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55 Boilermakers Score at Ohio State Invitational

Purdue broke five records and posted 47 times/scores that went into the program record books.

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by Ben Turner

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Five program records – three team and two freshman – along with 55 Boilermakers scoring in at least one individual event highlighted the weeklong showings for the Purdue Swimming & Diving teams at their midseason showcase meet, the Ohio State Invitational.

The women had 28 student-athletes score in at least one individual event, headlined by a sweep of the springboard diving events by Daryn Wright and Caitlin Hurley scoring in four individual races at a fall invitational for the third consecutive year.

The men had 27 student-athletes score in at least one individual event, 10 of them scoring in all three of their events. Max Miller was victorious in 1-meter diving, an event in which the Boilermakers had five of the top nine finishers. Tyler Wills was top 10 in all three diving events to earn top scorer honors for the men.

PROGRAM RECORDS SET IN COLUMBUS
• Blake Rowe – 200 Backstroke (1:41.43)
• Evan Mackesy – 400 Individual Medley (3:43.42)
• Caitlin Hurley, Lara Phipps, Adele Sands, Hannah Hill – 400 Freestyle Relay (3:16.68)
• Jānis Dzirkalis – Freshman Record in 50 Freestyle (19.32, also 3rd All-Time)
• Biko Hooper-Haviland – Freshman Record in 200 Butterfly (1:44.73, also 2nd All-Time)

Purdue posted 47 times/scores that went into the program record books among the all-time leaderboards. Seven of those doubled as NCAA Championships qualifying time standards.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFYING TIMES
• Alex Hotta – 46.04, 100 Back; 46.08, 100 Fly
• Janis Dzirkalis – 19.32, 50 Free
• Blake Rowe – 1:41.43, 200 Back
• Maxwell Blume – 1:54.87, 200 Breast
• Evan Mackesy – 3:43.72, 400 IM
• Reagan Mattice – 16:21.01, 1650 Free

Hurley posted lifetime bests in all four of her events – moving up the all-time leaderboards in the 100, 200, 500 and 1650 free. She finished top 10 in three events and accounted for a team-high 91 points in the individual events. Headlined by his 400 IM record, Evan Mackesy also posted four lifetime bests that elevated his name on the all-time leaderboards (also 200 & 500 free, 200 IM). Alex Hotta did likewise in four events – 100 and 200 fly, 100 free, 100 back.

The Purdue women eclipsed one of their relay records for the first time since the 2019 Big Ten Championships. Hurley, Lara Phipps, Adele Sands and Hannah Hill teamed up to take down a 400 free relay record that had stood since the 2011 Big Ten Championships. It shared longest standing honors with the 200 free relay.

Mackesy eclipsed Guillermo Blanco’s 400 IM record that had stood since January 2014. Blake Rowe overtook teammate Dylan Burau’s 200 backstroke benchmark, making the event the only one in which active Boilermakers currently rank 1-2 on an all-time leaderboard. Mackesy and Rowe have now eclipsed both the freshman and program records in their premier events before Thanksgiving of their sophomore seasons.

Including the record-breaking swims of Jānis Dzirkalis (50 free) and Biko Hooper-Haviland (200 fly) in Columbus, across the men’s and women’s teams, nine freshman records are now held by active Boilermakers. Hooper-Haviland has lowered the 200 fly freshman benchmark three times in November alone.

Behind the Scenes with the Purdue Men

 

PURDUE’S TOP 10 SCORERS

MEN (27 Total Scorers)
1.) Tyler Wills – 85 Points
Platform – 3rd in Final (32 Points)
3-Meter – 4th in Final (29 Points)
1-Meter – 9th in Final (24 Points)
2.) Holden Higbie – 75 Points
1-Meter – 5th in Final (28 Points)
3-Meter – 9th in Final (24 Points)
Platform – 10th in Final (23 Points)
3.) Nathaniel Grannis – 64 Points
1-Meter – 8th in Final (25 Points)
Platform – 9th in Final (24 Points)
3-Meter – 17th in Prelim (15 Points)
4.) Zach Welsh – 59 Points
1-Meter – 3rd in Final (32 Points)
3-Meter – 6th in Final (27 Points)
5.) Max Miller – 57 Points
1-Meter – Event Winner (40 Points)
3-Meter – 15th in Prelim (17 Points)
6.) Evan Mackesy – 54.5 Points
200 IM – T-8th in A Final (24.5 Points)
400 IM – Won B Final (22 Points)
500 Free – 3rd in C Final (8 Points)
7.) Alex Hotta – 52 Points
100 Fly – 10th in A Final (23 Points)
100 Back – 5th in B Final (17 Points)
200 Fly – 10th in B Final (12 Points)
8.) Blake Rowe – 50 Points
200 Back – 4th in A Final (29 Points)
100 Back – 6th in B Final (16 Points)
100 Fly – 6th in C Final (5 Points)
9.) Maxwell Blume – 49 Points
200 Breast – 7th in A Final (26 Points)
100 Breast – 10th in A Final (23 Pts)
T-10.) Pat Broderick – 43 Points
1650 Free – 11th Overall (22 Points)
400 IM – 7th in B Final (15 Points)
500 Free – 5th in C Final (6 Points)
T-10.) Janis Dzirkalis – 43 Points
50 Free – 8th in A Final (25 Points)
100 Free – 4th in B Final (18 Points)

