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No. 15 IUSD Wins Five Medals on Final Night of Big Tens

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No. 15 IUSD Wins Five Medals on Final Night of Big Tens

 MADISON, Wis. – A night full of medals gave Indiana women’s swimming and diving its 16th straight top-three finish in the Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday (Feb. 19) evening inside Soderholm Family Aquatic Center.

Hoosiers combined for five medals in the final night of the event as IU stretched its point total to 1100, good for a third-place finish. Sophomore diver Tarrin Gilliland and freshman swimmer Brearna Crawford each became Big Ten champions on Saturday.

“It was a great finish to the Big Ten Championships,” head diving coach Drew Johansen said. “Tarrin was fantastic, winning her first Big Ten title with a tremendous score. I was also proud of Kristen [Hayden] for making the A final coming back from yesterday. The entire team had a great week, and we are looking forward to [the NCAA Zone Diving Championships].”

“I am pumped about how we finished the meet today,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “Huge kudos to Tarrin [Gilliland] and [Brearna Crawford] on becoming Big Ten Champions in the platform and the 200 Breaststroke. The girls dug deep to hold off Wisconsin and finish third in the conference. I’m proud of the way the girls conducted themselves. It wasn’t a perfect meet, but we finished strong, and hopefully, we’ll take a good team to the NCAA Championships.

Looze was especially proud of IU’s freshman class, led by Big Ten Freshman of the Year Anna Peplowski.

“Anna Peplowski deservedly won Big Ten Freshman of the Year,” Looze said. “They picked the right person, in my opinion. I’m super excited about this freshman class. We don’t lose anybody from this team, so hopefully, with the incoming freshmen we can be a real force.”

TEAM SCORES
1. Ohio State – 1303

  1. Michigan – 1185
  2. Indiana – 1100
  3. Wisconsin – 1085
  4. Northwestern – 919.5
  5. Minnesota – 838.5
  6. Purdue – 479
  7. Rutgers – 449
  8. Nebraska – 423
  9. Penn State – 396
  10. Illinois – 199
  11. Iowa – 165
    NOTABLES
  • The Hoosiers have placed among the top three at the Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in 16 straight seasons and 21 of the last 22 seasons. IU has 11 championship or runner-up finishes during the 16-year stretch.
  • Adding two more Saturdays, Indiana athletes have totaled 119 individual conference championships. The Hoosiers also have 58 individual swimming titles and a league-record 33 diving championships.
  • Anna Peplowski was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year after leading her class in points during the championships. Peplowski totaled three medals, all silver, in her first Big Ten meet.
  • Including Peplowski, eight Hoosiers were named All-Big Ten. Crawford and Gilliland earned first-team accolades, while Anna Peplowski, fellow freshman Dominika Kossakowska, seniors Noelle Peplowski, Mackenzie Looze and Kristen Hayden and sophomore Ella Ristic were all selected to the second team.
  • Not counting relays, Indiana freshmen accounted for five medals and 11 top-10 finishes this week.
  • Freshman Breana Crawford swam a 2:06.86 in the 200 Breaststroke to win Indiana’s sixth Breaststroke title in seven seasons. With senior Noelle Peplowski claiming second right behind her, IU went one-two in the race for the second consecutive season.
  • Sophomore and reigning Platform National Champion Tarrin Gilliland tallied a career-high 382.80 to win gold in the Big Ten event. Four of Gilliland’s five dives earned more than 75 points, and she earned an 86.40 after executing a 6243D for her second dive.
    • At 15:53.81, Freshman Ching Hwee Gan swam the fastest 1,650 Freestyle by a Hoosier since Haley Lips in the 2016 NCAA Championships (15:50.54) and the third-fastest mile race on the program’s performance list. Gan earned bronze for her effort.
  • Senior diver Kayla Luarde was named IU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient this week.                                                       RESULTS

1,650 FREESTYLE

  1. Ching Hwee Gan – 15:53.81 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  2. Mariah Denigan – 16:17.18 (NCAA B Cut)
  3. Maggie Wallace – 16:19.37 (NCAA B Cut)

200 BACKSTROKE

  1. Anna Peplowski – 1:53.30 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. Anna Freed – 1:54.77 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  3. Elyse Heiser – 1:57.98

100 FREESTYLE

  1. Ashley Turak – 49.23 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. Dominika Kossakowska – 50.05
  3. Ella Ristic – 50.12

