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The B1G Men's Championships run from the 26th through the 29th and will be held in Bloomington.

Peplowski Earns Silver, No. 23 Indiana Finishes Third

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.
 
UP NEXT
The Indiana University women's swimming and diving program will compete in the 2020 NCAA Zone C Diving Championships and the 2020 NCAA Championships.
 

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
4. Cassy Jernberg – 15:59.33 (NCAA B Cut)
5. Maggie Wallace – 16:09.73 (NCAA B Cut)
23. Anne Rouleau – 16:51.94
 
200 Backstroke
22. Josie Grote – 1:58.26
 
100 Freestyle
10. Ashley Turak – 49.30 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
13. Laurel Eiber – 49.43 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
18. Alexis Doherty – 49.94 (Career Best)
24. Grace Haskett – 50.72
 
200 Breaststroke
2. Noelle Peplowski – 2:07.02 (NCAA B Cut)
3. Emily Weiss – 2:07.73 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
12. Bailey Kovac – 2:12.79 (NCAA B Cut)
16. Abby Kirkpatrick – 2:13.74 (NCAA B Cut)
 
200 Butterfly
8. Carla Gildersleeve – 1:57.84 (NCAA B Cut)
9. Mackenzie Looze – 1:57.72 (NCAA B Cut)
 
Platform Dive
16. Alyssa Wang – 181.85
 
400 Freestyle Relay
5. Cora Dupre, Ashley Turak, Laurel Eiber, Alexis Doherty – 3:16.70

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The B1G Men's Championships run from the 26th through the 29th and will be held in Bloomington.

Peplowski Earns Silver, No. 23 Indiana Finishes Third

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.
 
UP NEXT
The Indiana University women's swimming and diving program will compete in the 2020 NCAA Zone C Diving Championships and the 2020 NCAA Championships.
 

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
4. Cassy Jernberg – 15:59.33 (NCAA B Cut)
5. Maggie Wallace – 16:09.73 (NCAA B Cut)
23. Anne Rouleau – 16:51.94
 
200 Backstroke
22. Josie Grote – 1:58.26
 
100 Freestyle
10. Ashley Turak – 49.30 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
13. Laurel Eiber – 49.43 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
18. Alexis Doherty – 49.94 (Career Best)
24. Grace Haskett – 50.72
 
200 Breaststroke
2. Noelle Peplowski – 2:07.02 (NCAA B Cut)
3. Emily Weiss – 2:07.73 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
12. Bailey Kovac – 2:12.79 (NCAA B Cut)
16. Abby Kirkpatrick – 2:13.74 (NCAA B Cut)
 
200 Butterfly
8. Carla Gildersleeve – 1:57.84 (NCAA B Cut)
9. Mackenzie Looze – 1:57.72 (NCAA B Cut)
 
Platform Dive
16. Alyssa Wang – 181.85
 
400 Freestyle Relay
5. Cora Dupre, Ashley Turak, Laurel Eiber, Alexis Doherty – 3:16.70

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IU Men’s Swimming and Diving Set to Host 2020 Big Ten Championships

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 4-ranked Indiana University men's swimming and diving team will host the 2020 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships this week at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind.
 
The four-day meet will begin with on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. On Thursday through Saturday, the teams will swim a preliminary session in the morning at 11 a.m. with the championship session to follow at 6:30 p.m.
 
Live results for the swimming events can be found at IUHoosiers.com. Live results for the diving events can be found at DiveMeets.com. For more information on the Women's Big Ten Championship, including a schedule of events, fans can click here.
 
The Big Ten Championships will be streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. Complimentary access to BTN2Go is available to viewers connected to the internet network of a Big Ten university. Fans elsewhere can sign up for the pay-per-view webcasts.
 
TEAM COMPETING
No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Indiana, No. 17 Ohio State, No. 20 Iowa, No. 22 Northwestern, RV Wisconsin, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue
 
SCOUTING THE HOOSIERS
Indiana enters this week's Big Ten Championships ranked No. 4 in the latest CSCAA/TYR Top 25 Poll. The Hoosiers are one of four conference teams ranked or receiving votes in the national poll.
 
The Hoosiers finished the dual meet portion of the schedule with an 8-3 record against some of the best competition the NCAA has to offer. Indiana earned victories over No. 6 Michigan, No. 10 Louisville (twice), No. 12 Notre Dame, No. 23 Iowa, Kentucky, and in-state rival Purdue. The three losses came against No. 2 Texas (twice) and the Wolverines.
 
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Indiana has compiled 27 conference titles on the men's side, the second-best figure in the conference. The Hoosiers trail only the Wolverines (39) in league titles.
 
