Indiana Olympians dominate as Hoosiers Handle Notre Dame
Indiana’s core of Olympians dominated matters in an in-state dual meet Wednesday with Notre Dame in Bloomington, a raft of exhibitions keeping the scoreline deceptively close at 167-134.
The Hoosiers won every event and would’ve been 1-2 in all but one if not for exhibitions in a dominant display rooted in their freestyle depth.
The headliner race of the day was a compelling battle in the 50 freestyle, won by Sze Yeo in 22.87 seconds. She edged Anna Peplowski and Kristina Paegle, who tied for second in 22.90.
Peplowski won the 50 free in 49.55, .11 seconds up on Paegle. Open water Olympian Mariah Denigan swept the distance events, going 9:59.64 in the 1,000 to edge teammate Elyse Heiser by just under three seconds. In the 500, Denigan won in 4:49.41, with Ching Gan second in 4:49.63 and Peplowski third in 4:49.92, though both were exhibition swims. Heiser also broke five minutes in 4:57.78.
Gan won the 200 free in 1:48.53. She held off Notre Dame’s Carli Cronk, who went 1:48.76 in the closest the Fighting Irish came to a victory on the day.
Indiana won both relays, capped by Peplowski, Mya DeWitt, Kacey McKenna and Paegle going 3:21.26 in the 400 free. McKenna and Paegle book-ended the 200 medley that won in 1:39.38.
Miranda Grana had a fast meet, booking three NCAA B cuts. She won the 100 backstroke in 51.62, her margin over runner-up DeWitt 2.41 seconds. Grana went 1:52.81 to dominate the 200 back and 53.04 to win the 100 butterfly. Ava Whitaker added a B cut in the 200 fly of 1:57.14. Brearna Crawford swept the breaststroke events in 1:02.27 and 2:14.50. Grana and Crawford comprised the middle two legs of the winning medley relay.
Anna Freed wrapped up the win by capturing the 200 individual medley in 2:03.12. Indiana also swept diving, via Lily Witte on 1-meter and Ella Roselli on 3-meter.
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