MEET INFORMATION
Purdue Women's Swimming & Diving at the Big Ten Championships
Wednesday, Feb. 19 to Saturday, Feb. 22 / All Sessions Streaming on B1G+
Opening Night Relays & Team Diving at 5 p.m. ET
Swimming Prelims at 10 a.m. / Diving Prelims at Noon / 5 p.m. Finals Sessions
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion / Columbus, Ohio
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue women's swimming & diving joins its comrades from around the conference in Ohio's state capital this week for the annual seven-session showcase that is the Big Ten Championships, ushering in the start of championship season.
Action is set for Wednesday evening through Saturday at Ohio State's McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, which is serving as the host site of the women's championships for the fifth time (first since 2018). Swimming prelims begin at 10 a.m. and diving prelims at noon. Finals sessions begin at 5 p.m. with the diving consolation final. The meet begins Wednesday at 5 p.m. with a pair of relays plus the exhibition team diving event.
The Boilermakers have set five team records this season and Avery Worobel eclipsed both freshman records in the springboard diving events. Olympian Daryn Wright won bronze in platform diving (her Olympic event) last season and will be among the favorites to take home the Big Ten title in the event this season.
TOP 5 TIMES/SCORES IN TEAM HISTORY POSTED THIS SEASON
• Daryn Wright – 390.45 in Platform Diving (Team Record)
• Sophie McAfee – 389.18 in 3-Meter Diving (Team Record)
• Hannah Hill – 22.32 in 50 Free (Team Record)
• Abby Marcukaitis – 1:54.46 in 200 Back (Team Record)
• Kathryn Ackerman – 4:10.61 in 400 IM (Team Record)
• Daryn Wright – 346.45 in 1-Meter Diving (2nd)
• Sophie McAfee – 366.75 in Platform Diving (2nd)
• Abby Marcukaitis – 52.82 in 100 Back (3rd)
• Kathryn Ackerman – 1:59.44 in 200 IM (4th)
• Campbell Scofield – 1:57.74 in 200 Fly (4th)
• Reagan Mattice – 9:49.90 in 1000 Free (4th)
• Abbie Kehmeier – 1:56.92 in 200 Back (5th)
• Avery Worobel – 334.10 in 1-Meter Diving (5th, Freshman Record)
Fifth-year student-athletes Masy Folcik and Kathryn Ackerman both have an opportunity to become five-year scorers at Big Tens. Folcik is Purdue's longest-tenured swimmer, joining the program in the fall of 2020 and scoring at every Big Tens since. Ackerman joined the Boilermakers this fall as a graduate transfer from Michigan, where she scored in all three of her individual events all four years. As a four-time A finalist in the 400 IM, she has finished fourth three times. She also won gold (2021) and bronze (2022) medals with the Wolverines' 800 freestyle relay teams as an underclassman.
Five other Boilermakers have an opportunity to become four-year scorers at Big Tens this week – a group that includes Mahala Erlandson, Madeline Greaves, Maggie Love, Sophie McAfee and Jenna Sonnenberg.
McAfee is 9-for-9 and Wright is 6-for-6 in career top-10 finishes at the Big Ten Championships. They are Purdue's top active career scoring leaders at the meet. A year ago, Kate Mouser became Purdue's first freshman swimmer since 2016 to score in all three of her individual events. Mouser went on to join Folcik at USA Swimming's U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Indianapolis.
With Purdue hosting last season at the Morgan J, Burke Aquatic Center, Indiana bested Ohio State by half a point -- the tightest margin in conference history -- to end the Buckeyes' streak of five consecutive Big Ten titles (since 2019). No. 7 Indiana, No. 10 Michigan, No. 12 USC, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Ohio State, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 Minnesota are all ranked among the national top 25 in the CSCAA coaches poll this month. UCLA and USC debut at the Big Ten Championships this week, bringing the field of teams to 14 – making it the largest ever for Big Tens.
ANNUAL DIVING MEDALISTS
• The Boilermakers have produced a medalist in platform diving at the last seven Big Ten Championships dating back to 2018. Purdue has racked up 100-plus points – 109 in 2022, 102 in 2023, 101 in 2024 – in the event each of the last three years while accounting for at least four 10 finishers.
