Scoring Breakdown / Complete Meet Results: Swimmers at IU / Divers at Texas
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A pair of freshman records and a podium finish by diver Emily Bretscher highlighted the fall invitational action for Purdue women's swimming & diving.
The Purdue swimmers raced at the IU Invitational and the divers competed at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational. Both were three-day meets featuring numerous Power Five programs. Twenty-eight Purdue student-athletes scored in at least one individual event.
Bretscher opened the Boilermakers' week in Austin with a third-place finish on 3-meter. She was also among the eight finalists on 1-meter, accounting for 27 of the team's 49 points as Purdue finished third in the women's team scoring at the diving-only invitational.
Tessa Wrightson (100 back) and Jade Knueppel (50 free) established the freshman benchmarks in Bloomington. Wrightson moved into fifth place in program history while eclipsing teammate Jackie Smailis' freshman record from 2016. Knueppel bested Carly Marshall's mark that had stood since 2012.
Senior Taite Kitchel was the Boilermakers' top scorer at the IU Invitational, qualifying for the A final of both butterfly events. She also would have been a C finalist in the 400 IM but opted to scratch the event in the finals due to it being contested on the same day as the 100 fly. Friday, Kitchel posted a career-best time in the 400 IM (4:17.04) and came with a tenth of a second of Purdue's program record (52.85) in the 100 fly (52.95). The two-time NCAA Championships qualifier posted NCAA provisional qualifying times in three events.
Maizie Seidl and Danielle Auckley joined Kitchel and Smailis as Boilermakers to score in three individual events. Auckley, Kitchel and Smailis also teamed with Jinq En Phee to help the 200 and 400 medley relay teams post a pair of top-five times in program history.
Purdue's next full meet is Jan. 11 at Michigan State. The divers are slated to compete at the USA Diving Winter Trials in Atlanta the week of Dec. 16 to 21. After flying to Hawaii last year and having scheduled a training trip to South Florida next year, the Boilermakers will be staying on campus for their winter training camp this season.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A pair of freshman records and a podium finish by diver Emily Bretscher highlighted the fall invitational action for Purdue women's swimming & diving.
The Purdue swimmers raced at the IU Invitational and the divers competed at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational. Both were three-day meets featuring numerous Power Five programs. Twenty-eight Purdue student-athletes scored in at least one individual event.
Bretscher opened the Boilermakers' week in Austin with a third-place finish on 3-meter. She was also among the eight finalists on 1-meter, accounting for 27 of the team's 49 points as Purdue finished third in the women's team scoring at the diving-only invitational.
Tessa Wrightson (100 back) and Jade Knueppel (50 free) established the freshman benchmarks in Bloomington. Wrightson moved into fifth place in program history while eclipsing teammate Jackie Smailis' freshman record from 2016. Knueppel bested Carly Marshall's mark that had stood since 2012.
Senior Taite Kitchel was the Boilermakers' top scorer at the IU Invitational, qualifying for the A final of both butterfly events. She also would have been a C finalist in the 400 IM but opted to scratch the event in the finals due to it being contested on the same day as the 100 fly. Friday, Kitchel posted a career-best time in the 400 IM (4:17.04) and came with a tenth of a second of Purdue's program record (52.85) in the 100 fly (52.95). The two-time NCAA Championships qualifier posted NCAA provisional qualifying times in three events.
Maizie Seidl and Danielle Auckley joined Kitchel and Smailis as Boilermakers to score in three individual events. Auckley, Kitchel and Smailis also teamed with Jinq En Phee to help the 200 and 400 medley relay teams post a pair of top-five times in program history.
Purdue's next full meet is Jan. 11 at Michigan State. The divers are slated to compete at the USA Diving Winter Trials in Atlanta the week of Dec. 16 to 21. After flying to Hawaii last year and having scheduled a training trip to South Florida next year, the Boilermakers will be staying on campus for their winter training camp this season.
| NCAA PROVISIONAL QUALIFYING TIMES (B CUTS) • Taite Kitchel 100 Fly, 52.95 – 6th in Big Ten 200 Fly, 1:57:38 – 6th in Big Ten 400 IM, 4:17.04 – 12th in Big Ten • Jinq En Phee 100 Breast, 1:00.06 – 5th in Big Ten 200 Breast, 2:13.16 – 13th in Big Ten • Cady Farlow 100 Breast, 1:01.12 – 12th in Big Ten 200 Breast, 2:13.61 – 15th in Big Ten • Jackie Smailis 100 Back, 53.56 – 7th in Big Ten PURDUE'S TOP SCORERS IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS • 1.) Taite Kitchel – 53.5 Points 200 Fly – 4th in A Final (26 Points) 100 Fly – 6th in A Final (24 Points) 200 IM – T-5th in C Final (3.5 Points) • 2.) Jackie Smailis – 45 Points 100 Back – 5th in A Final (25 Points) 200 Back – 4th in B Final (15 Points) 50 Free – 4th in C Final (5 Points) • 3.) Jinq En Phee – 35 Points 100 Breast – 4th in A Final (26 Points) 200 Breast – Won C Final (9 Points) • 4.) Cady Farlow – 33 Points 100 Breast – 8th in A Final (22 Points) 200 Breast – 8th in B Final (11 Points) • T-5.) Emily Bretscher – 27 Points 3-Meter – 3rd Overall (16 Points) 1-Meter – 8th Overall (11 Points) • T-5.) Maizie Seidl – 27 Points 200 Free – 6th in B Final (13 Points) 500 Free – 7th in B Final (12 Points) 100 Free – 7th in C Final (2 Points) |
PURDUE FRESHMAN RECORDS • Tessa Wrightson – 100 Back, 54.54 • Jade Knueppel – 50 Free, 23.06 JOINED OR MOVED UP PURDUE'S ALL-TIME LISTS Via career-best times at IU Invitational • Taite Kitchel 400 IM, 4:17.04 – 5th in Program History • Tessa Wrightson 100 Back, 54.54 – 5th in Program History • Natalie Mudd 100 Back, 54.70 – 6th in Program History • Riley Kishman 100 Breast, 1:01.74 – 8th in Program History • Natalie Myers 200 Back, 1:59.40 – 9th in Program History • Gretta DeCoursey 200 IM, 2:01.74 – 12th in Program History • Courtney Kresl 50 Free, 23.05 – T-14th in Program History • Sydnee Emerson 200 Fly, 2:01.20 – 15th in Program History 400 IM, 4:21.26 – 15th in Program History • Reagan Thom 200 Breast, 2:17.35 – 15th in Program History • 200 Medley Relay – Smailis, Phee, Kitchel, Auckley 1:38.75 – 3rd in Program History • 400 Medley Relay – Smailis, Phee, Kitchel, Auckley 3:36.09 – 4th in Program History • 200 Free Relay – Auckley, Smailis, Knueppel, Kresl 1:31.43 – 10th in Program History |