                                                    200 BREASTSTROKE

  1. Brearna Crawford – 2:06.86 (Big Ten Champion, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  2. Noelle Peplowski – 2:07.32 (NCAA B Cut)
  3. Mackenzie Looze – 2:09.26 (NCAA B Cut)

PLATFORM DIVE

  1. Tarrin Gilliland – 382.80 (Big Ten Champion, NCAA Zone Qualifier, Career Best)
  2. Kristen Hayden – 293.95 (NCAA B Cut)

400 FREESTYLE RELAY

  1. Anna Peplowski, Ashley Turak, Mackenzie Looze, Noelle Peplowski – 3:15.87 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. UP NEXT

Indiana women’s swimming and diving will cheer on the men’s team as they compete at Big Tens next week. Indiana women’s diving returns to action March 7-9 to compete in the NCAA Zone Championships, and the combined swim and dive squads will compete March 16-19 in the NCAA Championships.

EPA Issues Power Plant Emissions Data for 2021

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WASHINGTON –  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released publicly available, annual data on 2021 emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and mercury from power plants in the lower 48 states. Emissions in 2021 were higher than 2020, reflecting a rebound in coal-fired generation as natural gas prices and energy demand increased. However, compared to 2019, 2021 emissions fell between 3% and 11%, reflecting the long-standing trend of decreasing annual emissions.

“The 2021 increase in coal-fired generation and resulting rise in air pollution shows how important it is to urgently forge ahead in building and supporting a cleaner power sector,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Thanks in part to EPA rules and policies, we have made great progress in lowering dangerous pollution over the last several decades. But it’s clear our work is far from done, as we deliver on our commitment to protect the health of everyone and especially those most vulnerable among us.”

Compared to 2020, the 2021 data show a 6% increase in NOx emissions, a 20% increase in SO2  emissions, a 7% increase in CO2 emissions, and a 13% increase in mercury emissions. Additionally, ozone season (May 1 to September 30) NOX  emissions increased by 5%. Overall, based on the first 11 months of 2021, electricity demand increased by 3% compared to 2020.

Between 1990 and 2021, annual emissions of SO2  from power plants fell by 94% and annual emissions of NOX from power plants fell by 88%. In 2021, sources in both the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) annual program and the Acid Rain Program (ARP) together emitted 0.94 million tons of SO2, a 14.8 million ton reduction from 1990 levels. In 2021, sources in both the CSAPR NOX  annual program and the ARP together emitted 0.78 million tons, a 5.6 million ton reduction from 1990 levels. While complying with programs to reduce SO2, NOx and mercury, CO2emissions from power plants dropped by 21% between 1995 and 2021.

Long-term declines in emissions are due primarily to changes in the mix of fuels used in electricity generation. While data from 2021 showed a one-year 16% increase in coal generation and a 3% decrease in natural gas generation, there is a shift underway from higher emitting to lower and zero emitting generation.

These long-term reductions in power sector emissions protect community health. NOX and SO2 emissions contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone and particulate matter, which can lead to respiratory and cardiovascular problems, and exposure to mercury, a potent neurotoxin, effects the nervous system and brain functions, particularly in infants and children, and is known to cause other significant health effects.

Ambient particulate sulfate concentrations in the eastern United States have shown substantial improvement, decreasing between 76 and 79% from the 2000-2002 to 2018–2020 observation periods. All areas of the eastern United States have shown significant improvement in wet sulfate deposition in this period, with an overall 70% reduction. In addition, these emissions reductions are resulting in positive ecosystem impacts. The level of acid neutralizing capacity, an indicator of recovery, improved significantly from 1990 levels at lake and stream monitoring sites in the Adirondacks, New England and the Catskill mountains.

Hoosier History Highlights: George Rogers Clark captures Fort Sackville

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February 20 – February 26

The Week in Indiana History
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1779     George Rogers Clark captured Fort Sackville at Vincennes, marking the end of British influence on the United States western frontier.  The George Rogers Clark Memorial (pictured) in Vincennes stands at the site of the old fort.
Camp Morton1862     The first group of Confederate soldiers arrived at Camp Morton Prison in Indianapolis.  The camp was located in the area bordered by 19th and 22nd Streets and Talbot Street and Central Avenue.  The site of the old state fairgrounds, the prison held up to 4,000 soldiers during the Civil War.

1867     The Indiana Student newspaper began publication at Indiana University.  Among the topics in the first issue was the proposal for a walkway between the gate and the college to help students avoid the deep mud.  In 1889, the newspaper was renamed Indiana Daily Student.

