By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam
PURDUE vs INDIANA
Saturday, January 24th, 2026 Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center, Bloomington, IN SCY (25 yards) RESULTSTEAM SCORES
MEN
Indiana – 209.5 Purdue – 90.5WOMEN
Indiana – 186 Purdue – 114Indiana hosted Purdue for an in-state Big Ten dual meet today at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center. The Hoosiers dominated the Boilermakers, with the men’s team winning in a 209.5-90.5 decision, while the women’s team won 186-114.
IU set the tone right away, seeing their women’s 200 medley relays go 1-2 to start the meet. The ‘A’ relay featured Mya DeWitt (24.02), Jonette Lagreid (27.86), Grace Hoeper (23.41), and Liberty Clark (20.79), who combined for a 1:36.08. Clark’s 20.79 was a massive swim, marking her first time splitting under 21 seconds in a 50 free. Not only is that a new personal best for Clark, it’s also Indiana’s fastest 50 free split all-time. The only other Hoosier to have split 20-point before is Kristina Paegle, who is a senior this year and has split 20.91 and 20.96 before. Clark, a freshman, is already IU’s program record holder in the 50 free, having gone her career best of 21.54 at the Ohio State Invite back in November.
Indiana’s ‘B’ team on the women’s medley was also excellent, seeing Miranda Grana (24.05), Alessandra Gusperti (28.10), Amelia Bray (23.63), and Sze Yeo (21.98) team up for a 1:37.76 and a 2nd place finish.
The IU men also went 1-2 in the 200 medley relay. The ‘A’ team of Miroslav Knedla (21.14), Alexei Avakov (23.36), Mikkel Lee (20.39), and Vidar Carlbaum (18.78) put up a 1:23.67. Their ‘B’ squad of Raekwon Noel (21.60), Travis Gulledge (23.39), Max Lestina (20.19), and Dylan Smiley (19.12) combined for a 1:24.30.
Clark went on from the 20-point split on the women’s medley relay to win 3 events individually. First up was the women’s 100 back, where Clark swam a 52.40. While that time doesn’t necessarily jump off the page, she blew away her previous career best in the 100 back, which stood at 57.44 from February of 2025.
Clark then went on to win the women’s 100 fly in 51.26, touching 1st by well over 2 seconds. That was another huge career best for Clark, shredding her previous best of 54.72, which she also swam last February.
After swimming huge career bests in the 100 back and 100 fly, it was only fitting that Clark would swim a career best in the 200 IM to conclude her meet today. She popped a 1:55.86, finishing as the only woman in the field under 2:00. That marked yet another massive career best for the freshman, taking a little more than 7 seconds off her previous best of 2:03.03, which she swam last March.
Indiana’s Alexei Avakov swept the men’s breaststroke events on the day. He began by posting a 52.53 to win the men’s 100 breast, leading a quartet of Hoosiers. Teammates Dylan Smiley (53.06), Toby Barnett (53.55), and Collin McKenzie (53.77) rounded out the 4 fastest swimmers in the event today. Avakov then went on to win the men’s 200 breast in 1:57.04. This time around, Indiana wasn’t nearly as dominant, seeing Purdue’s Giorgio Mango take 2nd in 1:57.21. That was a big swim for Mango, coming in just off his career best of 1:56.65.
On the women’s side of things, IU’s Jonette Lagreid swept the breaststroke events as well. Lagreid took the women’s 100 breast in 1:01.92. She then went on to take the 200 breast in 2:13.05.
Indiana’s Kristina Paegle was another double event winner on the day. Paegle swept the women’s sprint free events. She first took the women’s 50 free in 22.24, narrowly beating out teammate Sze Yeo (22.35). Paegle then went on to take the women’s 100 free in 48.35.
Hoosier Noah Cakir won a pair of events on the day as well. Cakir was dominant in the men’s 1000 free, winning the race in 8:54.58. The swim marks an incredible career best for Cakir, whose previous best was 9:33.26, which he swam almost a year ago to the day. Cakir is primarily known for his IM and breaststroke speed, but given this race in the 1000 free today, it would seem he could be a formidable force in the distance events as well.
Cakir then went on to clock another huge personal best, this time in the men’s 500 free. He won the race in 4:19.73, marking a 4 second drop from his previous best of 4:23.52. Teammate Josh Bey had a big swim as well, taking 2nd in 4:20.80, a new career best.
Indiana’s Kai Van Westering swept the men’s backstroke events today. Van Westering kicked things off with a 46.50 in the men’s 100 back. He then went on to clock a 1:43.03 to win the men’s 200 back.
Indiana also swept the 200 free relays at the end of the meet. The women’s ‘A’ relay saw Sze Yeo (22.53), Grace Hoeper (22.06), Paegle (21.42), and Mya DeWitt (22.00) combine for a 1:28.00, winning the race by nearly 3 seconds.
Meanwhile, the IU men’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ relays nearly tied. The ‘A’ relay of Max Lestina (19.89), Van Westering (19.55), Travis Gulledge (19.19), and Mikkel Lee (18.80) put up a 1:17.43. The ‘B’ team of Vidar Carlbaum (19.55), Miroslav Knedla (19.59), Cooper McDonald (19.58), and Dylan Smiley (19.15) came in a close 2nd with a 1:17.87.
Purdue had their bright spots on the day as well. The Boilermakers swept the women’s distance free events, beginning with Reagan Mattice taking the women’s 1000 free in 9:48.00. That performance marked a new career best for Mattice, clipping her previous best of 9:49.90, which was swum last January.
Purdue’s Caitlin Hurley then won the women’s 500 free, swimming a 4:50.01. Hurley set her career best of 4:44.56 a couple of months ago at the Ohio State Invite.
Purdue’s Alex Hotta won the men’s 100 fly in 45.81, touching as the only swimmer in the field under 47 seconds. The performance marks a new career best for Hotta, as well as his first time under 46 seconds in the event.
Boilermaker Abby Marcukaitis won the women’s 200 back in dominant fashion, clocking a 1:55.14.
The Boilermakers also swept the 200 fly on the day. In the women’s 200 fly, Campbell Scofield posted a 1:57.73 to win. Biko Hooper-Haviland took the men’s 200 fly in 1:43.93.
OTHER EVENT WINNERS
Women’s 200 free: Miranda Grana (IU) – 1:45.97 Men’s 200 free: Zalan Sarkany (IU) – 1:35.20 Men’s 50 free: Mikkel Lee (IU) – 19.38 Men’s 100 free: Vidar Carlbaum (IU) – 42.91 Men’s 200 IM: Raekwon Noel (IU) – 1:45.96 Women’s 1-meter diving: Ella Roselli (IU) – 311.78 Men’s 1-meter diving: Holden Higbie (Purdue) – 364.50 Women’s platform diving: Daryn Wright (Purdue) – 324.23 Men’s platform diving: Tyler Wills (Purdue) – 429.38Read the full story on SwimSwam: IU Freshman Liberty Clark Splits 20.79 50 Free as Indiana Sweeps Purdue in Bloomington
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