Big Ten Women Day 2 Finals: Anna Peplowski Breaks Meet Record in 500; Michigan Sets Mark in 200 Free Relay

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The 2025 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued on Thursday from McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of Ohio State University.

The Day 2 finals consisted of the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free before moving to 1-meter diving and the 200 free relay.

Ohio State used its depth to take the lead over Michigan as Indiana and Wisconsin continue to rise.

 Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 7                      
 
  1. Ohio State University             480   2. Michigan, University of           431
  3. Indiana University                378   4. Wisconsin, University of          301
  5. University of Southern Califor    292   6. University of Minnesota           239
  7. Purdue University                 199   8. Northwestern University           182
  9. University of Nebraska-Lincoln    154  10. University of California, Los     140
 11. Rutgers University                139  12. Pennsylvania State University     110
 13. University of Illinois            105  14. Iowa, University of                84

Here is a look at what happened on Thursday night:

Big Ten Women’s 500 Freestyle

Another night, another Big Ten meet record for Anna Peplowski.

The Indiana senior and Paris Olympian won the 500 free in 4:33.86, an NCAA automatic cut that broke the meet mark set by Michigan’s G Ryan in 2017.

Peplowski started with a split of 24.49 and was in the 27s and 28s until the last 100 when she split a 26.67, then a 26.96 to get to the wall two seconds ahead of the field and four seconds ahead of her prelims time.

USC junior Claire Tuggle finished second in 4:35.43, also an NCAA A cut.

Michigan sophomore Hannah Bellard was third in 4:36.96, a B cut, followed by Ohio State’s Mila Nikanorov (4:37.32), Indiana’s Ching Gan (4:37.49), Nebraska’s Gene Jorgenson (4:39.31), Minnesota’s Eliot Kennedy (4:39.82) and Michigan freshman Rebecca Diaconescu (4:41.81).

Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 4:34.40  2/16/2017 G Ryan, Michigan
                 4:36.89  A NCAA
                 4:47.20  B NCAA
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Peplowski, Anna  SR Indiana           4:37.24    4:33.86!A       32  
    r:+0.74  24.49        51.52 (27.03)
        1:19.33 (27.81)     1:47.39 (28.06)
        2:15.77 (28.38)     2:43.91 (28.14)
        3:12.34 (28.43)     3:40.23 (27.89)
        4:06.90 (26.67)     4:33.86 (26.96)
  2 Tuggle, Claire   JR USC               4:37.66    4:35.43 A       28  
    r:+0.66  25.24        52.34 (27.10)
        1:19.85 (27.51)     1:47.71 (27.86)
        2:15.55 (27.84)     2:43.50 (27.95)
        3:11.45 (27.95)     3:39.45 (28.00)
        4:07.68 (28.23)     4:35.43 (27.75)
  3 Bellard, Hannah  SO Michigan          4:38.15    4:36.96 B       27  
    r:+0.77  25.44        52.98 (27.54)
        1:20.76 (27.78)     1:48.77 (28.01)
        2:16.77 (28.00)     2:44.96 (28.19)
        3:13.12 (28.16)     3:41.61 (28.49)
        4:09.88 (28.27)     4:36.96 (27.08)
  4 Nikanorov, Mila  FR OSU               4:40.23    4:37.43 B       26  
    r:+0.71  26.01        53.70 (27.69)
        1:21.71 (28.01)     1:49.95 (28.24)
        2:18.23 (28.28)     2:46.22 (27.99)
        3:14.39 (28.17)     3:42.45 (28.06)
        4:10.33 (27.88)     4:37.43 (27.10)
  5 Gan, Ching       SR Indiana           4:38.58    4:37.49 B       25  
    r:+0.64  25.65        53.14 (27.49)
        1:20.92 (27.78)     1:48.96 (28.04)
        2:17.10 (28.14)     2:45.18 (28.08)
        3:13.40 (28.22)     3:41.75 (28.35)
        4:10.14 (28.39)     4:37.49 (27.35)
  6 Jorgenson, Gene  JR Nebraska          4:41.27    4:39.31 B       24  
    r:+0.77  26.02        54.08 (28.06)
        1:22.42 (28.34)     1:50.82 (28.40)
        2:19.01 (28.19)     2:47.40 (28.39)
        3:15.83 (28.43)     3:43.87 (28.04)
        4:11.88 (28.01)     4:39.31 (27.43)
  7 Kennedy, Eliot   SR Minnesota         4:41.14    4:39.82 B       23  
    r:+0.86  26.00        53.40 (27.40)
        1:21.22 (27.82)     1:49.32 (28.10)
        2:17.61 (28.29)     2:46.07 (28.46)
        3:14.59 (28.52)     3:43.22 (28.63)
        4:12.03 (28.81)     4:39.82 (27.79)
  8 Diaconescu, Reb  FR Michigan          4:38.22    4:41.81 B       22  
    r:+0.76  26.06        54.01 (27.95)
        1:22.22 (28.21)     1:50.66 (28.44)
        2:18.97 (28.31)     2:47.55 (28.58)
        3:16.23 (28.68)     3:44.99 (28.76)
        4:13.86 (28.87)     4:41.81 (27.95)

Big Ten Women’s 200 IM

Olympian Phoebe Bacon held her top seed in the 200 IM, dropping more than a second from prelims to win the 200 IM in 1:53.12, an NCAA A cut.

