CO-ED 16-EVENT DUAL MEET INFORMATION
Purdue and Minnesota at Wisconsin
Saturday, Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. ET / BTN+
Soderholm Family Aquatic Center / Madison, Wisconsin
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue swimming & diving continues its three-meet Big Ten dual schedule with its first visit to Madison since 2013, a trip that provides the Boilermakers with their first look at Wisconsin's new Soderholm Family Aquatic Center.
Purdue competes against Minnesota and Wisconsin in the 16-event co-ed triple dual. Action begins at 2 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on BTN+. Each individual event will feature two heats apiece for the men and women. The Boilermakers drew lanes 4 and 7. Minnesota will be in lanes 2 and 5, Wisconsin 3 and 6. The outside lanes are available to exhibition entries from any team.
The Soderholm Family Aquatic Center is the first new pool in the Big Ten since Iowa's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center opened in the summer of 2010. Purdue's first meet in Iowa City after the CRWC opened was in November 2011.
Wisconsin's new facility has seating for 1,200 spectators and also features a full diving tower as well as a 50-meter pool. The Soderholm Family Aquatic Center is expected to join the rotation of facilities that are able to host the Big Ten Championships, a list that also includes Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State and Iowa.
A late January meet with the Gophers and Badgers was a constant on Purdue's schedule for multiple decades. But Wisconsin pulled out of the annual Big Ten Triple Duals after the 2013-14 season. Northwestern replaced UW in the meet rotation. In the years since, Purdue has competed in Evanston twice (2016, 2019) and NU has visited the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center twice (2017, 2020) as part of the three-year meet rotation.
But under third-year Wisconsin head coach Yuri Suguiyama demonstrated a willingness to have his teams return to Purdue's schedules. The Badgers made the trip to West Lafayette in November 2018 for a one-day triple dual that also featured Tennessee. This year as part of the Big Ten's conference-assembled dual meet schedule, which features three meets for every university, Purdue and Wisconsin were once again paired together.
Emily Bretscher swept the springboard diving events in the November 2018 meet vs. Tennessee and Wisconsin, winning her first career Big Ten Diver of the Week honor for that effort. She is now a six-time Big Ten Diver of the Week as well as the Purdue women's most recent Big Ten champion (3-meter in 2020).
And while it certainly was not new to Bretscher, a Knoxville native, Tennessee's Allan Jones Aquatic Center was the last "new to you" pool the Boilermakers visited for a full co-ed meet. Purdue returned to the trip for a November 2019 dual with the Volunteers.
After Michigan State had to cancel its trip to West Lafayette last weekend due to positive tests and contact tracing, the Purdue men are very much looking forward to their first dual meet vs. opposing teams since hosting the Big Ten Triple Duals the weekend of Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 of last year.
PURDUE'S FIRST TIME AT A POOL (FULL TEAM MEETS SINCE 2000)
* – Opponent Opened a New Pool
• at Texas A&M (Men) – November 2000
• at Georgia Tech (Co-Ed) – November 2003
• at Arizona & Arizona State (Men) – January 2004
• at North Carolina (Women) – November 2004
• at Virginia (Men) – November 2005
• at UCLA (Women) – January 2006
• at UC Irvine (Women) – January 2006
• at Florida (Men) – January 2008
• at Iowa* (Co-Ed) – November 2011
• at South Carolina (Men) – October 2015
• at Virginia Tech (Co-Ed) – November 2016
• at Tennessee (Co-Ed) – November 2019
• at Wisconsin* (Co-Ed) – January 2021
LOCATION HISTORY OF BIG TEN TRIPLE DUALS/BIG TEN QUAD
Since Burke Aquatic Center Opened in August 2001
• 2002 in West Lafayette
• 2003 in Minneapolis
• 2004 in Madison
• 2005 in West Lafayette
• 2006 in Minneapolis
• 2007 in Madison
• 2008 in West Lafayette
• 2009 in Minneapolis
• 2010 in Madison
• 2011 in West Lafayette
• 2012 in Minneapolis
• 2013 in Madison – Last year of Illinois competing on women's side
• 2014 in West Lafayette
• 2015 in Minneapolis – Northwestern replaces Wisconsin at the meet
• 2016 in Evanston
• 2017 in West Lafayette
• 2018 in Minneapolis
• 2019 in Evanston
• 2020 in West Lafayette
• 2021 in Madison – Abbreviated season due to COVID-19 pandemic
Purdue and Minnesota at Wisconsin
Saturday, Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. ET / BTN+
Soderholm Family Aquatic Center / Madison, Wisconsin
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue swimming & diving continues its three-meet Big Ten dual schedule with its first visit to Madison since 2013, a trip that provides the Boilermakers with their first look at Wisconsin's new Soderholm Family Aquatic Center.