1925     An explosion at the City Coal Mine in Sullivan, Indiana, killed 51 miners.  Governor Ed Jackson sent National Guard units to help in the disaster.  As a result of this tragedy, the legislature established stricter safety regulations for Indiana mines.

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1940     Fire swept through the winter headquarters of the Cole Brothers Circus in Rochester, Indiana.  Over 100 animals were killed, including elephants, lions, tigers, and leopards.  Elephants, camels, and other animals roamed the area until they were captured the next day.

1954     Doctors began the first mass inoculation of children with the Salk polio vaccine, produced by Eli Lilly Laboratories in Indianapolis.  The clinical trials were the largest ever conducted, with four million children participating.

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In an alphabetical listing of all 50 states, which state precedes Indiana and which follows?

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Hoosier Quote of the Week

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“Back of every good belly laugh there is a familiarity with things not funny at all.”

– – – Carole Lombard (1908 – 1942)

Born in Fort Wayne, Carole Lombard was one of the most popular movie stars of the 1930s and 1940s.

ABE MARTIN SEZ:

There’s nothin’ as uncertain as a sure thing.

(Kin Hubbard, The Indianapolis News,January 23, 1922)

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Answers:  Illinois precedes Indiana and Iowa follows.

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No. 15 IUSD Ready for Final Night of Big Tens

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No. 15 IUSD Ready for Final Night of Big Tens

 MADISON, Wis. – Indiana swimming and diving will compete in 13 final swims and have two diving finalists during the last evening of the Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday (Feb. 19) night inside Soderholm Family Aquatic Center.

The Hoosiers clinched nine final bids during the preliminary swimming session Saturday morning. IU will also have three athletes, freshmen Mariah Denigan and Ching Hwee Gan and senior Maggie Wallace, in the 1,650 Freestyle and a team in the 400 Freestyle Relay.

Sophomore Tarrin Gilliland and senior Kristen Hayden qualified for the Platform dive championship final after finishing first and fourth, respectively, in the preliminary.

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

200 Backstroke – Anna Peplowski (2nd)

100 Freestyle – None.

200 Breaststroke – Brearna Crawford (1st), Noelle Peplowski (2nd)

200 Butterfly – None.

Platform – Tarrin Gilliland (1st), Kristen Hayden (4th)

 

CONSOLATION FINAL

200 Backstroke – Anna Freed (11th)

100 Freestyle – Ashley Turak (16th)

200 Breaststroke – Mackenzie Looze (9th)

200 Butterfly – None.

Platform – None.

C FINAL

200 Backstroke – Elyse Heiser (21st)

100 Freestyle – Ella Ristic (21st), Dominika Kossakowska (24th)

200 Breaststroke – None.

200 Butterfly – None.

TEAM SCORES.

1.Ohio State – 877
2. Michigan – 810
3. Indiana – 782
4. Wisconsin – 681
5. Minnesota – 595.5
6. Northwestern – 583.5
7. Rutgers – 330
8. Purdue – 289
9. Penn State – 289
10. Nebraska – 288
11. Illinois – 161
12. Iowa – 134

                                                             NOTABLES
• In the 200 Breaststroke prelim, freshman Brearna Crawford (2:07.85) and senior Noelle Peplowski (2:08.25) tallied the top two qualifying scores to cruise into the championship final. IU finished 1-2-4 in last year’s final.

  • Crawford recorded the fastest first 100 yards in the field with a 1:00.84. Her time was a season-best and the fifth-best time on IU’s all-time performance list.
  • Anna Peplowski tallied the fourth-best time in program history, 1:53.04, to earn the second seed in the 200 Backstroke.
  • Four athletes recorded career-best swims in the 200 Breaststroke. Freshman Emma Shaughnessy, swimming a 2:19.13, beat her previous best by five seconds.
  • Gilliland tallied a career-best 365.10 in the Platform prelim to capture the No. 1 seed going into the evening finale. Her score ranks No. 4 on Indiana’s all-time performance list. Gilliland will go for her second medal of the event after winning bronze in the 3-meter dive Friday.PRELIMINARY RESULTS
    200 BACKSTROKE

Anna Peplowski – 1:53.04 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

Anna Freed – 1:55.36 (B Final, NCAA B Cut)

Elyse Heiser – 1:57.91 (C Final, Career Best)