• Sophie McAfee and Daryn Wright have both scored in all three diving events every season they've competed at Big Tens. Jenna Sonnenberg also achieved the distinction in 2022. McAfee led the team in scoring in her underclassman years and finished second to Wright last year. She reached the 200-point benchmark in just three years and Wright has an opportunity to do the same this week. Since the scoring format was changed in time for the 2016 championship season, only diver Emily Bretscher (team-record 300 points from 2018-22) had previously reached the 200-point mark while competing at five Big Tens.
• Purdue won four consecutive springboard consolation finals across 2022 and 2023, with a freshman accomplishing the feat both years – McAfee in 2022 and Wright in 2023. McAfee won the platform consolation final last year to keep her top-10 streak alive.
MEDALS WON BY BOILERS WHEN OHIO STATE HAS HOSTED BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
2018
• Kaersten Meitz – Silver in 500 Free
• Emily Meaney – Bronze on Platform
2015
• MacKenzie Tweardy – Bronze on Platform
2008
• Kara Cook – Gold on Platform
• Ashley Karnes – Silver on 1-Meter, Bronze on 3-Meter
2006
• Carlene Takaki – Gold in 200 Fly, Silver in 100 Fly
• Carrie McCambridge – Gold on Platform, Silver on 3-Meter, Bronze on 1-Meter
NOTABLE LIFETIME BESTS TO MOVE UP/JOIN PURDUE RECORD BOOK AT 2024 BIG TENS
(Current All-Time Rank in Team History)
• Kate Mouser – 4:14.97 in 400 IM (4th)
• Abby Marcukaitis – 1:56.96 in 200 Back (1st)
• Ana Rojas – 53.93 in 100 Back (5th)
• 200 Medley Relay – 1:39.47 (10th)
…Marcukaitis, Folcik, Love, Schreder
• Kate Mouser – 2:14.72 in 200 Breast (10th)
• Mahala Erlandson – 1:01.76 in 100 Breast (12th)
• Reagan Mattice – 16:36.27 in 1650 Free (9th)
• Keira Kask – 1:59.67 in 200 Fly (14th)
• Madeline Greaves – 4:20.33 in 400 IM (13th)
PURDUE'S ACTIVE SWIMMERS TO RACE ON RELAYS AT BIG TENS LAST SEASON
• Maggie Love – 200 & 400 Free, 200 Medley
• Abby Marcukaitis – 200 & 400 Medley
• Masy Folcik – 200 & 400 Medley
• Kate Mouser – 400 & 800 Free
• Ana Rojas – 200 Free
• Keira Kask – 400 Medley
• Caitlin Hurley – 800 Free
YEAR 10 OF THE CURRENT SCORING BREAKDOWN
• A Final: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22
• B Final: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
• C Final: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (and 17th through 24th in Diving Prelims)
• Relays: 64-56-54-52-50-48-46-44-40-34-32-30-28-26
PURDUE'S MOST RECENT BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
• Diving: Maycey Vieta – Platform, 2023
• Swimming: Carlene Takaki – 200 Fly, 2006
Purdue Women's Swimming & Diving at the Big Ten Championships
Wednesday, Feb. 19 to Saturday, Feb. 22 / All Sessions Streaming on B1G+
Opening Night Relays & Team Diving at 5 p.m. ET
Swimming Prelims at 10 a.m. / Diving Prelims at Noon / 5 p.m. Finals Sessions
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion / Columbus, Ohio
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue women's swimming & diving joins its comrades from around the conference in Ohio's state capital this week for the annual seven-session showcase that is the Big Ten Championships, ushering in the start of championship season.
Action is set for Wednesday evening through Saturday at Ohio State's McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, which is serving as the host site of the women's championships for the fifth time (first since 2018). Swimming prelims begin at 10 a.m. and diving prelims at noon. Finals sessions begin at 5 p.m. with the diving consolation final. The meet begins Wednesday at 5 p.m. with a pair of relays plus the exhibition team diving event.
