Results: Saturday | Complete 3-Day
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Purdue swimming and diving teams were victorious early and often on the third and final day of their dual with Michigan State to close out a pair of wins against the Spartans Saturday afternoon at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
The No. 19 Purdue women won all 14 events Saturday en route to finishing off a sweep of the 24 events contested over the three-day meet, emerging victorious 248-193. The Purdue men won nine of the 14 events Saturday and 19 of the 24 overall. Their final margin of victory was 242-203. Both teams exhibitioned a number of their top finishers Saturday after entering the day with sizable leads.
Meagan Lim (100 back and 200 IM) and Danny Conway (200 fly and 500 free) each won a pair of individual events Saturday to lead the way. Lim also posted the top women's time of the day in the 100 fly while winning the exhibition heat of the event. Conway won the 500 free in lane one, a race in which the Boilers had the top four finishers.
Post-Meet Interviews with Conway, Flager, Lim & Weigand
The Purdue women had at least the three top finishers in eight individual events Saturday. Allie Davis (4:48.17) and Kaersten Meitz (9:58.85) dominated 500 and 1000 distance freestyle events, respectively, while posting strong times for early January.
The Purdue men had hat least the top two finishers in five individual events Saturday. Austin Flager won the 50 free with a team season-best time of 20.92. He was also part of the Boilers' top foursomes in both relay events Saturday and four of the five relays for the weekend. Guillermo Blanco won the 200 back and was also part of both of the top relays Saturday.
Abby Jagdfeld (won 50 free), Grace Hernandez (100 free), Stephen Seliskar (100 back) and Meitz (1000 free) all touched first in an event, finished second in another and were part of a relay winner. Caroline Weigand posted a personal season-best time of 1:03.36 while recording her first collegiate victory in winning the 100 breaststroke.
Lyam Dias (100 breast), Trish Regan (200 back) and Rhiannon Sheets (200 fly) won an individual event and contributed to a relay winner. Josh Brooks, Josh Ehrman, Hannah Manger and Annie Spalding each finished as the runner-up in two events.
Other individual event winners included Marat Amaltdinov (200 breast), Nate Hopkins (1000 free) and Francesca Marr (200 breast).
The Boilermakers are back in action Saturday, Jan. 24 when they host rival Indiana for a co-ed dual meet that will double as the annual senior salute meet. Action begins at 11 a.m.
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Jagdfeld & Flager Win 50 Free Races
Purdue Winners & Notables
* -- Purdue Season-Best Time
^ -- Personal Season-Best Time
Men
50 Free
Austin Flager, 20.92* - Flager & Johnston Finished 1-2
100 Free
Josh Ehrman, 46.34 - Finished 2nd
200 Free
Josh Ehrman, 1:40.86 - Finished 2nd
500 Free
Danny Conway, 4:37.12 - Conway, Brooks, Hopkins & Petric Finished 1-2-3-4
1000 Free
Nate Hopkins, 9:33.50
100 Back
Stephen Seliskar, 49.97
200 Back
Guillermo Blanco, 1:50.58 - Blanco, J. Thomas & Barta Finished 1-2-3
100 Breast
Lyam Dias, 56.43
200 Breast
Marat Amaltdinov, 2:03.18 - Amaltdinov, Nguyen & Noens Finished 1-2-3
100 Fly
Stephen Seliskar, 50.01 - Finished 2nd
200 Fly
Danny Conway, 1:49.84 - Conway & Brooks finished 1-2
200 IM
Adam Noens, 1:54.28 - Finished 2nd
400 Free Relay
Flager, Brooks, Blanco & Ehrman, 3:04.34^ - Finished 2nd
400 Medley Relay
Blanco, Dias, Seliskar & Flager, 3:21.48^
Women
50 Free
Abby Jagdfeld, 23.98 - Jagdfeld, Meitz & Marshall Finished 1-2-3
100 Free
Grace Hernandez, 51.63 - Hernandez, Manger, Li & Marshall Finished 1-2-3-4
Grace Einterz, 53.22 - Won Exhibition Heat
200 Free
Nika Karlina Petric, 1:50.74 - Petric, Hernandez & Monteiro Finished 1-2-3
500 Free
Allie Davis, 4:48.17
1000 Free
Kaersten Meitz, 9:58.85 - Meitz, Lyon & Gallagher Finished 1-2-3
100 Back
Meagan Lim, 57.65
200 Back
Trish Regan, 2:03.71 - Regan, Jagdfeld, Petric Finished 1-2-3
100 Breast
Caroline Weigand, 1:03.36^ - Weigand, Spalding & Fogle Finished 1-2-3
200 Breast
Francesca Marr, 2:16.88 - Marr & Spalding Finished 1-2
100 Fly
Meagan Lim, 56.69 - Won Exhibition Heat
Alex Todd, 56.86 - Won Main Heat; Todd, Gerbrandt & Vogel Finished 1-2-3
200 Fly
Rhiannon Sheets, 2:02.06 - Sheets, Petric & Rawson Finished 1-2-3
200 IM
Meagan Lim, 2:05.74 - Lim & Manger Finished 1-2
400 Free Relay
Meitz, Hernandez, Regan & Sheets, 3:29.04^
400 Medley Relay
Manger, Fogle, Todd & Jagdfeld, 3:46.17