EVANSTON, Ill. – Brady Samuels punctuated his successful weekend with two pool records in the final event of the two-day Big Ten Triple Duals, helping propel Purdue men's swimming & diving to a comeback win vs. host Northwestern.
Saturday's memorable day for the Boilermaker men also featured a sweep of the freestyle relays and a 1-2 finish in 3-meter diving. Purdue overcome a five-point deficit entering the day to best NU by 11 points in the team scoring.
The Boilermakers won seven events over the two days of competition. Along with Samuels' victories in the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle and men's relay winners, Sam Bennett (3-meter diving), Jenna Sonnenberg (3-meter diving) and Keelan Hart (100 free) were also victorious.
The Purdue women cruised to a one-side win vs. Iowa in the head-to-head team scoring.
Samuels' leadoff split of 43.01 on the 400 free relay was a pool record at NU's Norris Aquatics Center and propelled the Boilermakers to another pool record while winning the event in 2:53.10. Samuels and Hart teamed with Nick Sherman and Idris Muhammad for both freestyle relay wins Saturday. Muhammad (19.29 on third leg of 200) and Sherman (42.89 on second leg of 400) accounted for the top splits of the victories.
For the women, Kate Beavon's trio of season-best times – including team bests in the 500 and 1,000 free – and a pair of B cuts in the 200 fly highlighted the weekend. Beavon climbed into third place in program history with a time of 9:47.32 in the 1,000. Cecilie Wiuff moved into ninth place in the 200 fly with an NCAA provisional time (B Cut) of 1:59.22, a mark that doubles as a team season best. Lindsay Turner was just a hundredth of second behind (1:59.23) with a season best of her own.
Friday, Samuels won the 200 free with the second-fastest time (1:34.85) in program history. The sophomore now ranks top 2 in the team record book in four individual events – 100 and 200 free, 100 back, 100 fly. He has eight individual event wins this season, tops among the men's swimmers.
Bennett won by 39 points on 3-meter with his career-best list of 408.20, joining Purdue's all-time leaderboard at 14th place in the process.
Jordan Rzepka, Maggie Love, Coleman Modglin and Sherman joined Samuels as Boilermakers with multiple top-three finishes. Rzepka and Sherman both contributed to a 1-2 finish for Purdue.
Saturday's memorable day for the Boilermaker men also featured a sweep of the freestyle relays and a 1-2 finish in 3-meter diving. Purdue overcome a five-point deficit entering the day to best NU by 11 points in the team scoring.
The Boilermakers won seven events over the two days of competition. Along with Samuels' victories in the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle and men's relay winners, Sam Bennett (3-meter diving), Jenna Sonnenberg (3-meter diving) and Keelan Hart (100 free) were also victorious.
The Purdue women cruised to a one-side win vs. Iowa in the head-to-head team scoring.
| TEAM SCORES | |
| MEN Purdue 181.5, Northwestern 170.5 #25 Minnesota 194, Purdue 153 |
WOMEN Purdue 257, Iowa 90 #25 Minnesota 247, Purdue 105 Northwestern 237, Purdue 115 |
Samuels' leadoff split of 43.01 on the 400 free relay was a pool record at NU's Norris Aquatics Center and propelled the Boilermakers to another pool record while winning the event in 2:53.10. Samuels and Hart teamed with Nick Sherman and Idris Muhammad for both freestyle relay wins Saturday. Muhammad (19.29 on third leg of 200) and Sherman (42.89 on second leg of 400) accounted for the top splits of the victories.
For the women, Kate Beavon's trio of season-best times – including team bests in the 500 and 1,000 free – and a pair of B cuts in the 200 fly highlighted the weekend. Beavon climbed into third place in program history with a time of 9:47.32 in the 1,000. Cecilie Wiuff moved into ninth place in the 200 fly with an NCAA provisional time (B Cut) of 1:59.22, a mark that doubles as a team season best. Lindsay Turner was just a hundredth of second behind (1:59.23) with a season best of her own.
Friday, Samuels won the 200 free with the second-fastest time (1:34.85) in program history. The sophomore now ranks top 2 in the team record book in four individual events – 100 and 200 free, 100 back, 100 fly. He has eight individual event wins this season, tops among the men's swimmers.
Bennett won by 39 points on 3-meter with his career-best list of 408.20, joining Purdue's all-time leaderboard at 14th place in the process.
Jordan Rzepka, Maggie Love, Coleman Modglin and Sherman joined Samuels as Boilermakers with multiple top-three finishes. Rzepka and Sherman both contributed to a 1-2 finish for Purdue.
| PURDUE HIGHLIGHTS | |
| EVENT WINNERS Brady Samuels – 100 Fly, 200 Free Keelan Hart – 100 Free Sam Bennett – 3-Meter Diving Jenna Sonnenberg – 3-Meter Diving Men's 200 & 400 Free Relays MOVED UP TEAM'S ALL-TIME LISTS Brady Samuels – 2nd in 200 Free (1:34.85) Kate Beavon – 3rd in 1000 Free (9:47.32) Cecilie Wiuff – 9th in 200 Fly (1:59.22) Sam Bennett – 14th on 3-Meter (408.20) TEAM SEASON BESTS Sam Bennett – 3-Meter Diving Kendra Bowen – 200 Free Kate Beavon – 500 & 1000 Free Aaron Frollo – 1000 Free Cecilie Wiuff – 200 Fly Women's 200 Medley Relay Women's 800 Free Relay |
POOL RECORDS Brady Samuels – 100 Free (43.01) Men's 400 Free Relay (2:53.10) B CUTS Brady Samuels – 100 Fly, 100 & 200 Free Coleman Modglin – 200 Breast Nick Sherman – 200 IM Cecilie Wiuff – 200 Fly Lindsay Turner – 200 Fly 1-2 FINISHES Men's 3-Meter Diving – Bennett & Rzepka Women's 3-Meter Diving – Sonnenberg & Wright Men's 100 Free – Hart & Sherman MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL TOP 3s Nick Sherman – 100 Free, 100 Back, 200 IM Jordan Rzepka – 1-Meter & 3-Meter Diving Maggie Love – 100 Breast, 200 IM Coleman Modglin – 100 & 200 Breast |
| SPLITS ON PURDUE'S RELAY WINNERS | |
| 200 FREE RELAY: 1:18.70 Sherman: 19.97 Samuels: 19.49 Muhammad: 19.29 Hart: 19.95 |
400 FREE RELAY: 2:53.10 Samuels: 43.01 Sherman: 42.89 Muhammad: 43.44 Hart: 43.76 |