MEET INFORMATION
Purdue Women’s Swimming & Diving at the Big Ten Championships
Wednesday, Feb. 18 to Saturday, Feb. 21 / All Sessions Streaming on B1G+
Opening Night Relays & Team Diving at 5 p.m. ET
Swimming Prelims at 11 a.m. ET / Diving Prelims at 1 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. ET Finals Sessions
Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center / Minneapolis, Minn.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Women's Swimming & Diving trains all season for the championship portion of the season, which begins this week with the spotlight on the Twin Cities as the Big Ten Championships return to the University of Minnesota.
Action is set for Wednesday evening through Saturday at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, which is serving as the host site of the women’s championships for the ninth time (first since 2021, when Purdue hosted the diving events as co-ed). Swimming prelims begin at 11 a.m. ET and diving prelims at 1 p.m. ET. Finals sessions begin at 6 p.m. ET with the diving consolation final. The meet begins Wednesday at 5 p.m. ET with a pair of relays plus the exhibition team diving event.
With the NCAA Championships adopting a new event schedule this season, the Big Ten Championships has followed suit and also changed up its daily slate of events. The Boilermakers experienced that new event schedule for the first time at the Ohio State Invitational in November. At the OSU Invite, Purdue eclipsed the program record in the 400 freestyle relay that had stood since the 2011 Big Ten Championships. Caitlin Hurley, Lara Phipps, Adele Sands and Hannah Hill teamed up for the relay record.
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REVAMPED EVENT SCHEDULE AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS – 7-SESSION FORMAT |
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Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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200 Medley Relay |
100 Fly |
100 Back |
200 IM |
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Diving Prelims Begin Daily at 1 p.m. ET | 1,650 Free & Relays are Finals Only |
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At Big Tens last season, Avery Worobel (silver on 3-meter) and Daryn Wright (bronze on platform) won medals in the diving events. Wright finished top five in all three diving events. Abby Marcukaitis eclipsed her own team record in the 200 backstroke and owns an NCAA Championships qualifying time in the event this season.
Campbell Scofield and Worobel represented the Boilermakers on the new Big Ten All-Freshman Team last season. Worobel became Purdue’s first (female) freshman diver to medal at Big Tens since Maycey Vieta in 2020. As an A finalist and the top freshman finisher in the 200 butterfly, Scofield became Purdue’s first (female) freshman swimmer to race for a Big Ten title since 2015.
TOP 10 TIMES/SCORES IN TEAM HISTORY POSTED THIS SEASON
• 400 Free Relay Team (Hurley, Phipps, Sands, Hill) – 3:16.68 (Team Record)
• Abby Marcukaitis – 52.73 in 100 Back (2nd) // NCAA Championships Qualifying Time
• Reagan Mattice – 9:47.16 in 1000 Free (3rd)
• Lara Phipps – 49.26 in 100 Free (T-4th)
• 800 Free Relay Team (Phipps, Hurley, Sands, Mouser) – 7:05.72 (4th)
• Ava Fasano – 53.90 in 100 Back (5th)
• 200 Medley Relay Team (Marcukaitis, Sharma, Phipps, Hill) – 1:38.43 (5th)
• Amie Perna – 53.92 in 100 Back (6th)
• Reagan Mattice – 16:21.01 in 1650 Free (6th) // NCAA Championships Qualifying Time
• 200 Free Relay Team (Hill, Phipps, Fasano, Rojas) – 1:30.85 (6th)
• Daryn Wright – 374.48 on 3-Meter (7th)
• Caitlin Hurley – 49.32 in 100 Free (7th)
• Caitlin Hurley – 1:46.29 in 200 Free (7th)
• Caitlin Hurley – 4:44.56 in 500 Free (8th)
• Brinly Hardy – 53.82 in 100 Fly (8th)
• Keira Kask – 53.83 in 100 Fly (9th)
• Lara Phipps – 1:46.47 in 200 Free (T-9th)
• Lara Phipps – 53.86 in 100 Fly (10th)
Seniors Kaitlin Simons, Reagan Mattice and Wright have an opportunity to close out their careers as four-year scorers at Big Tens. Mattice has posted lifetime bests in all three distance events this season and owns an NCAA Championships qualifying time in the mile. Wright is 9-for-9 in career top-10 finishes at Big Tens.
Kate Mouser has scored in all three of her individual events at Big Tens in her first two seasons. She joined Alex Clarke (2016 and 2017) as Purdue’s only swimmers to score in all three events each of their underclassman seasons since the top-24 scoring format went into effect in 2016. Sands matched Mouser’s achievement in her debut at Big Tens as a freshman last season.
No. 4 Michigan, No. 6 Indiana, No. 11 Ohio State, No. 12 USC, No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 22 UCLA and No. 25 Minnesota are all ranked among the national top 25 in the CSCAA coaches poll. UCLA and USC debuted at the Big Ten Championships last season, bringing the field of teams to 14 – making it the largest ever for Big Tens. Maryland, Michigan State, Oregon and Washington do no sponsor swimming & diving.
