Full Purdue Schedule at Nationals / Nationals Meet Info / Senior State Results
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Thirteen Purdue swimmers are slated to race this week at USA Swimming's Phillips 66 National Championships, the premier meet of the summer long course season.
Of the Boilermakers competing this week in Southern California, Nick McDowell (400 free), Jackson Higgins (200 free), Natalie Mudd (200 back) and Jackie Smailis (100 back) all won individual events at the annual Indiana Senior State Championships held this past weekend in Bloomington.
Also racing at nationals this week at the William Woolett, Jr. Aquatic Center, an outdoor facility, in Irvine includes: Danielle Auckely, Cady Farlow, Erik Juliusson, Taite Kitchel, Emily Meckstroth, Trent Pellini and Joe Young. Alumni Kaersten Meitz (2015-18) and Wyatt Hodges (2009-12) are also scheduled to compete. Action begins Wednesday and continues through Sunday. Prelims are daily at noon ET and finals at 9 p.m.
Purdue is slated to be represented by three swimmers in four events – the 50 and 100-meter butterfly, the 50 backstroke and 400 freestyle. Seven Boilermakers are scheduled to race on both Friday and Saturday. Young is entered in five events and Meitz four.
Meitz is seeded sixth in the 400-meter free. As a member of the USA National Team, she'll be looking to earn a berth at the FINA World Championships, set for Dec. 11 to 16 in Hangzhou, China. World Championships held in even-numbered years are short course (25-meter lengths) events. Swimmers will be competing in the traditional 50-meter long course pool this week.
Katie Hughes swept the 400 and 800-meter freestyle races while posting four top-seven finishes at Senior State. She also placed second in the 1,500 and seventh in the 200. Smailis (first in 100 back, third in 200 back), Megan Johnson (second in 200 and 400 free) and Natalie Myers (second in 200 IM, third in 400 IM) also medaled in multiple individual events.
Meanwhile, the Boilermakers won six relays at Senior State. Competing as Boilermaker Aquatics, the Purdue men swept the 200, 400 and 800 free. The women were victorious in the 200 and 400 medley as well as the 200 free. James Boone and Jake Heidecker both swam on all three relay winners for the men. Cady Farlow, Gabi Gomez-Treig, Courtney Kresl, Auckley, Higgins and Mudd also contributed to multiple relay winners.
Individual Schedule at Phillips 66 Nationals
Danielle Auckley – 50 Free
Cady Farlow – 200 Breast
Jackson Higgins – 400 Free
Wyatt Hodges – 50, 100 Breast
Erik Juliusson – 50, 100 Fly
Taite Kitchel – 50, 100, 200 Fly
Nick McDowell – 400, 800, 1500 Free
Emily Meckstroth – 1500 Free
Kaersten Meitz – 200, 400, 800, 1500 Free
Natalie Mudd – 50 Back
Trent Pellini – 50, 100, 200 Breast
Jackie Smailis – 50, 100 Back
Joe Young – 50, 100, 200 Back; 50, 100 Fly
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Thirteen Purdue swimmers are slated to race this week at USA Swimming's Phillips 66 National Championships, the premier meet of the summer long course season.
Of the Boilermakers competing this week in Southern California, Nick McDowell (400 free), Jackson Higgins (200 free), Natalie Mudd (200 back) and Jackie Smailis (100 back) all won individual events at the annual Indiana Senior State Championships held this past weekend in Bloomington.
Also racing at nationals this week at the William Woolett, Jr. Aquatic Center, an outdoor facility, in Irvine includes: Danielle Auckely, Cady Farlow, Erik Juliusson, Taite Kitchel, Emily Meckstroth, Trent Pellini and Joe Young. Alumni Kaersten Meitz (2015-18) and Wyatt Hodges (2009-12) are also scheduled to compete. Action begins Wednesday and continues through Sunday. Prelims are daily at noon ET and finals at 9 p.m.
Purdue is slated to be represented by three swimmers in four events – the 50 and 100-meter butterfly, the 50 backstroke and 400 freestyle. Seven Boilermakers are scheduled to race on both Friday and Saturday. Young is entered in five events and Meitz four.
Meitz is seeded sixth in the 400-meter free. As a member of the USA National Team, she'll be looking to earn a berth at the FINA World Championships, set for Dec. 11 to 16 in Hangzhou, China. World Championships held in even-numbered years are short course (25-meter lengths) events. Swimmers will be competing in the traditional 50-meter long course pool this week.
Katie Hughes swept the 400 and 800-meter freestyle races while posting four top-seven finishes at Senior State. She also placed second in the 1,500 and seventh in the 200. Smailis (first in 100 back, third in 200 back), Megan Johnson (second in 200 and 400 free) and Natalie Myers (second in 200 IM, third in 400 IM) also medaled in multiple individual events.
Meanwhile, the Boilermakers won six relays at Senior State. Competing as Boilermaker Aquatics, the Purdue men swept the 200, 400 and 800 free. The women were victorious in the 200 and 400 medley as well as the 200 free. James Boone and Jake Heidecker both swam on all three relay winners for the men. Cady Farlow, Gabi Gomez-Treig, Courtney Kresl, Auckley, Higgins and Mudd also contributed to multiple relay winners.
Individual Schedule at Phillips 66 Nationals
Danielle Auckley – 50 Free
Cady Farlow – 200 Breast
Jackson Higgins – 400 Free
Wyatt Hodges – 50, 100 Breast
Erik Juliusson – 50, 100 Fly
Taite Kitchel – 50, 100, 200 Fly
Nick McDowell – 400, 800, 1500 Free
Emily Meckstroth – 1500 Free
Kaersten Meitz – 200, 400, 800, 1500 Free
Natalie Mudd – 50 Back
Trent Pellini – 50, 100, 200 Breast
Jackie Smailis – 50, 100 Back
Joe Young – 50, 100, 200 Back; 50, 100 Fly