IU has finished inside the top-3 at the Big Ten Championships in nine-straight seasons, including victories in each of the last three campaigns.
 
2019 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Hoosiers, competing at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Venter Natatorium in Iowa City, Iowa, captured the Big Ten Championship for the third-straight season. The three-peat marked the first since the program achieved the feat from 1983-85. IU totaled 1,705 points to defeat Michigan (1,464 points). Ohio State collected 1,243.5 points to claim third place.
 
Over the course of the 2020 Big Ten Men's Championships, the Hoosiers won a total of 24 medals – 13 gold, six silver and five bronze. Indiana also won four of the five relays at the Big Ten Championships for a second-straight year – a program first. Earning First-Team All-Big Ten honors for the Hoosiers were Zach Apple, Bruno Blaskovic, James Connor, Gabriel Fantoni, Ian Finnerty, Jack Franzman, Brandon Hamblin, Vini Lanza, and Mohamed Samy.
 
Indiana's Vini Lanza became the first man in Big Ten history to be named Swimmer of the Championships for three-straight years. Lanza won titles in the 200 IM, 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay this week, along with two silver medals. He set the Big Ten record, Big Ten Meet record, school record and pool record with his winning 200 fly time.

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No. 4 Indiana Sits Second After Two Events

The No. 4-ranked Indiana University men's swimming and diving team used a pair of medal finishes to get out to a fast start in the 2020 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center on Wednesday evening.
 
After the first two events, the Hoosiers sit in second place with 118.0 overall points. No. 3 Michigan leads the field with 120.0 points, while Ohio State rounds out the top-three teams with 108.0 points.
 
The meet started with a bang for the Hoosiers as the 200 Medley Relay team made up of junior Gabriel Fantoni, sophomore Zane Backes, freshman Brendan Burns, and junior Bruno Blaskovic earned the first gold medal of the week. The team finished with a NCAA A Cut and CBAC Pool Record time of 1:23.07.
 
The time marked the second-quickest mark posted by the Hoosiers in program history in the event and is the fastest time recorded in the NCAA this season.
 

Senior Mohamed Samy, sophomore Van Mathias, Burns, and sophomore Jack Franzman comprised the third-place 800 Freestyle Relay squad. The team finished with an NCAA A Cut time of 6:15.53. Samy led off the event with a time 200 Freestyle time of 1:32.63, an NCAA B Cut mark.

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Blaskovic Golden on Day Two of Big Ten Championships

The No. 4-ranked Indiana University men's swimming and diving team added two more gold medals to the program's tally during the 2020 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center on Thursday night.
 
After two days of competition, the Hoosiers drop to third in the team standings behind No. 3 Michigan (555.0 points) and No. 17 Ohio State (401.0 points). Indiana enters the third day of action with 397.0 points.
 
Junior Bruno Blaskovic proved he is the fastest man in the Big Ten Conference with a blistering time of 18.97 to win the 50 Freestyle Championship Final. Blaskovic became the first Hoosier to win gold in the event since Sam Gasowski during the 1996 championships. He was the lone swimmer in the race to under 19 seconds.
 
Sophomore Jack Franzman finished sixth overall with a time of 19.56.
 
The Indiana 400 Medley Relay team consisting of junior Gabriel Fantoni, sophomore Zane Backes, freshman Brendan Burns, and Blaskovic once again topped the podium with a time of 3:02.27. The Hoosiers have won the event in five-straight seasons dating back to the championships in the 2016 season. The time posted by IU ranks third in the country this season.
 
Senior Mohamed Samy turned in a career-best mark of 1:42.85 in a fourth-place effort in the Championships Final of the 200 IM. Sophomore Van Mathias, also in the A Final, shaved time off his previous career best to swim a 1:43.50 in a sixth-place finish.
 
Junior Jacob Steele finished 12th out of the Consolation Final with a time of 1:45.22. Junior Thomas Vanderbrook won the C Final with a time of 1:45.29 to finish 17th overall, while junior Spencer Lehman placed 24th overall with a time of 1:47.07.
 
Sophomore Mikey Calvillo claimed the sixth spot in the overall standings in the Championship Final of the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:19.75. Freshman Will Gallant (4:21.35) and freshman Kai Bathurst (4:23.05) finished 13th and 14th, respectively, out of the Consolation Final of the event. Sophomore Jakub Karl cruised to the victory in the C Final to place 17th overall with a time of 4:21.50.
 
After just missing out on the Championship Final, sophomore Cole VanDevender turned in a great performance in the Consolation Final of the 1-Meter Dive. He tallied a six-dive score of 328.80 to win the heat to finished ninth overall in the event.
 