Katie Broderick – 1:58.90

Kacey McKenna – 1:59.65 (Career Best)

Katie Carson – 2:06.56

                                                      100 FREESTYLE

Ashley Turak – 49.44 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)

Ella Ristic – 49.64 (C Final)

Dominika Kossakowska – 49.79 (C Final)

  1. Elizabeth Broshears – 50.41

Aislinn Holder – 50.90 (Career Best)

                                                    200 BREASTSTROKE

Brearna Crawford – 2:07.85 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

Noelle Peplowski – 2:08.25 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Mackenzie Looze – 2:10.02 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)

Catherine Graham – 2:12.14 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

Kabria Chapman – 2:18.20 (Career Best)

Emma Shaughnessy – 2:19.13 (Career Best)

                                                            200 BUTTERFLY

  1. Cat Minic – 2:03.25

Sydney Turner – 2:04.68

                                                              PLATFORM DIVE

Tarrin Gilliland – 365.10 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier, Career Best)

Kristen Hayden – 296.05 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier, Career Best)

  1. Megan Carter – 225.45 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)
  2. Margaret Rogers – 207.40 (Career Best)
  3. Taylor Carter – 142.20

FEASEY STARS IN COMEBACK THAT FALLS JUST SHORT AGAINST STORM 

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Moline, Ill.:  Down 3-0 going into the third period, the Thunderbolts bounced back and nearly came back, with Brennan Feasey scoring three points in his debut to lead the way as Evansville fell just short, losing 4-3 in Quad City on Friday night. The Thunderbolts next home game will be on Tuesday, February 22nd at 10:00am CST as they host the Vermilion County Bobcats.  For tickets, call (812)422-BOLT (2658), buy online at EvansvilleThunderbolts.com, or buy tickets in person at the Ford Center Box Office.

 

The Storm opened a 2-0 lead in the first period off goals from Marcus Ortiz on the power play and Nick Mangone at even-strength in the final two minutes of play.  Mangone added another goal on a penalty shot to make it 3-0 early in the second period.  Despite that, a strong game from Brian Billett, including 16 saves in the second period, kept Evansville alive in the game going into the third period.

 

At 8:41, Feasey scored his first goal to make it 3-1 on the power play from Cameron Cook and Coy Prevost.  After the Storm came back to re-extend the lead to 4-1 on a goal from Shane Bennett, the Thunderbolts scored twice more in the fading minutes to bring Evansville back within 4-3.  The first goal, scored by Zane Jones at 15:19, was assisted by Matt MacKay and Feasey, while Hayden Hulton scored at 18:02 from Feasey and Tyson Kirkby.  A near-brawl ensued at the final buzzer as Feasey was cheap-shotted by Quad City’s Michael Moran, but officials were able to keep things under control.

 

Feasey finished with a goal and two assists, while Jones and Hulton scored one goal each.  Brian Billett finished with 34 saves on 37 shots.  The Thunderbolts and Storm meet again on Saturday, February 19th at TaxSlayer Center.

 

USI opens 2022 with upset win over #26 Young Harris

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball opened the 2022 campaign with a 16-6 upset victory at #26 Young Harris University Friday afternoon in Georgia. The Screaming Eagles start the year 1-0, while Young Harris falls to 6-2.   
 
The Eagles struck early with a three-run first inning to take command of the game. USI junior catcher Lucas McNew (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) gave USI a 1-0 lead with an RBI single, while sophomore first baseman Adam Wildeman (Evansville, Indiana) extended the margin to 3-0 with a two-run single up the middle.
 
USI got the bats going again in the top of the fourth when another three spot. Senior shortstop Ethan Hunter (Terre Haute, Indiana) pushed a run across after reaching on an error to increase the lead to 4-0, while McNew and sophomore designated hitter Trent Robinson (Louisville, Kentucky) knocked runs with a double and a single, respectively, to put the advantage at 6-0.
 
USI’s offense exploded again in the fifth with a four-run frame. After junior rightfielder Ren Tachioka (Japan) forced in a run with a hit by pitch, Hunter knocked in a pair with a two-run double that would put the Eagles ahead 9-0.
 
Tachioka struck again by scoring on a wild pitch before junior leftfielder Evan Kahre (Evansville, Indiana) singled in a tally for the 11-0 margin.
 
