MEET INFORMATION
Purdue Men's Swimming & Diving at the Big Ten Championships
Wednesday, Feb. 22 to Saturday, Feb. 25
Opening Night Relays at 5 p.m. ET
10 a.m. Prelims, 5 p.m. Finals / All Sessions Streaming on B1G+
Canham Natatorium / Ann Arbor, Michigan
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue men's swimming & diving makes its second trip to Ann Arbor of the season as the Big Ten Championships are contested at the University of Michigan for the second time this month, but for the first time on the men's side in nearly a decade.
Action is set for Wednesday evening through Saturday at Michigan's Canham Natatorium, which also hosted the women's championship meet last week as the first dual host of both Big Tens since Iowa in 2012. The men's championship meet has not been held in Ann Arbor since 2014.
The Boilermakers also visited Ann Arbor for a dual meet at U-M on Nov. 4. Brady Samuels (100 breast), Coleman Modglin (100 breast), Nick Sherman (200 free), Skyler Younkin (200 fly) and Sam Bennett (3-meter diving) won events that day.
Purdue finished fourth at Big Tens three times in four years from 2018 to 2021. As the meet host last season, the Boilermakers won five medals but saw their seven-year streak with at least one Big Ten champion come to an end. Those titles were in platform diving (4), 200 breaststroke (3) and 3-meter diving (2).
The divers have won multiple medals at every Big Tens since 2013 – piling up 27 total medals during the streak. Jordan Rzepka claimed silver on both 3-meter and platform in his debut at the conference championship meet last year. His 100-point dive from the 10-meter platform in the championship final was the highest-scoring dive of the meet.
The Boilermakers have won at least one relay medal three years in a row, accomplishing the feat for the first time since 2001 to 2003. Purdue also did it four years in a row from 1996 to 1999. The current streak features a bronze in the 200 medley in 2020, silver in the 200 free in 2021, and bronze in both the 200 and 400 free a year ago. Eight different Boilermakers have been part of at least one relay during the streak, including Brady Samuels, Nick Sherman and Keelan Hart last year. The 2022 team became Purdue's first since 1998 to win medals in multiple relays at the same Big Tens.
As Purdue's active career scoring leader at Big Tens, Sherman has scored in all three of his individual events each of the last three years. Bennett, Rzepka and Samuels also scored in all three of their individual events last season as freshmen.
MEDALS WON AT 2022 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Jordan Rzepka – Silver on 3-Meter, Silver on Platform
• 200 Free Relay Team (Sherman, Hrosik, Aćin, Hrosik, Samuels) – Bronze
• 400 Free Relay Team (Aćin, Sherman, Hart, Samuels) – Bronze
• Tyler Downs – Bronze on 1-Meter
PROGRAM RECORDS AT 2022 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Nick Sherman – 200 IM, 1:43.42 (Team, Since Broken)
• Brady Samuels – 100 Fly, 45.64 (Team/Freshman)
• Brady Samuels – 100 Free, 42.41 (Freshman)
• 400 Free Relay – 2:50.09 (Team)
MORE NOTABLE CAREER BESTS AT 2022 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
All-Time Ranks in Team History
• Skyler Younkin – 2nd in 200 Fly (1:45.01)
• Brady Samuels – 2nd in 100 Free (42.41)
• Liam Walker – 4th in 200 Fly (1:45.21)
• Nick Sherman – 5th in 50 Free (19.54)
• Coleman Modglin – 5th in 200 Breast (1:55.02)
• Nick Sherman – 5th in 100 Back (47.12)
• Jordan Rzepka – 6th on 3-Meter (451.90)
• Michael Juengel – 7th in 100 Fly (46.99)
• Keelan Hart – 9th in 100 Free (43.46)
• Jordan Rzepka – 9th on Platform (443.10)
• Liam Walker – 10th in 100 Fly (47.40)
• Andrew Alders – T-13th in 200 Breast (1:58.72)
• All 5 Relays Posted Top 4 Times in Team History
YEAR 8 OF THE CURRENT SCORING BREAKDOWN
• A Final: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22
• B Final: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
• C Final: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (and 17th through 24th in Diving Prelims)
