WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Led by five multiple-event winners, Purdue women's swimming and diving was victorious in all 16 events in a 199-94 season-opening dual meet victory against Miami (Ohio) Friday evening at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
Freshman Abby Jagdfeld led all competitors by winning three individual events - the 50, 200 and 500 free - in her collegiate debut. Her high school teammate Kaersten Meitz already broke the 10-minute mark (9:58.33) while winning the 1,000 free in her first collegiate race. In doing so, she moved into ninth place in program history.
In her first college meet since the Purdue Invitational in November 2012, Emily Fogle was victorious in the 100 breaststroke. Fellow seniors Francesca Marr (200 breast and 200 IM) and Rhiannon Sheets (100 free and 200 fly) were also among the Boilers' multiple-event winners.
Mary Beth Dunnichay swept the diving events and Hannah Manger opened her sophomore campaign with a sweep of the backstroke events. Alex Todd won the 100 butterfly and joined Kylie Vogel, Fogle and Manger on the victorious 200 medley relay team to open the meet.
Meagan Lim (100 back and 200 IM), Nika Karlina Petric (200 and 500 free) and Vogel (50 free and 100 fly) each finished as the runner-up in a pair of events.
The Boilermakers close out their season-opening weekend Saturday with the annual Indiana Intercollegiates meet, which will feature 11 colleges from the around the state this year.
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Video of the Alex Todd-Kylie Vogel 1-2 finish in the 100 butterfly. @AlexandraRTodd http://t.co/SBRVavhc3M
-- Purdue Swimming (@PurdueWSwim) October 18, 2014Check out video of Abby Jagdfeld winning the 50 Free tonight in the dual meet with Miami. @abbyswim96 http://t.co/etkLmuxpsM
-- Purdue Swimming (@PurdueWSwim) October 17, 2014Purdue Winners
Women
1-Meter Diving
Mary Beth Dunnichay, 298.58 (Dunnichay, Tweardy & Reese finished 1-2-3)
3-Meter Diving
Mary Beth Dunnichay, 343.58
50 Free
Abby Jagdfeld, 23.57 (Jagdfeld, Vogel, Marshall & Li finished 1-2-3-4)
100 Free
Rhiannon Sheets, 51.97
200 Free
Abby Jagdfeld, 1:49.13 (Jagdfeld, Petric & Hernandez finished 1-2-3)
500 Free
Abby Jagdfeld, 4:55.64 (Jagdfeld & Petric finished 1-2)
1,000 Free
Kaersten Meitz, 9:58.33 (Meitz, Davis & Lyon finished 1-2-3)
100 Back
Hannah Manger, 56.88 (Manger, Lim, Todd & Li finished 1-2-3-4)
200 Back
Hannah Manger, 2:05.30
100 Breast
Emily Fogle, 1:03.44
200 Breast
Francesca Marr, 2:18.03
100 Fly
Alex Todd, 55.45 (Todd, Vogel, Gerbrandt, Sheets & Rawson finished 1-2-3-4-5)
200 Fly
Rhiannon Sheets, 2:02.62 (Sheets & Rawson finished 1-2)
200 IM
Francesca Marr, 2:06.21 (Marr, Lim & Monteiro finished 1-2-3)
400 Free Relay
Meitz, Manger, Li & Gerbrandt, 3:34.33 (Purdue's A & B Relays DQed)
200 Medley Relay
Manger, Fogle, Todd & Vogel, 1:42.89