Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, October 18. Purdue women’s swimming won all 16 events en route to a 199-94 win against Miami (Ohio).
Purdue Press Release
Led by five multiple-event winners, Purdue women’s swimming and diving was victorious in all 16 events in a 199-94 season-opening dual meet victory against Miami (Ohio) Friday evening at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
Freshman Abby Jagdfeld led all competitors by winning three individual events – the 50, 200 and 500 free – in her collegiate debut. Her high school teammate Kaersten Meitz already broke the 10-minute mark (9:58.33) while winning the 1,000 free in her first collegiate race. In doing so, she moved into ninth place in program history.
In her first college meet since the Purdue Invitational in November 2012, Emily Fogle was victorious in the 100 breaststroke. Fellow seniors Francesca Marr (200 breast and 200 IM) and Rhiannon Sheets (100 free and 200 fly) were also among the Boilers’ multiple-event winners.
Mary Beth Dunnichay swept the diving events and Hannah Manger opened her sophomore campaign with a sweep of the backstroke events. Alex Todd won the 100 butterfly and joined Kylie Vogel, Fogle and Manger on the victorious 200 medley relay team to open the meet.
Miami Press Release
Miami University women’s swimming and diving team opened up its 2014-15 season with a loss at Purdue one Friday evening at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center, 199-94.
There were no individual event wins for the RedHawks, but sophomore Stephanie LeMire led the way for Miami with three individual second-place events in the 100 breast (1:04.09), 200 breast (2:19.86) and 200 IM (2:07.25). She also was a part of the second-place finishing 200-yard medley relay team with sophomore Elise Campbell, junior Emma Szczupakiewicz and junior Sara Krueger. They finished with a time of 1:43.48.
Elise Campbell was one of five swimmers to earn second-place points for the RedHawks. She finished second in the 100 free with a time of 52.38. Elise Campbell also swam on Miami’s fastest 400-yard freestyle relay, which finished in second place with a time of 3:35.94. Also on the relay team was Marquiss, Krueger and Rohr.
Other second-place finishers include freshman Shay Spelman, freshman Katherine Kuhl, and Szczupakiewicz. Spelman finished in second place in the 500 free with a time of 5:05.96. Kuhl’s second-place finish was in the 100 fly with a time of 58.93. Szczupakiewicz swam a time of 2:10.24 in the 200 back for second place.
For the one-meter dive, sophomore divers Jenna Karrow and Taylor LeCount finished fourth and fifth with scores of 254.85 and 246.38, respectively. LeCount placed second in the three-meter dive with a score of 261.08, while Karrow took fourth with a score of 230.40.
“It was exciting to get out and race. I thought the women did a great job of getting back into racing form,” said Miami head coach Mark Davis, “Purdue is a great team, and it was great to see how we stacked up against them.”
The RedHawks do not get much of a break as they turn around tomorrow and host Xavier in a co-ed meet Saturday, Oct. 18, in the Nixon Aquatic Center at 2 p.m.