Boilers Visit Columbus for Midseason Invite

MEET INFORMATION 
Purdue Swimming & Diving at the Ohio State Invitational
Tuesday, Nov. 18 to Friday, Nov. 21 / All Sessions Streaming on B1G+
Opening Night Relays at 5 p.m. ET
Swimming Prelims at 9:30 a.m. / Diving Prelims at 11:30 a.m. / 5:30 p.m. Finals Sessions
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion / Columbus, Ohio

FIELD OF TEAMS
• Co-Ed: Purdue, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Penn State, Yale
• Women’s Swimmers Only: UCLA
• Divers Only: Northwestern, Pitt, Wisconsin
• Women’s CSCAA Top 25 Teams: No. 3 Louisville, No. 10 Indiana, No. 14 Ohio State
• Men’s CSCAA Top 25 Teams: No. 3 Indiana, No. 5 Louisville, No. 19 Ohio State, No. 23 Kentucky

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Swimming & Diving returns to the city of Columbus for its midseason invitational, competing alongside a strong field at the Ohio State Invitational, a meet that will utilize the revamped event schedule for the NCAA Championships for the first time.

It’s a full weekday schedule for the seven-session showcase at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, beginning with opening night relays Tuesday at 5 p.m. For Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, swimming prelims are set for 9:30 a.m., diving prelims at 11:30 a.m. and finals sessions at 5:30 p.m. McCorkle features a 10-lane competition pool and all 10 lanes are utilized as the top 30 finishers in swimming prelims qualify for scoring finals at the Ohio State Invitational.

EVENT SCHEDULE AT OHIO STATE INVITATIONAL – 7-SESSION FORMAT
Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
200 Medley Relay 800 Free Relay	100 Fly 400 IM 200 Free 100 Breast 200 Free Relay Men’s 1-Meter Diving Women’s 3-Meter Diving	100 Back 200 Breast 500 Free 50 Free 400 Medley Relay Men’s 3-Meter Diving Women’s Platform Diving	200 IM 1650 Free 100 Free 200 Fly 200 Back 400 Free Relay Women’s 1-Meter Diving Men’s Platform Diving
1,650 Free & Relays are Finals Only // All 10 Lanes Utilized in Finals A, B & C Finalists Score (Top 30 in Prelims) D Finals also Offered Except for 400 IM & 500 Free Top 12 Qualify for Finals in Diving (13th-30th in Prelims Also Score)

SCORING BREAKDOWN 
• A Final: 40-34-32-29-28-27-26-25-24-23 
• B Final: 22-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12
• C Final: 11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
• 13th-30th in Diving Prelims Score Equivalently
• Relays: 80-68-64-58-56-54-52-50-48-46-44
• One scoring relay per team, but multiple exhibition entries permitted

The Boilermakers are set to have co-ed representation at the Ohio State Invitational for the first time since November 2011, which was also the last time the Purdue men had full representation at the annual meet. The Purdue women won the Ohio State Invitational in their last appearance in November 2014.

The Boilermakers are not hosting the Purdue Invitational this month for the first time since 2018 (excluding 2020). The men went to Iowa, the women to Indiana, and the divers to Texas the last time the Purdue Invite was not part of the schedule.

However, the Boilers have participated in plenty of notable multi-day meets at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in the last two years. Ohio State hosted the 2024 men’s Big Ten Championships, the 2025 women’s Big Ten Championships, and the 2025 (co-ed) NCAA Zone C Diving Championships. Active Boilermakers Max Miller, Kaden Springfield, Zach Welsh, Tyler Wills, Avery Worobel and Daryn Wright all qualified for the NCAA Championships in March based on their performances in Columbus. With nearly 100 divers entered (men and women combined), there will be a similar vibe to Zones in the diving well this week. The divers are also slated to compete on platform for the first time this season.

The Purdue women also sent a group of swimmers to Columbus in mid-July this summer for a Speedo Sectionals long course meet.

Kelsey Cooper (Dublin) and Hannah Hill (Springboro) are Purdue’s Ohio natives that return to their home state this week.

