Big Tens Scoring Recap
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A sixth straight season with a Big Ten champion coupled with the program's first relay medal at Big Tens since 2009 headlined Purdue men's swimming & diving's successful 2019-20 campaign.
At the Big Ten Championships, the Boilermakers won four total medals and eclipsed a pair of relay records. Greg Duncan won the Big Ten title in 3-meter diving by 34 points, improving to a perfect 4-for-4 in springboard medals in his two years at Big Tens. Purdue has had a Big Ten champion every year since 2015 and won 14 titles total in the diving well since 2009.
Michael Juengel, Trent Pellini, Ryan Hrosik and Nikola Aćin teamed up to win bronze in the 200 medley relay (1:24.44), besting the team's NCAA Championships-qualifying mark from a year earlier while winning the program's first relay medal since 2009. Later that evening, Nick Sherman registered an impressive 200 anchor split of 1:33.95, teaming with Pellini, Aćin and Nikola Bjelajac to eclipse the program record in the 800 free relay (6:25.02).
Ryan Lawrence joined forces with Pellini, Hrosik and Aćin to break a team record in the 200 freestyle relay (1:17.61) that had stood since 2012. Purdue ranked 10th nationally in the 200 medley relay, but the A Cut standard (1:24.30) in the event this season proved a bit non-proportional.
Ultimately, the relay debate became a moot point when the national championship meet was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Duncan had already joined Pellini and Sherman as NCAAs qualifiers by placing among the top five on 3-meter on the opening day of the Zone C Diving Championships. The remainder of Zones were canceled before Ben Bramley could compete on the platform, his premier event.
As a silver medalist on the tower at the Big Ten Championships and likely NCAAs qualifier, Bramley was recognized along with Duncan, Pellini and Sherman when the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America chose to honor deserving student-athletes as All-Americans in April.
Sherman qualified for NCAAs via a clutch swim in the 200 breaststroke at the Boiler-Make-It NCAA last chance meet on March 8, moving into third place in program history with his career-best mark of 1:53.31. Pellini's winning time of 51.81 in the 100 breast from the Purdue Invitational in November was his ticket to earning an individual bid to the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row. The junior also won the 200 individual medley (1:44.79) and 200 breast (1:55.30) at the Purdue Invite, posting career bests in both events that rank among the top five in team history.
The Purdue Invitational was also a breakout meet for Juengel. He won the 200 backstroke with a Purdue freshman record time of 1:43.75, eclipsing a first-year mark that had stood since 2011. While swimming the leadoff leg on the Boilermakers' 200 medley relay medalist at Big Tens, Juengel posted the third-fastest 100 back time (47.00) in team history.
Brett Riley joined Sherman as Boilermakers to score in all three of their individual events at Big Tens this season. Riley posted career-best times in the 100 and 200 back as well as the 200 and 400 IM.
Duncan was a five-time Big Ten Diver of the Week, joining Olympians David Boudia and Steele Johnson as the only Boilermakers to win at least that many weekly honors in one school year. He was victorious in 11 of his 14 events for the season entering Zones in March.
Purdue bids adieu to another dedicated and intelligent senior class. The program is also excited to welcome back Aćin, Bramley, Duncan, Hrosik, Juengel, Lawrence, Pellini, Riley, Sherman and many other accomplished letterwinners for the 2020-21 season.
