WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Globetrotting Boilermakers Jordan Rzepka and Maycey Vieta will miss Purdue's home-opening weekend while competing in 10-meter diving internationally at the Pan American Games in the capital of Chile.
Santiago is hosting in the 19th edition of the Pan Am Games, with the aquatics events being contested at the city's Centro Acuático. Vieta will compete for Puerto Rico in the women's 10-meter event on Friday and Saturday. Rzepka is entered in the synchronized (Sunday) and individual (Wednesday, Oct. 25) 10-meter events for the USA. He'll team with the University of Miami's Max Flory in synchro.
Four years ago, Purdue was represented by Steele Johnson and Ben Bramley at the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru. That same year, Santiago also hosted the Junior Pan Am Games. Rzepka joined his current Purdue teammates Max Miller, Sophie McAfee and Daryn Wright on USA Diving's roster for the continental championships. Rzepka won gold on 1-meter and synchronized 3-meter.
Vieta won bronze medals in 10-meter and mixed 10-meter synchro this summer at the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador. She and Rzepka also competed at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan a few weeks later. They were both at Worlds for the second year in a row after traveling to Hungary for the international showcase in June 2022.
Rzepka swept the springboard events Friday at Notre Dame in Purdue's season-opening dual meet. Vieta is the reigning Big Ten champion in platform diving.
PURDUE DIVERS AT THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES
Times converted to USA's Eastern Time (Santiago is one hour ahead)
Women's 10-Meter – Maycey Vieta
Prelim Friday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. (275.50, 8th)
Final Saturday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. (309.70, 5th)
Men's 10-Meter Synchro – Jordan Rzepka (with Miami's Max Flory)
Final Sunday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. (360.96, 4th)
Men's 10-Meter – Jordan Rzepka
Prelim Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. (363.75, 8th)
Final Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 7:40 p.m. (391.05, 9th)
Santiago is hosting in the 19th edition of the Pan Am Games, with the aquatics events being contested at the city's Centro Acuático. Vieta will compete for Puerto Rico in the women's 10-meter event on Friday and Saturday. Rzepka is entered in the synchronized (Sunday) and individual (Wednesday, Oct. 25) 10-meter events for the USA. He'll team with the University of Miami's Max Flory in synchro.
Four years ago, Purdue was represented by Steele Johnson and Ben Bramley at the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru. That same year, Santiago also hosted the Junior Pan Am Games. Rzepka joined his current Purdue teammates Max Miller, Sophie McAfee and Daryn Wright on USA Diving's roster for the continental championships. Rzepka won gold on 1-meter and synchronized 3-meter.
Vieta won bronze medals in 10-meter and mixed 10-meter synchro this summer at the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador. She and Rzepka also competed at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan a few weeks later. They were both at Worlds for the second year in a row after traveling to Hungary for the international showcase in June 2022.
Rzepka swept the springboard events Friday at Notre Dame in Purdue's season-opening dual meet. Vieta is the reigning Big Ten champion in platform diving.
PURDUE DIVERS AT THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES
Times converted to USA's Eastern Time (Santiago is one hour ahead)
Women's 10-Meter – Maycey Vieta
Prelim Friday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. (275.50, 8th)
Final Saturday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. (309.70, 5th)
Men's 10-Meter Synchro – Jordan Rzepka (with Miami's Max Flory)
Final Sunday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. (360.96, 4th)
Men's 10-Meter – Jordan Rzepka
Prelim Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. (363.75, 8th)
Final Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 7:40 p.m. (391.05, 9th)