Ching Hwee Gan, Anna Peplowski Pop Program Records as Indiana Sweeps Louisville, Wisconsin
Ching Hwee Gan and Anna Peplowski set program marks as Indiana wrapped up the dual meet season by sweeping Louisville and Wisconsin Friday in a fast meet in Bloomington.
Indiana also set the women’s 400 freestyle relay school record in wrapping up 8-0 records for both the men and women this dual meet season. For the women, it’s the first unbeaten run through the season since 2006-07.
The men’s meet was highlighted by Finn Brooks going 51.34 in the 100 breaststroke, the third best time in the nation this season, in his first time swimming the event in nearly two years.
Men’s
- No. 6 Indiana 189, No. 15 Louisville 110
- No. 6 Indiana 202, No. 22 Wisconsin 96
- No. 15 Louisville 165.5, No. 22 Wisconsin 130.5
Women’s
- No. 9 Indiana 181, No. 8 Louisville 119
- No. 9 Indiana 205, No. 14 Wisconsin 95
- No. 8 Louisville 181, No. 14 Wisconsin 117
Gan went 9:30.07 in the 1,000 free, trimming nearly a second off her school record. She needed that to edge Wisconsin’s Maddie Waggoner, who went 9:30.88 to finish second. Gan, a Singaporean international swimmer, also won the 500 free in 4:40.30, rallying past reining Big Ten champ Abby Carlson.
Peplowski followed that swim by lowering her school record in the 200 free to 1:42.20. She owns the top five times in program history. Kristina Paegle was third to bolster the Hoosiers’ totals.
Indiana also clipped a second off their school record in the 400 free relay, the squad of Peplowski, Ashley Turak, Ella Ristic and Paegle going 3:11.37. They edged Louisville by .45 seconds.
The women’s meet was highlighted by outstanding races. Turak outkicked Louisville’s Gabi Albiero to help the Hoosiers win the 200 medley relay by .02 seconds. Kacey McKenna of the hosts went 51.33 in the 100 backstroke, besting Wisconsin’s Phoebe Bacon by .02 seconds. Ella Welch of Louisville was .09 seconds ahead of Wisconsin’s Hazal Ozkan in the 100 breaststroke, with a time of 1:00.05.
In addition to her win, Peplowski finished second in the 100 free (with Paegle third) and third in the 200 backstroke back-to-back. Paegle went 21.84 to win the 50 free. Brearna Crawford, on the winning medley relay, won the 200 breast in 2:09.73 and was third in the 100 breast. Anna Freed prevailed in the 400 individual medley. Anne Fowler swept the diving events, with Skyler Liu (second in 3-meter, third in 1-meter) on the podium for both.
Albeiro rallied after the opening relay to dominate the 200 fly. She also won the 100 free in 47.55. Welch was second to Christiana Regenauer in the 100 fly, the latter going 51.81. She was second in the 50 free.
Bacon rallied to win the 200 back authoritatively in 1:52.96. She was also third in the 100 fly in 52.34. Callahan Dunn finished second in the 400 IM for the Badgers.
Brooks’ swim highlighted the men’s meet, for an Indiana program that has no shortage of great breaststrokers. He went 51.34 to win by nearly a second over teammate Jassen Yep’s 52.10. (Yep won the 200 breast.) Brooks also won the 100 fly in 45.67, .09 seconds ahead of teammate Tomer Frankel.
Brooks was on the winning 200 medley relay, teaming with Brendan Burns, Frankel and Gavin Wight to go 1:22.88.
Burns went on a tear. He won the 100 back in 45.91, teammate Luke Barr second. Burns also claimed the 200 fly in 1:40.78 and the 200 back in 1:40.04, ahead of teammate Kai Van Westering.
Frankel and Wight went 1-2 in the 100 free, Frankel winning in 42.19. The two joined Rafael Miroslaw, who won the 200 free in 1:32.55, and 50 free runner-up Mikkel Lee in winning the 400 free.
Ilia Sibirtsev led Louisville’s victory. He went 8:55.74 to win the 1,000 free and 4:20.52 to claim the 500 free. Murilo Sartori was second in the latter after finishing third in the 200 free, a spot behind teammate Guy Brooks. Denis Petrashov was second in the 200 breast and third in the 100 breast. Tommy Bried finished second in the 400 IM.
Wisconsin picked up a win in the 50 free thanks to Taiko Torepe-Ormsby, who went 19.36 to get the win. Dominik Mark Torok won the 400 IM after finishing second in the 200 fly.
In diving, Max Weinrich scored 388.13 points to coast to the win on 1-meter. He scored 428.93 to win 3-meter. Wisconsin’s Daniel Muller and Jan Lanser finished second and third, respectively, in both.
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