The Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on Senior Day Saturday afternoon at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind.
The No. 9-ranked Indiana men defeated Purdue, 187-107, while the No. 16-ranked Hoosier women beat the No. 21-ranked Boilermakers, 185.5-114.5.
With their sixth-straight win over Purdue, the Hoosier men have posted a record of 31-6 over the Boilermakers since the 1975-76 season. The IU women have now won 14 of the last 15 meetings with PU with Saturday’s victory, improving to 22-10 all-time dating back to the 1982-83 campaign.
With the pair of victories over Purdue, Indiana earns two points and has now tied the Boilermakers in the 2015-156 Governor’s Cup at 5-5. The overall winner of the contest will be awarded a trophy at the end of the season. Each sport can earn one point toward the overall championship. The winner of regular season head-to-head competition earns the point for its institution.
In the first event of the day, the Hoosier team of Marie Chamberlain, Lilly King, Gia Dalesandro and Gabriela Rajic won the 200 medley relay with a season-best time of 1:40.39. On the men’s side, the IU team of Bob Glover, Tanner Kurz, Vini Lanza and Anze Tavcar touched first with a time of 1:27.91.
In the 1000 freestyle, the Hoosier men went 1-2-3-4, led by Adam Destrampe who won in a time of 9:18.65. He was followed by teammates Joey Snodderly, Jack Collins and Trey Hubbuch. For the IU women, Haley Lips took second place with a time of 9:55.40.
The Hoosier men were dominant in the 200 freestyle, taking the top-four spots, led by Blake Pieroni who won with a NCAA B cut time of 1:36.54. Pieroni, who has the top time in the Big Ten this season, was followed by Jackson Miller in a season-best time of 1:38.95. Max Irwin and Ali Khalafalla were right behind Miller. For the Hoosier women, Kennedy Goss won with a NCAA B cut and season-best time of 1:46.42.
In the 100 backstroke, the Hoosier duo of Marie Chamberlain and Gia Dalesandro finished first and second overall. Chamberlain won with a NCAA B cut time of 55.00, while Dalesandro was second in 56.36. Bob Glover – who owns the top time in the league this season – won for the IU men, touching the wall in a time of 48.57.
National leader Lilly King was once again unrivaled in the 100 breaststroke, beating the field by over a second with a NCAA B cut qualifying time of 1:00.23. Miranda Tucker was third in a NCAA B cut time of 1:02.13. For the Hoosier men, the Big Ten’s current leader Tanner Kurz touched first once again, winning with a NCAA B cut time of 54.27.
The Hoosier women finished 1-2-3 in the 200 butterfly, with Big Ten leader Gia Dalesandro winning with a time of 2:00.85. Reagan Cook was second (2:01.29), while Olivia Barker took third (2:01.38). For the men, Max Irwin took first place with a mark of 1:48.59, while Vini Lanza was third in a time of 1:49.63.
The IU women were back at it in the 50 freestyle, sweeping the top three spots. Grace Vertigans won in a time of 23.65, while Kaitlin Kitchens was second in a mark of 23.90. Gabriela Rajic was third in 23.92. For the men, the league’s second-fastest 50 freestyler so far this season, Ali Khalafalla, took first for the Hoosiers with a NCAA B cut time of 19.96. His time on Saturday ties for the fifth-fastest in the conference this year.
In women’s platform diving, IU’s Michal Bower took second place with a score of 238.35, while teammate Lacey Houser was third with 238.05. Both totals are NCAA Zones qualifying scores. On the men’s side, Joshua Arndt placed second with a NCAA Zones qualifying score of 305.85, while Cody Coldren was third with a total of 284.18.
In the 100 freestyle, Anze Tavcar – the top time holder in the conference – placed first with a time of 44.48, while Ali Khalafalla took second in 44.66. For the Hoosier women, Delaney Barnard placed second in 51.13, while Grace Vertigans was third in 51.35.
Kennedy Goss – the second-fastest 200 backstroke swimmer in the Big Ten – won the event on Saturday for the Hoosiers, touching the wall in a time of 1:59.82. Marie Chamberlain took second with a time of 2:01.53. For the men, Bob Glover completed the sweep of the back events, winning with a time of 1:48.43. Entering Saturday, Glover owned the top time in the 200 back in the league.
In a race featuring the top-three 200 breast swimmers in the Big Ten, National Champion Lilly King dominated, winning with a NCAA B cut time of 2:12.60. Miranda Tucker, third in the conference, upended the league’s second fastest in Purdue’s Emily Fogle, placing second with a NCAA B cut time of 2:15.40. For the men, Tanner Kurz took second place with a time of 2:02.37.
