Peplowski Earns Silver, No. 23 Indiana Finishes Third

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Peplowski Earns Silver, No. 23 Indiana Finishes Third

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The No. 23-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team completed competition at the 2020 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center on Saturday evening.

Indiana finished the championships in third place in the team standings with 964 points. No. 19 Ohio State claimed the team title for the first time since winning the first five contested women’s Big Ten Championships from 1982-86. The Buckeyes tallied 1,503.5 points. No. 5 Michigan finished second with 1,306.5 points.

For the first time since the 2008 Women’s Big Ten Championships, Indiana did not place inside the top-2. However, IU has placed inside the top-3 in 19 of the last 20 championship events hosted by the Big Ten Conference.

Sophomore Noelle Peplowski earned her second-career medal in the 200 Breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships after throwing down a season-best time of 2:07.02 to claim silver. She earned a third-place finish in the event as a freshman. Freshman Emily Weiss finished with the bronze after setting a career-best with a time of 2:07.73.

In the Consolation Final, junior Bailey Kovac finished fourth (12th overall) with a time of 2:12.79, while junior Abby Kirkpatrick took eighth (16th overall) with a mark of 2:13.74. All four breaststrokers finished with NCAA B Cut times in the finals.

The 400 Freestyle Relay team of freshman Cora Dupre (48.36), freshman Ashley Turak (49.17), junior Laurel Eiber (49.08), and freshman Alexis Doherty (50.09) finished fifth with a time of 3:16.70. The relay time tied for the eighth-fastest in program history. The leadoff split posted by Dupre was good for an NCAA B Cut.

Senior Cassy Jernberg gutted out a fourth-place finish in the 1,650 Freestyle with a time of 15:59.33, while sophomore Maggie Wallace finished fifth with a time of 16:09.73. Both swimmers clocked in under the NCAA B Cut standard. Junior Anne Rouleau finished 23rd overall in the event with a time of 16.51.94.

Freshman Carla Gildersleeve claimed eighth in the 200 Butterfly Championship Final with an NCAA B Cut time of 1:57.84. In the Consolation Final, junior Mackenzie Looze touched first to finish ninth overall with an NCAA B Cut time of 1:57.72.

In the Consolation Final of the 100 Freestyle, Turak finished second (10th overall) with a career-best time of 49.30, the 13th-fastest performer in program history. Eiber took fifth (13th overall) with a career-best time of 49.43.

In the C Final of the event, Doherty matched her career-best time set in the prelims to take second (18th overall) with a time of 49.94. Junior Grace Haskett finished eighth (24th overall) with a time of 50.72.

Junior Josie Grote finished sixth in the 200 Backstroke C Final to claim 22nd overall in the event with a time of 1:58.26.

In the Consolation Final of the Platform Dive, sophomore Alyssa Wang finished eighth (16th overall) with a final tally of 181.85. The result comes a day after finishing 16th in the 3-Meter Dive Consolation Final.

Over the course of the Big Ten Championships, the Hoosiers broke two school records and one pool record. IU also amassed one NCAA A cut, 70 NCAA B cuts, one NCAA Zones qualifying score and had 41 career-best performances.

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INDIANA POSTSEASON ACCOLADES

FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN

Cora Dupre

SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN

Cassy Jernberg

Noelle Peplowski
Emily Weiss

BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREE

Josie Grote

RESULTS

1,650 Freestyle

  1. Cassy Jernberg – 15:59.33 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. Maggie Wallace – 16:09.73 (NCAA B Cut)
  3. Anne Rouleau – 16:51.94

200 Backstroke

  1. Josie Grote – 1:58.26

100 Freestyle

  1. Ashley Turak – 49.30 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  2. Laurel Eiber – 49.43 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  3. Alexis Doherty – 49.94 (Career Best)
  4. Grace Haskett – 50.72

200 Breaststroke

  1. Noelle Peplowski – 2:07.02 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. Emily Weiss – 2:07.73 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  3. Bailey Kovac – 2:12.79 (NCAA B Cut)
  4. Abby Kirkpatrick – 2:13.74 (NCAA B Cut)

200 Butterfly

  1. Carla Gildersleeve – 1:57.84 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. Mackenzie Looze – 1:57.72 (NCAA B Cut)

Platform Dive

  1. Alyssa Wang – 181.85

400 Freestyle Relay

  1. Cora Dupre, Ashley Turak, Laurel Eiber, Alexis Doherty – 3:16.70

 

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