2023 PURDUE INVITATIONAL
- November 16-18, 2023
- Purdue College, West Lafayette, Indiana
- Quick Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims/Finals
- Groups Collaborating: Purdue, Illinois (Girls), Northwestern, Illinois State (Girls), Southern Illinois, Missouri State, Marshall (Girls), McKendree (NCAA D2)
- Meet Central
- Stay Outcomes
- Day 1 Recap
- Day 2 Recap
The ultimate day of racing on the 2023 Purdue Invitational noticed some head-to-head showdowns of the celebrities of the meet, with Ayla Spitz of Northwestern battling Celia Pulido of Southern Illinois within the 200 again, and Jack Lustig of McKendree battling Diego Nosack of Northwestern within the 200 fly.
Within the workforce battles, the Northwestern males and Purdue girls ran away with the titles, respectively, clinching the standing they held for many of the weekend.
Girls’s Meet Recap
Last Staff Scores:
- Purdue – 1,093.5
- Northwestern – 747
- Illinois – 469
- Missouri State – 351
- Marshall – 306
- Southern Illinois – 251
- Illinois State – 242.5
- McKendree – 152
The large finale for the ladies got here within the 200 again, the place Northwestern’s Ayla Spitz, a switch from Cal, squared off with Southern Illinois’ Celia Pulido, who received the 100 on Friday and doubtless stamped her ticket to the NCAA Championships.
Whereas Pulido used her velocity to open up an early lead (55.71-56.34), Spitz used her superior endurance to roar again within the final 100 yards and win by a snug 1.8 seconds.
An approximate visualization of this race:
Northwestern’s Justine Murdock was third in 1:56.15.
Spitz sparked a run of three straight wins for the Northwestern girls on Saturday night. Not lengthy after, sophomore teammate Lindsay Ervin received the 100 free in 49.03, including to her victory within the 50 free earlier within the meet. That’s about four-tenths from her private finest.
20 minutes after that, freshman Maggie Papanicholas received the 200 breast in 2:12.09, which clears her earlier finest of two:12.84 that was set in March 2021, two-and-a-half years in the past. That’s a giant growth for a swimmer who’s a a lot better dash breaststroker than distance breaststroker.
The run got here to an finish when Purdue’s Cecilie Wiuff (1:59.10), Madeline Greaves (1:59.67), and Brinly Hardy (1:59.79) went 1-2-3 within the 200 fly, the final particular person occasion of the meet.
These have been finest instances for all three swimmers. For Wiuff as a result of her finest time of 1:59.22 from final season was executed at a January quad meet and never at a championship meet. Greaves’ earlier better of 1:59.99 was set on the 2022 Huge Ten Championships; final 12 months she was by no means higher than 2:01, which got here on the identical meet as Wiuff’s season-best. Hardy too had been caught for some time, final swimming a finest time of two:00.20 in March 2022 whereas nonetheless in highschool.
That was Purdue’s second win of the day after Caitlin Hurley (16:41.69) and Reagan Mattice (16:43.60) went 1-2 within the 1650 free, together with a finest time for Mattice.
Northwestern completed off the meet with a 3:17.45 within the 400 free relay. Spitz led off in 49.05, adopted by Ervin (49.36), Audrey Yu (49.08), and Sydney Smith (49.96).
Purdue was 2nd, together with a finest cut up of 49.31 from Maggie Love.
Purdue racked up extra factors in diving, finishing a sweep, as a workforce, of the competitions when Daryn Wright received the platform with a rating of 313.20. They went 1-2-3 in that race as properly. Whereas Northwestern received a giant share of the meet’s occasion, repeated shows of depth from the Purdue girls, particularly in diving, gave them a simple win on the meet.
Males’s Meet Recap
Last Staff Scores:
- Northwestern – 1,047.5
- Purdue – 886.5
- McKendree – 603
- Missouri State – 380
- Southern Illinois – 249
The race of the day on the boys’s aspect was the 200 fly, and on this one, Jack Lustig from Division II aspect McKendree left little question in his win over Northwestern freshman Diego Nosack.
He swam 1:42.78 within the 200 fly, opening a 2.40 second lead by the 100 yard mark, with Nosack coming in 2nd in 1:44.56.
Lustig is the defending NCAA Division II Champion and file holder and likewise received the 100 fly (46.65) on Friday. Nosack, in the meantime, entered the day with wins within the 200 IM and 400 IM, together with a momentous faculty file within the latter.
Whereas neither swimmer set a file in that race, Nosack’s Northwestern teammate David Gerchik did within the 200 backstroke remaining. He completed in 1:41.92, which broke the previous Meet Report of 1:42.68 set final season by Southern Illinois’ Ruard van Renen. That’s a brand new private finest for the 22-year-old freshman from Israel. The time now ranks him 4th all-time in program historical past, chasing the College Report of 1:38.71 held by Olympic gold medalist Matt Grevers.
Tyler Lu, who’s forward of him on that record, completed third in 1:44.29 off his finest time of 1:41.79 from spring 2022.
Matthew Fortunate received the 200 breast in 1:56.60 and Andrew Martin received the 1650 in 14:58.19 to present Northwestern three particular person occasion wins on the ultimate day of the meet. That swim for Martin was a brand new private finest by six seconds and his first time below quarter-hour within the occasion. His earlier finest time was executed to win final 12 months’s Huge East title whereas swimming for Xavier.
Purdue picked up a remaining day win from Brady Samuels within the 100 free. He completed in 42.58, overcoming a finest time from Northwestern’s Cade Duncan (42.80).
Duncan would get the final giggle, although, as he anchored Northwestenr’s 400 free relay in 42.22 to present the Wildcats a 2:54.04 win. Southern Illinois was 2nd in 2:54.88 and McKendree was third in 2:55.69.
Samuels cut up 41.91 on Purdue’s 400 free relay, however they have been disqualified after touching first in 2:53.89. Their final three legs registered response instances of -.40 (Samuels), -.33, and -.50, although the official DQ itemizing is the anchor and his -.50, so there was both a response pad malfunction or some actually unhealthy exchanges for the Boilermakers.
Platform specialist Adam Cohen of Northwestern wrapped the meet with a win on platform on Saturday. He was the one non-Purdue diver to win at this meet.
Purdue will host a protracted course time trial on Sunday for swimmers chasing World Championship, Olympic, Olympic Trials, or different cuts.
