MEET INFORMATION
Purdue Men host Minnesota & Women's Intrasquad
Friday, Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. ET
Purdue Men & Women host the Indiana Intercollegiates
Saturday, Oct. 16 at Noon ET
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue swimming & diving opens its new season and welcomes fans back to the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center with a pair of home meets, including a Friday dual vs. Minnesota and the return of the annual Indiana Intercollegiates on Saturday.
The co-ed meets are slated for Friday at 5 p.m. ET and Saturday at noon. Admission is free for all regular-season meets at the Burke Aquatic Center. Face masks remain mandatory in all indoor spaces on campus as part of the Protect Purdue protocols.
Last October marked the first time the Indiana Intercollegiates meet was not held since the Burke Aquatic Center opened in August 2001. The large meet featuring 13 universities from around the state once again shares its date with the Purdue Half-Marathon and 5K. Fans planning to attend Saturday's swim meet should take note of the road closures related to the races and plan to park in the Co-Rec lots north of the pool or McCutcheon Garage (corner of McCutcheon Drive & Third Street) to the west.
The women's roster was split in half for the Black & Gold Intrasquad meet Friday evening. The final event is slated to be the 200 freestyle relay and the divers are expected to get a rare chance to race as part of selected relay teams.
Meanwhile, the Purdue men are set to open a season vs. a Big Ten rival for the first time since the 2015-16 season when they visited East Lansing for an outdoor co-ed triple dual vs. Michigan and Michigan State. The Boilermakers will return the trip to Minneapolis later this season for the annual Big Ten Triple Duals with Minnesota and Northwestern. The two-day meet is set for the weekend of Jan. 28 to 29. Minnesota's program is currently headlined by NCAA breaststroke champion Max McHugh, who swept the 100 and 200 breast at the national championship meet as a junior. Diving coach Wenbo Chen previously coached the Purdue divers from 2001 to 2005.
The Purdue men open the season receiving votes in the CSCAA top-25 rankings. Last season, they finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships and 17th at the NCAA Championships, both showings ranking among the best in the modern era of the program. Nikola Aćin, Ben Bramley, Greg Duncan, Nick Sherman and Ryan Hrosik are all back after helping the Boilermakers score in a program-record seven events at NCAAs.
Divers Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer, Maggie Merriman and Maycey Vieta headline the women's returnees. They teamed up to account for 56 points at the NCAA Championships, the top total among any team of women's divers in 2021, to give the Boilermakers a 20th-place showing overall. Last month, junior Kate Beavon won the 5000-meter race at the CSCAA Open Water Nationals in Lawrence, Kansas.
Purdue Men host Minnesota & Women's Intrasquad
Friday, Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. ET
Purdue Men & Women host the Indiana Intercollegiates
Saturday, Oct. 16 at Noon ET
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue swimming & diving opens its new season and welcomes fans back to the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center with a pair of home meets, including a Friday dual vs. Minnesota and the return of the annual Indiana Intercollegiates on Saturday.
The co-ed meets are slated for Friday at 5 p.m. ET and Saturday at noon. Admission is free for all regular-season meets at the Burke Aquatic Center. Face masks remain mandatory in all indoor spaces on campus as part of the Protect Purdue protocols.
Last October marked the first time the Indiana Intercollegiates meet was not held since the Burke Aquatic Center opened in August 2001. The large meet featuring 13 universities from around the state once again shares its date with the Purdue Half-Marathon and 5K. Fans planning to attend Saturday's swim meet should take note of the road closures related to the races and plan to park in the Co-Rec lots north of the pool or McCutcheon Garage (corner of McCutcheon Drive & Third Street) to the west.
| INDIANA INTERCOLLEGIATES FIELD OF TEAMS 13 Universities & 22 Teams from the State of Indiana |
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| Anderson – Anderson Ball State – Muncie Bethel – Mishawaka Butler (Women) – Indianapolis DePauw – Greencastle Indiana State (Women) – Terre Haute Indiana Wesleyan (Women) – Marion |
IUPUI – Indianapolis Manchester – North Manchester Purdue – West Lafayette Rose-Hulman – Terre Haute Valparaiso – Valparaiso Wabash (Men) – Crawfordsville |
The women's roster was split in half for the Black & Gold Intrasquad meet Friday evening. The final event is slated to be the 200 freestyle relay and the divers are expected to get a rare chance to race as part of selected relay teams.
Meanwhile, the Purdue men are set to open a season vs. a Big Ten rival for the first time since the 2015-16 season when they visited East Lansing for an outdoor co-ed triple dual vs. Michigan and Michigan State. The Boilermakers will return the trip to Minneapolis later this season for the annual Big Ten Triple Duals with Minnesota and Northwestern. The two-day meet is set for the weekend of Jan. 28 to 29. Minnesota's program is currently headlined by NCAA breaststroke champion Max McHugh, who swept the 100 and 200 breast at the national championship meet as a junior. Diving coach Wenbo Chen previously coached the Purdue divers from 2001 to 2005.
