MEET INFORMATION
Purdue hosts the Big Ten Diving Championships
Thursday, Feb. 25 to Saturday, Feb. 27
12:20 p.m. ET Prelims, 6:35 p.m. Finals / All Sessions on BTN+
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Divers of both genders from around the conference descend on the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center this week as Purdue hosts the special one-year-only Big Ten Diving Championships.
Action is set for Thursday through Saturday, with prelims in the afternoon beginning at 12:20 p.m. ET and championship finals starting nightly at 6:35 p.m.
The conference opted to split up swimming events from diving events this year in order to better comply with COVID-19 and social-distancing protocols. The result was Minnesota hosting the women's swimming events (Feb. 23-27), Purdue welcoming all the league's divers to campus this week (Feb. 25-27), and Ohio State's aquatic center serving as the site of the men's swimming races next week (March 2-6). The diving results this week will be added to the point totals accumulated by the swimmers to determine the league champion and team rankings in traditional fashion.
Purdue's Emily Bretscher (3-meter), Greg Duncan (3-meter) and Brandon Loschiavo (platform) all won a conference title in their premier event the last time they competed at the Big Ten Championships. Loschiavo won back-to-back titles on the tower in 2018 and 2019 before sitting out last year while exercising an Olympic practice waiver.
Since the facility opened in August 2001, the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center has served as the host of the NCAA Zone C Championships six times – 2002, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. Meanwhile, Purdue last hosted the Big Ten Championships in 2016 (men) and 2017 (women). The men are in line to host again next season as swimming events and diving events are expected to be contested at the same aquatic center.
THURSDAY, FEB. 25 (Live on BTN+)
• Men's 1-Meter & Women's 3-Meter Prelims at 12:20 p.m.
• Men's 1-Meter Consolation Final at 2:20 p.m.
• Women's 3-Meter Consolation Final at 3:10 p.m.
• Men's 1-Meter Final at 6:35 p.m.
• Women's 3-Meter Final at 7:40 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 26 (Live on BTN+)
• Men's 3-Meter & Women's Platform Prelims at 12:20 p.m.
• Men's 3-Meter Consolation Final at 2:20 p.m.
• Women's Platform Consolation Final at 3:05 p.m.
• Men's 3-Meter Final at 6:35 p.m.
• Women's Platform Final at 7:40 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 27 (Live on BTN+)
• Men's Platform & Women's 1-Meter Prelims at 12:20 p.m.
• Men's Platform Consolation Final at 2:35 p.m.
• Women's 1-Meter Consolation Final at 3:10 p.m.
• Women's 1-Meter Final at 6:35 p.m.
• Men's Platform Final at 7:40 p.m.
PURDUE NOTABLES
• Loschiavo has an opportunity to join Carrie McCambridge (4) and David Boudia (9) as the only three-time Big Ten diving champions in Purdue history. Platform became an annual event at the Big Ten Championships beginning in 1988. Since then, only three men – Minnesota's P.J. Bogart (1993-95), Michigan's Jason Coben (2002-04) and Boudia (2009-11) – have won three Big Ten titles on the tower.
• A year ago, Bretscher became Purdue's first female diver to qualify for three championship finals since Mary Beth Dunnichay in 2015, winning Big Ten Diver of the Championships and Big Ten Diver of the Year on the strength of a trio of top-six showings. She added a bronze medal on 1-meter to her gold on 3-meter. Bretscher and Duncan gave Purdue a Big Ten champion of each gender in the same year for the first time since 2009. Only four Boilermakers have ever won multiple Big Ten diving titles. Bretscher and Duncan have an opportunity to join that list.
• Duncan has won a medal in all four of his career events at the Big Ten Championships. He also swept the springboard titles at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in 2018 as a freshman at North Carolina, giving him three golds and three bronzes during a decorated college career.
