Hoosier Swimming & Diving Sweeps Purdue
The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams completed a sweep of Big Ten rival Purdue on Saturday afternoon at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind.
The No. 4-ranked Indiana men’s team moved to 10-0 on the dual-meet season with a 182.5-117.5 win over Purdue. The No. 14 IU women’s team improved to 7-3 on the year in dual meets with a 155-139 victory.
Both teams had great showings against the rival Boilermakers, as the men’s squad won 12 of 16 events, while the women’s team placed first in 10 of the 16 events.
With the pair of victories, Indiana now leads Purdue, 7.5-3.5, in the quest for the Governor’s Cup. 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. A total of 19 or 20 points can be won, depending on the number of meetings between the teams in various sports.
Both the IU men and women got the meet started off on a high note, winning the 200 medley relay. The Hoosier women’s relay of Kennedy Goss, Lilly King, Gia Dalesandro and Ali Rockett won with a time of 1:40.61, while the Indiana men’s team of Bob Glover, Ian Finnerty, Vini Lanza and Ali Khalafalla touched first with a mark of 1:28.20.
Indiana went 2-3-4 in the men’s 1000 freestyle, with Adam Destrampe leading the charge, placing second with a time of 9:20.32. Matthew Anderson was third in 9:28.06, while Ethan Curl was fourth with a mark of 9:29.27.
In the women’s 1000 freestyle, freshman Cassie Jernberg was the top IU finisher in fourth place with a time of 10:11.65, while teammate Stephanie Marchuk was right behind her in fifth with a mark of 10:15.02.
The Hoosier men continued to dominate in the 200 freestyle, with Marwan Elkamash leading a IU sweep of the top-3 spots. Elkamash won with a NCAA B cut time of 1:37.30, while Jackson Miller was second in 1:39.12. Lanza was just off his personal-best in the event, taking fourth in 1:39.25.
On the women’s side, Goss took second place with a mark of 1:50.04, while freshman Maria Paula Heitmann was fifth with a time of 1:52.73.
Indiana won both the men’s and women’s 100 backstroke, with Rockett taking first in a time of 55.41 and Glover winning it with a mark of 48.68. Bailey Pressey took second on the women’s side in 55.84, while Rachel Matsumura was fourth in 56.04. For the men, Khalafalla was third with a time of 49.90.
King, the defending NCAA and Olympic champion in the 100 breaststroke, continued to dominate, winning the event with a NCAA B cut time of 1:00.93. Teammate Mackenzie Atencio was sixth in 1:05.34.
On the men’s side, Pieroni won the 100 breast for the first time in his career, posting a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 54.66. His time ties him as the 14th-fastest performer in the event in IU history. Mid-year transfer Mohamed Samy was fourth in 56.02.
The Hoosiers again swept the top spots in another event, this time in the 200 butterfly as Dalesandro and Finnerty touched first. Dalesandro came in with a NCAA B cut time of 1:59.44 to win it, while Reagan Cook was second in 2:00.65. For the men, Brian Valedon was sixth with a mark of 1:53.08.
The Hoosier men’s sprinters showed off in the 50 freestyle, with Pieroni notching his second individual victory of the day with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 19.99. His mark ranks him as the 15th-fastest swimmer in the event at Indiana. Oliver Patrouch was second in 20.59, while Anze Tavcar was fourth with a time of 20.76.
For the IU women, Rockett was third with a time of 24.07, while King was fifth a mark of 24.17.
For the first time this season, the Hoosiers competed in the platform dive and they did not disappoint. Jessica Parratto, the 2015 NCAA Champion in the event, won for the Hoosiers with a score of 300.00.
On the men’s side, James Connor, a two-time Olympian for Australia, gave 2015 NCAA Champion and Olympian Steele Johnson all he could handle, placing second with a score of 423.30. Johnson squeaked out the win with a total of 436.60. IU’s Cody Coldren took fifth place with a score of 252.10.
The Hoosier men’s sprinters again flexed their muscle, this time in the 100 freestyle as Samy lead the charge, taking first with a time of 44.44. Khalafalla was second in 44.47, while Miller was fourth in 46.08. For the IU women, Rockett was third in 52.21, while Delaney Barnard was fifth with a mark of 52.56.
Goss and Glover gave IU a clean sweep of first place in the 200 backstroke against the Boilermakers. Goss led a 1-2-3 for the Hoosiers, winning with a time of 1:59.62. Matsumura was second in 2:00.13, while Shelly Drozda was third with a mark of 2:03.66. Glover won for the men with a time of 1:47.61, while Wilson Beckman was fourth in 1:50.17.
King, also the defending NCAA champion in the 200 breaststroke, won the event against Purdue with a NCAA B cut time of 2:13.33, while Laura Morley was third in a time of 2:19.62. Atencio was fourth with a mark of 2:21.38. On the men’s side, Finnerty placed second with a NCAA B cut time of 1:59.36, while Lanza was fourth with a mark of 2:03.28.
Elkamash notched his second win of the day in the 500 freestyle, winning with a NCAA B cut time of 4:24.11. Miller took second with a mark of 4:30.73, while Destrampe was fourth in 4:33.98.
In the women’s 500 freestyle, Jernberg was third overall to lead IU with a time of 4:59.10, while Marchuk was fourth in 5:02.23. Goss took fifth in a mark of 5:04.24.
Dalesandro and Lanza earned victories for Indiana in the 100 butterfly, with Lanza leading a 1-2-3 finish for the IU men in the event. The Brazilian won with a NCAA B cut time of 48.12, while Pieroni was second in 48.81. Patrouch took third in 49.33. On the women’s side, Dalesandro won with a NCAA B cut time of 54.12, while Christine Jensen was second in 54.97.
Parratto completed the double in the diving events, winning the 1-meter with a score of 295.50. Teammate Michal Bower took home second place with a total of 292.15.
On the men’s side, Michael Hixon took second place with a score of 384.55, while Connor was third with a total of 350.65. Coldren placed seventh with 294.60, while Joshua Arndt was eighth with 292.25.
The winning continued for Dalesandro in the women’s 200 IM, as the senior took home her second individual win of the day with a time of 2:03.12. Sam Lisy placed third with a mark of 2:04.74, while Jensen placed fifth in 2:07.12.
Samy registered his second win for the Hoosiers, touching the wall first in the men’s 400 IM with a time of 3:56.60. Finnerty took home fifth for IU with a mark of 4:03.42.
The Hoosier men put an exclamation point on a big win with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay. The team of Josh Romany, Khalafalla, Patrouch and Pieroni finished first with a time of 2:57.33.
In the women’s 400 freestyle relay, the team of Matsumura, Barnard, Heitmann and Spears placed second overall with a time of 3:27.51.
The Indiana University swimming and diving teams will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 27 when Hoosiers host the Louisville Cardinals on Senior Day at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind. The meet is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. ET.
