MEN'S SENIOR DAY MEET INFORMATION
Purdue hosts Indiana State Women & Wabash Men
Friday, Jan. 7 at 4 p.m. ET / Men's Senior Day at 3:45 p.m.
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue swimming & diving resumes its dual meet schedule Friday with its final co-ed meet of the home slate, a late addition to the schedule that features the women competing vs. Indiana State and the men welcoming Wabash College.
The men's Senior Day ceremony at 3:45 p.m. ET will open Friday's meet, with nine seniors being recognized for their contributions to Purdue swimming & diving. Action begins at 4 p.m. and admission is free. Fans and the general public are reminded current Protect Purdue protocols require facial coverings for indoor settings, including all meets at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.
The men's seniors this season includes: Nikola Aćin, Nikola Bjelajac, Ben Bramley, Batuhan Hakan, David Forsyth, Ryan Hrosik, Brett Riley, Brady Robinson and Nick Sherman. Fifth-year diver and Big Ten champion Greg Duncan was recognized along with his classmates last season and opted not to be included in the Senior Day ceremony again.
The women's seniors will be honored prior to the Jan. 29 home meet vs. Illinois. The men are competing vs. Minnesota and Northwestern that weekend in Minneapolis.
Purdue also has the honor of hosting the men's Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-26) and two other time trials meets at home are being planned for later this season, so the men's seniors will have plenty of more opportunities to compete at the Burke Aquatic Center this year. But the coaching staff wanted to keep the tradition alive of honoring the seniors as part of a dual meet.
Indiana State and Wabash provided the assist to make it happen, agreeing to make return trips to the Burke Aquatic Center for the rare co-ed dual featuring two different opponents. The Sycamores and Little Giants were both in attendance at the Indiana Intercollegiates meet in October and ISU's divers also competed at the Purdue Invitational in November. Special thanks goes out to head coaches Josh Christensen (ISU) and Will Bernhardt (Wabash) for bringing their teams back to campus.
The Purdue men were originally scheduled to host Michigan on Jan. 14 or 15. But the Wolverines opted to travel co-ed and join the Boilermakers' Nov. 5 home meet with Missouri. That meet evolved into a triple dual as Purdue's marquee single-day meet of the fall semester. But it also left an opening in mid-January, on a date in which the men had planned to hold their Senior Day ceremony.
Purdue last hosted Wabash for a head-to-head meet during the 1929-30 season.
MEN'S SENIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Combined Totals Among Purdue's 9 Honorees on Friday
2 – Big Ten Weekly Honors
7 – Berths at the NCAA Championships
9 – Big Ten Medals
12 – All-America Honors
3 – Current Purdue Freshman Records
5 – Individual Program Records
10 – Spots on Relay Records
32 – Spots Among the Purdue All-Time Top 15 (Individual Events)
1 – Academic All-America Honor
4 – Distinguished Big Ten Scholar Honors
9 – CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors
10 – Academic All-Big Ten Honors
Bjelajac and Bramley were busy in the month of December, traveling to the Middle East to compete for their countries at the FINA World Championships (short course) and Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival. Bjelajac raced in the 200-meter freestyle for Bosnia and Herzegovina while Bramley competed on both 3-meter and 10-meter for USA Diving in a mixed team event at the festival.
Already an Academic All-American and NCAA silver medalist on platform during his Purdue career, Bramley has also been elected for a two-year term on USA Diving's Board of Directors as an Athlete Director. Purdue alumnus and high diving world champion Steven LoBue was elected for the same role last week.
Aćin (50 and 100 free) and Sherman (200 free, 200 IM) are program record holders in a pair of individual events. They've also accounted for seven of the 10 spots occupied by members of the Class of 2022 on the current relay records.
Aćin, Bjelajac, Forsyth, Hakan, Riley and Sherman all rank among Purdue's all-time leaders in at least three individual events. Sherman (top 15 in eight events) and Riley (seven) are not only the most versatile swimmers on the current roster, but also among the most versatile in program history.
ACADEMIC RECAP – 2021 FALL SEMESTER
WOMEN
• Team Semester GPA: 3.46
• Team Cumulative GPA: 3.54
• 7 Boilerakers Earned 4.0 GPAs for the Semester
• 23 Boilermakers Earned 3.5+ GPAs for the Semester
• 32 Boilermakers Earned 3.0+ GPAs for the Semester
MEN
• Team Semester GPA: 3.29
• Team Cumulative GPA: 3.34
• 3 Boilermakers Earned 4.0 GPAs for the Semester
• 19 Boilermakers Earned 3.5+ GPAs for the Semester
• 29 Boilermakers Earned 3.0+ GPAs for the Semester
16-EVENT DUAL FORMAT
200 Medley Relay
1,000 Free (W) / 400 IM (M)
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
20-Minute Break
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
10-Minute Break
200 Individual Medley
400 Free Relay (W) / 200 Free Relay (M)
Purdue hosts Indiana State Women & Wabash Men
Friday, Jan. 7 at 4 p.m. ET / Men's Senior Day at 3:45 p.m.
