Results: Saturday Finals / Complete /// Dive-by-Dive Scoring / Notables / Photos
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new program record by Emily Meaney in platform diving highlighted the final day of the Big Ten Championships for Purdue women's swimming & diving.
Meaney joined Taite Kitchel as the Boilermakers' championship final qualifiers Saturday at Big Tens. The freshman diver from Australia eclipsed both the freshman and program records in platform diving held by Kara Cook. Meaney finished fourth in the championship final with a score of 359.3. Her prelim score of 315.6 gave her the freshman record first.
The Boilermakers placed sixth in the team scoring, accumulating 656 points while finishing among the top half of the conference for the fourth time in the last five years.
Lexi Vincent won the consolation final of platform diving in her first competition since suffering an injury in December. Vincent won the consolation final with a career-best score of 291.75 that was good for 10th in program history.
Here's a chance to see 4 of the 5 dives in Emily Meaney's program record-setting platform dive list (359.9) tonight. https://t.co/6afB4ng9Gg
-- Purdue Swimming (@PurdueWSwim) February 19, 2017
Kitchel took third in the A final of the 200 butterfly, her first career championship final at Big Tens. Her prelim time of 1:56.91 moved her into third place in program history. The Boilermakers had five student-athletes qualify for the 200 fly finals, accounting for a combined 47 team points. Meagan Lim lost a swim-off with Indiana's Reagan Cook, but managed to post a career-best time of 1:58.31 in the that swim-off, moving into fifth place in program history. Emmy Rawson (5th in B final), Kate May (6h in C Final) and Alex Clarke (8th in C Final) also scored in the 200 fly.
Cady Farlow joined Kitchel as Boilermakers to account for the third-fastest times in program history in an event. After being an A finalist in the 100 breaststroke Friday, Farlow took fourth in the B final of the 200 breast thanks in part to a prelim time of 2:11.81.
Danielle Auckley, Jackie Smailis and Kaersten Meitz all scored in individual events Saturday before teaming with Grace Hernandez for the 400 freestyle relay to close the meet. The quartet finished sixth with a time of 3:17.90 that was good for second in program history.
Individually, Auckley qualified for the B Final of the 100 free with seventh-fastest time (49.75) in program history. Meitz and Smailis both scored in their third individual events of the championship meet. Meitz took 11th in the mile and was Purdue's top scorer in the individual events this week. Smailis finished fourth in the C final of the 50 free Saturday.
Emily Meckstroth (16:28.978, 8th fastest in the 1,650 free) and Natalie Mudd (1:58.37, 6th fastest in the 200 back) also joined the Purdue record book with career best times.
The women are scheduled to host the annual Boiler-Make-It NCAA Last Chance meet Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. The divers will set their sights on the NCAA Zone C Championships, set for March 9 to 11.
Underway for the final day of the Big Ten Championships and Natalie Mudd opens the day by winning her 200 Back heat! https://t.co/WzwTn63yHx
-- Purdue Swimming (@PurdueWSwim) February 18, 2017
Final Team Scores
1.) No. 6 Michigan 1287
2.) No. 15 Indiana 1125
3.) No. 12 Wisconsin 1101.5
4.) No. 21 Minnesota 1086
5.) No. 22 Ohio State 837
6.) Purdue 656
7.) Northwestern 534
8.) Penn State 453
9.) Rutgers 446
10.) Nebraska 385
11.) Iowa 357
12.) Illinois 197
13.) Michigan State 195.5
Lexi Vincent wins the consolation finals in the platform with a 291.75. Here is her full list. #BoilerUp https://t.co/VNzQePxXm2
-- Purdue Athletics (@PurdueSports) February 18, 2017