WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Allie Davis, Mary Beth Dunnichay and Stephen Seliskar each won a pair of individual events to lead the way as the Purdue swimming and diving teams had the top scores among a large field of competitors at the Indiana Intercollegiates Saturday afternoon to cap the season-opening weekend at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
The Purdue women won seven individual events and both relays, scoring 786.5 points to place first among 10 teams. The Purdue men won nine individual events as well as the 200 medley relay, scoring 733 points to finish first among the nine teams.
Davis won the 200 and 500 freestyle and helped her 200 free relay team win the event. She posted strong early-season times in the 200 (1:49.06) and 500 (4:51.67). The Boilers had the top five finishers in the 200 free.
Dunnichay swept the diving events for the second day in a row to finish the weekend a perfect 4-for-4 on the springboards. MacKenzie Tweardy was the runner-up in both diving events Saturday.
Seliskar was victorious in the 50 free and 100 backstroke. He also swam the leadoff backstroke leg on the 200 medley relay team that opened the meet with a victory.
Lyam Dias recorded a strong early-season time of 54.92 while winning the 100 breaststroke. He was also part of the victorious medley relay team with Guillermo Blanco, Jes Stephens and Seliskar.
Kylie Vogel demonstrated her versatility by winning the 50 free, finishing as the runner-up in the 100 back and swimming the butterfly leg on the victorious 200 medley relay team. Nika Karlina Petric did likewise by winning the 200 IM, placing third in the final heat of the 500 free and anchoring the 200 free relay to victory.
For the men's divers, Jamie Bissett won from the 1-meter springboard and finished second to teammate Steele Johnson on 3-meter. Johnson surpassed the 400-point mark with his list for the second day in a row.
Josh Brooks was victorious in the 200 IM and took third as Purdue's top finisher in the 100 free. Josh Ehrman won the 200 free, Danny Conway paced himself to a 500 free victory and Blanco was victorious in the 100 fly.
Trish Regan won the 100 fly to round out the women's winners.
The Purdue women and the men's divers are back in action Friday for a triple dual with Cincinnati and Ohio State in Columbus. It will be the first of many trips to the state capital of Ohio for both groups this year. The Purdue men are idle until taking on Miami (Ohio) at an Oct. 30 dual in Oxford.
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Team Scores
Men
1. Purdue, 733
2. IUPUI, 311.5
3. Indianapolis, 252.5
4. DePauw, 162
5. Indiana, 157.5 (Limited Representation)
6. Rose-Hulman, 118.5
7. Wabash, 99.5
8. Valparaiso, 78
9. Evansville, 67.5
Women
1. Purdue, 786.5
2. Ball State, 336.5
3. IUPUI, 309
4. Evansville, 187
5. Indianapolis, 138.5
6. DePauw, 101
7. Rose-Hulman, 68.5
8. Butler, 55
9. Valparaiso, 49
10. Indiana, 3 (Limited Representation)
Purdue Winners & Notables
Men
50 Free
Stephen Seliskar, 21.04 (Seliskar & Johnston finished 1-2)
Matt Quinlan, 22.35 (Won Heat 4)
James Nguyen, 22.77 (Won Heat 3)
100 Free
Josh Brooks, 47.27 (Placed 3rd as top Purdue finisher)
200 Free
Josh Ehrman, 1:41.12
Nate Hopkins, 1:43.65 (Won Heat 7)
500 Free
Danny Conway, 4:37.16 (Conway & Gartland finished 1-2)
100 Back
Stephen Seliskar, 50.11 (Seliskar, Toetz & Noens finished 1-2-3)
Ted Curtiss, 52.39 (Won Heat 5, 5th Overall)
100 Breast
Lyam Dias, 54.92
Chris Bals, 58.16 (Won Heat 6, 5th Overall)
Manuel Gutierrez, 1:00.55 (Won Heat 4)
100 Fly
Guillermo Blanco, 49.93
Alex Toetz, 50.73 (Won Heat 6)
200 IM
Josh Brooks, 1:53.98 (Brooks & Bursch finished 1-2)
Jake Thomas, 1:59.16 (Won Heat 5)
1-Meter Diving
Jamie Bissett, 381.15 (Purdue had Top 4 finishers)
3-Meter Diving
Steele Johnson, 415.40 (Purdue head Top 5 finishers)
200 Medley Relay
Seliskar, Dias, Blanco & Stephens, 1:31.98
200 Free Relay
Brooks, Ehrman, Bujoczek & Johnston, 1:25.06 (Event winner after Indy's Team DQed)
Women
50 Free
Kylie Vogel, 23.25
Meagan Lim, 24.68 (Won Heat 1)
Annie Spalding, 24.72 (Won Heat 6)
100 Free
Hannah Manger, 51.61 (Placed 3rd as top Purdue finisher)
200 Free
Allie Davis, 1:49.06 (Purdue had Top 5 finishers)
Madison Monteiro, 1:53.75 (Won Heat 6; 4th Overall)
500 Free
Allie Davis, 4:51.67 (Davis, Meitz & Petric finished 1-2-3)
100 Back
Kylie Vogel, 59.02 (Placed 2nd as top Purdue finisher)
Lizzy Lyon, 59.26 (Won Heat 5, 3rd Overall)
Carly Marshall, 1:02.51 (Won Heat 3)
Francesca Marr, 1:02.57 (Won Heat 1)
100 Breast
Caroline Weigand, 1:05.42 (Placed 2nd as top Purdue finisher)
Meagan Lim, 1:08.26 (Won Heat 1)
100 Fly
Trish Regan, 57.72 (Regan, Rawson & Jagdfeld finished 1-2-3)
Abby Jagdfeld, 58.36 (Won Heat 4)
200 IM
Nika Karlina Petric, 2:05.74 (Purdue had Top 5 finishers)
Rhiannon Sheets, 2:10.94 (Won Heat 5; 5th Overall)
1-Meter Diving
Mary Beth Dunnichay, 274.00 (Dunnichay, Tweardy & Reese finished 1-2-3)
3-Meter Diving
Mary Beth Dunnichay, 307.95 (Dunnichay & Tweardy finished 1-2)
200 Medley Relay
Manger, Fogle, Vogel & Jagdfeld, 1:42.69
200 Free Relay
Davis, Lyon, Meitz & Petric, 1:36.23
Out touched Purdue team of Li, Hernandez, Sheets & Gerbrandt by .49 hundredths
Watch Guillermo Blanco & Trish Regan win the 100 Fly races today at the Indiana Intercollegiates. http://t.co/UndnHv21BE
-- Purdue Swim-Dive (@PurdueMSwimDive) October 18, 2014Kylie Vogel & Stephen Seliskar won the 50 Free at the Indiana Intercollegiates moments ago. @Still_Stephen http://t.co/joNwXrNgK9
-- Purdue Swimming (@PurdueWSwim) October 18, 2014