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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Seven members of Purdue swimming & diving will be competing at summer national championship meets this month in Minnesota and Georgia.
Swimmers Marat Amaltdinov, Allie Davis, Emily Meckstroth, Kaersten Meitz and Joe Young are scheduled to race at USA Swimming's U.S. Open, set for Aug. 2 to 6 at the University of Minnesota's Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis. All five Boilermakers also competed at the Olympic Team Trials earlier this year.
Divers Morgan Meixner and Samm Reese will represent Purdue on 1-meter at the AT&T USA Diving National Championships at the Moose Moss Aquatic Center in Moultrie, Georgia. Competition runs from Aug. 1 to 14, with the women's 1-meter prelims and finals on Aug. 12. They qualified via top-five finishes at the Zone C meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on July 8.
Amaltdinov (fourth in 200 breast), Davis (sixth in 200 and 400 free) and Meitz (ninth in 800 free) are all seeded among the top 10 in at least one event. All events are long course with 50-meter lengths of the pool.
Amaltdinov's victory in the championship final of the 100-meter breaststroke highlighted Purdue's weekend at Indiana Senior State/SwimFest the weekend of July 21 to 24 in Indianapolis. Adam Noens (200 IM), Alex Close (200 fly), Chris Bals (200 breast), Jackson Higgins (400 free) and Grace Hernandez (100 free) finished as the runner-up in the championship final of an event.
PURDUE SCHEDULE AT NATIONALS
Tuesday, Aug. 2
Women's 100m Free -- Allie Davis (57.42, Finished T-7th in C Final)
Women's 800m Free -- Kaersten Meitz (8:44.35, Finished 11th Overall), Allie Davis (8:47.46, Finished 15th Overall)
Wednesday, Aug. 3
Women's 400m Free -- Kaersten Meitz (4:15.48, Finished 8th in A Final), Allie Davis (4:15.67, Finished 4th in B Final), Emily Meckstroth (4:21.96, Finished 28th in Prelims)
Men's 200m Breast -- Marat Amaltdinov (2:11.91, Finished 3rd in A Final)
Men's 200m Back -- Joe Young (2:02.74, Won C Final)
Friday, Aug. 5
Women's 200m Free -- Allie Davis (2:00.92, Finished 7th in A Final), Kaersten Meitz (2:02.39, Finished 5th in B Final)
Men's 100m Breast -- Marat Amaltdinov (1:02.38, Finished 8th in A Final)
Men's 100m Back -- Joe Young (58.44, Finished 27th in Prelims)
Friday, Aug. 12
Women's 1-Meter Diving -- Morgan Meixner (233.20, Finished 9th in Prelims), Samm Reese (217.90, Finished 15th in Prelims)
PURDUE'S TOP FINISHERS AT INDIANA SENIOR STATE/SWIMFEST
Event Winner
Marat Amaltdinov -- Won Championship Final of 100 Breast, 6th in 200 IM
Runner-up in Championship FInals
Adam Noens -- 2nd in 200 IM, 4th in 100 Back, 5th in 200 Breast
Alex Close -- 2nd in 200 Fly, 3rd in 1500 Free
Chris Bals -- 2nd in 200 Breast, 3rd in 100 Breast
Jackson Higgins -- 2nd in 400 Free, 4th in 200 IM
Grace Hernandez -- 2nd in 100 Free, 7th in 200 Free, 7th in 100 Fly
More Top Finishes
Hudson Bursch -- 3rd in 400 IM
Taite Kitchel -- 4th in 100 Fly, 6th in 200 Fly, 7th in 200 IM
James Boone -- 4th in 100 Free, Won Consolation Final of 200 Free
Jake Thomas -- 4th in 200 Back, 5th in 100 Back
Hanna House -- 5th in 200 Back, 6th in 100 Fly, Won Consolation Final of 200 IM
Tim Barth -- 5th in 200 Back
Cady Farlow -- 6th in 100 Breast, 6th in 200 Breast
Nate Thomas -- 7th in 50 Free
Gavin McCulloch -- 7th in 200 Fly
Sean Gartland -- 7th in 400 Free
Joe Young -- Won Consolation Final of 100 Back