• Ben Bramley and Duncan both have an opportunity to medal three years in a row at Big Tens. They would join an elite list for Purdue that includes only McCambridge (2004-06), David Colturi (2008-10), Boudia (2009-11) and MacKenzie Tweardy (2012-15). Five-time NCAA champion Steele Johnson (2015-18) medaled at three different Big Tens, but exercised an Olympic waiver during the 2016 season. On platform, Bramley won bronze as a freshman and silver as a sophomore.
• Maycey Vieta (silver) and Maggie Merriman (bronze) also won their first career medals at Big Tens last year as Purdue had four of the top six finishers on the tower. Vieta became the Boilermakers' first female diver to medal at Big Tens as a freshman since Casey Matthews in 2009.
• Purdue's combined seven diving medals at Big Tens last season was second in program history. However, the five different divers to medal matched the 2009 team as a program high. The Boilermakers won a medal of each color at both the men's and women's championships.
• Loschiavo is slated to represent USA Diving in synchronized 10-meter at the FINA Diving World Cup later this year in Japan. Since winning his last Big Ten title on March 2, 2019, he has competed individually on the tower at the FINA World Championships and won 10-meter titles at the USA Diving Senior National Championships (individual, May 2019) and USA Diving Winter Nationals (synchro, December 2019). Bramley was also part of the group of six Purdue divers that competed the most recent World Championships.
MOST ACCOMPLISHED FROM AROUND THE CONFERENCE
• Like Loschiavo, Indiana's Andrew Capobianco and Minnesota's Sarah Bacon are also back in the mix this year after Olympic waiver seasons. In 2019, Capobianco and Bacon each won a Big Ten title and NCAA national championship. Capobianco was the Big Ten champion on 1-meter and the NCAA champion on 3-meter. Bacon swept the springboard titles at Big Tens and was also victorious on 1-meter at NCAAs.
• Meanwhile, Michigan's Ross Todd and Ohio State's Lyle Yost shared Big Ten Diver of the Championships honors last year after medaling in all three events, Todd winning on 1-meter and Yost besting Bramley by just three points on the platform. Ohio State's Mackenzie Crawford (1-meter) and Northwestern's Markie Hopkins (platform) are also defending Big Ten champions on the women's side.
Purdue hosts the Big Ten Diving Championships
Thursday, Feb. 25 to Saturday, Feb. 27
12:20 p.m. ET Prelims, 6:35 p.m. Finals / All Sessions on BTN+
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Divers of both genders from around the conference descend on the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center this week as Purdue hosts the special one-year-only Big Ten Diving Championships.
Action is set for Thursday through Saturday, with prelims in the afternoon beginning at 12:20 p.m. ET and championship finals starting nightly at 6:35 p.m.
The conference opted to split up swimming events from diving events this year in order to better comply with COVID-19 and social-distancing protocols. The result was Minnesota hosting the women's swimming events (Feb. 23-27), Purdue welcoming all the league's divers to campus this week (Feb. 25-27), and Ohio State's aquatic center serving as the site of the men's swimming races next week (March 2-6). The diving results this week will be added to the point totals accumulated by the swimmers to determine the league champion and team rankings in traditional fashion.
Purdue's Emily Bretscher (3-meter), Greg Duncan (3-meter) and Brandon Loschiavo (platform) all won a conference title in their premier event the last time they competed at the Big Ten Championships. Loschiavo won back-to-back titles on the tower in 2018 and 2019 before sitting out last year while exercising an Olympic practice waiver.
Since the facility opened in August 2001, the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center has served as the host of the NCAA Zone C Championships six times – 2002, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. Meanwhile, Purdue last hosted the Big Ten Championships in 2016 (men) and 2017 (women). The men are in line to host again next season as swimming events and diving events are expected to be contested at the same aquatic center.
THURSDAY, FEB. 25 (Live on BTN+)
• Men's 1-Meter & Women's 3-Meter Prelims at 12:20 p.m.
• Men's 1-Meter Consolation Final at 2:20 p.m.
• Women's 3-Meter Consolation Final at 3:10 p.m.
• Men's 1-Meter Final at 6:35 p.m.
