MADISON, Wis. – Purdue women's swimming & diving opened the Big Ten Championships with a trio of season-best times, highlighted by a quartet of underclassmen cracking the program's all-time top 10 list in the 200 medley relay.
Freshmen Hannah Hill, Teagen Moon and Maggie Love teamed up with sophomore Masy Folcik for a time of 1:39.75 in the 200 medley relay, the first event of Big Tens. That moved the quartet into 10th place in program history. The Boilermakers also posted a top-10 time in the 400 medley relay at the Purdue Invitational in November.
Hill, Folcik, Moon and Love enjoyed a time drop of 1.3 seconds from the team's season-best mark (1:41.05) at the Purdue Invite. Hill moved from the freestyle leg in November to the backstroke leg at Big Tens.
The Boilermakers' 800 freestyle relay team featured a quartet of juniors. Kendra Bowen, Lindsay Turner, Rachel Young and Elissa Haake teamed up for a time of 7:16.78. They enjoyed a time drop of 8.2 seconds from the team season best (7:24.98) posted at the Purdue Invite. Bowen, Haake and Young also were also part of the 800 free relay team in November.
Bowen's leadoff split of 1:48.68 represented the third season best as the top mark by a Boilermaker in the 200 free this year. She enjoyed a time drop of 1.52 seconds from her team best (1:50.20) at the Purdue Invite. Bowen also had the top split of any Boilermaker in the event Wednesday.
The Big Ten Championships continue Thursday with swimming prelims at 11 a.m. ET, 1-meter diving prelims at 1 p.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m.
OPENING NIGHT RELAYS AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
* – Purdue Season-Best Time
200 Medley Relay
Hill, Folcik, Moon & Love, 1:39.75* – Finished 10th (34 Points); 10th Fastest in Team History
800 Free Relay
Bowen, Turner, Young & Haake, 7:16.78* – Finished 10th (34 Points)
Bowen opening split of 1:48.68 is a Purdue season best in the 200 free
WEDNESDAY TEAM SCORES
1.) No. 6 Ohio State 128
2.) No. 9 Michigan 110
3.) No. 15 Indiana 108
4.) No. 16 Northwestern 104
5.) No. 14 Wisconsin 102
6.) No. 20 Minnesota 96
7.) Rutgers 90
8.) Penn State 86
9.) Nebraska 84
10.) Purdue 68
11.) Illinois 64
12.) Iowa 60
Freshmen Hannah Hill, Teagen Moon and Maggie Love teamed up with sophomore Masy Folcik for a time of 1:39.75 in the 200 medley relay, the first event of Big Tens. That moved the quartet into 10th place in program history. The Boilermakers also posted a top-10 time in the 400 medley relay at the Purdue Invitational in November.
Hill, Folcik, Moon and Love enjoyed a time drop of 1.3 seconds from the team's season-best mark (1:41.05) at the Purdue Invite. Hill moved from the freestyle leg in November to the backstroke leg at Big Tens.
The Boilermakers' 800 freestyle relay team featured a quartet of juniors. Kendra Bowen, Lindsay Turner, Rachel Young and Elissa Haake teamed up for a time of 7:16.78. They enjoyed a time drop of 8.2 seconds from the team season best (7:24.98) posted at the Purdue Invite. Bowen, Haake and Young also were also part of the 800 free relay team in November.
Bowen's leadoff split of 1:48.68 represented the third season best as the top mark by a Boilermaker in the 200 free this year. She enjoyed a time drop of 1.52 seconds from her team best (1:50.20) at the Purdue Invite. Bowen also had the top split of any Boilermaker in the event Wednesday.
The Big Ten Championships continue Thursday with swimming prelims at 11 a.m. ET, 1-meter diving prelims at 1 p.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m.
OPENING NIGHT RELAYS AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
* – Purdue Season-Best Time
200 Medley Relay
Hill, Folcik, Moon & Love, 1:39.75* – Finished 10th (34 Points); 10th Fastest in Team History
800 Free Relay
Bowen, Turner, Young & Haake, 7:16.78* – Finished 10th (34 Points)
Bowen opening split of 1:48.68 is a Purdue season best in the 200 free
WEDNESDAY TEAM SCORES
1.) No. 6 Ohio State 128
2.) No. 9 Michigan 110
3.) No. 15 Indiana 108
4.) No. 16 Northwestern 104
5.) No. 14 Wisconsin 102
6.) No. 20 Minnesota 96
7.) Rutgers 90
8.) Penn State 86
9.) Nebraska 84
10.) Purdue 68
11.) Illinois 64
12.) Iowa 60