RESULTS
500 Freestyle
6. Mikey Calvillo – 4:19.75 (NCAA B Cut)
13. Will Gallant – 4:21.35 (NCAA B Cut)
14. Kai Bathurst – 4:23.05 (NCAA B Cut)
17. Jakub Karl – 4:21.50 (NCAA B Cut)
 
200 IM
4. Mohamed Samy – 1:42.85 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
6. Van Mathias – 1:43.50 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
12. Jacob Steele – 1:45.22 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
17. Thomas Vanderbrook – 1:45.29 (NCAA B Cut)
24. Spencer Lehman – 1:47.07
 
50 Freestyle
1. Bruno Blaskovic – 18.97 (NCAA B Cut)
6. Jack Franzman – 19.56 (NCAA B Cut)
Time Trial – Brandon Hamblin – 19.59 (NCAA B Cut)
 
1-Meter Dive
9. Cole VanDevender – 328.80 (NCAA Zone Qualifying score)
 
400 Medley Relay
1. Gabriel Fantoni, Zane Backes, Brendan Burns, Bruno Blaskovic – 3:02.27 (NCAA A Cut, Pool Record)

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No. 4 IU Captures Seven Medals on Day Three

The No. 4-ranked Indiana University men's swimming and diving team added seven more medals in front of a capacity crowd at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center during the third day of action at the 2020 Big Ten Championships on Friday night.  
 
The Hoosiers held steady at the third spot in the team standings with one day of competition remaining. Indiana has compiled 857.5 points and trails No. 3 Michigan (1,063 points) and No. 17 Ohio State (865 points).
 
Junior Gabriel Fantoni threw down a CBAC Pool Record and NCAA A Cut time of 44.92 to win the 100 Backstroke Championship Final. The time is the fifth-fastest time recorded in the event this season nationally. Fantoni has won the event in each of the last three seasons for the Hoosiers.
 
Freshman Brendan Burns took silver with a career-best time of 45.75 and junior Jacob Steele took sixth with a time of 46.41. Both swimmers added NCAA B cut times. Out of the C Final, freshman Jake Marcum finished 20th with a career-best time of 48.01.
 
The Hoosier 200 Freestyle Relay team consisting of junior Bruno Blaskovic, sophomore Jack Franzman, sophomore Brandon Hamblin, and senior Mohamed Samy captured gold with a CBAC Pool Record and NCAA A Cut mark of 1:16.30. The victory gives IU three wins in four relay races this week.
 
The time is the third-quickest time in the country this season and ranks as the third-fastest mark in program history. IU has notched victories in the event in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history. Blaskovic led off the race with an NCAA B Cut time of 19.25.
 
Blaskovic added another medal to his growing collection during the Big Ten Championships with a silver finished in the 100 Butterfly Championship Final. He touched the wall in 45.44, just ahead of Burns. He finished with bronze honors and a career-best time of 45.47, the third-best performer in program history in the event. Sophomore Van Mathias finished seventh out of the A Final with a time of 46.47.
 
Fantoni claimed the 11th spot out of the B Final of the 100 fly with a time of 46.55, while senior Iago Moussalem finished 12th with a mark of 46.59, his best time in the event since joining the Hoosiers.
 
Sophomore Zane Backes took home silver in the 100 Breaststroke Championship Final with an NCAA A Cut time of 51.37. The hardware comes one season after collecting bronze in the 2019 Big Ten Championships. Junior Gary Kostbade finished 15th out of the Consolation Final with a time of 53.10 and junior Matt Jerden finished 21st with a time of 54.24.
 
Samy finished third in the 200 Freestyle Championship Final with a time of 1:32.91. In the Consolation Final, sophomore Jakub Karl (1:35.75) and freshman Kai Bathurst (1:36.55) finished 11th and 15th overall, respectively. Junior Thomas Vanderbrook finished 22nd overall out of the C Final with a time of 1:36.22, while junior Griffin Eiber tabbed a 24th-place finish with a time of 1:37.42.
 
In a loaded 3-Meter Championship Final, junior Mory Gould finished sixth with a six-dive score of 356.55. Five of his six dives scored over 60 points in the round.  Sophomore Cole VanDevender was sensational in the Consolation Final of the 3-Meter Dive and finished with a career-best score of 389.75. He earned the top spot in the B Final to finish ninth overall in the event. His score also marked an Olympic Trial cut score and has qualified VanDevender for the event this summer.
 
Indiana had three swimmers score out of the Consolation Final of the 400 IM. Junior Spencer Lehman won the B Final with a career-best time of 3:44.30 to place ninth overall, while sophomore Mikey Calvillo tallied a 12th-place finish at 3:48.15. Jerden placed 15th with a time of 3:50.77. Sophomore Ben McDade (3:50.53) placed 20th out of the C Final in the event.