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue swimming & diving resumes its dual meet schedule Friday with its final co-ed meet of the home slate, a late addition to the schedule that features the women competing vs. Indiana State and the men welcoming Wabash College.
The men's Senior Day ceremony at 3:45 p.m. ET will open Friday's meet, with nine seniors being recognized for their contributions to Purdue swimming & diving. Action begins at 4 p.m. and admission is free. Fans and the general public are reminded current Protect Purdue protocols require facial coverings for indoor settings, including all meets at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.
The men's seniors this season includes: Nikola Aćin, Nikola Bjelajac, Ben Bramley, Batuhan Hakan, David Forsyth, Ryan Hrosik, Brett Riley, Brady Robinson and Nick Sherman. Fifth-year diver and Big Ten champion Greg Duncan was recognized along with his classmates last season and opted not to be included in the Senior Day ceremony again.
The women's seniors will be honored prior to the Jan. 29 home meet vs. Illinois. The men are competing vs. Minnesota and Northwestern that weekend in Minneapolis.
Purdue also has the honor of hosting the men's Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-26) and two other time trials meets at home are being planned for later this season, so the men's seniors will have plenty of more opportunities to compete at the Burke Aquatic Center this year. But the coaching staff wanted to keep the tradition alive of honoring the seniors as part of a dual meet.
Indiana State and Wabash provided the assist to make it happen, agreeing to make return trips to the Burke Aquatic Center for the rare co-ed dual featuring two different opponents. The Sycamores and Little Giants were both in attendance at the Indiana Intercollegiates meet in October and ISU's divers also competed at the Purdue Invitational in November. Special thanks goes out to head coaches Josh Christensen (ISU) and Will Bernhardt (Wabash) for bringing their teams back to campus.
The Purdue men were originally scheduled to host Michigan on Jan. 14 or 15. But the Wolverines opted to travel co-ed and join the Boilermakers' Nov. 5 home meet with Missouri. That meet evolved into a triple dual as Purdue's marquee single-day meet of the fall semester. But it also left an opening in mid-January, on a date in which the men had planned to hold their Senior Day ceremony.
Purdue last hosted Wabash for a head-to-head meet during the 1929-30 season.
MEN'S SENIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Combined Totals Among Purdue's 9 Honorees on Friday
2 – Big Ten Weekly Honors
7 – Berths at the NCAA Championships
9 – Big Ten Medals
12 – All-America Honors
3 – Current Purdue Freshman Records
5 – Individual Program Records
10 – Spots on Relay Records
32 – Spots Among the Purdue All-Time Top 15 (Individual Events)
1 – Academic All-America Honor
4 – Distinguished Big Ten Scholar Honors
9 – CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors
10 – Academic All-Big Ten Honors
Bjelajac and Bramley were busy in the month of December, traveling to the Middle East to compete for their countries at the FINA World Championships (short course) and Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival. Bjelajac raced in the 200-meter freestyle for Bosnia and Herzegovina while Bramley competed on both 3-meter and 10-meter for USA Diving in a mixed team event at the festival.
Already an Academic All-American and NCAA silver medalist on platform during his Purdue career, Bramley has also been elected for a two-year term on USA Diving's Board of Directors as an Athlete Director. Purdue alumnus and high diving world champion Steven LoBue was elected for the same role last week.
Aćin (50 and 100 free) and Sherman (200 free, 200 IM) are program record holders in a pair of individual events. They've also accounted for seven of the 10 spots occupied by members of the Class of 2022 on the current relay records.
Aćin, Bjelajac, Forsyth, Hakan, Riley and Sherman all rank among Purdue's all-time leaders in at least three individual events. Sherman (top 15 in eight events) and Riley (seven) are not only the most versatile swimmers on the current roster, but also among the most versatile in program history.
ACADEMIC RECAP – 2021 FALL SEMESTER
WOMEN
• Team Semester GPA: 3.46
• Team Cumulative GPA: 3.54
• 7 Boilerakers Earned 4.0 GPAs for the Semester
• 23 Boilermakers Earned 3.5+ GPAs for the Semester
• 32 Boilermakers Earned 3.0+ GPAs for the Semester
MEN
• Team Semester GPA: 3.29
• Team Cumulative GPA: 3.34
• 3 Boilermakers Earned 4.0 GPAs for the Semester
• 19 Boilermakers Earned 3.5+ GPAs for the Semester
• 29 Boilermakers Earned 3.0+ GPAs for the Semester
16-EVENT DUAL FORMAT
200 Medley Relay
1,000 Free (W) / 400 IM (M)
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
20-Minute Break
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
10-Minute Break
200 Individual Medley
400 Free Relay (W) / 200 Free Relay (M)