Recap courtesy of Ball State's Athletic Communications Department

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Ball State women's swimming & diving program captured 14 event wins, including 31 top-three finishes, to open its 2026-27 campaign at IU Indy Thursday afternoon. The Cardinals earned their first win of the season with a score of 235-132 over the Jaguars.

Anna Keen led individually with two wins in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.76) and 100 freestyle (50.35). Keen also swam on the first-place 400 medley and 200 freestyle relay teams. In the 400 medley relay, Keen was alongside Naomi Haines, Addie Beasley and Ava Butterfield, combining for a time of 3:42.64. In the 200 freestyle relay, the team of Kiley Zoeller, Grace Oertle, Haines and Keen banded together for a time of 1:32.90. 

Ball State swept the top three positions of the 200 butterfly and 400 individual medley, with Haley Johnson leading the 200 fly (2:04.54) and Milagros Amione leading the medley (4:21.90). Johnson claimed the first win of her collegiate career, while Amione's finish put her second in the program's top 10 times list.

In the 200 fly, Johnson was followed by Reagan Graves (2:05.21) and first year Addy Matern (2:08.74). In the 400 IM, Amione was joined in the top three by Alexa Von Holtz (4:27.61) and McKenna Potteiger (4:30.23).

In the first collegiate meet of their careers, Haines and Eryn McMahon stamped their first individual wins as Haines took the top prize in the 100 butterfly (55.19) and McMahon claimed the 1-meter board (258.23). Haines also turned in a second-place finish in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.70.

On the 3-meter board, Leelah Fettig picked up her first win of the season, topping the event with a score of 249.23.

In the longest event of the afternoon, Addy Czarnecki cruised to the top position of the 1000 freestyle, touching the wall with a time of 10:03.39 – nearly 16 seconds ahead of Potteiger, who placed second (10:19.06). Czarnecki also placed fifth in the 100 freestyle (52.43).

Also earning individual wins at the IU Natatorium were Ava Butterfield in the 500 freestyle (5:02.63), Aubrey Simmons in the 100 backstroke (55.60), Olivia Owens in the 200 backstroke (2:01.33) and Addie Beasley in the 200 breaststroke (2:20.04).

Up next for the Cardinals is a trip to West Lafayette, Ind., on Saturday as the squad competes at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate, hosted by Purdue. Competition begins at noon.