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No. 4 Indiana Finishes Third at the Big Ten Championships

The No. 4-ranked Indiana University men's swimming and diving team wrapped up the final day of competition at the 2020 Big Ten Championships with six medals added on Saturday night at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
 
IU finished third in the team standings with 1,321.5 points. No. 3 Michigan won the team title with 1,548 points to snap Indiana's three-year run of championships. No. 17 Ohio State finished as the runner-up with 1,329 points.  
 
For the week, IU racked up a total of 17 medals – nine gold, three silver and five bronze. Indiana won four of the five relays at the Big Ten Championships for a third-straight year – the longest stretch in program history.
 
The Hoosier 400 Freestyle Relay team of sophomore Jack Franzman, junior Bruno Blaskovic, sophomore Van Mathias, and senior Mohamed Samy claimed a fifth-consecutive gold medal with an NCAA A Cut time of 2:48.43. Franzman led off the relay with an NCAA B Cut split of 42.48.
 
Blaskovic earned his second freestyle-sprint individual gold medal of the week with a 41.88 in the 100 Freestyle Championship Final. He is the first Hoosier since Sam Gasowski in 1996 to win both the 50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle events in a single Big Ten Championships. The only other IU swimmer to accomplish this feat is Jim Montgomery, who doubled in both 1976 and 77. For his accomplishments, Blaskovic was named 2020 Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships, the fourth-straight season in which a Hoosier has won the award. No other Big Ten team has carried a streak longer than three seasons since the inception of the award in 1991.
 
Continuing the A Final, Samy earned his second individual bronze of the week with a time of 42.38. Franzman occupied the fourth spot with a career-best time of 42.45. Sophomore Brandon Hamblin (43.76) and junior Griffin Eiber (43.87) took 13th and 17th, respectively, in the event.
 
For the second time in as many seasons, junior Gabriel Fantoni swept the backstroke events at the Big Ten Championship. He pulled out the victory in dramatic fashion, closing the final 50 yards in 25.00 seconds. He becomes the first Hoosier to win back-to-back Big Ten Championships in the 200 Backstroke since Mark Kerry in 1978-79. IU has held the top spot on the podium in four-straight seasons. Earlier in the week, Fantoni won the 100 Backstroke for the second-straight season.
 
Junior Jacob Steele finished 11th overall out of the Consolation Final in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:42.98, while freshman Jake Marcum won the C Final with a time of 1:43.61.
 
Freshman Brendan Burns captured his first-career Big Ten individual goal medal with a winning time of 1:40.98, a CBAC Pool Record. His career-best mark further cements himself as the second-best performer in program history in the event. His victory gives IU four-straight wins in the event. On the strength of his three individual medals, Burns was unanimously named the 2020 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, becoming the first Hoosier since Ian Finnerty in 2016 to win the award.
 
Mathias placed sixth out of the A Final in the event with a time of 1:44.56, while freshman Kai Bathurst finished eighth in his first-career Championship Final with a time of 1:45.55. Junior Corey Gambardella claimed 15th out of the Consolation Final with a mark of 1:46.16. Finally, senior Iago Moussalem (1:46.66) and freshman Harry Flanders (1:46.70) rounded out the Hoosier scoring with 21st and 22nd-place efforts, respectively.
 
Sophomore Mikey Calvillo took bronze in the 1,650 Freestyle with a time of 14:54.02, one of just four swimmers to crack the 15-minute mark. Freshman Will Gallant finished fifth in the mile with a time of 15:00.07, junior Spencer Lehman placed 17th­ with a time of 15:20.55, and sophomore Ben McDade took 18th at 15:22.92. All four swimmers completed the race in an NCAA B Cut standard.
 
Sophomore Zane Backes won the Consolation Final of the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 1:54.22 to finish ninth overall. Junior Gary Kostbade (1:55.47) placed 12th out of the B Final after junior Thomas Vanderbrook (1:56.66) finished 20th and junior Matt Jerden (1:57.48) claimed the final scoring spot at 24th.
 
Sophomore Cole VanDevender earned a Consolation Final finish in his third-straight day of competition with a 10th-place effort of 326.70 points on the Platform Dive. Junior Mory Gould took 15th in the event with a six-dive score of 288.45.
 
Over the course of the Big Ten Championships, the Hoosiers broke six pool records, amassed 10 NCAA A cuts, 91 NCAA B cuts, eight NCAA Zones qualifying score and had 36 career-best performances.
 
UP NEXT
The Indiana University men's swimming and diving program will compete in the 2020 NCAA Zone C Diving Championships and the 2020 NCAA Championships.
 