The fifth-year from Wisconsin will look to score more points in the backstroke events, her speciality.

Michigan junior Letitia Sim expectedly took a jump from prelims and finished second with a swim of 1:54.64, dropping two seconds from prelims.

Ohio State took four of the next five spots with Sienna Angove (1:55.06), Paige Hall (1:55.45), Krista Marlin (1:55.66) and seventh went to Paige Delma (1:56.24).

Michigan’s Stephanie Balduccini was sixth (1:55.69) and Devon Kitchel was eighth (1:56.81).

========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 1:51.66  2/20/2020 Elizabeth D Nelson, Wisconsin
                 1:53.66  A NCAA
                 1:59.35  B NCAA
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Bacon, Phoebe    5Y Wisconsin         1:54.81    1:53.12 A       32  
    r:+0.74  24.74        53.02 (28.28)
        1:26.42 (33.40)     1:53.12 (26.70)
  2 Sim, Letitia     JR Michigan          1:56.25    1:54.64 B       28  
    r:+0.67  25.26        54.47 (29.21)
        1:27.01 (32.54)     1:54.64 (27.63)
  3 Angove, Sienna   FR OSU               1:54.81    1:55.06 B       27  
    r:+0.70  25.67        55.22 (29.55)
        1:28.95 (33.73)     1:55.06 (26.11)
  4 Hall, Paige      SR OSU               1:55.93    1:55.45 B       26  
    r:+0.76  25.58        53.93 (28.35)
        1:28.16 (34.23)     1:55.45 (27.29)
  5 Marlin, Krista   JR OSU               1:56.60    1:55.66 B       25  
    r:+0.70  25.57        53.96 (28.39)
        1:27.89 (33.93)     1:55.66 (27.77)
  6 Balduccini, Ste  SO Michigan          1:56.39    1:55.69 B       24  
    r:+0.68  25.01        53.74 (28.73)
        1:28.29 (34.55)     1:55.69 (27.40)
  7 Delma, Paige     SO OSU               1:56.70    1:56.24 B       23  
    r:+0.69  25.13        55.23 (30.10)
        1:28.53 (33.30)     1:56.24 (27.71)
  8 Kitchel, Devon   JR Michigan          1:56.85    1:56.81 B       22  
    r:+0.73  25.64        53.91 (28.27)
        1:28.51 (34.60)     1:56.81 (28.30)

Big Ten Women’s 50 Free

Indiana’s Kristina Paegle was one of three swimmers to break 22 seconds in the finals of the 50 free.

The junior got to the wall in 21.64.

Michigan went 2-3 with junior Brady Kendall (21.76) and senior Lindsay Flynn (21.83).

Wisconsin’s Hailey Tierney was fourth (22.01), followed by Minnesota’s Olivia Wanner (22.09), USC’s Caroline Famous (22.17) and Ohio State’s Nyah Funderburke (22.25) and Rachel Bockrath (22.37).

Event 5  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 21.28  2/15/2018 Zhesi Li, Ohio State
                 21.58  A NCAA
                 22.58  B NCAA
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Paegle, Kristin  JR Indiana             21.63      21.64 B       32  
    r:+0.72  10.47        21.64 (11.17)
  2 Kendall, Brady   JR Michigan            21.83      21.76 B       28  
    r:+0.63  10.56        21.76 (11.20)
  3 Flynn, Lindsay   SR Michigan            21.99      21.83 B       27  
    r:+0.68  10.58        21.83 (11.25)
  4 Tierney, Hailey  SO Wisconsin           22.09      22.01 B       26  
    r:+0.65  10.46        22.01 (11.55)
  5 Wanner, Olivia   FR Minnesota           22.09      22.09 B       25  
    r:+0.70  10.67        22.09 (11.42)
  6 Famous, Carolin  5Y USC                 22.11      22.17 B       24  
    r:+0.71  10.70        22.17 (11.47)
  7 Funderburke, Ny  SR OSU                 22.03      22.25 B       23  
    r:+0.67  10.85        22.25 (11.40)
  8 Bockrath, Rache  FR OSU                 22.15      22.37 B       22  
    r:+0.77  10.85        22.37 (11.52)

