Boilermakers Open with Big Ten Dual at Illinois

DUAL MEET INFORMATION
Purdue at Illinois
Friday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. ET
ARC Pool / Champaign, Illinois

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Women’s Swimming & Diving opens its season with a Big Ten dual meet for the first time this century, continuing its home-and-home series vs. Illinois with a trip west across the state line.

Action at the ARC Pool in Champaign is set for Friday at 6 p.m. ET. The teams are planning to use the default 16-event dual meet lineup.

The Boilermakers have not opened their season with a traditional head-to-head dual vs. a Big Ten opponent since defeating Iowa at Lambert Pool on Halloween of 1998. Purdue did visit Michigan State for its season-opening meet during the first weekend of October in 2015. But that was a unique triple dual that also featured Michigan, a meet contested at MSU’s long course campus rec center dubbed the Michigan State Outdoor Invitational.

After a seven-season break, Illinois returned to the Boilermakers’ regular-season schedule during the abbreviated 2020-21 campaign, making this year seven of the current home-and-home series. Unlike team sports, the Big Ten Conference does not schedule regular-season dual meet matchups in swimming & diving. In January 2023, Purdue made its first trip to Champaign since November 1991.

The Boilermakers have won 10 consecutive dual meets during the fall semester dating back to a season-opening victory at Notre Dame in October 2023.

OPPONENTS DURING FALL SEMESTER DUAL MEET WIN STREAK
• Fall 2025: Missouri, vs Cincinnati, at Oakland, Iowa
• Fall 2024: at Missouri, at Rutgers
• Fall 2023: at Notre Dame, UIndy, Rutgers, Oakland

Purdue is 13-7 in its first dual meet of the season under 19th-year head coach John Klinge. Three of those losses came as part of triple duals. This year marks the 11th time under Klinge that the Boilermakers’ season opener is a dual meet.

Purdue also competes against Big Ten rivals Iowa, UCLA, Indiana, Minnesota and Northwestern for duals meet action this season. Iowa and UCLA, Minnesota and Northwestern are both triple-dual matchups.

The Purdue men open their season next weekend at the two-day Seminole Fall Classic in Tallahassee. The Boilermakers will be represented by 12 swimmers and three divers.

EVENT WINNERS VS. ILLINOIS (Among Active Boilermakers)
January 2026 in West Lafayette • Lara Phipps – 100 Free & 100 Fly, Both Relays • Caitlin Hurley – 200 Free, 400 Free Relay • Meghan Sharma – 100 Breast, 200 Medley Relay • Campbell Scofield – 200 Fly • Adele Sands – 400 Free Relay	January 2025 in Champaign • Caitlin Hurley – 500 Free, 400 Free Relay • Keira Kask – 100 Fly • Campbell Scofield – 200 Fly • Lara Phipps – 400 Free Relay • Adele Sands – 400 Free Relay

 

2025-26 TEAM LEADERS (Among Returnees)
Individual Event Victories • Lara Phipps – 7 • Caitlin Hurley – 6 • Campbell Scofield – 6 • Kate Mouser – 3 • Avery Worobel – 3	Contributed to Most Relay Winners • Lara Phipps – 7 • Caitlin Hurley – 4 • Adele Sands – 4 • Meghan Sharma – 3

 

LIFETIME BESTS FROM 2025-26 TO MOVE UP/JOIN PURDUE RECORD BOOK Active Boilermakers entering this season

Relays • 400 Free Relay – 3:16.68, Team Record …Hurley, Phipps, Sands, Hill • 200 Medley Relay – 1:37.37, 2nd …Marcukaitis, Sharma, Phipps, Hill • 200 Free Relay – 1:29.78, 3rd …Hill, Phipps, Rojas, Fasano • 800 Free Relay – 7:05.72, 4th …Phipps, Hurley, Sands, Mouser • 400 Medley Relay – 3:37.27, 8th …Marcukaitis, Sharma, Rojas, Phipps Lara Phipps • 100 Free – 48.70, 3rd • 200 Free – 1:46.47, T-9th • 100 Fly – 53.86, 11th • 50 Free – 22.94, 13th Campbell Scofield • 200 Fly – 1:56.71, 4th (NCAAs Qualifying Time) Amie Perna • 100 Back – 53.81, 5th • 200 Back – 1:56.70, 5th

Keira Kask • 200 Fly – 1:57.26, 5th • 100 Fly – 53.66, 8th Ava Fasano • 100 Back – 53.93, 6th Caitlin Hurley • 100 Free – 49.32, 7th • 200 Free – 1:46.29, T-7th • 500 Free – 4:44.56, 8th • 1650 Free – 16:31.27, 11th Ana Rojas • 100 Fly – 53.42, 7th Avery Worobel • 3-Meter – 364.60, 11th Maddie Phillips • 200 Breast – 2:15.61, 13th Susie Lee • 100 Back – 54.51, 14th Meghan Sharma • 100 Breast – 1:01.99, 15th • 200 Breast – 2:15.85, 15th Kate Mouser • 200 IM – 2:00.98, 15th