Full 3-Day Results at Va Tech / Dive-by-Dive Scoring / Purdue Notables
FINAL TEAM SCORES AT H2OKIE INVITE
MEN | WOMEN 1. Virginia Tech, 1121 2. Purdue, 943 3. William & Mary, 550 4. Villanova, 493 5. Connecticut, 320 6. Old Dominion, 249 Divers Only 7. Rutgers, 83 8. Clemson, 67 9. Yale, 62 10. James Madison, 26 |
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. -- Event victories by five Boilermakers and a new pool record established by Marat Amaltdinov in the 200 breaststroke highlighted Saturday's action for the Purdue swimming & diving teams.
Steele Johnson was victorious for the second day in a row at the House of Champions Invitational hosted by IUPUI. He and Joe Cifelli finished 1-2 in 3-meter diving, duplicating their feat from Friday on 1-meter. Johnson swept the springboard events this weekend. The Purdue men had four of the top 10 finishers on 3-meter after Max Showalter took fifth and Brandon Loschiavo 10th. The women placed three in the top 10 on 1-meter -- Morgan Meixner (6th), Samm Reese (9th) and Emily Meaney (10th).
Filip Bujoczek (100 free), Nick McDowell (1650 free) and Emmy Rawson (200 fly) joined Amaltdinov as Boilermakers to win an event Saturday at the H2Okie Fall Invitational. They helped both the Purdue men and women finish second in the team scoring.
Amaltdinov set a new pool record in the 200 breast for the second time this season after also accomplishing the feat Oct. 28 in the dual meet at Notre Dame. He won the event Saturday by 2.33 seconds, posting a team season-best and NCAA provisional-qualifying time (B cut) of 1:54.95. He eclipsed a pool record at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center that had stood since March 2014.
Bujoczek was the only Boilermaker to win a pair of individual events at the H2Okie Invitational, pairing his 200 freestyle victory from Friday with the 100 free win (44.33). Meanwhile, McDowell (15:31.18) was victorious while swimming the mile for the first time this season.
Led by Rawson, the Purdue women dominated the 200 butterfly. Rawson, Taite Kitchel and Meagan Lim teamed up for a 1-2-3 finish and Kate May was fifth. After Alex Clarke and Alex Ford also scored in the B final, Purdue racked up 78 team points in the event. Rawson (1:58.36) out touched Kitchel by .59 hundredths of a second, both swimmers posting a B cut. Kitchel moved up to sixth place in program history with her career-best time of 1:58.95.
Kaersten Meitz finished as the runner-up in an event for the third day in a row, taking second while competing in the mile (16:12.88) for the first time this season. She also posted a career-best and team season-best time in the 100 free (49.83) on the leadoff leg of the 400 free relay.
Cady Farlow was the runner-up in the 200 breast, posting a Purdue season-best time and B cut of 2:14.80. She was out touched by .33 hundredths of a second by Virginia Tech's Kelly Henry. The Boilermakers also won both C finals of the 200 breast. James Nguyen (2:04.48) and Jinq En Phee (2:18.53) posted strong times while winning the non-scoring race. In fact, Phee's time would have been good for fourth place in the A final.
Hanna House (1:59.30) and Breanna Robinson (1:59.65) both posted career-best times while being Purdue's top two finishers in the 200 backstroke. They both moved up the program's all-time top-10 list in the process. Robinson won the B final.
Led by Jake Thomas' runner-up finish, the 200 back was the Purdue men's top individual swimming event of Saturday (53 points). The Boilermakers had four of the top 10 finishers. Grant Lewis was also the runner-up in the A final of the 200 fly.
Adam Noens was the only Boilermaker to score in a pair of individual events Saturday, qualifying for the B final of the 200 back and 200 breast.
Four of Purdue divers will compete on the platforms Sunday on the final day of the House of Champions Invitational. Action begins at 10 a.m. The Purdue swimmers will be idle from competition until hosting Michigan State on Jan. 13. A full recap of the individual scoring for Purdue's swimmers at the H2Okie Fall Invitational will be posted Monday.