ROCHESTER, Mich. – Twenty-eight event victories over two days propelled the Purdue Swimming & Diving teams to a co-ed triple dual sweep of Oakland and Cincinnati over Halloween Weekend at the Oakland Aquatic Center.
The Purdue men and women both improved to 3-0 in dual meet action this season. The women swept a triple dual for the third year in a row. The men earned two dual meet wins on the day for the first time since November 2013 and swept a triple dual for the first time since January 2011.
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The Purdue women won 15 of the 19 events – seven Friday and eight Saturday. They swept the freestyle, butterfly, individual medley and diving events. The Purdue men won 13 events – seven Friday and six Saturday. They swept the four relays and both backstroke and butterfly events.
Michigan native Blake Rowe demonstrated his versatility with victories in the 100 fly and 200 back. He became the first Boilermaker this season to post an NCAA Championships qualifying time, which is new this year and introduced as part of the revamped format for the national championship meet. Rowe’s winning time of 1:41.95 in the 200 back also moved him into third place in program history.
Biko Hooper-Haviland eclipsed Purdue’s freshman record while leading a 1-2-3 finish for the Boilermakers in the 200 fly. His winning time of 1:45.84 bested Eduard Galdeano’s mark that had stood since the 2011 Big Ten Championships. It was the second-oldest freshman record among the swimming events. It also moved Hooper-Haviland into ninth place in program history.
The Purdue women capped Friday’s session with a pool record time of 3:18.43 in the 400 free relay. Lara Phipps, Caitlin Hurley, Adele Sands and Hannah Hill also moved into sixth place on the team’s all-time leaderboard.
Jānis Dzirkalis (50 and 100 free), Evan Mackesy (400 IM, 500 free), Hurley (200 and 500 free) and Phipps (100 free, 100 fly) joined Rowe as Boilermakers to win multiple individual events. Mackey and Hurley won their events on Friday. Dzirkalis, Phipps and Rowe all won an individual event both days.
Hurley finished top two in all four of her individual races, touching as the runner-up behind teammates in the 100 and 1000 free after sweeping the 200 and 500 Friday. Mackesy was the runner-up behind Hooper-Haviland in the 200 fly.
The Boilermakers dominated three of the four diving events. Led by a big list score of 427.50 from Max Miller on 1-meter, the Purdue men went 1-2-3-4-5 in the event. Avery Worobel posted the first victory of her sophomore season Friday on 1-meter and Daryn Wright was victorious on 3-meter Saturday for her team-leading fifth event win of the year. The Purdue women went 1-2-3 in both events.
The Boilermakers enjoyed five total 1-2-3 finishes and five more 1-2 showings.
Phipps posted lifetime bests in both the 100 free (49.26, T-4th) and 100 fly (53.86, 9th), moving up among Purdue’s all-time top 10 in both events.
Hannah Hill (50 free), Reagan Mattice (1000 free), Abby Marcukaitis (100 back), Alex Hotta (100 back), Campbell Scofield (200 fly), Keira Kask (200 IM) and Kate Mouser (400 IM) also won individual events for Purdue. Dzirkalis, Hill, Phipps and Hotta also contributed to three relay winners.
Hotta moved into seventh place in program history with his winning time of 47.07 in the 100 back. Gio Mango (200 breast), Keira Kask (200 IM) and Amie Perna (200 back) also joined or moved up an all-time leaderboard.
The Purdue women are back in action Friday when they host Iowa for a Big Ten dual meet at 4 p.m. ET. The men compete again at the four-day Ohio State Invitational (Nov. 18-21), which is also on the women’s schedule.
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