Jackson Miller won the 500 freestyle for the Hoosiers, winning with a time of 4:27.23. Miller entered the weekend ranked third in the Big Ten in the event. For the IU women, Kennedy Goss placed second in a time of 4:50.20, while Haley Lips took third in 4:50.80. Lips owns the fastest time in the conference entering the weekend.
In the 100 butterfly, Gia Dalesandro – owner of the fastest time in the Big Ten this season – touched the wall first in a time of 54.82. Freshman Vini Lanza earned his first collegiate win, beating the field with a time of 48.94.
In the 1-meter springboard, Joshua Arndt made a late charge in the final two dives to post a career-best score of 371.70 to win. Arndt’s score ranks him 11th all-time in IU history. Cody Coldren placed third with a score of 304.88. Both Arndt’s and Coldren’s totals were NCAA Zones qualifying marks. For the IU women, Lacey Houser took second with a NCAA Zones qualifying score of 317.03. Michal Bower placed third with a NCAA Zones qualifying total of 307.13.
Ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten entering the weekend, IU’s Sam Lisy won the 200 IM with a NCAA B cut time of 4:19.20. Reagan Cook placed second with a time of 4:22.14. In the 200 IM, Indiana’s Ian Finnerty touched the wall first with a time of 1:51.28.
In the final event of the afternoon – the 400 freestyle relay – Indiana put an exclamation point on the team’s victories with a sweep.
For the women, the team of Grace Vertigans, Kennedy Goss, Haley Lips and Kaitlin Kitchens won with a time of 3:23.13. The time is the 10th-fastest in the conference this season and the third-fastest for IU this year.
On the men’s side, the team of Anze Tavcar, Ali Khalafalla, Oliver Patrouch and Blake Pieroni won with a mark of 2:57.93. The time is the sixth-fastest in the Big Ten this season and the third-fastest for the Hoosiers this year.
Indiana will wrap up the dual meet portion of the 2015-16 schedule on Friday, January 29 when the team will head south to face the Louisville Cardinals. The dual meet is scheduled for a 5 p.m. ET start.
Prior to Saturday’s meet, the Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams honored their six gradating seniors – Curtis Goss, Lacy Houser, Tanner Kurz, Haley Lips, Grayson Smith and John Winck.
Purdue
Kaersten Meitz’s sweep of the women’s distance freestyle events and three event victories from the divers highlighted what was an otherwise tough day for the Purdue swimming and diving teams in the rivalry dual meet at Indiana on Saturday afternoon.
The No. 21 Purdue women (5-2, 3-2 B1G) won five of the 16 events in a 185.5-114.5 loss to the 16th-ranked Hoosiers. The Purdue men (4-3, 2-2 B1G) lost their side of the co-ed dual 187-107 to No. 9 Indiana.
Along with Meitz, Marat Amaltdinov (200 breast), Sydney Couch (platform diving), Allie Davis (100 free), Mary Beth Dunnichay (1-meter diving) and Max Showalter (platform diving) also won an individual event for the Boilermakers. Filip Bujoczek, Danny Conway and Emily Fogle were Purdue’s top finishers in multiple events.
Meitz swept the 500 and 1,000 freestyle events. Her winning time of 9:44.58 in the 1,000 improved on her second-fastest mark in program history and would rank fifth nationally via the data compiled by CollegeSwimming.com entering the weekend. The sophomore later won the 500 free with an NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 4:46.62.
Dunnichay was first in 1-meter diving with a Purdue season-best score of 322.43. Couch and Showalter were both victorious from the platforms for the second time this season. Joe Cifelli took an eight-point into the final round of 1-meter diving, but IU’s Josh Arndt posted the best score of the competition (72.00) on his final dive to surge in front.
After being out touched by one tenth of a second by IU standout Kennedy Goss in a fast 200 free in which both women posted NCAA B Cuts, Davis came back to win the 100 free later in the meet. It was her team-leading 15th individual event victory of the season. She posted times of 50.56 and 1:46.52.
Amaltdinov accomplished a similar feat in the men’s breaststroke events. He finished 1.26 seconds behind IU standout Tanner Kurz in the 100, but bested Kurz by 2.69 seconds in the 200 later in the meet. Amaltdinov posted times of 55.53 and 1:59.68, the latter being an NCAA B Cut.
The Purdue men closed the meet with a team season-best time of 3:01.35 in the 400 free relay, recorded by the quartet of Austin Flager, Bujoczek, Stephen Seliskar and Josh Ehrman.
The Boilermakers posted strong showings in both 100 butterfly races. Meagan Lim, Breanna Robinson and Emmy Rawson finished 2-3-4 behind the event winner for IU. Flager, Seliskar and Conway did likewise for the men.
Both Purdue teams close out their dual meet schedules next weekend when they take on Minnesota and Northwestern at the two-day Big Ten Triple Duals, hosted by NU in Evanston this year.
