging atmosphere,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “A credit to them, they packed the stands, and they were ready. They have two good teams, and I feel incredibly fortunate that we came out with a couple wins. I give a lot of credit to our women. It’s rare to win a dual meet when you lose both relays, and our women fought hard. I think that shows a lot about our depth as a swimming and diving team. It wasn’t perfect, but we’ll take a win on the road in just a very challenging environment any day.â€
The meet was IU’s final competition before championships season.
“This is exactly what championship swimming feels like, so I think this was really good for us,” Looze said. “We really needed to be pushed to remember what it takes. We have to do better than this performance-wise, but we were tough, which is important.”
Brendan Burns performance in the 200-yard butterfly highlighted the men’s win, as the senior set a pool record at Ralph Wright Natatorium, going 1:43.28. His time beat the previous mark set by former Cardinal All-American Nicolas Albiero against Kentucky on January 25, 2020, in 1:44.00.
Burns completed a triple with victories in the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.95) and 100-yard butterfly (46.19).
Three IU divers combined to go four-for-four in the diving events. On the women’s side, junior Anne Fowler won both the 1-meter (328.88) and 3-meter (349.88) competitions, while Andrew Capobianco secured the 1-meter (418.65) and Carson Tyler the 3-meter (431.40) wins for the men. Both scores set pool records at Ralph Wright Natatorium.
I’m happy for our seniors, Andrew (Capobianco), Zain (Smith) and Margaret (Rogers),” IU head diving coach Drew Johansen said. “Margaret (got) a zone cut here on the platform event. We also had a couple zone cuts from our freshmen, Will Jansen, as well as Alaina Heyde, redshirt freshman. The whole team chemistry and atmosphere, coming down here for a tough meet against Louisville, was great, especially for the women. And we’re trending in the right direction for Big Tens.”
Senior Noelle Peplowski also won 3-of-3 events, sweeping the breaststroke races and adding the 200 IM. Peplowski tallied NCAA B cut times in all three events. Her sister, sophomore Anna Peplowski, won the 200 freestyle (1:47.35) and 200 backstroke (1:56.47).
Indiana swept the distance freestyle events, with sophomore Mariah Denigan winning the 1,000 free (9:48.97) and 500 free (4:48.14) on the women’s side and senior Mikey Calvillo on the repeating the feat on the men’s side with times of 9:04.23 and 4:23.60, respectively.
TEAM SCORES
Men
No. 7 Indiana 193, No. 17 Louisville 107
Women
No. 9 Indiana 155, No. 6 Louisville 145
HOOSIER WINNERS
Men
Luke Barr – 200 medley relay (1:25.95)
Brendan Burns – 200 butterfly (1:43.28), 200 backstroke (1:44.95), 100 butterfly (46.19)
Mikey Calvillo – 1,000 freestyle (9:04.23), 500 freestyle (4:23.60)
Andrew Capobianco – 1-meter diving (418.65)
Tomer Frankel – 200 medley relay (1:25.95), 200 freestyle relay (1:17.96)
Van Mathias – 200 medley relay (1:25.95), 100 freestyle (43.60), 200 freestyle relay (1:17.96)
Rafael Miroslaw – 200 freestyle (1:35.28), 200 freestyle relay (1:17.96)
Carson Tyler – 3-meter diving (431.40)
Gavin Wight – 200 medley relay (1:25.95), 200 freestyle relay (1:17.96)
Women
Mariah Denigan – 1,000 freestyle (9:48.97), 500 freestyle (4:48.14)
Anne Fowler – 1-meter diving (328.88), 3-meter diving (349.88)
Kacey McKenna – 100 backstroke (54.91)
Anna Peplowski – 200 freestyle (1:47.35), 200 backstroke (1:56.47)
Noelle Peplowski – 100 breaststroke (1:01.06), 200 breaststroke (2:09.05), 200 IM (1:58.30)
NCAA CUTS
A: None.
B: Brendan Burns – 200 fly (1:43.28), 100 fly (46.19); Mackenzie Looze – 200 breast (2:13.23); Rafael Miroslaw – 200 free (1:35.28); Anna Peplowski – 200 back (1:56.47); Noelle Peplowski – 100 breast (1:01.06), 200 breast (2:09.05), 200 IM (1:58.30)
NCAA ZONE QUALIFYING SCORES
1-meter: Andrew Capobianco (418.65), Megan Carter (283.88), Anne Fowler (328.88), Quinn Henninger (348.38), Alaina Heyde (276.15), Carson Tyler (358.35), Maxwell Weinrich (333.83)
3-meter: Andrew Capobianco (371.25), Megan Carter (307.58), Anne Fowler (349.88), Quinn Henninger (400.35), William Jansen (322.05), Carson Tyler (431.40), Maxwell Weinrich (353.70)
