MEET INFORMATION
Purdue Men's Swimming & Diving at the Big Ten Championships
Wednesday, Feb. 28 to Saturday, March 2
Opening Night Relays & Team Diving at 5 p.m. ET
10 a.m. Prelims, 5 p.m. Finals / All Sessions Streaming on B1G+
Sunday LCM Time Trials at 10 a.m. ET
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion / Columbus, Ohio
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After having an opportunity to watch the women compete at the conference championships in person last week, Purdue men's swimming & diving moves into the spotlight with a trip to Columbus for the Big Ten Championships.
Action is set for Wednesday evening through Saturday at Ohio State's McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, which also hosted the swimming events at Big Tens as recently as 2021 when diving for both genders was contested in West Lafayette due to the pandemic. The Boilermakers won multiple Big Ten titles when OSU hosted in 2010 and 2017, including sweeping the 1-meter diving medals in 2010. The swimmers brought home two more medals three years ago.
Most of Purdue's current seniors got their first taste of the Big Ten Championships in Columbus as freshmen when fans were not permitted to attend. Now some of them will close out their careers back at McCorkle with the stands full and the atmosphere as lively as ever.
Alex Jerden leads the program into the championship season for the first time as head coach. Jerden and assistant coach James Bretscher, an All-American at N.C. State, are no strangers to championship meets. But this year does mark the first time since the early 1980s that someone other than Dan Ross will be the head coach of the Boilermakers at Big Tens.
Purdue's Ohio natives – Ethan Shaw (Dublin) and Jordan Rzepka (Solon) – return to their home state this week. Shaw won the 800-meter freestyle and was an A finalist in three other events at the long course Speedo Sectionals in Columbus in July.
Purdue finished fourth at Big Tens three times in four years from 2018 to 2021. The Boilermakers also enjoyed a seven-year streak with at least one Big Ten champion from 2015 to 2021. Those titles were in platform diving (4), 200 breaststroke (3) and 3-meter diving (2).
From 2020 to 2022, Purdue won a relay medal in three consecutive seasons at Big Tens for the first time since 2001 to 2003. The Boilermakers were fourth in both the 200 medley and 400 free relays last season, their top finishes. But that wasn't the only medal streak that ended a year ago. Rzepka was a championship finalist in all three diving events again in 2023 but was unable to duplicate his silver-medal winning ways on 3-meter and platform from his freshman season. It marked the first time since 2012 that a men's diver did not medal for Purdue at Big Tens.
Rzepka is the program's active career scoring leader at Big Tens, accounting for 147 points as underclassman. If he can qualify for three more championship finals this week, he'll surpass the 200-point mark for his career.
Brady Samuels also scored in all three of his individual events in both of his underclassman years. After racing in the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly on the same day last year, he has opted for the 50 free, 100 back and 100 free this year – giving him one individual event each day. Sam Bennett (2022 and 2023) and Shaw (2023) have also scored in all three of their individual events at Big Tens, although an injury will keep Bennett sidelined this year.
Coleman Modglin won the B final of the 200 breaststroke last season in Ann Arbor and has an opportunity to become a four-year scorer at Big Tens this week.
PROGRAM RECORDS SET DURING 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
• Brady Samuels – 100 Back, 45.17 (at NCAAs)
• Nick Sherman – 200 Free, 1:33.27 (at NCAAs, also eclipsed mark at Big Tens)
• Nick Sherman – 200 IM, 1:42.62 (at Big Tens)
NOTABLE LIFETIME BESTS AT 2023 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
All-Time Ranks in Team History
• Brady Samuels – 2nd in 100 Back (45.86); Now Ranks 1st
• 200 Medley Relay – 2nd (1:23.86)
…Muhammad, Witty, Samuels, Sherman
• Ethan Shaw – 3rd in 500 Free (4:20.79); LTB Again at CSCAA NIC meet
• Coleman Modglin – 4th in 100 Breast (53.08)
• 400 Medley Relay Team – 4th (3:08.36); Purdue Already Faster in 2023-24
…Muhammad, Sherman, Samuels, Hart
• Idris Muhammad – 5th in 100 Back (46.98); Now Ranks 3rd
• Aaron Frollo – 7th in 500 Free (4:23.64)
• Ethan Shaw – 11th in 200 Fly (1:46.33); Now Ranks 8th
• Ethan Shaw – 12th in 400 IM (3:51.23)
• Aaron Frollo – 12th in 1000 Free (9:18.00)
• Andrew Swenson – 13th in 200 Back (1:44.41)
• Aaron Frollo – 14th in 1650 Free (15:27.18)
PURDUE'S ACTIVE SWIMMERS TO RACE ON RELAYS AT BIG TENS LAST SEASON
• Brady Samuels – 200 & 400 Free, 200 & 400 Medley
• Idris Muhammad – 200 & 400 Free, 200 & 400 Medley
• Andrew Witty – 200 Medley
