{"id":491582,"date":"2021-11-18T22:24:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T05:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=491582"},"modified":"2021-11-18T22:24:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T05:24:11","slug":"nikola-acin-sets-school-record-19-31-in-50-free-at-purdue-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nikola-acin-sets-school-record-19-31-in-50-free-at-purdue-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Acin Sets School Record 19.31 in 50 Free at Purdue Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nikola Acin Sets School Record 19.31 in 50 Free at Purdue Invite<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nikola Acin<\/strong> set a Purdue school record with a time of 19.31 seconds in the men\u2019s 50 freestyle at the Purdue Invite on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Acin\u2019s time is an NCAA B cut. He undercut the school record set in 2009 by Andre Langenfeld<\/strong> (19.34). Second in the race was teammate Brady Samuels<\/strong> in 19.58, the fifth-fastest time in program history. They were two of four B cuts in the event, with Purdue\u2019s Ryan Hrosik<\/strong> going 19.69 and Northwestern\u2019s Federico Burdisso<\/strong> going 19.78, the Italian Olympian winning the B final.<\/p>\n

Purdue leads Louisville in the men\u2019s tournament by 17 points. Northwestern leads the Cardinals in the women\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

Purdue Invite Day 1 scores<\/h4>\n

Men<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Purdue 266<\/li>\n
  2. Louisville 249<\/li>\n
  3. Northwestern 183<\/li>\n
  4. Missouri State 121<\/li>\n
  5. Navy 97<\/li>\n
  6. McKendree 84<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Women<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Northwestern 262<\/li>\n
    2. Louisville 230<\/li>\n
    3. Florida International 180<\/li>\n
    4. Purdue 147<\/li>\n
    5. Missouri State 119<\/li>\n
    6. McKendree 56<\/li>\n
    7. Illinois State 29<\/li>\n
    8. Indiana State 1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The Boilermakers were just .05 shy of an NCAA A cut in the men\u2019s 200 free relay, the squad of Samuels, Hrosik, Idris Muhammad<\/strong> and Acin going 1:17.12. Acin split 18.66 off the end.<\/p>\n

      Connor Lamastra<\/strong> led five B cuts in the 500 free, the Northwestern swimmer going 4:18.38 to win. Louisville\u2019s Gustavo Saldo<\/strong> was second in 4:19.30. Daniel Sos<\/strong> of Louisville claimed the 200 IM in 1:44.28, just .12 ahead of Purdue\u2019s Nick Sherman<\/strong>. Louisville won the 400 medley relay via Mitchell Whyte, Evgenii Somov, Neal Morsi<\/strong> and Michael Eastman.<\/strong><\/p>\n