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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue women's swimming and diving won both heats of seven of the 12 individual swimming events and swept the relays to defeat both Notre Dame and Ohio State in triple-dual action Saturday afternoon at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
The Boilermakers were a 167-133 winner against Ohio State and a 169-123 winner against Notre Dame, improving to 4-1 in dual meets this season. Purdue posted its seventh straight victory vs. the Fighting Irish.
The 50 free was the only swimming event in which the Boilermakers did not post a new team season-best time.
Allie Davis, Emily Fogle and Meagan Lim each won a pair of events and contributed to a relay victory. Davis and Lim also finished as the runner up in a third event.
Davis won the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:46.76 that was not only an NCAA provisional-qualifying time but also good for fourth best nationally entering the weekend. No other swimmer in the event posted a time faster than 1:51. She also won the 500 free (4:49.50) and was out touched by OSU's Liz Li by just four hundredths of a second in the 100 free.
.@MeaganLim, Emily @eFogle1 & @CoachKlinge discuss #Purdue's depth & strong performances today vs UND & OSU. https://t.co/zDErA6Ac9T
-- Purdue Swimming (@PurdueWSwim) October 31, 2015
Fogle swept the breaststroke events, posting NCAA provisional-qualifying times (1:01.63, 2:15.04) in both events.
Lim swept the butterfly events with times of 55.35 and 2:00.86. She was also the runner up in the 200 individual medley.
In the diving well, Mary Beth Dunnichay and Morgan Meixner finished one-two on the 1-meter springboard.
Breanna Robinson and Grace Hernandez contributed to both relay winners. They teamed with Fogle and Lim on the 200 medley relay team to open the meet. Davis and Kaersten Meitz rounded out the victorious quartet in the 400 free relay. Meitz closed the race with a team-best split of 49.84, the only sub-50 second split by any swimmer in the event.
Individually, Meitz was part of a fantastic finish in the 1,000 free. She out touched OSU's Lindsey Clary by 15 hundredths of a second, closing out the win despite an impressive final 50-yard split of 26.87 by Clary. Meitz's time of 9:46.29 improved on her second-fastest mark in program history. About three minutes later, Meitz was back in the pool to compete in the 200 free.
Nika Karlina Petric won heat one of both the 200 and 500 free events. Other heat-one winners for Purdue included Haley Rowley (1000 free), Caroline Weigand (100 breast), Cady Farlow (200 breast), Lew Gerbrandt (100 fly), Emmy Rawson (200 fly) and Alex Clarke (200 IM).
Men's divers from all three schools also competed Saturday. Joe Cifelli finished third in both springboard competitions for the Boilermakers.
Purdue returns to action Friday for a 5 p.m. co-ed dual meet with Iowa to open Homecoming Weekend on campus.
Team Scores
Purdue 167, Ohio State 133
Purdue 169, Notre Dame 123
Ohio State 176, Notre Dame 113