WOMEN (28 Total Scorers)
1.) Caitlin Hurley – 91 Points
500 Free – 6th in A Final (27 Points)
200 Free – 8th in A Final (25 Points)
1650 Free – 10th Overall (23 Points)
100 Free – 6th in B Final (16 Points)
2.) Daryn Wright – 80 Points
1-Meter – Event Winner (40 Points)
3-Meter – Event Winner (40 Points)
T-3.) Avery Worobel – 55 Points
1-Meter – 3rd in Final (32 Points)
3-Meter – 10th in Final (23 Points)
T-3.) Kate Mouser – 55 Points
500 Free – 10th in A Final (23 Points)
400 IM – 4th in B Final (18 Points)
200 Fly – 8th in B Final (14 Points)
5.) Abby Marcukaitis – 48 Points
200 Back – 7th in A Final (26 Points)
100 Back – Won B Final (22 Points)
T-6.) Adele Sands – 47 Points
1650 Free – 14th Overall (18 Points)
200 Free – 7th in B Final (15 Points)
500 Free – 8th in B Final (14 Points)
T-6.) Reagan Mattice – 47 Points
1650 Free – 5th Overall (28 Points)
500 Free – 3rd in B Final (19 Points)
8.) Keira Kask – 44 Points
200 Fly – 6th in A Final (27 Points)
100 Fly – 5th in B Final (17 Points)
9.) Campbell Scofield – 39 Points
200 Fly – 2nd in A Final (34 Points)
100 Fly – 6th in C Final (5 Points)
10.) Brinly Hardy – 36 Points
100 Fly – 4th in B Final (18 Points)
200 Fly – 4th in B Final (18 Points)

 

PURDUE’S TOP POINT TOTAL IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

MEN
1.) 1-Meter Diving – 149 Points, 5 of Top 9 Finishers
5 Scorers: Miller, Welsh, Higbie, Grannis, Wills
2.) 3-Meter Diving – 112 Points, 4 of Top 15 Finishers
5 Scorers: Wills, Welsh, Higbie, Miller, Grannis
3.) 200 Fly – 90.5 Points
6 Scorers: Hooper-Haviland, C. Lee, LePine, Blair, Hotta, Bartmess
4.) Platform Diving – 79 Points; 3 of Top 10 Finishers
3 Scorers: Wills, Grannis, Higbie
5.) 200 Breast – 67 Points
5 Scorers: Blume, Mango, Whittaker, C. Lee, J. Lee
6.) 100 Breast – 58 Points
5 Scorers: Blume, J. Lee, Whittaker, Bartmess, Byrd
7.) 100 Back – 56 Points
3 Scorers: Burau, Hotta, Rowe
8.) 400 IM – 43 Points
3 Scorers: Mackesy, Broderick, C. Lee
T-9.) 200 Back – 42 Points
2 Scorers: Rowe, Burau
T-9.) 50 Free – 42 Points
2 Scorers: Dzirkalis, Thomas

