Results | Dive-by-Dive Scoring
OXFORD, Ohio -- Led by a pair of individual victories from Guillermo Blanco, James Nguyen and Stephen Seliskar, Purdue men's swimming and diving rolled to a 207-92 victory at Miami (Ohio) Thursday evening in the Boilers' first dual meet of the season.
Purdue won 13 of the 16 events, all but the 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly. The Boilermakers entered the night with 32-6 lead after the divers dominated the springboard events contested Oct. 17 in West Lafayette.
Blanco won the 200 free and 400 IM, Nguyen swept the breaststroke events and Seliskar demonstrated his fitness by touching first in the 200 back and 200 fly.
"The Guys handled the midweek travel and competition well," Purdue head coach Dan Ross said. "We have utmost respect for the Miami staff and especially head coach Pete Lindsay. We're glad to get the win, but we need to get much, much better to stay in the same pool as a very good Notre Dame squad in its new head coach's first dual meet Saturday. It's going to be fun and I think this team will embrace the challenge."
Adam Johnston took the 50 free and also swam among Purdue's victorious quartets in the 200 free and 200 medley relays. Seliskar led off the 200 free relay winner to go along with his two individual event wins.
Nate Hopkins won the 500 free and finished second to Blanco in the 200 free. It was one of nine events, including diving and both relays, in which the Boilers had at least the top two finishers.
Two of the best finishes of the night were in events in which Purdue had the top three finishers. A race that featured 40 lengths and took over nine and half minutes was still decided by just over half a second as Filip Bujoczek out touched Manuel Gutierrez by .53 hundredths. Seliskar out touched Josh Brooks by only four hundredths in an exciting 200 fly.
Ted Curtiss (100 back) and Lyam Dias (100 fly) swam the first two legs on the Boilers' victorious 200 medley relay team and were also the team's top finishers in an individual event.
Purdue returns to action Saturday for a 1 p.m. co-ed dual at Notre Dame.
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Purdue Winners, Top Finishers & Notables
50 Free
Adam Johnston, 20.93
100 Free
Evan Barta, 47.47 (Finished 2nd)
200 Free
Guillermo Blanco, 1:42.91 (Blanco & Hopkins finished 1-2)
500 Free
Nate Hopkins, 4:38.16 (Nopkins & Ehrman finished 1-2)
1000 Free
Filip Bujoczek, 9:31.68 (Bujoczek, Gutierrez & Schimmelpfenning finished 1-2-3)
Bujoczek out touched Gutierrez by .53 hundredths
100 Back
Ted Curtiss, 52.15 (Finished 2nd)
200 Back
Stephen Seliskar, 1:53.42
100 Breast
James Nguyen, 57.33
200 Breast
James Nguyen, 2:04.70 (Out touched Miami's Bader by .11 hundredths)
100 Fly
Lyam Dias, 51.88 (Finished 2nd)
200 Fly
Stephen Seliskar, 1:52.42 (Seliskar, Brooks & Toetz finished 1-2-3)
Seliskar out touched Brooks by .04 hundredths
400 IM
Guillermo Blanco, 4:00.24 (Blanco, Brooks & Bursch finished 1-2-3)
200 Free Relay
Seliskar, Gutierrez, N. Thomas & Johnston, 1:23.14 (Purdue had top 2 finishers)
200 Medley Relay
Curtiss, Dias, Toetz & Johnston, 1:33.76 (Purdue had top 2 finishers)
Diving Events from Oct. 17 at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center
1-Meter
Jamie Bissett, 364.43 (Purdue had top 4 finishers)
3-Meter
Steele Johnson, 422.40 (Purdue had top 5 finishers)