Purdue Completes Dual Sweep at Home on Halloween

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Swimming & Diving treated the home fans to 14 more event victories on Halloween as the Boilermakers finished off a pair of victories vs. Oakland as the two-day dual meet concluded Saturday at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.

Final Team Scores
Women: Purdue 237, Oakland 110
Men: Purdue 229, Oakland 124

The Purdue women finished the opening month of the season with a 3-1 record in dual meet action. The Men won a pair of two-day meets this month after also besting Florida State in Tallahassee in their season opener the weekend of Oct. 9-10.

The Boilermakers won 32 of the 38 events contested over the two days vs. the reigning Horizon League champions. The women 17 events and the men 15. Both teams were victorious in the three of the four relays. Seven different Boilermakers contributed to multiple relay winners.

Adele Sands was victorious in the 1000 freestyle Saturday to finish to become the lone swimmer at the meet to win three individual events. The junior also won the 200 and 500 free Friday. Lara Phipps was victorious in both the 200 individual medley and 100 free about 25 minutes apart Saturday. Aran Bissett, Amie Perna and Lancy Chen also won their individual races Saturday to join the list of eight Boilermakers to win multiple individual events over the two days.

After two weeks off, Purdue returns to action the week of Nov. 17-20 for the seven-session Ohio State Invitational, which will serve as the Boilermakers’ midseason meet for the second year in a row. Home meets return to the Burke Aquatic Center in January.

PURDUE’S TOP PERFORMERS FROM THE WEEKEND

Won Multiple Events • Adele Sands – 200, 500, 1000 Free • Avery Worobel – 1-Meter & 3-Meter Diving • Holden Higbie – 1-Meter & 3-Meter Diving • Lara Phipps – 100 Free & 200 IM • Aran Bissett – 200 Free & 200 IM • Evan Mackesy – 400 IM & 500 Free • Amie Perna – 100 & 200 Back • Lancy Chen – 100 & 200 Breast More Individual Event Winners • Nathaniel Thomas – 50 Free • Jānis Dzirkalis – 100 Free • Pat Broderick – 1000 Free • Tom Jhang – 100 Breast • Luca Scampicchio – 100 Fly • Caroline Mallard – 100 Fly • Campbell Scofield – 200 Fly • Blake Rowe – 200 Back • Kate Mouser – 400 IM

Purdue Freshman Record • Caroline Mallard – 53.24 in 100 Fly Top 10 Times in Team History • Caroline Mallard – 53.24, 5th in 100 Fly • Luca Scampicchio – 46.96, 8th in 100 Fly • Men’s 400 Free Relay – 2:53.43, 8th • Tom Jhang – 1:55.79, 9th in 200 Breast • Women’s 400 Medley Relay – 3:37.37, 9th • Alayna Riggins – 53.73, 10th in 100 Fly • Lancy Chen – 2:14.53, 10th in 200 Breast Men’s Relays Winners • 200 Free – Thomas, Dzirkalis, Bissett, Jost • 400 Free – Dzirkalis, Bissett, Scampicchio, Thomas • 400 Medley – Scampicchio, Jhang, Dzirkalis, Bissett Women’s Relay Winners • 200 Medley – Rojas, Chen, Riggins, Phipps • 400 Medley – Perna, Chen, Mallard, Phipps • 400 Free – Hurley, Mallard, Sands, Phipps

 

MEN’S SEASON LEADERS
Individual Event Victories • 4 – Aran Bissett • 4 – Evan Mackesy • 3 – Jānis Dzirkalis • 3 – Holden Higbie • 3 – Tom Jhang • 2 – Blake Rowe • 2 – Luca Scampicchio • 2 – Nathaniel Thomas	Contributed to Most Relay Winners • 6 – Jānis Dzirkalis • 5 – Luca Scampicchio • 5 – Nathaniel Thomas • 5 – Aran Bissett • 3 – Will Jost • 2 – 3 Tied (Bartmess, Mackesy, Rowe)

 

WOMEN’S SEASON LEADERS
Individual Event Victories • 6 – Avery Worobel • 5 – Lancy Chen • 5 – Caroline Mallard • 5 – Lara Phipps • 5 – Adele Sands • 4 – Amie Perna	Contributed to Most Relay Winners • 6 – Lara Phipps • 4 – Caroline Mallard • 4 – Lancy Chen • 3 – Caitlin Hurley • 3 – Alayna Riggins • 3 – Ana Rojas • 3 – Adele Sands