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Wills Wins Silver on the Tower, 2 More Records Fall at Big Tens

Rowe (200 Back) & Hooper-Haviland (200 Fly) take down team records Saturday in Madison

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by Ben Turner
Purdue Men's Swimming & Diving enjoyed one of its finest all-around showings ever at the Big Ten Championships.

Among the highlights from the week that was in Madison...
Eclipsed 6 Team Records, 3 Freshman Records
4 of the Top 9 on the tower were Boilers & Tyler Wills (silver) gave the men a medalist on platform for 9th time in last 10 years
Qualified 200 medley relay for NCAAs and multiple swimmers are likely to earn individual bids, too
Max Miller (gold on 1-meter) and Wills (silver on platform) won medals as All-Big Ten honorees
Jānis Dzirkalis & Nathaniel Grannis were named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• Dzirkalis staked claim to "fastest Boilermaker ever" status, setting a team record in the 50 free (19.08) while finishing fourth in the A final; he also posted the team's fastest 50 (18.41) and 100 (41.16) splits ever on relays
• The divers swept the consolation Finals, had 10 Top-10 Finishes total
• Grannis and Wills both finished among the top 10 in all three diving events
Evan Mackesy scored in all three of his individual events, set team records in the 400 IM and 500 free
Blake Rowe eclipsed his own team record in the 200 back as an A finalist in the event
There was a bevy of Lifetime Bests by Boilermakers of All Ages