ALL-AMERICANS
as Selected by the CSCAA
• Ben Bramley – Platfrom Diving
• Greg Duncan – Springboard Diving
• Trent Pellini – Breaststroke
• Nick Sherman – Breaststroke
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS
Zone C Diving Championships canceled on Thursday after completion of men's 3-meter
• Greg Duncan – 3-Meter Diving
• Trent Pellini – 100 & 200 Breast, 200 IM
• Nick Sherman – 100 & 200 Breast, 200 IM
BIG TEN CHAMPION, FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN
• Greg Duncan – 3-Meter Diving
MORE BIG TEN MEDALISTS
• Ben Bramley – Silver in Platform Diving
• Greg Duncan – Bronze in 1-Meter Diving
• Michael Juengel, Trent Pellini, Ryan Hrosik, Nikola Aćin – 200 Medley Relay Team
USA DIVING MEDALIST
• Brandon Loschiavo – Gold & Silver in 10-Meter Synchro at Winter Nationals
TEAM GPAs
• Fall Semester: 3.21
• Spring Semester: 3.64
BIG TEN WEEKLY AWARDS
• Greg Duncan – 5-Time Diver of the Week (Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 13, Nov. 27, Feb. 5)
• Keelan Hart – Freshman of the Week (Oct. 23)
PROGRAM RECORDS
• 200 Free Relay – Nikola Aćin, Ryan Hrosik, Trent Pellini, Ryan Lawrence (1:17.61)
• 800 Free Relay – Trent Pellini, Nikola Aćin, Nikola Bjelajac, Nick Sherman (6:25.02)
FRESHMAN RECORD
• 200 Backstroke – Michael Juengel (1:43.75)
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS (3.7+ GPA IN 2019-20)
• Ben Bramley (4.0)
• Greg Duncan
• Gabi Gomez Treig
• Dale Williams (4.0)
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (CUMULATIVE 3.0+ GPA)
• Nikola Aćin
• Nathan Barsanti
• Ben Bramley
• Greg Duncan
• Gabi Gomez Treig
• Ryan Hrosik
• Kristian Komlenic
• Ryan Lawrence
• Nick McDowell
• Trent Pellini
• Will Schrensky
• Nick Sherman
• Michael Smith
• Dale Williams
CSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA (3.5+ GPA & DIVING ALL-AMERICAN)
• Ben Bramley
• Greg Duncan
CSCAA HONORABLE MENTION SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA (3.5+ GPA & B CUT)
• Nikola Aćin
• Elliot Cooper
• Gabi Gomez Treig
• Ryan Hrosik
• Michael Juengel
• Ryan Lawrence
• Nick McDowell
• Brett Riley
Season Recaps: 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A sixth straight season with a Big Ten champion coupled with the program's first relay medal at Big Tens since 2009 headlined Purdue men's swimming & diving's successful 2019-20 campaign.
At the Big Ten Championships, the Boilermakers won four total medals and eclipsed a pair of relay records. Greg Duncan won the Big Ten title in 3-meter diving by 34 points, improving to a perfect 4-for-4 in springboard medals in his two years at Big Tens. Purdue has had a Big Ten champion every year since 2015 and won 14 titles total in the diving well since 2009.
Michael Juengel, Trent Pellini, Ryan Hrosik and Nikola Aćin teamed up to win bronze in the 200 medley relay (1:24.44), besting the team's NCAA Championships-qualifying mark from a year earlier while winning the program's first relay medal since 2009. Later that evening, Nick Sherman registered an impressive 200 anchor split of 1:33.95, teaming with Pellini, Aćin and Nikola Bjelajac to eclipse the program record in the 800 free relay (6:25.02).
Ryan Lawrence joined forces with Pellini, Hrosik and Aćin to break a team record in the 200 freestyle relay (1:17.61) that had stood since 2012. Purdue ranked 10th nationally in the 200 medley relay, but the A Cut standard (1:24.30) in the event this season proved a bit non-proportional.
Ultimately, the relay debate became a moot point when the national championship meet was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Duncan had already joined Pellini and Sherman as NCAAs qualifiers by placing among the top five on 3-meter on the opening day of the Zone C Diving Championships. The remainder of Zones were canceled before Ben Bramley could compete on the platform, his premier event.
As a silver medalist on the tower at the Big Ten Championships and likely NCAAs qualifier, Bramley was recognized along with Duncan, Pellini and Sherman when the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America chose to honor deserving student-athletes as All-Americans in April.
