Indiana Downs Purdue on Senior Day

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By Andy Ross, Swimming World Big Ten Beat Writer

The Indiana Hoosiers proved to be too much for in-state rival Purdue as they were victorious over the Boilermakers 185.5-114.5 on the women’s side and 187-107 on the men’s side.

Indiana Freshman Lilly King won the 100 and 200 breast over Purdue senior Emily Fogle with a 1:00.23 and 2:12.60 proving she is the one to beat for the Big Ten title. Fogle was second in the 100 at 1:01.37 and 3rd in the 200 at 2:16.56 behind Hoosier freshman Miranda Tucker (2:15.40).

Indiana junior Gia Dalesandro and sophomore Kennedy Goss were also double winners for the Hoosiers. Dalesandro won the 200 fly with a spectacular last 50, coming from seventh at the 150 to first at the 200 with a 2:00.85 leading a 1-2-3 for the Hoosiers in front of Reagan Cook (2:01.29) and Olivia Barker (2:01.38). Dalesandro returned later to win the 100 fly with a 54.82.

Goss started off her day winning the 200 free ahead of Purdue senior Allie Davis 1:46.42 to Davis’ 1:46.52. Those two are going to be the ones to beat at Big Ten’s along with the likes of Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey. Goss returned later to win the 200 back with a 1:59.82 ahead of teammate Marie Chamberlain (2:01.53). Last season, Goss elected to swim the 100 free at Big Ten’s over the 200 back but it looks like she will be swimming the ladder this time around. She currently sits second in the conference in that event.

Purdue sophomore Kaersten Meitz also won two events as she swam a swift 1000 at 9:44.58, good for fifth in the nation. Meitz returned about an hour later to claim first in the 500 ahead of Goss with a 4:46.62 to Goss’ 4:50.20. Meitz sits in second in the conference in that event behind Haley Lips of Indiana. Lips was third today at 4:50.80.

Other winners on the day were Indiana’s Marie Chamberlain in the 100 back (55.00), Grace Vertigans in the 50 free (23.65), Sam Lisy in the 400 IM (4:19.20) and Purdue’s Davis in the 100 free (50.56)

Indiana won the 200 medley relay with a 1:40.39 (Chamberlain, King, Dalesandro and Gabi Rajic). They also won the 400 free relay at 3:23.13 (Goss, Lips, Vertigans and Kaitlin Kitchens).

On the men’s side, it was Indiana junior Bob Glover who was the only two-event winner on the day. Glover won the 100 back with a 48.57 and the 200 with a 1:48.43. Glover leads the way in the Big Ten in both of those events.

The marquee matchup of the day was going to be between Tanner Kurz of Indiana and Marat Amaltdinov of Purdue in the breaststroke events. Kurz won the first matchup on his senior day with a 54.27 in the 100 ahead of Amaltdinov’s 55.53. Amaltdinov came back with vengeance and never made it a contest winning the 200 at 1:59.68 ahead of Kurz’s 2:02.37.

Indiana’s super sophomore Blake Pieroni won his lone individual event on the day in the 200 free with a 1:36.54. He also anchored the Hoosier’s winning 400 free relay with a stellar 43.61. He joined teammates Anze Tavcar, Ali Khalafalla and Oliver Patrouch on that winning relay as they touched in a 2:57.93. Khalafalla also grabbed the win in the 50 free at 19.96 and Tavcar won the 100 at 44.48.

Other event winners on the day included Indiana’s Adam Destrampe in the 1000 (9:18.65), Max Irwin in the 200 fly (1:48.59), Jackson Miller in the 500 (4:27.23), Vini Lanza in the 100 fly (48.94) and Ian Finnerty in the 200 IM (1:51.28). Indiana also won the 200 medley relay with a 1:27.91 (Glover, Kurz, Lanza and Tavcar).

Indiana’s next meet will be at Louisville on the 29th and Purdue will swim at Northwestern with Minnesota on the 29th and 30th.

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