MINNEAPOLIS – Brady Samuels eclipsed the team record in the 50 freestyle and was even faster with a split of 18.78 on the 200 free relay, accomplishing the feats on the same night in which three Purdue Divers earned a place on the 1-meter diving podium at the Big Ten Championships.
Max Miller, Jordan Rzepka and Zach Welsh teamed up for a 4-5-6 finish on 1-meter, all three Boilermakers improving on their prelim scores when they also accounted for a 4-5-6 combination.
Samuels' prelim time of 19.24 in the 50 free gave the senior four individual records at Purdue. He eclipsed the 200 free record on the opening leg of the 800 free relay on Wednesday.
Miller finished just seven tenths of a point shy of a bronze medal in his first career championship final at Big Tens, improving on his list total by 57 points from the prelim to the final. Welsh was fourth in the prelim and a championship finalist in his individual event debut at Big Tens. Rzepka improved to 10-for-10 in career Top-10 finishes at Big Tens. Thursday was his ninth career championship final at Big Tens.
Going back to the women's Big Ten Championships last week, Purdue has produced three of the eight podium finishers in all three springboard events so far at the conference championships. The men accounted for 75 team points on 1-meter Thursday, with the best still to come as all five divers compete on 3-meter Friday.
Samuels' lifetime best 50 split of 18.78 on the 200 freestyle relay is believed to be a team record for relay split. It helped the Boilermakers' 200 free relay team move into fourth place in program history with a time of 1:17.44. Samuels teamed up with Nathaniel Thomas, Idris Muhammad and Andy Kelly on the 200 free relay.
In his debut at Big Tens, Matheo Mateos earned a second swim, qualifying for the C final of the 200 IM while moving into eighth place in team history with a prelim time of 1:45.76.
Evan Mackesy (4:23.28, 8th) and Pat Broderick (4:24.80, 15th) did not earn second swims, but they did move up the program's all-time leaderboard in the 500 freestyle. Both underclassmen posted lifetime bests. Junior Wyatt Blair's lifetime best (1:46.49) in a 200 butterfly time trial moved him into 13th place in program history.
Muhammad and Thomas finished just shy of the cut line in the 50 free, taking 25th and 26th place. A top-24 showing would have made either of them a scorer in the event.
Will Jost (19.87 in 50 free) and Gabe Eschbach (1:39.51 in 200 free) posted lifetime bests in time trials as well.
The Big Ten Championships continue Friday with swimming prelims at 11 a.m. ET, diving prelims at 1 p.m. ET and the finals session at 6 p.m.
THURSDAY TEAM SCORES
1.) #2 Indiana 526
2.) #10 Michigan 419.5
3.) #13 Ohio State 413
4.) #16 USC 281
5.) Wisconsin 272
6.) Northwestern 262
7.) #24 Minnesota 260
8.) Purdue 223.5
9.) Penn State 153
Max Miller, Jordan Rzepka and Zach Welsh teamed up for a 4-5-6 finish on 1-meter, all three Boilermakers improving on their prelim scores when they also accounted for a 4-5-6 combination.
Samuels' prelim time of 19.24 in the 50 free gave the senior four individual records at Purdue. He eclipsed the 200 free record on the opening leg of the 800 free relay on Wednesday.
Miller finished just seven tenths of a point shy of a bronze medal in his first career championship final at Big Tens, improving on his list total by 57 points from the prelim to the final. Welsh was fourth in the prelim and a championship finalist in his individual event debut at Big Tens. Rzepka improved to 10-for-10 in career Top-10 finishes at Big Tens. Thursday was his ninth career championship final at Big Tens.
Going back to the women's Big Ten Championships last week, Purdue has produced three of the eight podium finishers in all three springboard events so far at the conference championships. The men accounted for 75 team points on 1-meter Thursday, with the best still to come as all five divers compete on 3-meter Friday.
Samuels' lifetime best 50 split of 18.78 on the 200 freestyle relay is believed to be a team record for relay split. It helped the Boilermakers' 200 free relay team move into fourth place in program history with a time of 1:17.44. Samuels teamed up with Nathaniel Thomas, Idris Muhammad and Andy Kelly on the 200 free relay.
In his debut at Big Tens, Matheo Mateos earned a second swim, qualifying for the C final of the 200 IM while moving into eighth place in team history with a prelim time of 1:45.76.
Evan Mackesy (4:23.28, 8th) and Pat Broderick (4:24.80, 15th) did not earn second swims, but they did move up the program's all-time leaderboard in the 500 freestyle. Both underclassmen posted lifetime bests. Junior Wyatt Blair's lifetime best (1:46.49) in a 200 butterfly time trial moved him into 13th place in program history.
Muhammad and Thomas finished just shy of the cut line in the 50 free, taking 25th and 26th place. A top-24 showing would have made either of them a scorer in the event.
Will Jost (19.87 in 50 free) and Gabe Eschbach (1:39.51 in 200 free) posted lifetime bests in time trials as well.
The Big Ten Championships continue Friday with swimming prelims at 11 a.m. ET, diving prelims at 1 p.m. ET and the finals session at 6 p.m.
THURSDAY TEAM SCORES
1.) #2 Indiana 526
2.) #10 Michigan 419.5
3.) #13 Ohio State 413
4.) #16 USC 281
5.) Wisconsin 272
6.) Northwestern 262
7.) #24 Minnesota 260
8.) Purdue 223.5
9.) Penn State 153