The Boilermakers have set five team records this season and Avery Worobel eclipsed both freshman records in the springboard diving events. Olympian Daryn Wright won bronze in platform diving (her Olympic event) last season and will be among the favorites to take home the Big Ten title in the event this season.
TOP 5 TIMES/SCORES IN TEAM HISTORY POSTED THIS SEASON
• Daryn Wright – 390.45 in Platform Diving (Team Record)
• Sophie McAfee – 389.18 in 3-Meter Diving (Team Record)
• Hannah Hill – 22.32 in 50 Free (Team Record)
• Abby Marcukaitis – 1:54.46 in 200 Back (Team Record)
• Kathryn Ackerman – 4:10.61 in 400 IM (Team Record)
• Daryn Wright – 346.45 in 1-Meter Diving (2nd)
• Sophie McAfee – 366.75 in Platform Diving (2nd)
• Abby Marcukaitis – 52.82 in 100 Back (3rd)
• Kathryn Ackerman – 1:59.44 in 200 IM (4th)
• Campbell Scofield – 1:57.74 in 200 Fly (4th)
• Reagan Mattice – 9:49.90 in 1000 Free (4th)
• Abbie Kehmeier – 1:56.92 in 200 Back (5th)
• Avery Worobel – 334.10 in 1-Meter Diving (5th, Freshman Record)
| EVENT SCHEDULE AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS – 7-SESSION FORMAT | |||
| Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 200 Medley Relay Team Diving 800 Free Relay |
500 Free 200 IM 50 Free 1-Meter Diving 400 Medley Relay |
100 Fly 400 IM 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back 3-Meter Diving 200 Free Relay |
1650 Free 200 Back 100 Free 200 Breast 200 Fly Platform Diving 400 Free Relay |
| Diving Prelims Begin Daily at Noon | 1,650 Free & Relays are Finals Only Diving Consolation Finals are First Event of Finals Sessions First Heat of 1,650 Free at 3:15 p.m. ET | Saturday Finals Open with Fastest Heat of 1,650 Free |
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Fifth-year student-athletes Masy Folcik and Kathryn Ackerman both have an opportunity to become five-year scorers at Big Tens. Folcik is Purdue's longest-tenured swimmer, joining the program in the fall of 2020 and scoring at every Big Tens since. Ackerman joined the Boilermakers this fall as a graduate transfer from Michigan, where she scored in all three of her individual events all four years. As a four-time A finalist in the 400 IM, she has finished fourth three times. She also won gold (2021) and bronze (2022) medals with the Wolverines' 800 freestyle relay teams as an underclassman.
Five other Boilermakers have an opportunity to become four-year scorers at Big Tens this week – a group that includes Mahala Erlandson, Madeline Greaves, Maggie Love, Sophie McAfee and Jenna Sonnenberg.
McAfee is 9-for-9 and Wright is 6-for-6 in career top-10 finishes at the Big Ten Championships. They are Purdue's top active career scoring leaders at the meet. A year ago, Kate Mouser became Purdue's first freshman swimmer since 2016 to score in all three of her individual events. Mouser went on to join Folcik at USA Swimming's U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Indianapolis.
With Purdue hosting last season at the Morgan J, Burke Aquatic Center, Indiana bested Ohio State by half a point -- the tightest margin in conference history -- to end the Buckeyes' streak of five consecutive Big Ten titles (since 2019). No. 7 Indiana, No. 10 Michigan, No. 12 USC, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Ohio State, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 Minnesota are all ranked among the national top 25 in the CSCAA coaches poll this month. UCLA and USC debut at the Big Ten Championships this week, bringing the field of teams to 14 – making it the largest ever for Big Tens.
ANNUAL DIVING MEDALISTS
• The Boilermakers have produced a medalist in platform diving at the last seven Big Ten Championships dating back to 2018. Purdue has racked up 100-plus points – 109 in 2022, 102 in 2023, 101 in 2024 – in the event each of the last three years while accounting for at least four 10 finishers.