WOMEN
1.) 3-Meter Diving – 115 Points, 3 of Top 5 Finishers
5 Scorers: Wright, Worobel, Rinehart, McCranie, Simons
2.) 200 Fly – 99 Points, 2 of Top 6 Finishers
5 Scorers: Scofield, Kask, Hardy, Mouser, Beauch
3.) 500 Free – 83 Points
4 Scorers: Hurley, Mouser, Mattice, Sands
4.) 1650 Free – 76 Points
4 Scorers: Mattice, Hurley, Sands, Frazier
5.) 200 Back – 72 Points
6 Scorers: Marcukaitis, Perna, Kehmeier, Ackerman, Lee, Cooper
6.) 100 Fly – 71 Points
5 Scorers: Hardy, Kask, Phipps, Rojas, Scofield
7.) 1-Meter Diving – 66 Points
3 Scorers: Wright, Worobel, Rinehart
8.) 100 Back – 61 Points
6 Scorers: Marcukaitis, Rojas, Perna, Fasano, Lee, Kehmeier
9.) 200 Free – 40 Points
2 Scorers: Hurley, Sands
10.) 100 Breast – 28 Points
4 Scorers: Stanley, Sharma, Phillips, Lux

 

MOVED UP PURDUE’S ALL-TIME LEADERBOARDS

MEN (28 Total Times/Scores)
• Evan Mackesy – 3:43.72, 1st in 400 IM
• Blake Rowe – 1:41.43, 1st in 200 Back
• Biko Hooper-Haviland – 1:44.73, 2nd in 200 Fly
• Alex Hotta – 46.08, 2nd in 100 Fly
• Maxwell Blume – 52.72, 3rd in 100 Breast
• Jānis Dzirkalis – 19.32, 3rd in 50 Free
• Alex Hotta, 46.04 – 3rd in 100 Back
• 200 Free Relay – 1:17.23, 3rd
…Dzirkalis, Hotta, Thomas, Kelly
• Dylan Burau – 46.20, 4th in 100 Back
• Evan Mackesy – 1:34.98, 4th in 200 Free
• 400 Free Relay – 2:51.28, 4th
…Hotta, Dzirkalis, Thomas, Cole
• 800 Free Relay – 6:23.26, 4th
…Mackesy, Cole, Rowe, Burau
• Maxwell Blume -- 1:54.87, 5th in 200 Breast
• 400 Medley Relay – 3:07.77, 5th
…Burau, Blume, Hotta, Dzirkalis
• Jānis Dzirkalis – 43.24, 6th in 100 Free
• Evan Mackesy – 1:45.06, 6th in 200 IM
• Evan Mackesy – 4:22.22, 6th in 500 Free
• 200 Medley Relay – 1:24.55, 6th
…Hotta, J. Lee, Mackesy, Dzirkalis
• Alex Hotta – 43.31, 8th in 100 Free
• Gio Mango – 1:56.65, 8th in 200 Breast
• Blake Rowe – 47.18, 9th in 100 Back
• Raymond Whittaker – 1:56.75, 9th in 200 Breast
• Jonah Lee – 53.41, 10th in 100 Breast
• Pat Broderick – 4:23.97, 11th in 500 Free
• Nathaniel Thomas – 19.72, 12th in 50 Free
• Tyler Wills – 414.25, 13th in 3-Meter Diving
• Pat Broderick – 3:50.92, 14th in 400 IM
• Alex Hotta – 1:46.51, 15th in 200 Fly

WOMEN (19 Total Times)
• 400 Free Relay – 3:16.68, 1st
…Hurley, Phipps, Sands, Hill
• 800 Free Relay – 7:05.72, 4th
…Phipps, Hurley, Sands, Mouser
• 200 Medley Relay – 1:38.64, 5th
…Marcukaitis, Sharma, Phipps, Hill
• Ava Fasano – 53.90, 5th in 100 Back
• Reagan Mattice – 16:21.01, 6th in 1650 Free
• Amie Perna – 53.92, 6th in 100 Back
• 200 Free Relay – 1:30.85, 6th
…Hill, Phipps, Fasano, Rojas
• Caitlin Hurley – 49.32, 7th in 100 Free
• Caitlin Hurley – 1:46.29, 7th in 200 Free
• Brinly Hardy – 53.82, 8th in 100 Fly
• Caitlin Hurley – 4:44.56, 8th in 500 Free
• Keira Kask – 53.83, 9th in 100 Fly
• Lara Phipps – 1:46.47, 9th in 200 Free
• Caitlin Hurley – 16:31.27, 11th in 1650 Free
• Susie Lee – 54.54, 14th in 100 Back
• Meghan Sharma – 2:15.85, 14th in 200 Breast
• Reagan Mattice – 4:47.35, 15th in 500 Free
• Amie Perna, 1:58.44, 15th in 200 Back
• Meghan Sharma, 1:02.15 – 15th in 100 Breast