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INDIANA POSTSEASON ACCOLADES
SWIMMER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Bruno Blaskovic
 
BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Brendan Burns
 
FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN
Zane Backes
Bruno Blaskovic
Brendan Burns
Gabriel Fantoni
Jack Franzman
Brandon Hamblin
Van Mathias
Mohamed Samy
 
BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREE
Brock Brown
 
RESULTS
1,650 Freestyle
3. Mikey Calvillo – 14:54.02 (NCAA B Cut)
5. Will Gallant – 15:00.07 (NCAA B Cut)
17. Spencer Lehman – 15:20.55 (NCAA B Cut)
18. Ben McDade – 15:22.92 (NCAA B Cut)
 
200 Backstroke
1. Gabriel Fantoni – 1:40.31 (NCAA B Cut)
11. Jacob Steele – 1:42.98 (NCAA B Cut)
17. Jake Marcum – 1:43.61 (NCAA B Cut)
 
100 Freestyle
1. Bruno Blaskovic – 41.88 (NCAA B Cut)
3. Mohamed Samy – 43.38 (NCAA B Cut)
4. Jack Franzman – 42.45 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
13. Brandon Hamblin – 43.76 (NCAA B Cut)
17. Griffin Eiber – 43.76
 
200 Breaststroke
9. Zane Backes – 1:54.22 (NCAA B Cut)
12. Gary Kostbade – 1:55.47 (NCAA B Cut)
20. Thomas Vanderbrook – 1:56.66 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
24. Matt Jerden – 1:57.48 (NCAA B Cut)
 
200 Butterfly
1. Brendan Burns – 1:40.98 (NCAA B Cut, Pool Record, Career Best)
6. Van Mathias – 1:44.56 (NCAA B Cut)
8. Kai Bathurst – 1:45.55 (NCAA B Cut)
15. Corey Gambardella – 1:46.16 (NCAA B Cut)
21. Iago Moussalem – 1:46.66 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best*)
22. Harry Flanders – 1:46.70 (Career Best)
 
Platform Dive
10. Cole VanDevender – 326.70 (NCAA Zone Qualifying Score)
15. Mory Gould – 288.45
 
400 Freestyle Relay
1. Jack Franzman, Bruno Blaskovic, Van Mathias, Mohamed Samy – 2:48.43 (NCAA A Cut, Pool Record)
 

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Disappointing to finish 3rd. However, seems like we are more or less rebuilding this year with a young collection of talent. Hopefully next year will be another top 5 nationally ranked year!


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1 hour ago, tomallenfan said:

Disappointing to finish 3rd. However, seems like we are more or less rebuilding this year with a young collection of talent. Hopefully next year will be another top 5 nationally ranked year!


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Yes definitely a bit disappointing. To be 4th in Country and finish 3rd in your own conference is not ideal. Finishing behind Michigan who is one spot behind you in National Rankings is somewhat understandable but to finish behind Ohio St. who is 13 spots lower in the rankings to me is a massive disappointment. 

You finally got to host this year and by IU's lofty standards they laid an egg in front of the home crowd. It's nice to be at the point again where third is a disappointment but that is where the program has gotten back to which is great and Ray Looze deserves credit for that. 

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 Ten Hoosiers Punch Ticket to NCAA Women’s Championships

Ten swimmers from the Indiana University women's program earned individual qualifying berths to the 2020 NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga. on March 18-21, the NCAA announced on Wednesday.
 
The following swimmers will be NCAA bound later this month: freshman Cora Dupre, freshman Carla Gildersleeve, senior Cassy Jernberg, junior Abby Kirkpatrick, sophomore Mackenzie Looze, senior Maria Paula Heitmann, sophomore Noelle Peplowski, freshman Ashley Turak and sophomore Maggie Wallace.
 
Indiana is one of 12 teams to bring double-digit swimmers to the Gabrielsen Natatorium. Stanford and Virginia lead the nation with 15 swimmers for each institution. Ohio State (12) is the lone Big Ten Conference school to place more swimmers in the NCAA field than the Hoosiers. Michigan is third on the conference list with nine participants.
 
Along with the swimmers, the IU diving team will compete for a spot on the NCAA Championship roster at the NCAA Zone C Championships in Lexington, Ky. The competition runs from March 12-14 at the Lancaster Aquatic Center.
 
Last season at the 2019 NCAA Championships, the Hoosiers tallied 179 points and a ninth-place finish. IU placed inside the top-10 in each of the last five NCAA Championships, the longest streak in program history. In total, IU boasts 10 top-10 finishes at the NCAA level. Indiana has not finished outside the top-15 in the team standings since placing 16th with 66 points at the 2003 NCAA Championships.
 
