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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Four program records, with seniors playing a prominent role in all four benchmarks, highlighted the 2019 Big Ten Championships for Purdue women's swimming & diving.
Sixteen Boilermakers scored in at least one individual event. Emily Meaney, Jackie Smailis and Natalie Myers scored in all three of their individual events. Meaney repeated as the Big Ten bronze medalist in platform diving, becoming Purdue's first female diver to be a medalist in consecutive seasons since Casey Matthews in 2013 and 2014. Meaney was Purdue's top individual scorer this year, accounting for 52 team points.
Taite Kitchel (52.66 in 100 fly) and Smailis (1:54.61 in 200 back) eclipsed individual records and contributed to both record-setting relays, teaming with Jinq En Phee and Danielle Auckley. Purdue established program records in both the 200 and 400 medley relays for the second year in a row.
Smailis, Phee, Kitchel and Auckley became the first quartet during head coach John Klinge's tenure (2009-present) to break a relay record in consecutive years with the exact same foursome. Smailis and Auckley have been part of a 200 medley relay record each of the last three seasons. They both swam on a team-high four relays at Big Tens this year.
Emily Bretscher finished among the top five of both 1-meter and platform diving, accounting for 51 team points to rank second on the squad. Morgan Meixner scored in both springboard events for the third year in a row and will graduate this year as Purdue's active career scoring leader at Big Tens (152 points).
With two championship finalists in both platform (69 points) and 1-meter diving (61), those were the Boilermakers' top scoring events of the meet.
Smailis was an A finalist thanks to career-best times in both backstroke events. She eclipsed a 200 back record that had stood since 2010, making it the longest-standing benchmark in the record book entering the meet. Kitchel won the B final of the 200 butterfly Saturday after eclipsing the 100 fly mark as an A finalist in the event Friday. She's in line to graduate this year as the program record holder in both butterfly events.
As seniors, Emily Meckstroth, Kitchel, Meixner and Smailis all accomplished the feat of scoring at Big Tens all four years.
Maizie Seidl was recognized as Purdue's Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree. She scored in both the 200 and 500 free while posting career-best times in the events.
Myers posted career-best times in both IM events and the 200 backstroke, moving into the top six in program history in all three events. Cassidy Sampson now ranks fifth in the 100 back after a career best and Riley Kishman moved into seventh place in the 100 breast.
Selected Boilermakers will compete Saturday at the Boiler-Make-It NCAA Last Chance meet. Swimming qualifiers for the NCAA Championships are expected to be announced March 6. The divers compete at the NCAA Zone C Championships from March 14 to 16. Purdue is hosting the annual NCAA diving qualifier this season. Texas is hosting both the men's and women's NCAA Championships. The women's meet is set for March 20 to 23.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Four program records, with seniors playing a prominent role in all four benchmarks, highlighted the 2019 Big Ten Championships for Purdue women's swimming & diving.
Sixteen Boilermakers scored in at least one individual event. Emily Meaney, Jackie Smailis and Natalie Myers scored in all three of their individual events. Meaney repeated as the Big Ten bronze medalist in platform diving, becoming Purdue's first female diver to be a medalist in consecutive seasons since Casey Matthews in 2013 and 2014. Meaney was Purdue's top individual scorer this year, accounting for 52 team points.
Taite Kitchel (52.66 in 100 fly) and Smailis (1:54.61 in 200 back) eclipsed individual records and contributed to both record-setting relays, teaming with Jinq En Phee and Danielle Auckley. Purdue established program records in both the 200 and 400 medley relays for the second year in a row.
Smailis, Phee, Kitchel and Auckley became the first quartet during head coach John Klinge's tenure (2009-present) to break a relay record in consecutive years with the exact same foursome. Smailis and Auckley have been part of a 200 medley relay record each of the last three seasons. They both swam on a team-high four relays at Big Tens this year.
Emily Bretscher finished among the top five of both 1-meter and platform diving, accounting for 51 team points to rank second on the squad. Morgan Meixner scored in both springboard events for the third year in a row and will graduate this year as Purdue's active career scoring leader at Big Tens (152 points).
With two championship finalists in both platform (69 points) and 1-meter diving (61), those were the Boilermakers' top scoring events of the meet.
Smailis was an A finalist thanks to career-best times in both backstroke events. She eclipsed a 200 back record that had stood since 2010, making it the longest-standing benchmark in the record book entering the meet. Kitchel won the B final of the 200 butterfly Saturday after eclipsing the 100 fly mark as an A finalist in the event Friday. She's in line to graduate this year as the program record holder in both butterfly events.
As seniors, Emily Meckstroth, Kitchel, Meixner and Smailis all accomplished the feat of scoring at Big Tens all four years.
Maizie Seidl was recognized as Purdue's Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree. She scored in both the 200 and 500 free while posting career-best times in the events.
Myers posted career-best times in both IM events and the 200 backstroke, moving into the top six in program history in all three events. Cassidy Sampson now ranks fifth in the 100 back after a career best and Riley Kishman moved into seventh place in the 100 breast.
Selected Boilermakers will compete Saturday at the Boiler-Make-It NCAA Last Chance meet. Swimming qualifiers for the NCAA Championships are expected to be announced March 6. The divers compete at the NCAA Zone C Championships from March 14 to 16. Purdue is hosting the annual NCAA diving qualifier this season. Texas is hosting both the men's and women's NCAA Championships. The women's meet is set for March 20 to 23.