COLUMBUS, Ohio -- New program records set by Alex Todd in the 100 butterfly and Nika Karlina Petric in the 400 individual medley continued the record-setting week for No. 21 Purdue swimming and diving Friday at the Big Ten Championships.
Todd eclipsed her own record in the 100 fly that she set at the 2014 Big Ten Championships. Abby Jagdfeld accomplished a similar feat, besting her Purdue freshman record in the 200 freestyle that she established at the Ohio State Invitational in November.
Petric and Todd set the new records in the preliminaries while qualifying for the A finals of their events. Petric's time of 4:13.97 allowed her to eclipse Francesca Marr's benchmark (4:14.35) from the 2012 Big Ten Championships. Todd's career best and program record entering the week was 53.39. The senior lowered it to 53.24 Friday.
Mary Beth Dunnichay's fourth-place finish in the championship final of 3-meter diving was the top showing by a Purdue student-athlete so far this week. She moved up to seventh place in program history with a career-best score of 353.70 in the finals.
Jagdfeld placed sixth in the A final of the 200 free with a time of 1:46.22 to improve on her freshman standard by .22 hundredths of a second. But it was Allie Davis that had the Boilers' top time of the day in the 200 free. The junior won the B final of the event with a career-best time of 1:45.56 that ranks third in program history. She improved on her prelim time by more than a 1 ½ seconds.
The Boilermakers have set eight new program records so far at Big Tens, six overall benchmarks and two freshman standards.
Meanwhile, Purdue moved up to fifth place in the team scoring. The Boilermakers will enter the final day of competition 38 points behind fourth-place Wisconsin and 11 points ahead of sixth-place Ohio State.
Jagdfeld, Rhiannon Sheets and Davis combined for 34 team points in the 200 free after Sheets also qualified for the A final.
Led by Todd, four Purdue student-athletes scored in the 100 fly, accounting for a combined 25 team points. Kylie Vogel and Meagan Lim improved on their second and third-fastest times, respectively, in program history in the prelims while qualifying for the B final. Sheets also scored in the 100 fly.
The divers accounted for a combined 19 points on 3-meter after MacKenzie Tweardy and Samm Reese qualified for the consolation final to go along with Dunnichay's fourth-place overall finish.
Emily Fogle advanced to the A final of the 100 breaststroke in her first individual event at the Big Ten Championships since 2012. Marr took third in the B final of the 100 breast and Caroline Weigand moved up to fifth place in program history in the event while winning the C final with a time of 1:01.34.
Hannah Manger improved on her second-fastest time (53.60) in program history in the prelims of the 100 backstroke and later was the runner-up in the B final of the event. Trish Regan (54.93) and Madison Monteiro (4:18.65) accounted for the fourth-fastest times in program history in the 100 back and 400 IM, respectively.
Saturday's final day of action at the Big Ten Championships features preliminaries at 11 a.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m.
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Team Scoring
1. #14 Minnesota, 421.5
2. #15 Indiana, 374
3. #17 Michigan, 331.5
4. #24 Wisconsin, 299
5. #21 Purdue, 261
6. #22 Ohio State, 250
7. Penn State, 224
8. Iowa, 153
9. Northwestern, 106
10. Nebraska, 105
11. Rutgers, 92
12. Illinois, 60
13. Michigan State, 57
Purdue's Top Finishers & Notables
* - New Purdue Season-Best Time
^ - New Personal Season-Best Time
(B) - NCAA Provisional Qualifying Time
(Z) - NCAA Zone Qualifying Score
3-Meter Diving
Mary Beth Dunnichay, 353.70* (Z, Prelim Score) - Finished 4th in A Final (15 Points); 7th Best in Program History
MacKenzie Tweardy, 308.75^ (Z) - Finished 5th in B Final (4 Points)
Samm Reese, 304.45^ (Z, Prelim Score) - Finished 8th in B Final (1 Point)
200 Free
Abby Jagdfeld, 1:46.22* (B) - Finished 6th in A Final (13 Points); NEW FRESHMAN RECORD & Improved on Her 4th Fastest Time in Program History
Rhiannon Sheets, 1:46.29 (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 7th in A Final (12 Points)
Allie Davis, 1:45.56^ (B) - Won B Final (9 Points); 3rd Fastest Time in Program History
Kaersten Meitz, 1:47.91^ (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 4th in C Final; 9th Fastest in Program History
100 Breast
Emily Fogle, 1:01.24 (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 8th in A Final (11 Points)
Francesca Marr, 1:01.50^ (B) - Finished 3rd in B Final (6 Points)
Caroline Weigand, 1:01.34^ (B) - Won C Final; 5th Fastest in Program History
Annie Spalding, 1:02.82^ - Finished 6th in C Final; 8th Fastest Time in Program History
100 Back
Hannah Manger, 53.60* (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 2nd in B Final (7 Points); Improved on Her 2nd Fastest Time in Program History
Trish Regan, 54.93^ (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 7th in C Final; 4th Fastest Time in Program History
100 Fly
Alex Todd, 53.24* (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 8th in A Final (11 Points); NEW PROGRAM RECORD
Kylie Vogel, 53.48^ (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 2nd in B Final (7 Points); Improved on Her 2nd Fastest Time in Program History
Meagan Lim, 53.58^ (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 5th in B Final (4 Points); Improved on Her 3rd Fastest Time in Program History
Rhiannon Sheets, 53.95^ (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 6th in B Final (3 Points)
Emmy Rawson, 54.37^ (B) - Finished in C Final; 7th Fastest in Program History
400 IM
Nika Karlina Petric, 4:13.97* (B, Prelim Time) - Finished 8th in A Final (11 Points); NEW PROGRAM RECORD
Madison Monteiro, 4:18.65^ (B) - Finished in C Final; 4th Fastest in Program History
400 Medley Relay
Manger, Fogle, Todd & Jagdfeld, 3:37.75 - Finished 7th (24 Points)
New Purdue Records Set at 2015 Big Tens
200 Free (Friday)
Abby Jagdfeld, 1:46.22 (Broke Her Own Freshman Record)
100 Fly (Friday)
Alex Todd, 53.24 (Broke Her Own Record)
400 IM (Friday)
Nika Karlina Petric, 4:13.97
500 Free (Thursday)
Kaersten Meitz, 4:42.11 (Program & Freshman Record)
200 Free (Wednesday)
Rhiannon Sheets, 1:45.16
200 Medley Relay (Wednesday)
Manger, Fogle, Vogel & Li, 1:39.03
800 Free Relay (Wednesday)
Sheets, Jagdfeld, Petric & Davis, 7:03.15