• Relays: 64-56-54-52-50-48-46-44
PURDUE'S MOST RECENT BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
• Diving: Brandon Loschiavo – Platform, 2021
• Swimming: Marat Amaltdinov – 200 Breast, 2017
• Relay: 400 Medley (Sutherland, Kovacs, Brown, Ullom), 1997
PURDUE MEDALISTS AT BIG TENS WHEN MICHIGAN HAS HOSTED (Since 2000)
2000
• Matthew Martin – Bronze in 500 Free, Bronze in 1650 Free
• Dan Kleber – Bronze in 200 Fly
2003
• Tamas Bessenyei – Silver in 100 Breast
• 400 Medley Relay Team (Paul, Bessenyei, Sayce, Wright) – Bronze
2008
• David Colturi – Silver on 3-Meter, Bronze on 1-Meter
2014
• Jamie Bissett – Silver on 1-Meter, Silver on 3-Meter
• Nate Cox – Silver on Platform
• Lyam Dias – Silver in 200 Breast
Purdue Men's Swimming & Diving at the Big Ten Championships
Wednesday, Feb. 22 to Saturday, Feb. 25
Opening Night Relays at 5 p.m. ET
10 a.m. Prelims, 5 p.m. Finals / All Sessions Streaming on B1G+
Canham Natatorium / Ann Arbor, Michigan
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue men's swimming & diving makes its second trip to Ann Arbor of the season as the Big Ten Championships are contested at the University of Michigan for the second time this month, but for the first time on the men's side in nearly a decade.
Action is set for Wednesday evening through Saturday at Michigan's Canham Natatorium, which also hosted the women's championship meet last week as the first dual host of both Big Tens since Iowa in 2012. The men's championship meet has not been held in Ann Arbor since 2014.
The Boilermakers also visited Ann Arbor for a dual meet at U-M on Nov. 4. Brady Samuels (100 breast), Coleman Modglin (100 breast), Nick Sherman (200 free), Skyler Younkin (200 fly) and Sam Bennett (3-meter diving) won events that day.
| EVENT SCHEDULE AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS – 7-SESSION FORMAT | |||
| Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 200 Medley Relay 800 Free Relay Team Diving (Exhibition) |
500 Free 200 IM 50 Free 1-Meter Diving 400 Medley Relay |
100 Fly 400 IM 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back 3-Meter Diving 200 Free Relay |
1650 Free 200 Back 100 Free 200 Breast 200 Fly Platform Diving 400 Free Relay |
| Diving Prelims Begin Daily at Noon | 1,650 Free & Relays are Finals Only First Heat of 1,650 Free at 3:15 p.m. | Saturday Finals Open with Fastest Heat of 1,650 Free Diving Consolation Finals Have Moved to the First Event of Finals Sessions |
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Purdue finished fourth at Big Tens three times in four years from 2018 to 2021. As the meet host last season, the Boilermakers won five medals but saw their seven-year streak with at least one Big Ten champion come to an end. Those titles were in platform diving (4), 200 breaststroke (3) and 3-meter diving (2).
The divers have won multiple medals at every Big Tens since 2013 – piling up 27 total medals during the streak. Jordan Rzepka claimed silver on both 3-meter and platform in his debut at the conference championship meet last year. His 100-point dive from the 10-meter platform in the championship final was the highest-scoring dive of the meet.
The Boilermakers have won at least one relay medal three years in a row, accomplishing the feat for the first time since 2001 to 2003. Purdue also did it four years in a row from 1996 to 1999. The current streak features a bronze in the 200 medley in 2020, silver in the 200 free in 2021, and bronze in both the 200 and 400 free a year ago. Eight different Boilermakers have been part of at least one relay during the streak, including Brady Samuels, Nick Sherman and Keelan Hart last year. The 2022 team became Purdue's first since 1998 to win medals in multiple relays at the same Big Tens.
As Purdue's active career scoring leader at Big Tens, Sherman has scored in all three of his individual events each of the last three years. Bennett, Rzepka and Samuels also scored in all three of their individual events last season as freshmen.
