| MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS | WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS |
| TEAM SCORES Purdue 184, Minnesota 169 No. 21 Northwestern 184, Purdue 169 No. 21 Northwestern 200, Minnesota 153 EVENT WINNERS Ben Bramley – Platform Diving Brett Riley – 400 IM Nick McDowell – 500 Free Aćin, Hrosik, Bjelajac, Lawrence – 200 Free Relay Bjelajac, Aćin, Sherman, Pellini – 400 Free Relay RUNNER-UP SHOWINGS Nikola Aćin – 100 Free MORE HEAT WINNERS Keelan Hart – 100 Free Nathan Barsanti – 100 Fly PERSONAL SEASON BESTS Ben Bramley – Platform Diving Nikola Aćin – 100 Free Aćin, Hrosik, Bjelajac, Lawrence – 200 Free Relay Bjelajac, Aćin, Sherman, Pellini – 400 Free Relay |
TEAM SCORES No. 16 Northwestern 207, Purdue 146 No. 23 Minnesota 233, Purdue 120 No. 23 Minnesota 188, No. 16 Northwestern 165 B CUT Sylvia Kobylak – 200 Breast RUNNER-UP SHOWINGS Emily Bretscher – Platform Diving Sylvia Kobylak – 200 Breast HEAT WINNER Megan Johnson – 100 Free TOP FINISHER IN MULTIPLE EVENTS Natalie Myers – 200 Back, 400 IM PERSONAL SEASON BESTS Emily Bretscher – Platform Diving Mudd, DeCoursey, Johnson, Seidl – 200 Free Relay |
Results: Saturday / Complete 2-Day / Dive-by-Dive Scoring /// Notables / Photo Gallery
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A sweep of Saturday's relays by the Boilermaker men highlighted the final session of the two-day Big Ten Triple Duals for the Purdue swimming & diving teams.
In Saturday's events vs. Minnesota and Northwestern, Ben Bramley (platform diving), Brett Riley (400 IM) and Nick McDowell (500 free) were also victorious. Riley and McDowell were both event winners for the second day in a row. Bramley was victorious on the tower for the second consecutive weekend, posting a team season-best score of 404.30 in the process.
The Purdue men topped Minnesota 184-169 in the team scoring, registering their first dual meet victory vs. the Gophers since the 2011 Big Ten Triple Duals in West Lafayette. Northwestern won three of its four duals this year, living up to its top-25 ranking and posting its first victories at the Big Ten Triple Duals since replacing Wisconsin at the annual meet in January 2015.
Sylvia Kobylak posted an NCAA provisional qualifying time (B Cut) in the 200 breaststroke for the second weekend in a row. The freshman was out touched by just .05 hundredths of a second by Minnesota's senior standout Lindsey Kozelsky.
Emily Bretscher also posted a runner-up finish Saturday, taking second with a personal season-best score of 266.45 on the platforms. The junior finished top two in all three diving events at the Big Ten Triple Duals.
Nikola Aćin and Nikola Bjelajac contributed to both freestyle relay victories. For the weekend, the Boilermakers won three of the four men's relays (200 and 400 free, 200 medley). Aćin was part of all three winning teams, once again proving his value in relays. Ryan Hrosik (200 medley, 200 free) and Trent Pellini (200 medley, 400 free) joined Bjelajac (200 and 400 free) as Boilermakers to swim on two of the three teams. Ryan Lawrence (200) and Nick Sherman (400) also contributed to a relay winner Saturday.
McDowell was among the 13 seniors recognized prior to the meet during the annual Senior Day ceremony. He posted his fifth career win at the Big Ten Triple Duals while sweeping the distance freestyle events for the second time at the annual meet. His nine individual event victories this season are tops among the Purdue swimmers.
Riley completed a sweep of the individual medley events and has now won six individual events dating back to the FIU Sprint Invitational on Jan. 4.
Along with his relay success, Aćin also posted a personal season-best time of 44.55 as the runner-up in the 100 freestyle. That ranks as the fourth best on the team during the 2019-20 campaign.
Nathan Barsanti (100 fly), Keelan Hart (100 free) and Megan Johnson (100 free) were all heat 1 winners Saturday. Claire Abbasse and Johnson finished tied for third in the 100 free. Gretta DeCoursey and Johnson contributed to both of the Purdue women's top relay finishers Saturday. They teamed with Natalie Mudd and Maizie Seidl to post a personal season best in the 200 free relay.
MEITZ SETS POOL RECORD IN 1,000 FREESTYLE
• During the break between the 200 breast and 400 free relay, alumna Kaersten Meitz competed in a 1,000 free time trial. She posted a time of 9:29.05, eclipsing the pool record of 9:32.02 set by Olympian Flavia Rigamonti (SMU) while winning the mile at the 2005 NCAA Championships. At the 2018 Big Ten Triple Duals in Minneapolis, Meitz's final collegiate dual meet, she broke Purdue's program record while winning the 1,000 free with a time of 9:38.46. It's a benchmark that still stands. Meitz is now a member of the USA Swimming National Team.
With their dual meet schedules complete, the Boilermakers will begin gearing up for the Big Ten Championships in late February. Selected Purdue swimmers will compete at the Ohio State Winter Invitational (women, Feb. 14-16) or First Chance meet at Indiana (men, Feb. 22-23). Iowa (women) and Indiana (men) are hosting the Big Ten Championships this season.