• Sophie McAfee and Daryn Wright have both scored in all three diving events every season they've competed at Big Tens. Jenna Sonnenberg also achieved the distinction in 2022. McAfee led the team in scoring in her underclassman years and finished second to Wright last year. She reached the 200-point benchmark in just three years and Wright has an opportunity to do the same this week. Since the scoring format was changed in time for the 2016 championship season, only diver Emily Bretscher (team-record 300 points from 2018-22) had previously reached the 200-point mark while competing at five Big Tens.
• Purdue won four consecutive springboard consolation finals across 2022 and 2023, with a freshman accomplishing the feat both years – McAfee in 2022 and Wright in 2023. McAfee won the platform consolation final last year to keep her top-10 streak alive.
MEDALS WON BY BOILERS WHEN OHIO STATE HAS HOSTED BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
2018
• Kaersten Meitz – Silver in 500 Free
• Emily Meaney – Bronze on Platform
2015
• MacKenzie Tweardy – Bronze on Platform
2008
• Kara Cook – Gold on Platform
• Ashley Karnes – Silver on 1-Meter, Bronze on 3-Meter
2006
• Carlene Takaki – Gold in 200 Fly, Silver in 100 Fly
• Carrie McCambridge – Gold on Platform, Silver on 3-Meter, Bronze on 1-Meter
NOTABLE LIFETIME BESTS TO MOVE UP/JOIN PURDUE RECORD BOOK AT 2024 BIG TENS
(Current All-Time Rank in Team History)
• Kate Mouser – 4:14.97 in 400 IM (4th)
• Abby Marcukaitis – 1:56.96 in 200 Back (1st)
• Ana Rojas – 53.93 in 100 Back (5th)
• 200 Medley Relay – 1:39.47 (10th)
…Marcukaitis, Folcik, Love, Schreder
• Kate Mouser – 2:14.72 in 200 Breast (10th)
• Mahala Erlandson – 1:01.76 in 100 Breast (12th)
• Reagan Mattice – 16:36.27 in 1650 Free (9th)
• Keira Kask – 1:59.67 in 200 Fly (14th)
• Madeline Greaves – 4:20.33 in 400 IM (13th)
| ACTIVE CAREER SCORING LEADERS AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS | |||||
| Boilermaker | Career Points | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Sophie McAfee | 203 | 71 | 67 | 65 | NA |
| Kathryn Ackerman* | 191.5 | 35 | 38 | 75 | 43.5 |
| Daryn Wright | 131 | 74 | 57 | NA | NA |
| Jenna Sonnenberg | 72 | 7 | 30 | 35 | DNC |
| Masy Folcik | 46 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 |
| Maggie Love | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | NA |
| Kaitlin Simons | 32 | 13 | 19 | NA | NA |
| Mahala Erlandson | 24.5 | 19.5 | 3 | 2 | NA |
| Kate Mouser | 24 | 24 | NA | NA | NA |
| Abby Marcukaitis | 22 | 22 | -- | NA | NA |
| Cecilie Wiuff | 20.5 | 13 | 3.5 | 4 | NA |
| Madeline Greaves | 20 | 4 | 1 | 14 | NA |
| Reagan Mattice | 16 | 7 | 9 | NA | NA |
| Hannah Hill | 9 | DNC | 9 | -- | NA |
| *As a 4-year scorer at Michigan | |||||
PURDUE'S ACTIVE SWIMMERS TO RACE ON RELAYS AT BIG TENS LAST SEASON
• Maggie Love – 200 & 400 Free, 200 Medley
• Abby Marcukaitis – 200 & 400 Medley
• Masy Folcik – 200 & 400 Medley
• Kate Mouser – 400 & 800 Free
• Ana Rojas – 200 Free
• Keira Kask – 400 Medley
• Caitlin Hurley – 800 Free
YEAR 10 OF THE CURRENT SCORING BREAKDOWN
• A Final: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22
• B Final: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
• C Final: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (and 17th through 24th in Diving Prelims)
• Relays: 64-56-54-52-50-48-46-44-40-34-32-30-28-26
PURDUE'S MOST RECENT BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
• Diving: Maycey Vieta – Platform, 2023
• Swimming: Carlene Takaki – 200 Fly, 2006