MEDALS WON AT 2022 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Jordan Rzepka – Silver on 3-Meter, Silver on Platform
• 200 Free Relay Team (Sherman, Hrosik, Aćin, Hrosik, Samuels) – Bronze
• 400 Free Relay Team (Aćin, Sherman, Hart, Samuels) – Bronze
• Tyler Downs – Bronze on 1-Meter
PROGRAM RECORDS AT 2022 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Nick Sherman – 200 IM, 1:43.42 (Team, Since Broken)
• Brady Samuels – 100 Fly, 45.64 (Team/Freshman)
• Brady Samuels – 100 Free, 42.41 (Freshman)
• 400 Free Relay – 2:50.09 (Team)
MORE NOTABLE CAREER BESTS AT 2022 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
All-Time Ranks in Team History
• Skyler Younkin – 2nd in 200 Fly (1:45.01)
• Brady Samuels – 2nd in 100 Free (42.41)
• Liam Walker – 4th in 200 Fly (1:45.21)
• Nick Sherman – 5th in 50 Free (19.54)
• Coleman Modglin – 5th in 200 Breast (1:55.02)
• Nick Sherman – 5th in 100 Back (47.12)
• Jordan Rzepka – 6th on 3-Meter (451.90)
• Michael Juengel – 7th in 100 Fly (46.99)
• Keelan Hart – 9th in 100 Free (43.46)
• Jordan Rzepka – 9th on Platform (443.10)
• Liam Walker – 10th in 100 Fly (47.40)
• Andrew Alders – T-13th in 200 Breast (1:58.72)
• All 5 Relays Posted Top 4 Times in Team History
| ACTIVE CAREER SCORING LEADERS AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||||
| Boilermaker | Career Points | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Nick Sherman | 135 | 52 | 58 | 25 |
| Jordan Rzepka | 76 | 76 | NA | NA |
| Brady Samuels | 59 | 59 | NA | NA |
| Coleman Modglin | 36 | 26 | 10 | NA |
| Michael Juengel | 34.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 28 |
| Elliot Cooper | 25 | 2 | 22 | 1 |
| Liam Walker | 24 | 13 | 11 | -- |
| Skyler Younkin | 24 | 13 | 11 | -- |
| Andrew Alders | 18 | 18 | -- | NA |
| Keelan Hart | 17 | 10 | DNC | 7 |
| Sam Bennett | 15 | 15 | NA | NA |
| COMPETED AT SAME AQUATIC CENTER AS BIG TENS Since 2000; Excluding Years Purdue Hosted Big Tens |
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| Season | Big Tens Host | Date(s) | Meet Result | Big Tens Result |
| 2022-23 | Michigan | Nov. 4 | L, 184.5-113-5 | TBD |
| 2019-20 | Indiana | Jan. 25 | L, 179-112 | 7th |
| 2018-19 | Iowa | Nov. 15-17 | Won Hawkeye Invite | 4th |
| 2017-18 | Minnesota | Jan. 26-27 | Split w/ MINN & NW | 4th |
| 2011-12 | Iowa | Nov. 18 | Lost to Iowa & OSU | 7th |
| 2006-07 | Ohio State | Nov. 17 | L, 171-129 | 6th |
| 2005-06 | Indiana | Feb. 4 | L, 134-108 | 5th |
| 2004-05 | Minnesota | Nov. 19-21 | 2nd at MINN Invite | 5th |
| 2002-03 | Michigan | Jan. 17 | L, 140-99 | 7th |
| 2001-02 | Indiana | Feb. 9 | L, 136.5-106.5 | 8th |
YEAR 8 OF THE CURRENT SCORING BREAKDOWN
• A Final: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22
• B Final: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
• C Final: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (and 17th through 24th in Diving Prelims)
• Relays: 64-56-54-52-50-48-46-44
PURDUE'S MOST RECENT BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
• Diving: Brandon Loschiavo – Platform, 2021
• Swimming: Marat Amaltdinov – 200 Breast, 2017
• Relay: 400 Medley (Sutherland, Kovacs, Brown, Ullom), 1997
PURDUE MEDALISTS AT BIG TENS WHEN MICHIGAN HAS HOSTED (Since 2000)
2000
• Matthew Martin – Bronze in 500 Free, Bronze in 1650 Free
• Dan Kleber – Bronze in 200 Fly
2003
• Tamas Bessenyei – Silver in 100 Breast
• 400 Medley Relay Team (Paul, Bessenyei, Sayce, Wright) – Bronze
2008
• David Colturi – Silver on 3-Meter, Bronze on 1-Meter
2014
• Jamie Bissett – Silver on 1-Meter, Silver on 3-Meter
• Nate Cox – Silver on Platform
• Lyam Dias – Silver in 200 Breast