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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Four medals in the diving events, two freshman records and pair of victories in B finals highlighted the 2020 Big Ten Championships for Purdue women's swimming & diving.
Sixteen Boilermakers scored in at least one individual event. Headlined by Diver of the Championships Emily Bretscher, all four Purdue divers scored in all three diving events. Bretscher was the Big Ten champion on 3-meter and finished among the top six in all three events in the dive well. Maycey Vieta (silver) and Maggie Merriman (bronze) both medaled on the tower. Senior Emily Meaney finished among the top five on both 1-meter and 10-meter.
With four of the top six finishers on the platform, the divers racked up an amazing 105 team points in the event. Overall, they accounted for 207 points in the three diving events.
Mallory Jump (100 butterfly) and Kendra Bowen (100 freestyle) took down Purdue freshman records, both of which had stood for at least five years. Bowen also contributed to a team-high four relays, all but the 200 medley.
Jinq En Phee and Meaney scored at Big Tens for the fourth consecutive year. Meaney finished among the top four in the platform championship final all four years. She and Bretscher both scored in all three diving events for the second time in their careers.
Current juniors Maizie Seidl, Gretta DeCoursey, Evan King and Bretscher all have an opportunity to be four-year scorers at Big Tens next season.
Bretscher became Purdue's first diver to qualify for three championship finals since Mary Beth Dunnichay in 2015. Bretscher claimed the program's first Big Ten title since Casey Matthews on 1-meter in 2014. The junior is fourth Purdue woman (five total awards) to win Diver of the Championships.
Jump (100 fly) and Phee (100 breast) both won B finals in the Friday night session. They accounted for NCAA provisional qualifying times (B Cuts) while winning those races. Altogether, the Boilermakers registered 12 B Cuts.
Headlined by top-four times in both individual medley events by Natalie Myers, nearly every Purdue swimmer that competed posted at least one career-best time. Those that joined or moved up the program's all-time lists included…
• Natalie Myers – 3rd in 200 IM (1:59.54), 4th in 400 IM (4:15.66)
• Mallory Jump – 5th in 200 Back (1:57.06), 6th in 100 Fly (53.31), 6th in 100 Back (54.35)
• Sylvia Kobylak – 5th in 200 Breast (2:11.86), 9th in 100 Breast (1:01.76)
• Tessa Wrightson – 5th in 100 Back (54.11)
• Lindsay Turner – 6th in 200 Fly (1:58.56), 8th in 100 Fly (53.93)
• Kendra Bowen – 8th in 100 Free (49.75), 9th in 200 Free (1:46.75)
• Natalie Mudd – 8th in 100 Back (54.67)
• Maycey Vieta – 11th in Platform Diving (294.20)
• Gretta DeCoursey – 11th in 200 Free (1:47.26)
• Kat Mueller – 12th in 100 Back (55.06)
Selected Boilermakers will compete Saturday at the Boiler-Make-It NCAA Last Chance meet. Swimming qualifiers for the NCAA Championships are expected to be announced March 4. The divers compete at the NCAA Zone C Championships from March 12 to 14, with Kentucky hosting the annual NCAAs qualifier. The NCAA Championships meet is set for March 18 to 21 in Athens, Georgia.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Four medals in the diving events, two freshman records and pair of victories in B finals highlighted the 2020 Big Ten Championships for Purdue women's swimming & diving.
Sixteen Boilermakers scored in at least one individual event. Headlined by Diver of the Championships Emily Bretscher, all four Purdue divers scored in all three diving events. Bretscher was the Big Ten champion on 3-meter and finished among the top six in all three events in the dive well. Maycey Vieta (silver) and Maggie Merriman (bronze) both medaled on the tower. Senior Emily Meaney finished among the top five on both 1-meter and 10-meter.
With four of the top six finishers on the platform, the divers racked up an amazing 105 team points in the event. Overall, they accounted for 207 points in the three diving events.
Mallory Jump (100 butterfly) and Kendra Bowen (100 freestyle) took down Purdue freshman records, both of which had stood for at least five years. Bowen also contributed to a team-high four relays, all but the 200 medley.
Jinq En Phee and Meaney scored at Big Tens for the fourth consecutive year. Meaney finished among the top four in the platform championship final all four years. She and Bretscher both scored in all three diving events for the second time in their careers.
Current juniors Maizie Seidl, Gretta DeCoursey, Evan King and Bretscher all have an opportunity to be four-year scorers at Big Tens next season.
| Purdue's Active Career Scoring Leaders at the Big Ten Championships | |||||
| Boilermaker | Career Pts | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Emily Meaney | 187 | 53 | 52 | 43 | 39 |
| Emily Bretscher | 183 | 83 | 51 | 49 | NA |
| Jinq En Phee | 121 | 33 | 29 | 42 | 17 |
| Maggie Merriman | 59 | 35 | 24 | NA | NA |
| Maizie Seidl | 44 | 20 | 19 | 5 | NA |
| Maycey Vieta | 36 | 36 | NA | NA | NA |
| Natalie Myers | 32.5 | 22 | 10.5 | -- | NA |
| Mallory Jump | 26 | 26 | NA | NA | NA |
| Lindsay Turner | 21 | 21 | NA | NA | NA |
| Sylvia Kobylak | 19 | 19 | NA | NA | NA |
Bretscher became Purdue's first diver to qualify for three championship finals since Mary Beth Dunnichay in 2015. Bretscher claimed the program's first Big Ten title since Casey Matthews on 1-meter in 2014. The junior is fourth Purdue woman (five total awards) to win Diver of the Championships.
Jump (100 fly) and Phee (100 breast) both won B finals in the Friday night session. They accounted for NCAA provisional qualifying times (B Cuts) while winning those races. Altogether, the Boilermakers registered 12 B Cuts.
Headlined by top-four times in both individual medley events by Natalie Myers, nearly every Purdue swimmer that competed posted at least one career-best time. Those that joined or moved up the program's all-time lists included…
• Natalie Myers – 3rd in 200 IM (1:59.54), 4th in 400 IM (4:15.66)
• Mallory Jump – 5th in 200 Back (1:57.06), 6th in 100 Fly (53.31), 6th in 100 Back (54.35)
• Sylvia Kobylak – 5th in 200 Breast (2:11.86), 9th in 100 Breast (1:01.76)
• Tessa Wrightson – 5th in 100 Back (54.11)
• Lindsay Turner – 6th in 200 Fly (1:58.56), 8th in 100 Fly (53.93)
• Kendra Bowen – 8th in 100 Free (49.75), 9th in 200 Free (1:46.75)
• Natalie Mudd – 8th in 100 Back (54.67)
• Maycey Vieta – 11th in Platform Diving (294.20)
• Gretta DeCoursey – 11th in 200 Free (1:47.26)
• Kat Mueller – 12th in 100 Back (55.06)
Selected Boilermakers will compete Saturday at the Boiler-Make-It NCAA Last Chance meet. Swimming qualifiers for the NCAA Championships are expected to be announced March 4. The divers compete at the NCAA Zone C Championships from March 12 to 14, with Kentucky hosting the annual NCAAs qualifier. The NCAA Championships meet is set for March 18 to 21 in Athens, Georgia.