| MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS | WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS |
| TEAM SCORES No. 10 Tennessee 193, Purdue 105 TEAM SEASON BESTS 8 of 16 Events SPRINGBOARD DIVING SWEEP Greg Duncan MORE TOP FINISHERS IN MULTIPLE IND. EVENTS Nick McDowell – 500 & 1,000 Free Keelan Hart – 100 & 200 Free Nathan Barsanti – 100 & 200 Fly TEAM SEASON BEST IN AN IND. EVENT Ryan Hrosik – 50 Free Nick McDowell – 1,000 Free Jack Smith – 200 Back Trent Pellini – 100 Breast Nathan Barsanti – 200 Fly Brett Riley – 200 IM |
TEAM SCORES No. 3 Tennessee 185, Purdue 113 TEAM SEASON BESTS 7 of 16 Events SPRINGBOARD DIVING SWEEP Emily Bretscher MORE EVENT WINNERS Jinq En Phee – 100 Breast Sylvia Kobylak – 200 Breast ALSO A TOP FINISHER IN MULTIPLE IND. EVENTS Mallory Jump – 100 & 200 Back, 100 Fly TEAM SEASON BEST IN AN IND. EVENT Jade Knueppel – 50 Free Megan Johnson – 100 Free Maizie Seidl – 500 Free Jinq En Phee – 100 Breast Natalie Myers – 200 IM |
Results / Dive-by-Dive Scoring / Notables
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A springboard sweep by divers Emily Bretscher and Greg Duncan along with a pair of victories in the women's breaststroke events highlighted Purdue swimming & diving's dual meet at top-10 Tennessee on Friday.
Jinq En Phee, Sylvia Kobylak, Bretscher and Duncan accounted for the Boilermakers' combined six event victories. Phee (100) and Kobylak (200) teamed up for the breaststroke sweep for the second-straight dual.
The No. 3 Tennessee women were victorious 185-113. On the men's side, the 10th-ranked Volunteers won 193-105.
Bretscher and Duncan led the way as the Purdue divers had three of the top four finishers in both of the women's events and finished 1-2 in men's 3-meter. While accounting for a combined nine event victories early this season, Duncan (5) and Bretscher (4) are the primary reason why the Purdue divers have won all 10 events in which they've had an entry over the first three meets.
Both Boilermakers had to rally to complete their springboard sweeps, overcoming deficits in the sixth and final round of their second events. Duncan's list-high score of 73.95 in the final round on 3-meter allowed him to overtake teammate Ben Bramley. Duncan was victorious on 1-meter by 54 points. He finished with list scores of 365.85 on 1-meter and 369.98 on 3-meter.
Tennessee's Grace Cable and Bretscher were separated by only .15 tenths of a point entering the sixth and final round of the 1-meter event. Bretscher's score of 54 in the find round was enough to complete a springboard sweep vs. Tennessee for the second year in a row. The junior is a Knoxville native and had the honor of competing in her hometown Friday. She finished with list scores of 295.65 on 1-meter and 345.38 on 3-meter. Maggie Merriman and Emily Meaney also finished among the top four in both events.
Victorious in the 100 breast (1:01.63) in a meet featuring the Volunteers for the second year in a row, Phee was one of 11 Boilermakers to account for a Purdue season-best time Friday. It was her third victory of the season in her premier event.
Meanwhile, Kobylak is proving she's equally elite in the 200 breast (2:15.82). The freshman now has victories in the event against both nationally ranked Notre Dame and Tennessee over the last two weeks. She held off UT's Nikol Popov and Emily Sykes in a race in which the first- and third-place finishers were separated by just .73 hundredths of a second.
Both 50 freestyle races and the men's 200 free relay also produced very tight finishes. Jade Knueppel (23.53) and Ryan Hrosik (20.28) both accounted for Purdue season-best times. Knueppel was out touched by the Vols' Megan Sichterman by a .01 hundredth of a second, while Hrosik was bested by Braga Verhage by just .03 hundredths. Tennessee won the men's 200 free relay by .02 hundredths of a second. Hrosik, Nikola Bjelajac, Gabi Gomez Treig and Ryan Lawrence accounted for the Boilermakers' season-best time of 1:21.30.
Freshman Mallory Jump was Purdue's top finisher in three individual events – the 100 and 200 backstroke as well as the 100 butterfly – for the second meet in a row. Nathan Barsanti (100 and 200 fly), Keelan Hart (100 and 200 free) and Nick McDowell (500 and 1,000 free) joined Bretscher, Duncan and Jump as those to be their team's top finishers in multiple individual events.
Natalie Myers (200 free, 200 back, 200 IM), Nick Sherman (100 free, 100 breast, 200 IM), Jack Smith (100 and 200 back, 100 fly) and Barsanti (100 and 200 fly, 200 IM) all registered personal season-best times in three individual events. Myers was Purdue's top finisher in the 200 IM while also accounting for a team season-best mark. Smith did likewise in the 200 back.
McDowell swam the 1,000 free and 200 free back-to-back, with some women's heats of the 200 free in between of course. He posted a Purdue season-best time of 9:09.68 in the 1,000 and then came back with a personal season best of 1:42.02 in the 200.
The Boilermakers are idle from competition next week as the swimmers gear up to host the three-day Purdue Invitational the weekend of Nov. 21 to 23 at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center. The divers have chosen to compete at IUPUI's House of Championships Invitational the same weekend (Nov. 22-24).