Sherman qualified for NCAAs via a clutch swim in the 200 breaststroke at the Boiler-Make-It NCAA last chance meet on March 8, moving into third place in program history with his career-best mark of 1:53.31. Pellini's winning time of 51.81 in the 100 breast from the Purdue Invitational in November was his ticket to earning an individual bid to the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row. The junior also won the 200 individual medley (1:44.79) and 200 breast (1:55.30) at the Purdue Invite, posting career bests in both events that rank among the top five in team history.
The Purdue Invitational was also a breakout meet for Juengel. He won the 200 backstroke with a Purdue freshman record time of 1:43.75, eclipsing a first-year mark that had stood since 2011. While swimming the leadoff leg on the Boilermakers' 200 medley relay medalist at Big Tens, Juengel posted the third-fastest 100 back time (47.00) in team history.
Brett Riley joined Sherman as Boilermakers to score in all three of their individual events at Big Tens this season. Riley posted career-best times in the 100 and 200 back as well as the 200 and 400 IM.
Duncan was a five-time Big Ten Diver of the Week, joining Olympians David Boudia and Steele Johnson as the only Boilermakers to win at least that many weekly honors in one school year. He was victorious in 11 of his 14 events for the season entering Zones in March.
Purdue bids adieu to another dedicated and intelligent senior class. The program is also excited to welcome back Aćin, Bramley, Duncan, Hrosik, Juengel, Lawrence, Pellini, Riley, Sherman and many other accomplished letterwinners for the 2020-21 season.
ALL-AMERICANS
as Selected by the CSCAA
• Ben Bramley – Platfrom Diving
• Greg Duncan – Springboard Diving
• Trent Pellini – Breaststroke
• Nick Sherman – Breaststroke
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS
Zone C Diving Championships canceled on Thursday after completion of men's 3-meter
• Greg Duncan – 3-Meter Diving
• Trent Pellini – 100 & 200 Breast, 200 IM
• Nick Sherman – 100 & 200 Breast, 200 IM
BIG TEN CHAMPION, FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN
• Greg Duncan – 3-Meter Diving
MORE BIG TEN MEDALISTS
• Ben Bramley – Silver in Platform Diving
• Greg Duncan – Bronze in 1-Meter Diving
• Michael Juengel, Trent Pellini, Ryan Hrosik, Nikola Aćin – 200 Medley Relay Team
USA DIVING MEDALIST
• Brandon Loschiavo – Gold & Silver in 10-Meter Synchro at Winter Nationals
TEAM GPAs
• Fall Semester: 3.21
• Spring Semester: 3.64
BIG TEN WEEKLY AWARDS
• Greg Duncan – 5-Time Diver of the Week (Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 13, Nov. 27, Feb. 5)
• Keelan Hart – Freshman of the Week (Oct. 23)
PROGRAM RECORDS
• 200 Free Relay – Nikola Aćin, Ryan Hrosik, Trent Pellini, Ryan Lawrence (1:17.61)
• 800 Free Relay – Trent Pellini, Nikola Aćin, Nikola Bjelajac, Nick Sherman (6:25.02)
FRESHMAN RECORD
• 200 Backstroke – Michael Juengel (1:43.75)
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS (3.7+ GPA IN 2019-20)
• Ben Bramley (4.0)
• Greg Duncan
• Gabi Gomez Treig
• Dale Williams (4.0)
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (CUMULATIVE 3.0+ GPA)
• Nikola Aćin
• Nathan Barsanti
• Ben Bramley
• Greg Duncan
• Gabi Gomez Treig
• Ryan Hrosik
• Kristian Komlenic
• Ryan Lawrence
• Nick McDowell
• Trent Pellini
• Will Schrensky
• Nick Sherman
• Michael Smith
• Dale Williams
CSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA (3.5+ GPA & DIVING ALL-AMERICAN)
• Ben Bramley
• Greg Duncan
CSCAA HONORABLE MENTION SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA (3.5+ GPA & B CUT)
• Nikola Aćin
• Elliot Cooper
• Gabi Gomez Treig
• Ryan Hrosik
• Michael Juengel
• Ryan Lawrence
• Nick McDowell
• Brett Riley