The Purdue men open the season receiving votes in the CSCAA top-25 rankings. Last season, they finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships and 17th at the NCAA Championships, both showings ranking among the best in the modern era of the program. Nikola Aćin, Ben Bramley, Greg Duncan, Nick Sherman and Ryan Hrosik are all back after helping the Boilermakers score in a program-record seven events at NCAAs.
Divers Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer, Maggie Merriman and Maycey Vieta headline the women's returnees. They teamed up to account for 56 points at the NCAA Championships, the top total among any team of women's divers in 2021, to give the Boilermakers a 20th-place showing overall. Last month, junior Kate Beavon won the 5000-meter race at the CSCAA Open Water Nationals in Lawrence, Kansas.
| ORDER OF EVENTS | |
| FRIDAY – MEN'S 16-EVENT DUAL 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 |
SATURDAY – MINI INVITATIONAL 200 Medley Relay 200 Free 50 Free 100 IM 100 Fly 100 Free 100 Back 500 Free 100 Breast 200 Free Relay 1-Meter & 3-Meter Diving Contested Concurrently Max 3 Events Per Swimmer (2 Individual) Max 3 Entries Per Team in 500 Free |
| LAST TIME PURDUE HOSTED THE INDIANA INTERCOLLEGIATES Oct. 19, 2019 – Notables for Active Boilermakers |
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| EVENT WINNERS Jade Knueppel – 50 Free Keelan Hart – 100 Free Kendra Bowen – 200 Free Kate Beavon – 500 Free Greg Duncan – 3-Meter Diving |
HEAT WINNERS Elissa Haake – 100 Free Brett Riley – 200 Free Khadin Soto – 100 Breast CONTRIBUTED TO RELAY WINNERS Men – Ryan Hrosik (2) & Nikola Bjelajac Women – Claire Abbasse, Kendra Bowen |
| PURDUE HONOR ROLL Achievements by Active Boilermakers Entering New Season |
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| OLYMPIANS Nikola Aćin Tyler Downs COMPETED AT 2021 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS Ben Bramley Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer Tyler Downs Greg Duncan Masy Folcik Ryan Hrosik Sylvia Kobylak Sophie McAfee Maggie Merriman Coleman Modglin Hayley Pike Jordan Rzepka Nick Sherman PURDUE RECORD HOLDERS – INDIVIDUAL EVENTS Nikola Aćin – 100 Free Batuhan Hakan – 500 Free Nick Sherman – 200 Free, 200 IM PURDUE RECORD HOLDERS – RELAYS Nikola Aćin – 200 & 400 Free, 200 & 400 Medley Ryan Hrosik – 200 Free, 200 Medley Nick Sherman – 200, 400, 800 Free Batuhan Hakan – 800 Free Jude Wenker – 800 Free Andrew Alders – 800 Free Michael Juengel – 200 Medley PURDUE RECORD HOLDERS – FRESHMAN MARKS Nikola Aćin – 50, 100, 200 Free Kendra Bowen – 100 Free Batuhan Hakan – 500 Free Michael Juengel – 200 Back Jade Knueppel – 50 Free ACADEMIC TRIFECTA IN 2021 Academic All-Big Ten, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & CSCAA Scholar All-American Nikola Aćin Ben Bramley Ryan Hrosik Sylvia Kobylak Maggie Merriman Maycey Vieta |
2021 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS Nikola Aćin Ben Bramley Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer Greg Duncan Ryan Hrosik Michael Juengel Maggie Merriman Nick Sherman Maycey Vieta 2021 ALL-AMERICANS Nikola Aćin Ben Bramley Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer Greg Duncan Maggie Merriman Nick Sherman Ryan Hrosik Maycey Vieta 2021 BIG TEN MEDALISTS Nikola Aćin – 100 Free (Silver), 200 Free Relay (Silver) Maggie Merriman – Platform Diving (Silver) Ryan Hrosik – 200 Free Relay (Silver) Nick Sherman – 200 Free Relay (Silver) Ben Bramley – Platform Diving (Bronze) Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer – 3-Meter Diving (Bronze) BIG TEN CHAMPIONS Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer – 3-Meter in 2020 Greg Duncan – 3-Meter in 2020 RACED AT USA SWIMMING'S 2021 SPEEDO SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS (Greensboro) Michael Juengel Brett Riley Andrew Alders Blake Ratliff Liam Walker EVENT WINNERS AT 2021 INDIANA SENIOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (LCM) Kate Beavon – 1500 Free Abby Harter – 100 Back Teagen Moon – 100 Fly Abby Jahns – 200 Fly Coleman Modglin – 200 Breast Ethan Shaw – 200 Fly Aaron Frollo – Special Mention as Top Ind. Scorer 200 Medley Relay (W) – Harter, Folcik, Mueller, Young 400 Medley Relay (W) – Harter, Folcik, Sierra, Young 200 Free Relay (M) – Hrosik, Hart, Ratliff, Juengel 400 Free Relay (M) – Hart, Smith, Alders, Ratliff 200 Medley (M) – Juengel, Alders, Walker, Hrosik 400 Medley (M) – Juengel, Alders, Walker, Hart |