The No. 21 University of Iowa men’s swimming and diving team travels to West Lafayette, Ind., for Big Ten Conference duals against No. 10 Ohio State and No. 22 Purdue. The meet will be held at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center beginning at 3 p.m. (CT).
LIVE RESULTS
Fans can follow the intrasquad meet via live results by following this link (http://www.purduesports. com/livestats/c-swim/).
MEET CAPTAINS
The meet captains for Friday’s dual are seniors Kyler Noser and Tyler Lentz, along with junior Grant Betulius.
HAWKS FALL TO GOPHERS IN CONFERENCE MEET
The Hawkeyes fell to Minnesota, 176-121, on Nov. 1 in a conference dual meet at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. The team won five events on the evening, taking its record to 1-2. Iowa got off to an exciting start in the opening race, swimming to a victory in the 200-medley relay. The quartet of Grant Betulius, Andrew Marciniak, Dustin Rhoads, and Gianni Sesto out-touched Minnesota by eight one-hundredths of a second (1:28.63). Sophomore Roman Trussov led the way for the Hawkeyes individually, posting a pair of NCAA ‘B’ cut times in the 100 and 200-breaststroke events.
SCOUTING PURDUE
The Purdue University men’s swimming and diving team enters the meet ranked 22nd in the CSCAA top 25. The Boilermakers posted a 208-92 victory over Notre Dame on Nov. 1, while taking first out of seven teams at the Indiana Intercollegiates. Purdue is led by senior Danny Tucker, who has won all four individual events that he has raced in this year. Layne Rogers has posted five victories on the season in the events. This is the first time Purdue is hosting Iowa in a head-to-head dual since 2002.
SCOUTING OHIO STATE
Ohio State enters the meet ranked 10th in the CSCAA top 25, and eighth in the collegeswimming. com top 25. The Buckeyes are a perfect 5-0 in dual competition this season. In the diving well, the Buckeyes are led by Christian Holstein, who was named Big Ten Diver of the Week on Nov. 5, after posting an NCAA Zone Diving score of 382.20 to take the 3-meter title in the Buckeye’s last meet. Fellow teammate Stephen Ettienne earned the distinction on Oct. 28.
HAWKEYES IN THE RANKINGS
The Hawkeyes are ranked 21st in the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) poll, released Nov. 6. The Hawkeyes are one of eight Big Ten programs ranked in the top 25. Joining Iowa is Michigan (1), Minnesota (7), Indiana (8), Ohio State (10), Penn State (20), Purdue (22), and Wisconsin (23).
This release was provided to SwimSwam courtesy of Iowa Swimming and Diving.