WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — After a week in the Florida sun for training camp, Notre Dame women’s swimming and diving returns to the Midwest for a tri-meet at Purdue and against Kentucky on Friday.
The Irish last competed as a group at the Ohio State Fall Invitational, where the team finished fifth.
Freshman Carli Cronk showed out and was Notre Dame’s top swimmer of the meet. She placed second in the 200 fly with a time of 1:57.03, which ranks seventh in school history. The San Antonio native added a win in the B final of the 400 IM with a time of 4:12.87, which ranks fifth in school history. Both times are NCAA B cuts.
Other top-10 performances in school history included Imogen Meers’ leadoff leg of the 400 free relay (49.03 // third in program history) and her 100 back (53.48 // 10th in program history). Jess Geriane added a 52.48 performance in the 100 back, which is fifth in school history.
Additionally, junior diver Grace Courtney finished fifth in the 3-meter (320.95) and 11th in the 1-meter (273.15) to qualify for Zone C Championships this year.
As for Friday’s competition, the Boilermakers are 1-1 in dual meets this season with a win over Missouri and a loss to Louisville.
Purdue’s last NCAA meet was the Purdue Invite just before Thanksgiving. The group set three program records and won 19 events over the three days. Kathryn Ackerman set the school record in the 400 IM with a time of 4:10.61, and Hannah Hill won both the 50 and 100 free. Caitlin Hurley was the leading overall scorer for the Boilermakers, finishing second in the 500 free, third in the 1650 free, fourth in the 200 free and seventh in the 100 free.
The Irish last visited West Lafayette in October 2019 but hosted the Boilermakers in October 2021.
Kentucky is 3-1 on the year in dual meets with wins over Akron, West Virginia and Vanderbilt and a loss to Ohio State. The Wildcats swept the Commodores on Jan. 3. Grace Frericks (100 back, 100 free), Katy Jost (500 free, 1000 free), Hayden Penny (200 free, 200 breast) and Billie Sherratt (100 fly, 200 fly) each earned two individual victories each.
Notre Dame last saw Kentucky in October 2019 as part of a home-and-home that began the year before.
Friday’s meet begins at 10 a.m. It was previously scheduled to start at 11 a.m., but has been moved due to weather. Live results can be found here, while diving scores can be found here. The full event list is as follows:
- 400 medley relay
- 1000 free
- 200 free
- 100 back
- 100 breast
- 200 fly
- 50 free
- 100 free
- 200 back
- 200 breast
- 500 free
- 100 fly
- 400 IM (women only)
- 200 IM (men only)
- 200 free relay (women only)
- 400 free relay (men only)
- 1-meter and 3-meter diving