Purdue competes against Minnesota and Wisconsin in the 16-event co-ed triple dual. Action begins at 2 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on BTN+. Each individual event will feature two heats apiece for the men and women. The Boilermakers drew lanes 4 and 7. Minnesota will be in lanes 2 and 5, Wisconsin 3 and 6. The outside lanes are available to exhibition entries from any team.
The Soderholm Family Aquatic Center is the first new pool in the Big Ten since Iowa's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center opened in the summer of 2010. Purdue's first meet in Iowa City after the CRWC opened was in November 2011.
| 16-EVENT DUAL ORDER OF EVENTS 2 heats each for both genders 200 Medley Relay 1000 Free 200 Free 100 Back 100 Breast 200 Fly 50 Free 100 Free 200 Back 200 Breast 500 Free 100 Fly 200 IM 400 Free Relay 1-Meter & 3-Meter Diving Contested Concurrently LANE ASSIGNMENTS Purdue: 4 & 7 Wisconsin: 3 & 6 Minnesota: 2 & 5 |
Wisconsin's new facility has seating for 1,200 spectators and also features a full diving tower as well as a 50-meter pool. The Soderholm Family Aquatic Center is expected to join the rotation of facilities that are able to host the Big Ten Championships, a list that also includes Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State and Iowa.
A late January meet with the Gophers and Badgers was a constant on Purdue's schedule for multiple decades. But Wisconsin pulled out of the annual Big Ten Triple Duals after the 2013-14 season. Northwestern replaced UW in the meet rotation. In the years since, Purdue has competed in Evanston twice (2016, 2019) and NU has visited the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center twice (2017, 2020) as part of the three-year meet rotation.
But under third-year Wisconsin head coach Yuri Suguiyama demonstrated a willingness to have his teams return to Purdue's schedules. The Badgers made the trip to West Lafayette in November 2018 for a one-day triple dual that also featured Tennessee. This year as part of the Big Ten's conference-assembled dual meet schedule, which features three meets for every university, Purdue and Wisconsin were once again paired together.
Emily Bretscher swept the springboard diving events in the November 2018 meet vs. Tennessee and Wisconsin, winning her first career Big Ten Diver of the Week honor for that effort. She is now a six-time Big Ten Diver of the Week as well as the Purdue women's most recent Big Ten champion (3-meter in 2020).
And while it certainly was not new to Bretscher, a Knoxville native, Tennessee's Allan Jones Aquatic Center was the last "new to you" pool the Boilermakers visited for a full co-ed meet. Purdue returned to the trip for a November 2019 dual with the Volunteers.
After Michigan State had to cancel its trip to West Lafayette last weekend due to positive tests and contact tracing, the Purdue men are very much looking forward to their first dual meet vs. opposing teams since hosting the Big Ten Triple Duals the weekend of Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 of last year.
PURDUE'S FIRST TIME AT A POOL (FULL TEAM MEETS SINCE 2000)
* – Opponent Opened a New Pool
• at Texas A&M (Men) – November 2000
• at Georgia Tech (Co-Ed) – November 2003
• at Arizona & Arizona State (Men) – January 2004
• at North Carolina (Women) – November 2004
• at Virginia (Men) – November 2005
• at UCLA (Women) – January 2006
• at UC Irvine (Women) – January 2006
• at Florida (Men) – January 2008
• at Iowa* (Co-Ed) – November 2011
• at South Carolina (Men) – October 2015
• at Virginia Tech (Co-Ed) – November 2016
• at Tennessee (Co-Ed) – November 2019
• at Wisconsin* (Co-Ed) – January 2021
LOCATION HISTORY OF BIG TEN TRIPLE DUALS/BIG TEN QUAD
Since Burke Aquatic Center Opened in August 2001
• 2002 in West Lafayette
• 2003 in Minneapolis
• 2004 in Madison
• 2005 in West Lafayette
• 2006 in Minneapolis
• 2007 in Madison
• 2008 in West Lafayette
• 2009 in Minneapolis
• 2010 in Madison
• 2011 in West Lafayette
• 2012 in Minneapolis
• 2013 in Madison – Last year of Illinois competing on women's side
• 2014 in West Lafayette
• 2015 in Minneapolis – Northwestern replaces Wisconsin at the meet
• 2016 in Evanston
• 2017 in West Lafayette
• 2018 in Minneapolis
• 2019 in Evanston
• 2020 in West Lafayette
• 2021 in Madison – Abbreviated season due to COVID-19 pandemic