Notre Dame swimming and diving swept Purdue on the road in West Lafayette as the Fighting Irish won both men’s and women’s meets with the Boilermakers.
Team Scores:
- Men: Notre Dame 181, Purdue 119
- Women: Notre Dame 168, Purdue 132
Notre Dame Swimming and Diving Press Release
In their second road meet of the season, the No. 18 Notre Dame men and No. 23 Irish women’s swimming and diving teams collected a sweep of Purdue on Friday at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.
The Irish men prevailed 181-119 over the Boilermakers, led by sophomore Zach Yeadon with three wins on the night. Yeadon was victorious in the 200 and 100 freestyles, and combined with Cason WIlburn, Aaron Schultz and Sadler McKeen to win the 400 free relay.
Notre Dame’s men also won the 200 medley relay with the ‘A’ squad of Jack Montesi, Matt Limbacher, Zach Smith and Schultz, as well as the 200 butterfly (Smith), the 200 backstroke (William Cumberland), 200 breaststroke (Josh Bottelberghe), 500 free (Jack Hoagland) and 400 IM (Max Miranda).
Freshman Coleen Gillilan and senior Abbie Dolan led the Irish women with outstanding performances in the 168-132 team victory. Gillilan collected four total wins, including three NCAA ‘B’ cut times. First she combined with Dolan, Carly Quast and Cailey Grunhard in the 200 medley relay, then made ‘B’ times in the 200 butterfly (1:58.50), 100 butterfly (52.70) and 200 IM (1:59.22).
Dolan added wins in the 200 and 500 freestyles, in addition to the 200 medley relay victory.
Also winning for the Irish women were Luciana Thomas (1,000 free), Carly Quast (100 back), Kelly Jacob (50 free) and Bayley Stewart (200 back).
“I thought our teams bounced back from our last meet in fine form,” head coach Mike Litzinger said. “We had a very big week in terms of training, and the competitive response was solid. The group was able to swim some events that they wouldn’t necessarily have an opportunity to and took full advantage with those splashes. David Petrison set a new Notre Dame record in the 10-meter tower event (scored as an exhibition), Zach Yeadon took the 100 and 200 free, Coleen was outstanding again winning three individual events.
“Next week we have Louisville and that will be a great challenge for us. If we expect to compete with them, our energy and focus will need to pick up.”
Event Winners:
Men:
- 200 medley relay: Notre Dame, 1:29.07
- 1000: Nick McDowell, Purdue, 9:14.87
- 200 free: Zach Yeadon, Notre Dame, 1:37.34
- 100 back: Will Cumberland, Notre Dame, 50.25
- 100 breast: Trent Pellini, Purdue, 54.65
- 200 fly: Zach Smith, Notre Dame, 1:48.88
- 50 free: Ryan Hrosik, Purdue, 20.51
- 3m diving: Greg Duncan, Purdue, 404.63
- 100 free: Zach Yeadon, Notre Dame, 44.95
- 200 back: Will Cumberland, Notre Dame, 1:49.05
- 200 breast: Josh Bottelberghe, Notre Dame, 2:01.80
- 500 free: Jack Hoagland, Notre Dame, 4:24.83
- 100 fly: Trent Pellini, Purdue, 48.59
- 1m diving: Greg Duncan, Purdue, 375.15
- 400 IM: Max Miranda, Notre Dame, 3:56.80
- 400 free relay: Notre Dame, 2:59.21
Women:
- 200 medley relay: Notre Dame, 1:41.32
- 1000: Luciana Thomas, Notre Dame, 9:59.94
- 200 free: Abbie Dolan, Notre Dame, 1:48.43
- 100 back: Carly Quast, Notre Dame, 55.09
- 100 breast: Jinq en Phee, Purdue, 1:02.10
- 200 fly: Coleen Gillilan, Notre Dame, 1:58.50
- 50 free: Kelly Jacob, Notre Dame, 23.57
- 1m diving: Emily Bretscher, Purdue, 301.13
- 100 free: Claire Abbasse, Megan Johnson, Purdue, 51.63
- 200 back: Bayley Stewart, Notre Dame, 1:58.02
- 200 breast: Sylvia Kobylak, Purdue, 2:14.08
- 500 free: Abbie Dolan, Notre Dame, 4:54.11
- 100 fly: Coleen Gillilan, Notre Dame, 52.70
- 3m diving: Emily Bretscher, Purdue, 353.10
- 200 IM: Coleen Gillilan, Notre Dame, 1:59.22
- 400 free relay: Purdue, 3:25.54
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