TOP ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY ACTIVE BOILERMAKERS AT BIG TENS WHEN OSU HOSTED THE LAST 2 YEARS
Men in 2024
• Dylan Burau eclipses Purdue record in 200 back as an A finalist
• Holden Higbie wins 1-meter consolation final, scores in all three diving events as a freshman
• Max Miller (1-meter & 3-meter) Pat Broderick (1650 free, 400 IM), Nathaniel Thomas (50 free) also score as freshmen
Women in 2025
• Daryn Wright Top 5 in all three diving events, winning Bronze on platform
• Avery Worobel Top 5 on both springboards, winning Silver on 3-meter
• Campbell Scofield an A finalist in 200 fly, Purdue’s first freshman swimmer to achieve the feat since 2015
• Kate Mouser scores in all three of her individual events for second year in a row at Big Tens
• Adele Sands scores in all three of her individual events as a freshman
• Abby Marcukaitis (100 back) and Keira Kask (200 fly) win C finals

Over the summer, the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America proposed updates to the format and qualification standards for the NCAA Division I Championships. Among them were a revamped event schedule that shuffled the deck for the national championship meet. Those updates and changes were formally approved on Sept. 24 and go into effect for the upcoming championship season in March. This week’s Ohio State Invitational will be the first look at that new event schedule. The 100 free, 100 back, 200 back and 200 fly are the only individual swimming events set to be contested on the same day of the meet as they were previously held. Diving finals are also being split into rounds 1-3 and 4-6, although that is not be utilized this week with 12-diver finals as part of a co-ed meet. The 1650 free is moving to the opening night session at NCAAs as well, but remains on the final day of the meet this week.

The annual midseason invitational meet generally produces a host of team season bests, and often lifetime bests, that stand either throughout the campaign or until the championship season in February and March. While Purdue’s resting and taper is often not the exact same as it is for the Big Ten Championships, the Boilermakers do generally suit up and gear their fall semester training towards this multi-day meet the week before Thanksgiving.

TOP SCORING ACTIVE BOILERMAKERS AT 2024 PURDUE INVITATIONAL

WOMEN 1.) Caitlin Hurley – 60 Points 500 Free – 2nd in A Final (17 Points) 1650 Free – 3rd Overall (16 Points) 200 Free – 4th in A Final (15 Points) 100 Free – 7th in A Final (12 Points) 2.) Daryn Wright – 57 Points 1-Meter – 1st in Final (20 Points) Platform – 1st Overall (20 Points) 3-Meter – 2nd in Final (17 Points) T-3.) Kate Mouser – 54 Points 500 Free – Won A Final (20 Points) 200 Fly – 2nd in A Final (17 Points) 200 Free – 2nd in A Final (17 Points) 5.) Hannah Hill – 52 Points 50 Free – Won A Final (20 Points) 100 Free – Won A Final (20 Points) 100 Back – 7th in A Final (12 Points) T-6.) Reagan Mattice – 49 Points 1650 Free – Event Winner (20 Points) 500 Free – 4th in A Final (15 Points) 200 Free – 5th in A Final (14 Points) T-6.) Adele Sands – 49 Points 1650 Free – 2nd Overall (17 Points) 500 Free – 3rd in A Final (16 Points) 200 Free – 3rd in A Final (16 Points) 9.) Campbell Scofield – 46 Points 200 Fly – Won A Final (20 Points) 500 Free – 5th in A Final (14 Points) 100 Fly – 7th in A Final 12 Points) 10.) Keira Kask – 44 Points 100 Fly – 3rd in A Final (16 Points) 200 Fly – 4th in A Final (15 Points) 200 IM – 6th in A Final (13 Points)

MEN 2.) Kaden Springfield – 47 Points Platform – 2nd in Final (17 Points) 3-Meter – 3rd in Final (16 Points) 1-Meter – 5th in Final (14 Points) 3.) Tyler Wills – 46 Points Platform – 3rd in Final (16 Points) 1-Meter – 4th in Final (15 Points) 3-Meter – 4th in Final (15 Points) T-4.) Maxwell Blume – 40 Points 200 Breast – 3rd in A Final (16 Points) 100 Breast – 4th in A Final (15 Points) T-4.) Pat Broderick – 40 Points 1650 Free – 3rd Overall (16 Points) 500 Free – 6th in A Final (13 Points) 400 IM – 8th in A Final (11 Points) 6.) Alexander Cole – 37 Points 500 Free – 2nd in A Final (17 Points) 200 Free – 4th in A Final (15 Points) 100 Free – 4th in B Final (5 Points) T-7.) Max Miller – 34 Points 1-Meter – Event Winner (20 Points) 3-Meter – 5th in Final (14 Points) T-7.) Mason Kajfosz – 34 Points 200 IM – 3rd in A Final (16 Points) 200 Fly – 7th in A Final (12 Points) 100 Fly – 3rd in B Final (6 Points) T-10.) Wyatt Blair – 33 Points 200 Fly – 4th in A Final (15 Points) 100 Fly – Won B Final (9 Points) 100 Breast – Won B Final (9 Points) T-10.) Zach Welsh – 33 Points 3-Meter – 2nd in Final (17 Points) 1-Meter – 3rd in Final (16 Points)