ANNUAL DIVING MEDALISTS
• The Boilermakers have produced a medalist in platform diving at the last eight Big Ten Championships dating back to 2018. Purdue racked up 100-plus points – 109 in 2022, 102 in 2023, 101 in 2024 – in the event three years in a row while accounting for half of the eight-diver championship field.
• Daryn Wright has scored in all three diving events every season as Purdue’s active career scoring leader (209 points) at the meet. She reached the 200-point benchmark in just three years, joining Emily Bretscher (team-record 300 points from 2018-22) and Sophie McAfee (2022-25) as the only Boilermakers to achieve the feat since the scoring format change in 2016.
• Wright aims to become the latest Boilermaker to medal at three consecutive Big Tens, a feat previously accomplished by Maggie Merriman (2020-23), MacKenzie Tweardy (2013-15) and Carrie McCambridge (2004-06)
• Purdue has won at least one consolation final in the dive well every season since 2021. The Boilermakers swept the springboard consol finals in 2022 (Sophie McAfee) and 2023 (Wright). McAfee was also victorious in the platform consolation final each of the last two years.
MEDALS WON BY BOILERS WHEN MINNESOTA HAS HOSTED BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
2014
• Casey Matthews – Gold on 1-Meter, Silver on 3-Meter
• Mary Beth Dunnichay – Bronze on 1-Meter, Bronze on 3-Meter
• MacKenzie Tweardy – Bronze on Platform
2013
• MacKenzie Tweardy – Silver on 1-Meter, Silver on Platform
• Lauren Gustafson – Silver in 100 Free
• 400 Free Relay Team (Mercer, Gustafson, Nichols, Sheets) – Bronze
• 800 Free Relay Team (Mercer, Sheets, Gustafson, Davis) – Bronze
2007
• Carlene Takaki – Silver in 200 Fly
• Amanda Miller – Silver on 3-Meter, Bronze on 1-Meter, Bronze on Platform
2004
• Carrie McCambridge – Gold on 1-Meter, Gold on 3-Meter, Gold on Platform
• 400 Free Relay Team (Seleskie, Leupold, Duchac, Hentschel) – Bronze
1996
• Erika Whyte – Silver in 100 Fly
1991
• Susan Wolfle – Gold in 400 IM, Bronze in 500 Free
• Kim Fritsch – Silver in 100 Fly
• Heidi Reynolds – Silver in 200 Breast
NOTABLE LIFETIME BESTS TO MOVE UP/JOIN PURDUE RECORD BOOK AT 2025 BIG TENS
(Current All-Time Rank in Team History)
• Abby Marcukaitis – 1:54.09, Purdue Record in 200 Back (1st)
• Kate Mouser – 4:12.97, 3rd in 400 IM (3rd)
• 200 Medley Relay (Marcukaitis, Folcik, Hill, Phipps) – 1:38.13, 3rd (3rd)
• Campbell Scofield – 1:57.02, 4th in 200 Fly (4th)
• Abbie Kehmeier – 1:56.48, 4th in 200 Back (4th)
• Kate Mouser – 1:57.96, 6th in 200 Fly (6th)
• 400 Free Relay (Phipps, Hurley, Sands, Hill) – 3:18.67, 6th (7th)
• Adele Sands – 1:46.33, 7th in 200 Free (T-7th)
• Kate Mouser – 4:43.71, 7th in 500 Free (7th)
• Reagan Mattice – 16:26.04, 7th in 1650 Free (6th)
• Adele Sands – 4:45.01, 8th in 500 Free (9th)
• Keira Kask – 1:58.57, 9th in 200 Fly (9th)
• Adele Sands – 16:30.43, 10th in 1650 Free (10th)
• 800 Free Relay (Sands, Mouser, Hurley, Mattice) – 7:09.44, 10th (11th)
• Sophia Capp – 2:14.88, 11th in 200 Breast (11th)
• Avery Worobel – 361.20, 12th on 3-Meter …Purdue Freshman Record (12th)
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ACTIVE CAREER SCORING LEADERS AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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Boilermaker |
Career Points |
2025 |
2024 |
2023 |
2022 |
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209 |
78 |
74 |
57 |
NA |
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54 |
54 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
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45 |
23 |
22 |
-- |
NA |
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45 |
21 |
24 |
NA |
NA |
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34 |
2 |
13 |
19 |
NA |
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23 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
NA |
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23 |
23 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
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12 |
3 |
DNC |
9 |
-- |
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11 |
11 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
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9 |
9 |
-- |
NA |
NA |
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4 |
4 |
-- |
NA |
NA |
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PURDUE’S ACTIVE SWIMMERS TO RACE ON RELAYS AT BIG TENS LAST SEASON
• Lara Phipps – 200 & 400 Free, 200 & 400 Medley
• Hannah Hill – 200 & 400 Free, 200 Medley
• Caitlin Hurley – 400 & 800 Free
• Adele Sands – 400 & 800 Free
• Abby Marcukaitis – 200 & 400 Medley
• Ana Rojas – 200 Free
• Keira Kask – 400 Medley
• Reagan Mattice – 800 Free
• Kate Mouser – 800 Free
YEAR 11 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
PURDUE'S MOST RECENT BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
• Diving: Maycey Vieta – Platform, 2023
• Swimming: Carlene Takaki – 200 Fly, 2006