Below is a list of the 10 Hoosier swimmers who qualified for individual events at the 2020 NCAA Championships, along with their seeding in each event:
 
Individuals
Cora Dupre – 50 Freestyle (16th), 100 Freestyle (12th), 200 Freestyle (8th)
Carla Gildersleeve – 200 Butterfly (36th)
Cassy Jernberg – 500 Freestyle (10th), 1,650 Freestyle (14th)
Abby Kirkpatrick – 100 Breaststroke (36th)
Mackenzie Looze – 200 IM (16th), 400 IM (26th)
Maria Paula Heitmann – 500 Freestyle (34th)
Noelle Peplowski – 100 Breaststroke (9th), 200 Breaststroke (6th), 400 IM (28th)
Ashley Turak – 50 Freestyle (35th)
Maggie Wallace – 1,650 Freestyle (23rd)
Emily Weiss – 100 Breaststroke (7th), 200 Breaststroke (11th)
 
Relays
200 Medley Relay – 1:37.01 (22nd)
400 Medley Relay – 3:32.72 (19th)
200 Freestyle Relay – 1:28.37 (16th)
800 Freestyle Relay – 7:03.23 (17th)
 

ESPN3 will provide digital broadcast coverage for each of the evening sessions Wednesday through Saturday. All sessions not part of ESPN's broadcasts will be streamed live on the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships microsite at www.georgiadogs.com.

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 Eleven swimmers from the Indiana University men's program earned individual qualifying berths to the 2020 NCAA Championships in Indianapolis on March 25-28, the NCAA announced on Wednesday.
 
The following swimmers will be NCAA bound later this month: sophomore Zane Backes, junior Bruno Blaskovic, freshman Brendan Burns, sophomore Mikey Calvillo, junior Gabriel Fantoni, sophomore Jack Franzman, freshman Will Gallant, junior Spencer Lehman, sophomore Van Mathias, senior Mohamed Samy and junior Jacob Steele.
 
Indiana is one of five teams to bring at least 11 swimmers to the IUPUI Natatorium. Texas boasts the most athletes on pre-meet psych sheets with 18 swimmers. Michigan (12) is the only Big Ten Conference school to place more swimmers in the NCAA field than the Hoosiers. Ohio State is third on the conference list with seven participants.
 
Along with the swimmers, the IU diving team will compete for a spot on the NCAA Championship roster at the NCAA Zone C Championships in Lexington, Ky. The competition runs from March 12-14 at the Lancaster Aquatic Center.
 
Last season at the 2019 NCAA Championships, the Hoosiers compiled 385.5 points and a third-place finish, the second-straight season with a top-3 finish. Indiana has posted back-to-back top-3 finishes at the NCAA Championships for the first time since the program racked up top-3 finishes in 12-straight season from 1964-75.
 
For the fourth-straight season, Indiana finished as the top Big Ten team at the NCAA Championships – the best stretch for IU since accomplishing the feat for 15-straight seasons from 1964-78. Over the course of the NCAA Championships, the Hoosiers had 13 individuals earn a total of 38 All-America honors.
 
Below is a list of the 11 Hoosier swimmers who qualified for individual events at the 2020 NCAA Championships, along with their seeding in each event:
 
Individuals
Zane Backes – 100 Breaststroke (3rd)
Bruno Blaskovic – 50 Freestyle (3rd), 100 Freestyle (3rd), 100 Butterfly (10th)
Brendan Burns – 100 Backstroke (14th), 100 Butterfly (14th), 200 Butterfly (7th)
Mikey Calvillo – 500 Freestyle (28th), 1,650 Freestyle (10th)
Gabriel Fantoni – 100 Backstroke (6th), 200 Backstroke (9th)
Jack Franzman – 50 Freestyle (24th), 100 Freestyle (19th)
Will Gallant – 1,650 Freestyle (14th)
Spencer Lehman – 400 IM (28th)
Van Mathias – 200 Butterfly (28th), 200 IM (25th)
Mohamed Samy – 100 Freestyle (18th), 200 Freestyle (8th), 200 IM (11th)
Jacob Steele – 100 Backstroke (25th)
 
Relays
200 Medley Relay – 1:23.07 (3rd)
400 Medley Relay – 3:02.27 (3rd)
200 Freestyle Relay – 1:16.30 (3rd)
400 Freestyle Relay – 2:48.43 (5th)
800 Freestyle Relay – 6:15.53 (11th)
 
ESPN3 will live stream finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday.  Preliminary sessions Thursday through Saturday will be streamed live here. Additionally, ESPNU will air a two-hour show at 9 p.m. on Sunday, April 5.