• Women's 3-Meter Final at 7:40 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 26 (Live on BTN+)
• Men's 3-Meter & Women's Platform Prelims at 12:20 p.m.
• Men's 3-Meter Consolation Final at 2:20 p.m.
• Women's Platform Consolation Final at 3:05 p.m.
• Men's 3-Meter Final at 6:35 p.m.
• Women's Platform Final at 7:40 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 27 (Live on BTN+)
• Men's Platform & Women's 1-Meter Prelims at 12:20 p.m.
• Men's Platform Consolation Final at 2:35 p.m.
• Women's 1-Meter Consolation Final at 3:10 p.m.
• Women's 1-Meter Final at 6:35 p.m.
• Men's Platform Final at 7:40 p.m.
| DIVING MEDALISTS AT BIG TENS WHEN PURDUE HAS HOSTED (SINCE 2003) | |||
| Year | Boilermaker | Medal(s) | Event(s) |
| 2004 (Men) | Josh Karshen | Silver | Platform |
| 2004 (Men) | J.R. Hillis | Bronze | Platform |
| 2009 (Men) | David Boudia | Gold Gold Gold |
1-Meter 3-Meter Platform |
| 2009 (Men) | David Colturi | Bronze Bronze |
1-Meter Platform |
| 2010 (Women) | Kara Cook | Silver | Platform |
| 2016 (Men) | Joe Cifelli | Silver | 1-Meter |
PURDUE NOTABLES
• Loschiavo has an opportunity to join Carrie McCambridge (4) and David Boudia (9) as the only three-time Big Ten diving champions in Purdue history. Platform became an annual event at the Big Ten Championships beginning in 1988. Since then, only three men – Minnesota's P.J. Bogart (1993-95), Michigan's Jason Coben (2002-04) and Boudia (2009-11) – have won three Big Ten titles on the tower.
• A year ago, Bretscher became Purdue's first female diver to qualify for three championship finals since Mary Beth Dunnichay in 2015, winning Big Ten Diver of the Championships and Big Ten Diver of the Year on the strength of a trio of top-six showings. She added a bronze medal on 1-meter to her gold on 3-meter. Bretscher and Duncan gave Purdue a Big Ten champion of each gender in the same year for the first time since 2009. Only four Boilermakers have ever won multiple Big Ten diving titles. Bretscher and Duncan have an opportunity to join that list.
• Duncan has won a medal in all four of his career events at the Big Ten Championships. He also swept the springboard titles at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in 2018 as a freshman at North Carolina, giving him three golds and three bronzes during a decorated college career.
• Ben Bramley and Duncan both have an opportunity to medal three years in a row at Big Tens. They would join an elite list for Purdue that includes only McCambridge (2004-06), David Colturi (2008-10), Boudia (2009-11) and MacKenzie Tweardy (2012-15). Five-time NCAA champion Steele Johnson (2015-18) medaled at three different Big Tens, but exercised an Olympic waiver during the 2016 season. On platform, Bramley won bronze as a freshman and silver as a sophomore.
• Maycey Vieta (silver) and Maggie Merriman (bronze) also won their first career medals at Big Tens last year as Purdue had four of the top six finishers on the tower. Vieta became the Boilermakers' first female diver to medal at Big Tens as a freshman since Casey Matthews in 2009.
• Purdue's combined seven diving medals at Big Tens last season was second in program history. However, the five different divers to medal matched the 2009 team as a program high. The Boilermakers won a medal of each color at both the men's and women's championships.
• Loschiavo is slated to represent USA Diving in synchronized 10-meter at the FINA Diving World Cup later this year in Japan. Since winning his last Big Ten title on March 2, 2019, he has competed individually on the tower at the FINA World Championships and won 10-meter titles at the USA Diving Senior National Championships (individual, May 2019) and USA Diving Winter Nationals (synchro, December 2019). Bramley was also part of the group of six Purdue divers that competed the most recent World Championships.
