MEET INFORMATION
Purdue Men & Women host the Purdue Invitational
Thursday, Nov. 16 to Sunday, Nov. 19
Thursday: Swim Prelims at 10:30 a.m. / Dive Prelims at 1 p.m. / Finals at 6 p.m.
Friday: Swim Prelims at 10:30 a.m. / Dive Prelims at 1 p.m. / Finals at 6 p.m.
Saturday: Swim Prelims at 10:30 a.m. / Platform Diving Final at 1 p.m. / Finals at 6 p.m.
Sunday: LCM Time Trials at 10 a.m.
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
Visiting Teams: Illinois, Illinois State, Marshall, McKendree, Missouri State, Northwestern, Southern Illinois
MEET SCORING & REGULATIONS
• A Final Scoring: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
• B Final Scoring: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
• Relay Scoring: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22
• Team Diving Scoring: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22
• Top 12 divers in springboard prelims advance to finals; Divers 13-16 in prelims also score
• Non-scoring C & D finals also offered; some women's events may feature an E final
• One scoring relay per team, but teams may enter as many relays as they would like
• Each swimmer may swim a maximum of four individual events
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue swimming & diving's annual midseason showcase once again features three full days of action at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center as teams from all across the Midwest visit campus this week for the 11th co-ed edition of the Purdue Invitational.
The meet returns to a Thursday-Friday-Saturday schedule this season but also features a bonus long course time trials session on Sunday morning. Swimmers will aim to qualify for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which is set to be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Downtown Indianapolis in June.
At the Purdue Invitational, swimming prelims begin daily at 10:30 a.m. ET. Springboard diving prelims get underway at 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Platform diving will be contested as a finals-only event Friday at 1 p.m. Finals sessions are set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There is not expected to be much downtime Saturday with swimming prelims in the morning, platform diving in the afternoon, the first heat of the mile at approximately 3:30 p.m. and the finals session that night.
Admission is free for all sessions of the meet at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.
This year's field features 13 teams representing eight universities. McKendree, Missouri State, Northwestern and Southern Illinois join Purdue with full co-ed representation. Women's teams from Illinois, Illinois State and Marshall will also be in attendance. Illinois is the lone newcomer at the meet this year.
The Boilermakers have won the Purdue Invitational nine times – six by the men and three by the women. They've only swept the titles in the same year once before (2015). The Purdue Invite debuted as a men's only meet in November 2003 and evolved into a co-ed midseason showcase two years later. There could be as many as 31 nations represented at the meet this year.
BOILERMAKERS' TEAM FINISHES AT PURDUE INVITATIONAL
Meet always held in November
• 2022: Men 1st, Women 3rd
• 2021: Men 1st, Women 4th
• 2019: Men 2nd, Women 3rd
• 2017: Men 4th, Women 4th
• 2015: Men 1st, Women 1st
• 2012: Women 1st, Men 2nd
• 2010: Men 1st, Women 4th
• 2009: Men 3rd, Women 4th
• 2007: Men 1st, Women 2nd
• 2005: Women 1st, Men 3rd
• 2003: Men 1st, Women DNC
Among active Boilermakers, 50 student-athletes (23 men, 27 women) have scored at the Purdue Invitational during their careers. Brady Samuels (2021 & 2022), Kate Beavon (2022), Maggie Love (2021) and Kendra Bowen (2019) have all scored in four individual events at a Purdue Invite. Jordan Rzepka (diving sweep), Sophie McAfee (springboard sweep) and Samuels (100 back & 100 fly) all won events last year. The Purdue men were also victorious in the 400 and 800 freestyle relays. The 400 team set a meet record and the 800 quartet came up just .02 hundredths shy of matching the program record. Rzepka was the first diver to win all three events at the Purdue Invite since David Boudia in 2010.
INVITATIONAL UPDATES IN THE DIVE WELL
• Team diving will be featured to open the finals sessions Thursday (women) and Friday (men) for the second year in a row. However, this year it will be scored in the same fashion as relays. Each team that chooses to compete will be comprised of three divers, with each diver executing two dives from a board – 1-meter, 3-meter, platform.
