Boilermakers Win 8 Events at B1G Triple Duals

EVANSTON, Ill. – Led by two-time event winners Blake Rowe and Tyler Wills, the Purdue Swimming & Diving teams were victorious in eight events while closing out their dual meet schedules against Minnesota and Northwestern at the annual two-day Big Ten Triple Duals.

The Purdue men scored a decisive victory vs. Minnesota and went toe-to-toe with No. 20 Northwestern in a dual decided by only nine points.

FINAL TEAM SCORES
Men Purdue 208.5, Minnesota 144.5 #20 Northwestern 181, Purdue 172 #20 Northwestern 214, Minnesota 139	Women #23 Northwestern 213, Purdue 140 Minnesota 242.5, Purdue 110.5 Minnesota 186, #23 Northwestern 166

The Purdue men posted just their second victory vs. the Golden Gophers since the 2011-12 campaign. They also bested Minnesota in January 2021 as part of a triple dual hosted by Wisconsin.

Both the Purdue men and women went 5-3 in dual meet action this season.

PURDUE’S TOP PERFORMERS

Event Winners • Tyler Wills – 3-Meter & Platform Diving • Blake Rowe – 200 Back & 200 IM • Abby Marcukaitis – 200 Back • Campbell Scofield – 200 Fly • Jānis Dzirkalis – 50 Free • Evan Mackesy – 200 Free Runner-Up Individual Finishes • Daryn Wright – Platform Diving • Abby Marcukaitis – 100 Back • Zach Welsh – 3-Meter Diving • Alex Hotta – 50 Free • Jānis Dzirkalis – 100 Free • Jonny Hines – 1000 Free • Blake Rowe – 100 Back • Maxwell Blume – 100 Breast • Raymond Whittaker – 200 Breast • Biko Hooper-Haviland – 200 Fly

Moved Up Purdue’s All-Time Leaderboards • Reagan Mattice – 9:47.16, 3rd in 1000 Free • Jonny Hines – 9:09.14, 5th in 1000 Free • Alex Hotta – 19.57, 9th in 50 Free • Biko Hooper-Haviland – 47.49, 13th in 100 Fly • Blake Rowe – 1:46.77, 15th in 200 IM More Notables • Abby Marcukaitis – 1:54.70, NCAAs Q-Time & Team Season Best in 200 Back • Janis Dzirkalis – 19.53. Pool Record in 50 Free Jonny Hines • Hannah Hill – 22.71, Team Season-Best in 50 Free • Campbell Scofield – 1:57.13, Team Season-Best in 200 Fly • Reagan Mattice – 9:47.16, Team Season-Best in 1000 Free • Jonny Hines – 9:09.14, Team Season-Best in 1000 Free

Rowe and Wills won an event on both Friday and Saturday. Rowe was victorious in the 200 individual medley Friday and his premier event, the 200 backstroke, Saturday. Purdue hosted the diving events this weekend and Wills continued his winning ways this month with a victory on platform Friday and 3-meter Saturday. Wills was victorious twice in both events in January.

The Purdue men had the top four finishers on 3-meter and three of the top four on platform. The men also had three of the top five finishers in the 50 freestyle, 100 free and 100 back. The Purdue women did likewise in 3-meter diving.

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Abby Marcukaitis repeated as the event winner of the 200 back at the Big Ten Triple Duals. Her team season-best time of 1:54.70 was the Purdue women’s first NCAA Championships qualifying time of the campaign. Friday, she was the runner-up in the 100 back, again (52.89) making a run again at the program record (52.72) she has been chasing.

Jānis Dzirkalis won the 50 free Friday with a pool record time of 19.53 at NU’s Norris Aquatics Center, teaming up with Alex Hotta (19.57) for a 1-2 finish. Both Boilermakers eclipsed the pool record (19.59) entering the race. Hotta has added his named to Purdue’s all-time leaderboards in five events – 50 and 100 free, 100 and 200 fly, 100 back – this season.

Reagan Mattice (9:47.16) and Jonny Hines (9:09.14) posted lifetime bests in the 1000 free for the second weekend in a row, moving up among Purdue’s all-time top five in the event.

Campbell Scofield won the 200 butterfly for the sixth time this season, posting a team season-best time of 1:57.13. She was just .02 hundredths of a second shy of the NCAA Championships qualifying standard and .11 hundredths of a second off her lifetime best (1:57.02) from the Big Ten Championships last year.

Already the owner of the Purdue men’s freshman record while ranking second all-time in the 200 fly, Biko Hooper-Haviland’s lifetime best of 47.49 in the 100 fly Saturday added his name to the team’s all-time leaderboard in that event as well.

The Boilermakers now turn their full attention to the Big Ten Championships over the final two weeks of February. Minnesota hosts the women’s meet Feb. 18-21 and Wisconsin hosts the men’s meet the following week (Feb. 25-28).

UPDATED 2025-26 TEAM LEADERS
Men’s Individual Victories • Blake Rowe – 10 • Jānis Dzirkalis – 9 • Evan Mackesy – 7 • Max Miller – 4 • Tyler Wills – 4 • Biko Hooper-Haviland – 3 • Alex Hotta – 3	Women’s Individual Victories • Daryn Wright – 11 • Abby Marcukaitis – 10 • Reagan Mattice – 8 • Lara Phipps – 7 • Caitlin Hurley – 6 • Campbell Scofield – 6 • Hannah Hill – 3 • Kate Mouser – 3