Big Ten 1-meter Diving

========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 376.10  2/17/2022 Sarah Bacon, Minnesota
                 265.00  A NCAA
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Hentschel, Lena     OSU                290.00     328.75 A       32  
  2 Pineda, Paola       OSU                296.15     320.35 A       28  
  3 Roselli, Ella       Indiana            287.15     310.60 A       27  
  4 Worobel, Avery   FR Purdue             311.40     310.00 A       26  
  5 Wright, Daryn    JR Purdue             279.35     294.75 A       25  
  6 Miller, Kate        USC                289.70     293.55 A       24  
  7 Sturgill, Baile     Rutgers            277.55     286.50 A       23  
  8 Sonnenberg, Jen  GS Purdue             276.85     223.55         22  
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Del Angel Penic     Minnesota          269.85     294.80 A       20  
 10 Liu, XingYu         Indiana            268.90     287.60 A       17  
 11 Hoffman, Kateri     Rutgers            267.70     285.10 A       16  
 12 Witte, Lily         Indiana            267.00     278.75 A       15  
 13 Cavanaugh, Mary     Indiana            269.45     278.55 A       14  
 14 Prasanto, Holly     Rutgers            273.50     275.05 A       13  
 15 Mazarra, Michel     OSU                266.30     273.30 A       12  
 16 Albrecht, Adeli     Minnesota          268.40     268.65 A       11

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Big Ten Women’s 200 Free Relay

Michigan won its third consecutive relay of the meet, breaking the meet record in the 200 free relay.

Brady Kendall, Claire Newman, Stephanie Balduccini and Lindsay Flynn won the race in 1:26.13.

Indiana’s Anna Peplowski, Mya DeWitt, Kacey McKenna and Kristina Paegle took second in 1:26.78.

Ohio State’s Teresa Ivan, Nyah Funderburke, Erin Little, Rachel Bockrath took third 1:27.67.

The USC and Wisconsin relays also got NCAA A cuts.