MOST ACCOMPLISHED FROM AROUND THE CONFERENCE
• Like Loschiavo, Indiana's Andrew Capobianco and Minnesota's Sarah Bacon are also back in the mix this year after Olympic waiver seasons. In 2019, Capobianco and Bacon each won a Big Ten title and NCAA national championship. Capobianco was the Big Ten champion on 1-meter and the NCAA champion on 3-meter. Bacon swept the springboard titles at Big Tens and was also victorious on 1-meter at NCAAs.
• Meanwhile, Michigan's Ross Todd and Ohio State's Lyle Yost shared Big Ten Diver of the Championships honors last year after medaling in all three events, Todd winning on 1-meter and Yost besting Bramley by just three points on the platform. Ohio State's Mackenzie Crawford (1-meter) and Northwestern's Markie Hopkins (platform) are also defending Big Ten champions on the women's side.
| PURDUE'S TOP PERFORMERS AT BIG TENS | ||||
| Boilermaker | Years | Big Ten Titles | Career Medals | Medaled 3 Years in a Row |
| David Boudia | 2009-11 | 8 | 9 (8G, 1S) | Yes |
| Carrie McCambridge | 2003-06 | 4 | 7 (4G, 2S, 1B) | Yes |
| Steele Johnson | 2015-18 | 2 | 7 (2G, 3S, 2B) | No |
| Brandon Loschiavo | 2017-Pr | 2 | 2 | No |
| David Colturi | 2008-10 | 1 | 5 (1G, 1S, 3B) | Yes |
| Greg Duncan | 2019-Pr | 1 | 4 (1G, 3B) | TBD |
| Ashley Karnes | 2007-10 | 1 | 4 (1G, 2S, 1B) | No |
| MacKenzie Tweardy | 2012-15 | 0 | 4 (2S, 2B) | Yes |
| J.P. Perez | 2007-11 | 0 | 4 (4B) | No |
| PURDUE'S MOST DIVING MEDALS IN ONE YEAR AT BIG TENS | |||
| Year | Total Medals | Medal Breakdown | Boilermakers |
| 2009 | 9 | 5 Men, 4 Women 5 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze |
David Boudia: 3G Ashley Karnes: 1G, 1S Emily Wetzel: 1G David Colturi: 1S, 1B Casey Matthews: 1B |
| 2020 | 7 | 4 Women, 3 Men 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze |
Emily Bretscher: 1G, 1B Greg Duncan: 1G, 1B Ben Bramley: 1S Maycey Vieta: 1S Maggie Merriman: 1B |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 Men, 1 Women 3 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze |
David Boudia: 2G, 1S David Colturi: 1G Kara Cook: 1S J.P. Perez: 2B |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 Men, 1 Women 1 Gold, 4 Bronze |
Brandon Loschiavo: 1G Greg Duncan: 2B Ben Bramley: 1B Emily Meaney: 1B |
| 2015 | 5 | 4 Men, 1 Women 3 Silver, 2 Bronze |
Steele Johnson: 3S Nate Cox: 1B MacKenzie Tweardy: 1B |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 Men, 2 Women 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze |
Casey Matthews: 1G Jamie Bissett: 2S Nate Cox: 1S MacKenzie Tweardy: 1B |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 Men, 1 Women 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze |
David Boudia: 3G Kara Cook: 1S J.P. Perez: 1B |
| 2008 | 5 | 3 Women, 2 Men 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze |
Kara Cook: 1G David Colturi: 1S, 1B Ashley Karnes: 1S, 1B |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 Women, 2 Men 1 Silver, 4 Bronze |
Amanda Miller: 1S, 2B Danny Cox: 1B J.P. Perez: 1B |
| 2006 | 5 | 3 Women, 2 Men 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze |
Carrie McCambridge: 1G, 1S, 1B Steven LoBue: 1S Josh Karshen: 1S |
| 2004 | 5 | 3 Women, 2 Men 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze |
Carrie McCambridge: 3G Josh Karshen: 1S J.R. Hillis: 1B |