• Cooper Callahan – 800 Free
• Charlie King – 800 Free
• Connor McCarthy – 800 Free
• Ethan Shaw – 800 Free
YEAR 9 OF THE CURRENT SCORING BREAKDOWN
• A Final: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22
• B Final: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
• C Final: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (and 17th through 24th in Diving Prelims)
• Relays: 64-56-54-52-50-48-46-44
PURDUE'S MOST RECENT BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
• Diving: Brandon Loschiavo – Platform, 2021
• Swimming: Marat Amaltdinov – 200 Breast, 2017
• Relay: 400 Medley (Sutherland, Kovacs, Brown, Ullom), 1997
PURDUE MEDALISTS AT BIG TENS WHEN OHIO STATE HAS HOSTED (Since 2000)
2007
• Romain Maire – Silver in 400 IM, Bronze in 200 IM
• J.P. Perez – Bronze on 3-Meter
• Danny Cox – Bronze on Platform
2010
• David Boudia – Big Ten Champion on 3-Meter & Platform, Silver on 1-Meter
•David Colturi – Big Ten Champion on 1-Meter
• J.P. Perez – Bronze on 3-Meter & Platform
• Kyle Mitrione – Bronze on 1-Meter
• Sam Wilcher – Bronze in 200 Fly
2017
• Steele Johnson – Big Ten Champion on Platform, Bronze on 3-Meter
• Marat Amaltdinov – Big Ten Champion in 200 Breast
• Brandon Loschiavo – Bronze on Platform
2021 (Swimming Events Only)
• Nikola Aćin – Silver in 100 Free
• 200 Free Relay Team (Aćin, Hrosik, Sherman, Lawrence) – Silver
Purdue Men's Swimming & Diving at the Big Ten Championships
Wednesday, Feb. 28 to Saturday, March 2
Opening Night Relays & Team Diving at 5 p.m. ET
10 a.m. Prelims, 5 p.m. Finals / All Sessions Streaming on B1G+
Sunday LCM Time Trials at 10 a.m. ET
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion / Columbus, Ohio
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After having an opportunity to watch the women compete at the conference championships in person last week, Purdue men's swimming & diving moves into the spotlight with a trip to Columbus for the Big Ten Championships.
Action is set for Wednesday evening through Saturday at Ohio State's McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, which also hosted the swimming events at Big Tens as recently as 2021 when diving for both genders was contested in West Lafayette due to the pandemic. The Boilermakers won multiple Big Ten titles when OSU hosted in 2010 and 2017, including sweeping the 1-meter diving medals in 2010. The swimmers brought home two more medals three years ago.
Most of Purdue's current seniors got their first taste of the Big Ten Championships in Columbus as freshmen when fans were not permitted to attend. Now some of them will close out their careers back at McCorkle with the stands full and the atmosphere as lively as ever.
Alex Jerden leads the program into the championship season for the first time as head coach. Jerden and assistant coach James Bretscher, an All-American at N.C. State, are no strangers to championship meets. But this year does mark the first time since the early 1980s that someone other than Dan Ross will be the head coach of the Boilermakers at Big Tens.
Purdue's Ohio natives – Ethan Shaw (Dublin) and Jordan Rzepka (Solon) – return to their home state this week. Shaw won the 800-meter freestyle and was an A finalist in three other events at the long course Speedo Sectionals in Columbus in July.
| EVENT SCHEDULE AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS – 7-SESSION FORMAT | |||
| Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 200 Medley Relay Team Diving (Exhibition) 800 Free Relay |
500 Free 200 IM 50 Free 1-Meter Diving 400 Medley Relay |
100 Fly 400 IM 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back 3-Meter Diving 200 Free Relay |
1650 Free 200 Back 100 Free 200 Breast 200 Fly Platform Diving 400 Free Relay |
| Diving Prelims Begin Daily at Noon | 1,650 Free & Relays are Finals Only First Heat of 1,650 Free at 3:15 p.m. | Saturday Finals Open with Fastest Heat of 1,650 Free Diving Consolation Finals Have Moved to the First Event of Finals Sessions |
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Purdue finished fourth at Big Tens three times in four years from 2018 to 2021. The Boilermakers also enjoyed a seven-year streak with at least one Big Ten champion from 2015 to 2021. Those titles were in platform diving (4), 200 breaststroke (3) and 3-meter diving (2).
From 2020 to 2022, Purdue won a relay medal in three consecutive seasons at Big Tens for the first time since 2001 to 2003. The Boilermakers were fourth in both the 200 medley and 400 free relays last season, their top finishes. But that wasn't the only medal streak that ended a year ago. Rzepka was a championship finalist in all three diving events again in 2023 but was unable to duplicate his silver-medal winning ways on 3-meter and platform from his freshman season. It marked the first time since 2012 that a men's diver did not medal for Purdue at Big Tens.
