SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Six Boilermakers won multiple individual events to lead the Purdue swimming and diving teams to a co-ed dual meet sweep at Notre Dame Saturday afternoon.
The No. 24 Purdue women won their sixth straight against the Fighting Irish, 170-128. The Purdue men won a tighter 161-139 final for their first win in South Bend since November 2010. The Purdue men have won seven of the last eight dual meets with Notre Dame dating back to the fall of 2007.
The women won 11 of the 16 events and the men 10 of the 16. The Purdue women swept the freestyle events and took the 200 free relay to conclude the meet. The Purdue men clinched the victory with wins in the 200 IM and 400 free relay to end the day.
Jamie Bissett (1- and 3-meter diving), Guillermo Blanco (200 back and 200 IM) and Josh Ehrman (100 and 200 freestyle) won two individual events each for the men. Abby Jagdfeld (100 and 200 free), Kaersten Meitz (500 and 1000 free) and Meagan Lim (100 and 200 fly) did likewise for the women.
Stephen Seliskar's 100 split of 45.54 as the anchor on the victorious 400 free relay, teaming with Ehrman, Hudson Bursch and Nate Thomas. Together they made the Boilers a winner in the event by .15 hundredths of a second. Seliskar had the top split of the race. He also won the 100 butterfly.
The Purdue women had the top three finishers in four events -- the 200, 500 and 1,000 free as well as the 400 IM.
Josh Brooks, Lyam Dias, Mary Beth Dunnichay, Hannah Manger, Nika Karlina Petric and Kylie Vogel all won an event and finished as the runner-up in another. Brooks won the 1,000 free and finished second to Ehrman in the 100 free. Dias touched first in the 100 breast and took second with a sub-two minute time in the 200 breast. Dunnichay was the 1-meter diving winner and the runner-up on 3-meter. Manger took the 200 back after finishing second in the 100 back earlier in the day. Petric demonstrated her versatility by winning the 400 IM and finishing second to Meitz in the 1,000 free. Vogel won the 50 free and was second to Lim in the 100 fly.
Jagdfeld and Vogel were individual winners that also swam on the women's victorious 200 free relay team. Ehrman and Seliskar did likewise for the men.
Meitz lowered her team-best 1,000 free time (9:55.65) for the third weekend in a row, moving up to fifth place in program history.
There were a number of tight finishes throughout the day, highlighted by four men's races that were decided by less than a tenth of a second. Seliskar out touched UND's Jonathan Williamson by one hundredth of a second in the 100 fly. However, he was the odd man out in a three-man finish in the 50 free in which the top three all finished with one hundredth of each other. Brooks out touched UND's Trent Jackson to win the 200 free by five hundredths of a second. Blanco bested UND's Zach Stephens in the 200 IM by only five hundredths as well.
The most exciting finish for the women was Lim and Vogel in the 100 fly (one tenth difference). Meitz and Allie Davis also finished a tight one-two in the 500 free (.24 hundredths difference).
The Purdue men are back in action Friday when they host Western Kentucky at 5 p.m. The women are idle until the weekend of Nov. 21-23 when they compete at the Ohio State Invitational.
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Team Scores
Men: Purdue 161, Notre Dame 139
Women: #24 Purdue 170, Notre Dame 128
Purdue Winners, Top Finishers & Notables
* -- New Purdue Season-Best Time
^ -- New Personal Season-Best Time
Men
1-Meter Diving
Jamie Bissett, 359.62
3-Meter Diving
Jamie Bissett, 408.82^ (Bissett & Johnson finished 1-2)
50 Free
Stephen Seliskar, 21.06 (Finished 3rd)
100 Free
Josh Ehrman, 45.91* (Ehrman & Brooks finished 1-2)
200 Free
Josh Ehrman, 1:40.45* (Event Winner)
500 Free
Nate Hopkins, 4:36.29* (Hopkins & Gutierrez finished 2-3)
1000 Free
Josh Brooks, 9:25.38* (Event Winner)
100 Back
Alex Toetz, 50.50 (Toetz & Noens finished 2-3 behind UND winner)
200 Back
Guillermo Blanco, 1:50.20* (Event Winner)
100 Breast
Lyam Dias, 55.09* (Event Winner)
200 Breast
Lyam Dias, 1:59.95* (Finished 2nd)
100 Fly
Stephen Seliskar, 49.35 (Event Winner)
200 Fly
Danny Conway, 1:48.58* (Conway & Blanco finished 2-3 behind UND winner)
200 IM
Guillermo Blanco, 1:48.46* (Event Winner)
200 Medley Relay
Blanco, Dias, Seliskar & Johnston, 1:31.20* (Finished 2nd)
400 Free Relay
Ehrman, Bursch, N. Thomas & Seliskar, 3:04.59* (Event Winner)
Women
50 Free
Kylie Vogel, 23.58 (Event Winner)
100 Free
Abby Jagdfeld, 51.10 (Event Winner)
200 Free
Abby Jagdfeld, 1:49.78 (Jagdfeld, Davis & Meitz finished 1-2-3)
500 Free
Kaersten Meitz, 4:51.35 (Meitz, Davis & Jagdfeld finished 1-2-3)
1000 Free
Kaersten Meitz, 9:55.65* (Meitz, Petric & Lyon finished 1-2-3)
Fifth fastest in program history
100 Back
Hannah Manger, 57.78 (Manger, Todd & Li finished 2-3-4 behind UND winner)
200 Back
Hannah Manger, 2:03.57* (Event Winner)
100 Breast
Caroline Weigand, 1:04.68 (Finished 4th)
200 Breast
Francesca Marr, 2:16.67* (Finished 2nd)
100 Fly
Meagan Lim, 55.12* (Lim & Vogel finished 1-2)
200 Fly
Meagan Lim, 2:00.94^ (Lim & Sheets finished 1-2)
400 IM
Nika Karlina Petric, 4:21.48* (Petric, Marr & Monteiro finished 1-2-3)
200 Medley Relay
Manger, Fogle, Vogel & Marshall, 1:43.54^ (Finished 2nd)
200 Free Relay
Vogel, Sheets, Jagdfeld & Marshall, 1:34.47* (Event Winner)
1-Meter Diving
Mary Beth Dunnichay, 315.14* (Event Winner)
3-Meter Diving
Mary Beth Dunnichay, 305.25 (Finished 2nd)