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IUSD Claims 31 CSCAA All-America Selections

The Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving teams has 31 athletes selected to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) 2019-20 All-American teams, the publication announced on Wednesday.
 
Due to the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, the CSCAA Board adjusted the selection criteria for each Division. The result was an unprecedented number of selections in what is largely acknowledged as unprecedented circumstances.
 
For a Division I competitor to be selected, he/she had to hit the following criteria: all relays achieving "A" standards, individuals selected to the NCAA Championships, and divers entered in uncontested events from the Zone C Diving Qualification meet are named All-American. Additionally, the school represented by the athlete must be a current CSCAA member.
 
After claiming a third-place finish in both the 2020 Men's and Women's Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships, the Hoosiers were primed to send 11 men's swimmers and 10 women's swimmers to the NCAA Championships prior to the cancelation of the event.
 
The men's and women's diving team sent seven divers to the NCAA Zone C Championships before the abrupt end to the season.
 
2019-20 Men's CSCAA All-Americans
Zane Backes
Bruno Blaskovic
Brendan Burns
Mikey Calvillo
Gabriel Fantoni
Jack Franzman
Will Gallant
Mory Gould
Brandon Hamblin
Spencer Lehman
Van Mathias
Mohamed Samy
Seamus Scotty
Jacob Steele
Cole VanDevender
 
2019-20 Women's CSCAA All-Americans
Taylor Carter
Cora Dupre
Laurel Eiber
Carla Gildersleeve
Grace Haskett
Maria Paula Heitmann
Cassy Jernberg
Abby Kirkpatrick
Mackenzie Looze
Kayla Luarde
Noelle Peplowski
Zain Smith
Ashley Turak
Maggie Wallace
Alyssa Wang
Emily Weiss
 
The 31 selections obtained by the Hoosiers rank tied for fifth nationally, and Indiana is one of only eight school in the NCAA to garner at least 30 All-America nods. IU ranks tied for second in the Big Ten, trailing only Michigan's nation-leading 41 selections.
 
1. Michigan Wolverines – 38 selections (21 men, 17 women)
2. Texas Longhorns – 34 selections (23 men, 11 women)
3. Louisville Cardinals – 33 selections (16 men, 17 women)
4. Stanford Cardinal – 32 selections (13 men, 19 women)
t-5. Indiana Hoosiers – 31 selections (15 men, 16 women)
t-5. Ohio State Buckeyes – 31 selections (13 men, 18 women)
t-5. Virginia Cavaliers – 31 selections (13 men, 18 women)
8. Cal Golden Bears – 30 selections (14 men, 16 women)
 
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the first organization of college coaches in America – is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.

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USA Swimming Releases 2020-21 U.S. National Team Roster.  Includes 8 Hoosier Swimmers

As athletes prepare for the new Olympic year, and both the rescheduled U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming and Olympic Games in Tokyo, USA Swimming today announced its 2020-2021 National Team roster. The 115-athlete USA Swimming National Team roster includes 59 men and 56 women.
 
Following the global disruption to the 2019-2020 season, USA Swimming made the decision to keep every returning athlete from the most recent U.S. National Team roster and add two qualifying athletes.
 
"I am incredibly proud of the poise and commitment our National Team athletes and coaches have shown as we deal with this worldwide pandemic," USA Swimming's Managing Director of the National Team Lindsay Mintenko said. "Now more than ever, heading into this unique Olympic year, we have endeavored to support as many of our top athletes as possible and look forward to readying an exceptional team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021."
 
The 2020-2021 USA Swimming National Team by the numbers:

115 National Team members (59 men; 56 women)

26 hometown states represented

60-plus USA Swimming clubs represented

32 NCAA universities represented

34 swimmers (18 men, 16 women) who have competed at the Olympic Games

 
The 2020-2021 USA Swimming National Team is comprised of returning 2019-2020 National Team members and athletes that achieved a performance faster than the sixth-place time on the 19-20 roster before March 17, 2020. Additionally, a few athletes already on the 19-20 roster qualified in new events, and event rankings have been updated. The full selection criteria for the 2020-2021 National Team can be found here.
 
This year's Open Water National Team will adopt the same practice as the pool team and extend all its returning athletes from the 2019-2020 U.S. National Team. The Open Water National Team roster is comprised of the athletes selected to compete at the 2019 FINA Open Water World Championship, which took place in July 2019 in Yeosu, South Korea. Remaining positions were filled based on results from the 2019 USA Swimming 10K National Championships.
 
Benefits offered to USA Swimming National Team members include travel to USA Swimming TYR Pro Swim Series meets and training camp opportunities. Select athletes are eligible for monthly assistance and elite athlete health insurance.
 
