Press Release Courtesy of Indiana Athletics: Hoosiers Swimming & Diving Hosts Michigan State on Saturday
Hoosier Swimming & Diving Hosts Michigan State on Saturday
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will host Big Ten rival Michigan State in a dual meet on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind.
The one-day, short-course yards dual meet will get underway at 1:00 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on BTN Plus. Live results can be found at IUHoosiers.com.
Fans attending the meet can park in the SRSC lot off of Law Lane for $10 on Saturday or can park for free at the lot off 10th and Sunrise. The Eigenmann Hall lot will also be free on Saturday.
Scouting the Hoosiers
The Indiana Hoosiers enter Saturday’s meet coming off a sweep of Tennessee and Kentucky in a tri-meet on Oct. 28. With the two wins, the No. 1-ranked Indiana men improved to 6-0 on the dual-meet season, while the No. 12-ranked Hoosier women moved to 4-2 on the year.
Scouting the Spartans
The Michigan State men’s swimming and diving team comes to Bloomington with a record of 0-2 on the season, having not swam in a meet since falling to both Notre Dame and Iowa in a tri-meet on Sept. 30.
The Spartan women’s team is 1-3 on the season, having split a tri-meet with Illinois and Marshall on Oct. 21. MSU beat Marshall, but fell to the Illini in Champaign.
At last year’s Big Ten Championships, the Michigan State men placed 10th, while the women finished 13th.
Kennedy Goss Earns Big Ten Weekly Honors
Indiana University women’s swimmer Kennedy Goss was named Big Ten Co-Swimmer of the Week after helping the No. 12-ranked Hoosiers beat both Kentucky and Tennessee in a tri-meet. The bronze medalist in the 4×200 freestyle relay for Canada at the Rio Summer Olympics touched first in both the 200 free (1:48.63) and 500 free (4:50.59).
Top Times in the Country
IU’s Ali Khalafalla owns the fastest time in the 50 freestyle this year in the country with his 19.44, while Blake Pieroni is the fastest in the nation in the 200 freestyle so far with his mark of 1:35.75. The Hoosiers also own the fastest time in the 400 freestyle relay in the country with their time of 2:55.73.
IU Men Ranked No. 1 in Nation in CSCAA/TYR Top 25
In the first CSCAA/TYR Top 25 poll released on Oct. 26, the Indiana men’s swimming and diving team was ranked No. 1 in the nation after sweeping both Texas and Florida to start the season. The women’s team was ranked No. 12 in the country.
Fourteen IU Swimmers Named to USA College Challenge Rosters
A total of 14 Indiana University swimming will participate in the inaugural USA College Challenge – Big Ten vs. USA Swimming on Nov. 12-13 at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis.
Competing for the Big Ten will be Gia Dalesandro, Kennedy Goss, Lilly King, Bailey Pressey, Brooklyn Snodgrass, Ian Finnerty, Bob Glover, Ali Khalafalla, Vini Lanza, Blake Pieroni, Anze Tavcar and Cody Taylor.
Competing for USA Swimming in the short-course yards meet will be IU alum Cody Miller, as well as Indiana post-grad swimmer Zane Grothe. Indiana’s 14 participants in the event are the most of any school. Michigan is second with 11, while both Ohio State and Wisconsin have six.
IU Sends 11 to Rio Olympics, Winning Seven Medals
The Indiana Swimming and Diving program sent 13 swimmers, divers and coaches to the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics – James Connor, alumna Amy Cozad, Marwan Elkamash, Kennedy Goss, Michael Hixon, Ali Khalafalla, Lilly King, alum Cody Miller, Jessica Parratto, Blake Pieroni and Anze Tavcar. Drew Johansen served as the head coach of USA diving, while Ray Looze was an assistant coach for USA Swimming.
At the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, the IU swimmers and divers won a total of seven medals – four golds, one silver and two bronze. Lilly King headlined the group with two gold medals, while Cody Miller won gold and bronze. Blake Pieroni earned a gold medal as a member of Team USA’s 4×100 freestyle relay team, junior Kennedy Goss earned a bronze medal as a member of Team Canada’s 4×200 freestyle relay team and junior diver Michael Hixon won silver in the men’s 3m synchronized springboard.
King Wins Two NCAA Titles in 2015
Indiana’s Lilly King dominated the breaststroke at the 2016 NCAA Championships, winning both the 100 and 200 breast with the fastest short-course yard times in history. The freshman broke every record in the event with her historic swim – the American, NCAA, NCAA Meet, U.S. Open, Indiana school, Big Ten and Georgia Tech Pool records – and owns all of the aforementioned records in both the 100 and 200 breast. In total, King recorded an impressive four All-America honors at her first NCAA Championships.
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