 Event 7  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 1:26.66  2/23/2024 Indiana University, India
                          A Peplowski, A Turak, C Yeo, K Paegle
                 1:28.42  A NCAA
                 1:29.00  B NCAA
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Michigan  'A'                 1:27.21    1:26.13!A       64  
     1) Kendall, Brady JR             2) r:0.16 Newman, Claire 5Y     
     3) r:0.21 Balduccini, Steanie SO 4) r:0.20 Flynn, Lindsay SR     
    r:+0.60  10.58        21.95 (21.95)
          31.98 (10.03)       43.39 (21.44)
          53.73 (10.34)     1:05.02 (21.63)
         1:14.87 (9.85)     1:26.13 (21.11)
  2 Indiana  'A'                  1:27.63    1:26.79 A       56  
     1) Peplowski, Anna SR            2) r:0.28 Dewitt, Mya JR        
     3) r:0.27 McKenna, Kacey SR      4) r:0.21 Paegle, Kristina JR   
    r:+0.70  10.60        21.85 (21.85)
          32.21 (10.36)       43.70 (21.85)
          54.29 (10.59)     1:05.88 (22.18)
         1:15.63 (9.75)     1:26.79 (20.91)
  3 OSU  'A'                      1:27.59    1:27.67 A       54  
     1) Ivan, Teresa SR               2) r:0.14 Funderburke, Nyah SR  
     3) r:0.13 Little, Erin FR        4) r:0.25 Bockrath, Rachel FR   
    r:+0.65  10.80        22.17 (22.17)
          32.61 (10.44)       44.11 (21.94)
          54.38 (10.27)     1:05.86 (21.75)
        1:16.22 (10.36)     1:27.67 (21.81)
  4 USC  'A'                      1:27.65    1:27.73 A       52  
     1) Buinaia, Vasilissa 5Y         2) r:0.22 Famous, Caroline 5Y   
     3) r:0.06 Hodges, Mackenzie SO   4) r:0.11 Abraham, Minna SO     
    r:+0.71  10.83        22.43 (22.43)
          32.79 (10.36)       44.29 (21.86)
          54.70 (10.41)     1:06.40 (22.11)
         1:16.39 (9.99)     1:27.73 (21.33)
  5 Wisconsin  'A'                1:28.67    1:28.08 A       50  
     1) Tierney, Hailey SO            2) r:0.16 Wanezek, Abigail JR   
     3) r:0.27 Bacon, Phoebe 5Y       4) r:0.22 Carlson, Abby SR      
    r:+0.64  10.54        22.03 (22.03)
          32.19 (10.16)       43.93 (21.90)
          54.24 (10.31)     1:05.92 (21.99)
        1:16.38 (10.46)     1:28.08 (22.16)
  6 NU  'A'                       1:29.48    1:28.52 B       48  
     1) Ervin, Lindsay JR             2) r:0.15 Venema, Nicole 5Y     
     3) r:0.11 Yu, Audrey JR          4) r:0.13 Pan, Amy SO           
    r:+0.65  10.83        22.39 (22.39)
          32.55 (10.16)       44.02 (21.63)
          54.29 (10.27)     1:06.14 (22.12)
        1:16.69 (10.55)     1:28.52 (22.38)
  7 UCLA  'A'                     1:29.12    1:28.85 B       46  
     1) Harvey, Emma 5Y               2) r:0.07 Jih-Schiff, Ana SR    
     3) r:0.21 Bennetts, Sarah SO     4) r:0.21 Yovanovich, Claudia FR
    r:+0.71  10.83        22.45 (22.45)
          32.87 (10.42)       44.58 (22.13)
          54.95 (10.37)     1:06.80 (22.22)
        1:17.15 (10.35)     1:28.85 (22.05)
  8 Minnesota  'A'                1:29.55    1:29.44         44  
     1) Wanner, Olivia FR             2) r:0.50 Thomas, Morgan SO     
     3) r:0.26 Cornish, Hannah SR     4) r:0.40 Yablonski, Ava JR     
    r:+0.69  10.70        22.16 (22.16)
          33.02 (10.86)       45.05 (22.89)
          55.40 (10.35)     1:07.11 (22.06)
        1:17.79 (10.68)     1:29.44 (22.33)
  9 Nebraska  'A'                 1:30.71    1:29.97         40  
     1) Tanko, Beatrix SO             2) r:0.29 Vlachou, Anna Austa SO
     3) r:0.33 Randby, Jocelyn SR     4) r:0.19 Gilford, Maisie JR    
    r:+0.67  11.03        22.63 (22.63)
          33.28 (10.65)       45.09 (22.46)
          55.80 (10.71)     1:07.88 (22.79)
        1:18.21 (10.33)     1:29.97 (22.09)
 10 Purdue  'A'                   1:30.71    1:30.85         34  
     1) Hill, Hannah SR               2) r:0.14 Phipps, Lara FR       
     3) r:0.35 Hurley, Caitlin SO     4) r:0.41 Rojas, Ana JR         
    r:+0.64  10.81        22.56 (22.56)
          33.24 (10.68)       45.27 (22.71)
          56.30 (11.03)     1:08.20 (22.93)
        1:19.00 (10.80)     1:30.85 (22.65)
 11 Illinois  'A'                 1:31.35    1:30.91         32  
     1) Stoll, Sydney SR              2) r:0.26 Kuehne, Logan SR      
     3) r:0.33 Wilhelm, Isabella FR   4) r:0.35 Bludgen, Laurel 5Y    
    r:+0.63  11.13        22.96 (22.96)
          33.40 (10.44)       45.30 (22.34)
          56.08 (10.78)     1:08.01 (22.71)
        1:18.78 (10.77)     1:30.91 (22.90)
 12 PSU  'A'                      1:31.55    1:31.15         30  
     1) Markvardt, Margaret 5Y        2) r:0.18 Fluehr, Maura SR      
     3) r:0.37 Meisner, Catherine JR  4) r:0.35 Cohen, Audrey FR      
    r:+0.67  11.04        22.62 (22.62)
          33.14 (10.52)       45.18 (22.56)
          56.17 (10.99)     1:08.02 (22.84)
        1:19.06 (11.04)     1:31.15 (23.13)
 13 Iowa  'A'                     1:32.76    1:32.67         28  
     1) Dildine, Rachel FR            2) r:0.26 Pedersen, Molly SR    
     3) r:0.27 Hood, Jocelyn SO       4) r:0.39 Galvin, Ansley SR     
    r:+0.72  11.19        22.86 (22.86)
          33.80 (10.94)       46.04 (23.18)
          56.99 (10.95)     1:09.21 (23.17)
        1:20.47 (11.26)     1:32.67 (23.46)
 14 Rutgers  'A'                  1:34.53    1:35.20         26  
     1) Thompson, Brooke SO           2) r:0.47 Kuriger, Cameron JR   
     3) r:0.71 Smits, Jade 5Y         4) r:0.48 Schick, Natalie SR    
    r:+0.68  11.44        23.53 (23.53)
          34.94 (11.41)       47.44 (23.91)
          58.87 (11.43)     1:11.21 (23.77)
        1:22.78 (11.57)     1:35.20 (23.99)

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