• With diving coaches from Wisconsin, Yale, Utah and UCLA leading the way as the authors of the proposal, there's a continued push to make team diving an annual scored event at conference championship meets and the NCAA Championships. The event was designed to be diving's equivalent of a relay race. The format (3 divers, 2 dives per board) is thought to be more inclusive at the college level than synchronized events.
• The addition of team diving to the finals sessions also means the springboard finals will be contested simultaneously Thursday (men on 1-meter, women on 3-meter) and Friday (women on 1-meter, men on 3-meter) beginning at 6:50 p.m.
WELCOME BACK
• Missouri State is making its meet-record 10th appearance by a visiting team at the Purdue Invitational, missing only the 2003 and 2019 editions.
• The state of Illinois will be well represented at the Purdue Invite this year. Of the 11 visiting teams, eight hail from the Land of Lincoln – co-ed representation from Northwestern (Evanston), Southern Illinois (Carbondale) and McKendree (Lebanon) plus women's teams from Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) and Illinois State (Normal).
• Illinois State is set to appear at its fourth straight Purdue Invite, the longest active streak for visiting teams.
• Northwestern and Southern Illinois are also back at the meet. Both schools attended the first two editions of the Purdue Invite (2003, 2005) and SIU remained a regular through 2017, with the Salukis' eighth appearance ranking second behind only conference rival Missouri State. Meanwhile, the Northwestern women won the meet in 2021 in their first appearance at the Purdue Invite since the inaugural co-ed edition in 2005. The Wildcats join Ohio State (2009 and 2010) and Indiana (2017) as Big Ten teams to have full co-ed representation at the Purdue Invite.
REPEAT APPEARANCES BY VISITING TEAMS
• Missouri State (10) – 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Southern Illinois (8) – 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023
• Northwestern (5) – 2003, 2005, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Illinois State (4) – 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
• McKendree (3) – 2019, 2021, 2023
• Marshall (2) – 2022, 2023
Purdue Men & Women host the Purdue Invitational
Thursday, Nov. 16 to Sunday, Nov. 19
Thursday: Swim Prelims at 10:30 a.m. / Dive Prelims at 1 p.m. / Finals at 6 p.m.
Friday: Swim Prelims at 10:30 a.m. / Dive Prelims at 1 p.m. / Finals at 6 p.m.
Saturday: Swim Prelims at 10:30 a.m. / Platform Diving Final at 1 p.m. / Finals at 6 p.m.
Sunday: LCM Time Trials at 10 a.m.
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
Visiting Teams: Illinois, Illinois State, Marshall, McKendree, Missouri State, Northwestern, Southern Illinois
MEET SCORING & REGULATIONS
• A Final Scoring: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
• B Final Scoring: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
• Relay Scoring: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22
• Team Diving Scoring: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22
• Top 12 divers in springboard prelims advance to finals; Divers 13-16 in prelims also score
• Non-scoring C & D finals also offered; some women's events may feature an E final
• One scoring relay per team, but teams may enter as many relays as they would like
• Each swimmer may swim a maximum of four individual events
| DAILY SCHEDULES & ORDER OF EVENTS | ||
| THURSDAY • Swimming Prelims at 10:30 a.m. • Diving Prelims at 1 p.m. • Finals Session at 6 p.m. • Women's Team Diving at 6:15 p.m. • Diving Finals at 6:50 p.m. • 200 Free Relay • 500 Free • 200 IM • 50 Free • 400 Medley Relay • Women's Team Diving • Men's 1-Meter Diving • Women's 3-Meter Diving |
FRIDAY • Swimming Prelims at 10:30 a.m. • Diving Prelims at 1 p.m. • Finals Session at 6 p.m. • Men's Team Diving at 6:15 p.m. • Diving Finals at 6:50 p.m. • 200 Medley Relay • 400 IM • 100 Fly • 200 Free • 100 Breast • 100 Back • 800 Free Relay • Men's Team Diving • Women's 1-Meter Diving • Men's 3-Meter Diving |
SATURDAY • Swimming Prelims at 10:30 a.m. • Platform Diving Finals at 1 p.m. • First Heat of the Mile at 4 p.m. • Finals Session at 6 p.m. • Fastest Heat of the Mile in Finals • 1650 Free • 200 Back • 100 Free • 200 Breast • 200 Fly • 400 Free Relay • Platform Diving |
| Relays, 1650 Free & Platform Diving are Finals Only | ||
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue swimming & diving's annual midseason showcase once again features three full days of action at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center as teams from all across the Midwest visit campus this week for the 11th co-ed edition of the Purdue Invitational.
