Ball State vs. Purdue

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, January 15. THE 19th-ranked Purdue men's swimming and diving team earned a 177-65 victory over Ball State on Friday evening inside the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

"Ball State is a well-coached team," assistant coach J. Agnew said. "I have a lot of respect for (Ball State head coach) Bob Thomas and the things he has done over the years. To get out and race hard against those guys was nice to see. Our guys are really fighting because this is crunch time. We are looking at the Big Ten team and putting those pieces in place. The guys are racing really hungry, so it was exciting to watch."

Junior David Colturi led the Boilermaker divers that swept the top four finishes from both springboards to mark the second time in six days Purdue placed all of its divers ahead of all of its opponents' divers. The Sylvania, Ohio, native scored a season-high total of 376.20 points from the 1-meter and 384.75 off the 3-meter board.

Freshman Jimmy Page moved to 10th on Purdue's all-time performance list in the 1-meter with his season-best score of 324.15 that placed second. Junior Danny Cox added a season-best score of his own as he finished third after putting 323.85 points on the board. Classmate J.P. Perez rounded out the sweep from the lowest springboard with his 306.00 score. In the 3-meter Perez scored 366.15 for second, Cox put 325.13 on the board for third and Page wrapped up the sweep by earning 303.45 points during his six-dive list.

Purdue kicked off the dual by taking first and second in the 400-yard medley relay. Noah Pashley, Scott Dean, Chris Pfaff and Dan Farrell won the event in 3 minutes, 31.22 seconds and were followed by Andrew Starr, Wyatt Hodges, Tyler Gertz and Benjamin Ziolkowski in 3:32.19. The Boilermakers also ended the meet with two scoring quartets by taking first and third in the 200 freestyle relay. Kyle House, Gage Barry, Jimmy Brooks and Corey Bandura won the event in 1:24.11, and Pfaff, Alec LaMothe, Ziolkowski and Farrell placed third in 1:25.63.

Junior Drew Wolfred contested the 1,000 freestyle for the first time this season and came away with a victory in 9:25.09. Freshman Vinny Donnelly touched the wall next in a season-best time of 9:27.57. Senior Travis Smith also recorded a season-best time as he finished third in 9:42.44, and freshman Ray Mahon finished fourth in 9:51.27.

Barry led another Boilermaker sweep of the top four places in the 200 freestyle. The Chesterton, Ind., native won the race in a season-best time of 1:41.84 and was followed by Starr in 1:42.00. Senior A.J. Boeh finished third after touching the wall in 1:42.55, and House completed the sweep with his season-best time of 1:46.41.

Junior Ryan Dafforn won the 200 butterfly in a season-best time of 1:53.17 to lead another top four sweep for the Boilermakers. LaMothe was second after touching the wall in 1:54.70 and was followed by sophomore Zach Johnson and Barry in 1:55.96 and 1:59.20, respectively.

Starr added a victory in the 100 freestyle with his 47.27 time in his first collegiate attempt at that race. Pashley finished second in 47.61, and Donnelly touched the wall in a season-best time of 49.56. Gertz scored a season-best time of 1:51.56 while winning the 200 backstroke, and junior Mark Boman just missed one as he finished second in 1:52.68. Pfaff added more points to the team's total with his third-place, 1:54.33 finish.

Mahon picked up his first collegiate win by outracing the 500 freestyle field to the wall in 4:43.03. Bandura clocked 4:46.65 to finish second, and fellow freshman Sebastien Aube recorded a season-best time of 4:56.67 to finish fifth. Hodges grabbed his second win this season in the 200 breaststroke when he touched the wall in 2:06.18. Dean finished second in a season-best time of 2:06.46, and Wolfred was next with his season-best time of 2:13.50.

Senior Nathan Taylor, Purdue's lone entrant in the 200 IM, finished second in 2:00.22. Bandura finished third in the 50 freestyle after touching the wall in 21.52. He was followed by Ziolkowski's 21.54 time, Pashley's 21.75 clocking and Farrell's 22.17 finish.

The Boilermakers, who improved to 6-0 in dual meets with the victory, have won their first six duals for the second straight season. Purdue now leads the all-time series with Ball State 6-0.

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