Women's Team
Lilly King – 100 Breast, 200 Breast
Annie Lazor – 100 Breast, 200 Breast
 
Men's Team
Zach Apple – 50 Free, 100 Free
Michael Brinegar – 800 Free, 1500 Free, Open Water
Ian Finnerty – 100 Breast
Zane Grothe – 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free, Open Water
Cody Miller – 100 Breast, 200 Breast
Blake Pieroni – 100 Free, 200 Free

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Great story on the dominance of our men's swimming program 50 years ago.  

For a span of 19 days from late August to early September, out of 12 individual world records, Hoosier men held nine. It was the peak of a 19-year period in which at least one world record always was held by a present, past or future Hoosier.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2020/08/30/1970-71-iu-swimming-led-mark-spitz-gary-hall-best-sports-team-ever-doc-counsilman/3442996001/

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Columbus resident and Indiana University redshirt sophomore Michael Brinegar won the Elite 5K Sunday in the West Coast Open Water Championships at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada.

 

Brinegar finished in 54 minutes, 42.79 seconds. A day earlier, he finished third in the Elite 10K in 1:35:06.71, less than 8 seconds behind the winner, 2016 and 2021 United States Olympian Jordan Wilimovsky.

 

Brinegar had qualified for the USA Swimming Open Water Nationals, and Beyer and Cortez had qualified for the USA Swimming Open Water Junior Nationals that were canceled earlier in 2020 because of COVID-19. The West Coast Open Water Championships served as the first major open water competition in 2020 and attracted most of the top senior and junior open water swimmers in the country and included swimmers from 19 states.

 

 

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Another Columbus swimmer headed to IU!

Like most competitive swimmers, Christopher Lee hasn’t had a chance to take part in a meet since the high school season ended in February and has had his practice time limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

But that didn’t stop college coaches from pursuing the Columbus North swimmer, who is about to begin his senior season. He recently accepted an offer to walk on to the team at Indiana University.

“It’s literally my dream to swim there with all those Olympians and the history that they have,” Lee said. “Ever since my freshman year of high school, I’ve really wanted to go to IU. They have a really good school for the major I’m trying to go into (environmental policy), and the campus felt like home. I felt like I belong there.”

Lee had a partial scholarship offer from Denver, but said it will cost less to walk on at IU than it would be to attend Denver.


“I was also really interested in Denver, but IU is closer to home, and it’s cheaper, and I feel like I fit in more with the coaches (at IU),” Lee said.

Lee is coming off a strong junior season in which he set school records and earned All-American honors in both the 50-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke. He finished ninth at state in the 100 backstroke and 10th in the 50 freestyle in earning The Republic Boys Swimmer of the Year honors.

Since then, however, Lee and his teammates haven’t been able to train as much as in past offseasons. The North High School and Donner Park pools were closed, but Lee did get to spend some time training at Seymour’s Shields Park pool with Donner Swim Club.

“It ended up being half as much swimming as we usually do,” Lee said. “The rest, we had to do dryland on our own. It was really mentally challenging. Not having a meet in six months is bad, but we’re all in the same situation, and there are a lot of people who are a lot worse off than we are.”

Lee figures he will swim the 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle at IU.

“It’s a great fit for him,” said North and Donner coach Logan Schaefer, a former Hoosier swimmer. “He is looking for continued growth, challenges, opportunities to swim fast, and it’s a great place for him for all those things.”

Lee will join fellow Columbus resident Michael Brinegar, who is a redshirt-sophomore on the IU team. Looking at the big picture, Lee realizes his biggest impact for the Hoosiers likely will come as an upperclassman.

“I feel like I can make a contribution to the team culture, for sure, by being the best teammate I can be,” Lee said. “But points-wise, I think it would be really ambitious and really cool if I could get on the varsity team. But that’s a long time from now.”

In the meantime, Lee’s competition season season is about to ramp up. On Saturday, he has a club meet at IU for 50 swimmers who have met Junior National time standards. He also plans to swim in the U.S. Nationals Nov. 14 and the Junior Nationals Dec. 2.

The Bull Frogs’ high school boys season begins Nov. 24 at Franklin.

“I took a little bit of time off because I felt like I needed a break,” Lee said. “But I’m more excited than ever for high school season and these national meets coming up. “I want to re-break my records that I set.”

His coach is confident that he can.

“I think what we’re focused on is the process and doing things that Christopher needs to work on to continue to improve, and even with the uncertainty of meets that we’ve had this summer and this fall, I feel like we’re in a good spot, and we’re setting ourselves up to be in the best position possible for February and March,” Schaefer said.


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