The meet returns to a Thursday-Friday-Saturday schedule this season but also features a bonus long course time trials session on Sunday morning. Swimmers will aim to qualify for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which is set to be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Downtown Indianapolis in June.
At the Purdue Invitational, swimming prelims begin daily at 10:30 a.m. ET. Springboard diving prelims get underway at 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Platform diving will be contested as a finals-only event Friday at 1 p.m. Finals sessions are set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There is not expected to be much downtime Saturday with swimming prelims in the morning, platform diving in the afternoon, the first heat of the mile at approximately 3:30 p.m. and the finals session that night.
Admission is free for all sessions of the meet at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.
This year's field features 13 teams representing eight universities. McKendree, Missouri State, Northwestern and Southern Illinois join Purdue with full co-ed representation. Women's teams from Illinois, Illinois State and Marshall will also be in attendance. Illinois is the lone newcomer at the meet this year.
The Boilermakers have won the Purdue Invitational nine times – six by the men and three by the women. They've only swept the titles in the same year once before (2015). The Purdue Invite debuted as a men's only meet in November 2003 and evolved into a co-ed midseason showcase two years later. There could be as many as 31 nations represented at the meet this year.
BOILERMAKERS' TEAM FINISHES AT PURDUE INVITATIONAL
Meet always held in November
• 2022: Men 1st, Women 3rd
• 2021: Men 1st, Women 4th
• 2019: Men 2nd, Women 3rd
• 2017: Men 4th, Women 4th
• 2015: Men 1st, Women 1st
• 2012: Women 1st, Men 2nd
• 2010: Men 1st, Women 4th
• 2009: Men 3rd, Women 4th
• 2007: Men 1st, Women 2nd
• 2005: Women 1st, Men 3rd
• 2003: Men 1st, Women DNC
Among active Boilermakers, 50 student-athletes (23 men, 27 women) have scored at the Purdue Invitational during their careers. Brady Samuels (2021 & 2022), Kate Beavon (2022), Maggie Love (2021) and Kendra Bowen (2019) have all scored in four individual events at a Purdue Invite. Jordan Rzepka (diving sweep), Sophie McAfee (springboard sweep) and Samuels (100 back & 100 fly) all won events last year. The Purdue men were also victorious in the 400 and 800 freestyle relays. The 400 team set a meet record and the 800 quartet came up just .02 hundredths shy of matching the program record. Rzepka was the first diver to win all three events at the Purdue Invite since David Boudia in 2010.
| NOTABLE RECORDS SET AT THE PURDUE INVITATIONAL THE LAST 2 YEARS | ||||
| Athlete(s) | Team / Year | Event(s) | Time | Record Type(s) |
| Brady Samuels | Purdue / 2021 | 100 Fly | 45.66 | Purdue Team* Purdue Freshman* Meet |
| Brady Samuels | Purdue / 2021 | 100 Free | 42.93 | Purdue Freshman* |
| Brady Samuels | Purdue / 2021 | 100 Back | 46.68 | Purdue Freshman |
| Nick Sherman | Purdue / 2022 | 200 IM | 1:42.90 | Purdue Team* |
| Sherman, Samuels, Muhammad, Hart | Purdue / 2022 | 400 Free Relay | 2:50.87 | Meet |
| Hannah Hill | Purdue / 2021 | 50 Free | 23.02 | Purdue Freshman* |
| Ruard van Renen^ | SIU / 2022 | 200 Back | 1:42.68 | Meet |
| Jasmine Nocentini^ | Northwestern / 2022 | 50 Free | 21.59 | Meet |
| Jasmine Nocentini^ | Northwestern / 2022 | 100 Breast | 58.31 | Meet |
| Kevin Houseman | Northwestern / 2021 | 100 Breast | 51.33 | Meet |
| Emma Lepisova | Northwestern / 2021 | 200 Back | 1:53.32 | Meet |
| * = Record Since Broken ^ = van Renen transferred to Georgia in the Summer of 2023 ^ = Nocentini transferred to Virginia in the Summer of 2023 |
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INVITATIONAL UPDATES IN THE DIVE WELL
• Team diving will be featured to open the finals sessions Thursday (women) and Friday (men) for the second year in a row. However, this year it will be scored in the same fashion as relays. Each team that chooses to compete will be comprised of three divers, with each diver executing two dives from a board – 1-meter, 3-meter, platform.