Rzepka is the program's active career scoring leader at Big Tens, accounting for 147 points as underclassman. If he can qualify for three more championship finals this week, he'll surpass the 200-point mark for his career.
Brady Samuels also scored in all three of his individual events in both of his underclassman years. After racing in the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly on the same day last year, he has opted for the 50 free, 100 back and 100 free this year – giving him one individual event each day. Sam Bennett (2022 and 2023) and Shaw (2023) have also scored in all three of their individual events at Big Tens, although an injury will keep Bennett sidelined this year.
Coleman Modglin won the B final of the 200 breaststroke last season in Ann Arbor and has an opportunity to become a four-year scorer at Big Tens this week.
PROGRAM RECORDS SET DURING 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
• Brady Samuels – 100 Back, 45.17 (at NCAAs)
• Nick Sherman – 200 Free, 1:33.27 (at NCAAs, also eclipsed mark at Big Tens)
• Nick Sherman – 200 IM, 1:42.62 (at Big Tens)
NOTABLE LIFETIME BESTS AT 2023 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
All-Time Ranks in Team History
• Brady Samuels – 2nd in 100 Back (45.86); Now Ranks 1st
• 200 Medley Relay – 2nd (1:23.86)
…Muhammad, Witty, Samuels, Sherman
• Ethan Shaw – 3rd in 500 Free (4:20.79); LTB Again at CSCAA NIC meet
• Coleman Modglin – 4th in 100 Breast (53.08)
• 400 Medley Relay Team – 4th (3:08.36); Purdue Already Faster in 2023-24
…Muhammad, Sherman, Samuels, Hart
• Idris Muhammad – 5th in 100 Back (46.98); Now Ranks 3rd
• Aaron Frollo – 7th in 500 Free (4:23.64)
• Ethan Shaw – 11th in 200 Fly (1:46.33); Now Ranks 8th
• Ethan Shaw – 12th in 400 IM (3:51.23)
• Aaron Frollo – 12th in 1000 Free (9:18.00)
• Andrew Swenson – 13th in 200 Back (1:44.41)
• Aaron Frollo – 14th in 1650 Free (15:27.18)
| ACTIVE CAREER SCORING LEADERS AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||||
| Boilermaker | Career Points | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Jordan Rzepka | 147 | 71 | 76 | NA |
| Brady Samuels | 126 | 67 | 59 | NA |
| Coleman Modglin | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 |
| Sam Bennett | 62 | 47 | 15 | NA |
| Idris Muhammad | 34 | 30 | 4 | NA |
| Andrew Alders | 33 | 15 | 18 | -- |
| Ethan Shaw | 30 | 23 | 7 | -- |
| Andrew Swenson | 14 | 14 | DNC | -- |
| Andrew Witty | 13 | 13 | -- | -- |
| Charlie King | 7 | 5 | -- | 2 |
PURDUE'S ACTIVE SWIMMERS TO RACE ON RELAYS AT BIG TENS LAST SEASON
• Brady Samuels – 200 & 400 Free, 200 & 400 Medley
• Idris Muhammad – 200 & 400 Free, 200 & 400 Medley
• Andrew Witty – 200 Medley
• Cooper Callahan – 800 Free
• Charlie King – 800 Free
• Connor McCarthy – 800 Free
• Ethan Shaw – 800 Free
YEAR 9 OF THE CURRENT SCORING BREAKDOWN
• A Final: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22
• B Final: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
• C Final: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (and 17th through 24th in Diving Prelims)
• Relays: 64-56-54-52-50-48-46-44
PURDUE'S MOST RECENT BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
• Diving: Brandon Loschiavo – Platform, 2021
• Swimming: Marat Amaltdinov – 200 Breast, 2017
• Relay: 400 Medley (Sutherland, Kovacs, Brown, Ullom), 1997
PURDUE MEDALISTS AT BIG TENS WHEN OHIO STATE HAS HOSTED (Since 2000)
2007
• Romain Maire – Silver in 400 IM, Bronze in 200 IM
• J.P. Perez – Bronze on 3-Meter
• Danny Cox – Bronze on Platform
2010
• David Boudia – Big Ten Champion on 3-Meter & Platform, Silver on 1-Meter
•David Colturi – Big Ten Champion on 1-Meter
• J.P. Perez – Bronze on 3-Meter & Platform
• Kyle Mitrione – Bronze on 1-Meter
• Sam Wilcher – Bronze in 200 Fly
2017
• Steele Johnson – Big Ten Champion on Platform, Bronze on 3-Meter
• Marat Amaltdinov – Big Ten Champion in 200 Breast
• Brandon Loschiavo – Bronze on Platform
2021 (Swimming Events Only)
• Nikola Aćin – Silver in 100 Free
• 200 Free Relay Team (Aćin, Hrosik, Sherman, Lawrence) – Silver