Jan. 19, 2008
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue's swimming and diving teams had their way with Miami University Saturday at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. The two teams combined to win 30 of 32 events.
The 12th-ranked Boilermaker men (6-2) won 202-91. The women (4-6) outscored the Redhawks 195-100.
Senior Nicole Weatherman claimed two individual titles, winning the 500 freestyle in 4:58.84 and the 1650 free with a personal best and NCAA provisional time of 16:43.33.
Weatherman's previous personal record was listed at 16:44.06.
Weatherman was just one of eight Boilermakers to post multiple victories. She was part of a group that also included Shannon Grace, Leah Henninger, Allie Smith, Jennifer Lavers, Stacie Lesneski, Ariel Martin and Lisa Butler.
Smith won the 100 backstroke in 56.44 and 200 back in 2:03.59. The freshman started the meet by posting an NCAA consideration mark of 55.93 in leading off the winning 400 medley relay (3:49.14).
Ashley Karnes extended her springboard winning streak to six. The sophomore from Bloomington, Ind., has yet to lose a competition in 2008.
Saturday, Karnes totaled a season and personal best 286.58 points on 1-meter and 303.53 points on 3-meter.
Junior Zach Schultz got the job done on 1-meter, scoring a season and team best 341.55 points. His score was 51 points better than that of teammate Kyle Mitrione, who was second with 290.18 points.
Of the 36 student-athletes on the men's roster, 16 of them earned one or more victories, including Schultz. Andrew Langenfeld, John Schmitt, Jin-Soo Kim and Sam Wilcher were among the handful of multiple-event winners.
Freshman Scott Dean, sophomore A.J. Boeh and junior Bill Arzner won their first individual races of the 2007-08 season. Dean won the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.10. Arzner captured the 200 breaststroke in 2:08.16. Boeh hit the wall first in the 500 free at 4:41.88.
The schedule gets tougher for the Boilermaker women next week as they play host to No. 22 Indiana Saturday at 1 p.m. The Purdue men have next week off as they prepare for a two-day triangular with No. 10 Minnesota and Wisconsin coming up in two weeks.
Head coach Dan Ross' men's team swims at Indiana on Feb. 9 to complete the regular season.