• With diving coaches from Wisconsin, Yale, Utah and UCLA leading the way as the authors of the proposal, there's a continued push to make team diving an annual scored event at conference championship meets and the NCAA Championships. The event was designed to be diving's equivalent of a relay race. The format (3 divers, 2 dives per board) is thought to be more inclusive at the college level than synchronized events.
• The addition of team diving to the finals sessions also means the springboard finals will be contested simultaneously Thursday (men on 1-meter, women on 3-meter) and Friday (women on 1-meter, men on 3-meter) beginning at 6:50 p.m.
WELCOME BACK
• Missouri State is making its meet-record 10th appearance by a visiting team at the Purdue Invitational, missing only the 2003 and 2019 editions.
• The state of Illinois will be well represented at the Purdue Invite this year. Of the 11 visiting teams, eight hail from the Land of Lincoln – co-ed representation from Northwestern (Evanston), Southern Illinois (Carbondale) and McKendree (Lebanon) plus women's teams from Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) and Illinois State (Normal).
• Illinois State is set to appear at its fourth straight Purdue Invite, the longest active streak for visiting teams.
• Northwestern and Southern Illinois are also back at the meet. Both schools attended the first two editions of the Purdue Invite (2003, 2005) and SIU remained a regular through 2017, with the Salukis' eighth appearance ranking second behind only conference rival Missouri State. Meanwhile, the Northwestern women won the meet in 2021 in their first appearance at the Purdue Invite since the inaugural co-ed edition in 2005. The Wildcats join Ohio State (2009 and 2010) and Indiana (2017) as Big Ten teams to have full co-ed representation at the Purdue Invite.
REPEAT APPEARANCES BY VISITING TEAMS
• Missouri State (10) – 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Southern Illinois (8) – 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023
• Northwestern (5) – 2003, 2005, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Illinois State (4) – 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
• McKendree (3) – 2019, 2021, 2023
• Marshall (2) – 2022, 2023
| ACTIVE BOILERMAKERS TO SCORE AT PURDUE INVITE – MEN | ||||
| Boilermaker | Career Points | 2022 | 2021 | Notables |
| Brady Samuels | 144.5 | 73.5 | 71 | 8-Time Medalist (Free/Back/Fly) 2 Golds, 2 Silver in 2022 1 Gold, 3 Silver in 2021 |
| Jordan Rzepka | 113 | 60 | 53 | 6-Time Medalist 3 Golds in 2022 Gold, Silver, Bronze in 2021 |
| Idris Muhammad | 73 | 41 | 32 | Scored in All 3 of His Events Both Years |
| Coleman Modglin | 68 | 36 | 32 | Silver in 200 Breast in 2021 Bronze in 200 Breast in 2022 |
| Aaron Frollo | 58 | 30 | 28 | Scored in All 3 of His Events Both Years |
| Sam Bennett | 58 | 34 | 24 | Silver on Both Springboards in 2022 |
| Ethan Shaw | 54 | 41 | 13 | Scored in All 3 of His Events Both Years 3-time A Finalist in 2022 |