The Mountain Lions took a large bit out of the USI lead with a five run fifth and a single tally in the sixth. The 11-6 score would be as close as Young Harris would come in the final half of the game as USI would score four in the seventh to re-extend the lead to nine, 15-6, and one in the eighth to get back to double-digits, 16-6.
 
Sophomore centerfielder Steven Molinet (Elberfeld, Indiana) and sophomore third baseman Nolan Cook (Evansville, Indiana) knocked in a pair of runs each during the seventh on a RBI-double and a RBI-single, respectively. Wildeman finished the scoring for the Eagles with a RBI-single in the eighth. USI would add three more runs in the top of the ninth for a game-high 13-run lead to get the 19-6 victory.
 
Hunter and Wildeman led the Eagles at the plate with three RBIs each, while five players had two hits each. Hunter and McNew also scored four times in the win.
 
On the mound, junior right-hander Garrett Welch (New Castle, Indiana) started and got a no-decision. Welch, who started with four scoreless frames before getting into trouble in the fifth, allowed five runs on seven hits and struck out one.
 
Freshman left-hander Tyler Hutson (Villa Hills, Kentucky) was the pitcher of record in relief and picks up his first collegiate win. Hutson allowed one run on three hits in two innings, striking out one.
 
Senior right-hander Brice Stuteville (Rockport, Indiana), who picked up an RBI-single in the ninth, finished the game on the mound for the Eagles. Stuteville threw three scoreless innings with no-hits and four strikeouts.
 

Aces fight to the finish in opening day of Easton Bama Bash

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UE drops contests to MTSU and #2 Alabama

 

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Battling against some of the top competition that college softball has to offer, the University of Evansville softball team came up short against Middle Tennessee State and #2 Alabama in Friday’s opening day of the Easton Bama Bash at Rhoads Stadium.

 

Game 1 – Middle Tennessee State 4, UE 2

Middle Tennessee State plated two runs in both the first and second innings and would hang on to finish Friday’s opener with a 4-2 win over the Purple Aces.  A bases loaded walk and a Claire Czajkowski RBI single got the Blue Raiders going in the first inning before Abby Shoulders picked a 2-RBI knock in the second.

 

Jessica Fehr picked up the first hit of the day, hitting a 2-out single in the third before coming through in an even larger way in the fifth.  Jenna Nink reached on an error to open the frame and stole second base.  With two outs, Mackenzie McFeron walkeds to bring up Fehr, who belted a 2-RBI double to left-center to get the Aces on the scoreboard.

 

UE threatened again in the sixth with a pair of 2-out baserunners with Hannah Hood drawing a walk before Nink was hit by a pitch.  Unfortunately, a strikeout ended the threat.  Fehr recorded her third hit of the day in the seventh but was stranded at second with MTSU clinching the win.  Sydney Weatherford pitched the complete game for UE, giving up four runs, three earned, on three hits.  Keri Munn tossed the full seven frames for MTSU.  Both UE runs were unearned.

 

Game 2 – #2 Alabama 10, UE 2

Second-ranked Alabama plated three runs in the first inning before inching away to finish with a 10-2 victory over the Aces in six innings.  After picking up three hits in game one, Jessica Fehr got the game started with a single up the middle with Crimson Tide starter Jaala Torrence striking out the Aces in order to end the threat.

 

Alabama responded in the bottom half of the first, scoring three runs on three walks and three batters hit by a pitch.  Just when it looked like the Tide had taken control, Evansville bounced back with a run on two hits in the top of the second.  With one out, Jenna Nink singled through the left side and moved to second on a wild pitch.  With two outs, Alexa Davis belted a single through the right side to plate UE’s first run of the day.

 

Evansville remained close until a 4-run fourth inning extended Alabama’s lead to 8-1.  The offense for UE added a second run in the fifth inning as a Sydney Weatherford single scored McFeron, who reached on a 1-out single.  The Crimson Tide added single runs in the fifth and sixth to clinch the 10-2 win.  Alabama had nine hits with the Aces picking up six.  Ally Shipman led the Tide with three RBI while Kaylee Tow registered two.

 

Weatherford paced Evansville with a pair of hits and a RBI.  Aces starter Izzy Vetter suffered her first loss of the season, allowing 10 runs, seven earned, in five frames.  She struck out four.  Torrence tossed the complete game for the Tide, giving up two earned runs on six hits while striking out 10.

 

On Saturday, the Aces open with an 11 a.m. game against #8 Virginia Tech before facing Middle Tennessee State at 6:30 p.m.

 

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