| Andrew Swenson | 39 | 27 | 12 | Scores in All 3 of His Events in 2022 2-time A Finalist in 200 Back |
| Andrew Alders | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2-time A Finalist in 100 Breast |
| Andrew Witty | 33 | 28 | 5 | A Finalist in both Breast Events in 2022 |
| Luke Fortner | 30 | 15 | 11 | Scored in All 3 of His Events in 2021 |
| Dylan Burau | 17 | 17 | NA | A Finalist in 200 Back |
| Griffin Poulsen | 15 | 15 | NA | 4th Overall in the Mile |
| Cooper Callahan | 12 | 12 | NA | A Finalist in 200 IM |
| Andy Kelly | 11 | 11 | NA | A Finalist in 200 Back |
| Lance Lesage | 11 | 11 | -- | |
| Raymond Whittaker | 10 | 10 | NA | |
| Connor McCarthy | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| Wyatt Blair | 6 | 6 | NA | |
| Kevin O'Dare | 6 | -- | 6 | |
| Jude Wenker | 5 | 5 | -- | |
| Gabe Eschbach | 2 | 2 | NA | |
| Griffin Seaver | 1 | 1 | -- | |
| ACTIVE BOILERMAKERS TO SCORE AT PURUDE INVITE – WOMEN | |||||
| Boilermaker | Career Points | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | Notables |
| Kate Beavon | 93 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 6-Time A Finalist; Bronze in 1650 Free in 2019 |
| Kendra Bowen | 75 | 25 | 7 | 43 | Scored in All 4 of Her Events in 2019; Bronze in 200 Free in 2019 |
| Sophie McAfee | 52 | 52 | DNC | NA | Gold on 1-Meter & 3-Meter |
| Maggie Love | 51 | 22 | 29 | NA | Scored in All 4 of Her Events in 2021 |
| Abby Harter | 51 | 26 | 25 | NA | 4-time A Finalist in Backstroke Events |
| Daryn Wright | 46 | 46 | NA | NA | Silver on 1-Meter Bronze on 3-Meter |
| Madeline Greaves | 41 | 16 | 25 | NA | A Finalist in 200 Fly & 400 IM in 2021 |
| Hannah Hill | 37 | 24 | 13 | NA | A Finalist in 50 Free in 2021, 100 Free in 2022 |
| Abby Jahns | 26 | 15 | 11 | NA | 2-time A Finalist in 1650 Free |
| Jenna Sonnenberg | 26 | DNC | 26 | NA | Finalist on Both Springboards in 2021 |
| Masy Folcik | 23 | DNC | 23 | NA | A Finalist in both Breast Events |
| Reagan Mattice | 23 | 23 | NA | NA | Scored in All 3 of Her Events |
| Mahala Erlandson | 20.5 | 9.5 | 11 | NA | |
| Maycey Vieta | 20 | DNC | 20 | DNC | Gold on Platform in 2021 |
| Cecilie Wiuff | 18 | 15 | 3 | NA | |
| Kaitlin Simons | 13 | 13 | NA | NA | |
| Abby Marcukaitis | 13 | 13 | NA | NA | |
| Kelsey Cooper | 9 | 9 | NA | NA | |
| Angelina Rossi | 8 | 4 | 4 | NA | |
| Mya Bailey | 7 | 7 | NA | NA | |
| Meredith Berglund | 7 | 7 | NA | NA | |
| Brinly Hardy | 5 | 5 | NA | NA | |
| Kendal Schreder | 3 | 3 | DNC | NA | |
| Olivia Callinswood | 2 | 2 | NA | NA | |
| Michaela Herwig | 1 | DNC | 1 | NA | |
| Kali Sayovitz | 1 | -- | 1 | NA | |
| Kate Stanley | 1 | 1 | NA | NA | |
| POTENTIALLY 31 NATIONS REPRESENTED AT PURDUE INVITE | ||
| • Antigua & Barbuda • Australia • Austria • The Bahamas • Brazil • Bulgaria • Canada • Costa Rica • Denmark • Egypt • England |
• France • Germany • Greece • Hungary • India • Israel • Italy • Japan • Jamaica • Kazakhstan |
• Mexico • Peru • Poland • Singapore • Slovakia • South Africa • Spain • Switzerland • Ukraine • United States of America |