Women's Swimming & Diving

Cardinals, Falcons Win Saturday Duals

Saturday, Nov. 7 Swim & Dive Results
Bowling Green 251, UTRGV 119
Ball State 210, UIC 86
 
Recaps courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments

Bowling Green Falcons (6-1, 0-0 MAC)
PHARR, Texas – Bowling Green closed out its two-day dual meet at UTRGV with a 251-119 win Saturday, improving to 6-1 on the season. The Falcons swept the top three spots in four events, won seven of the 12 events contested and got key swims from a freshman class that scored throughout the morning.

The Falcons set the tone in the first event of the morning. Sophomore Bella Treib, freshman Anna Helmuth, junior Karina Solera and senior Sierra Newton won the 400-yard medley relay in 3:53.76. BGSU's B team took second in 4:02.39, with seniors Alexandra Johnson and Bridget Kurtzweil and freshmen Regan Bright and Bella Fontana. UTRGV's A relay finished third in 4:04.38.

Bowling Green built on that start in the next event, the 100 backstroke. Freshman Emma Klotz won in 58.17, and freshmen Alicia Bohler (58.88) and Katie Countryman (59.46) finished second and third. UTRGV broke the Falcons' streak in the 200 breaststroke, where the Vaqueros won in 2:26.79. BGSU stayed in the race for the top spots, though. Sophomore Corine Rieskamp (2:28.89) and Kurtzweil (2:28.95) finished second and third, six hundredths of a second apart.

The distance events produced the second sweep. Sophomore Caroline Toledo won the 500 freestyle in 5:08.55 and was followed by two freshmen: Elise Dinehart in second (5:17.82) and Bright in third (5:23.85). The Falcons' freshman distance group was a factor on both days, as Dinehart also placed second Friday in the 1650 free.

In the 50 freestyle, Bohler touched first in 24.17, edging UTRGV's Dia Henderson by 18 hundredths of a second. Countryman took third (24.76) and Newton fourth (24.92), keeping BGSU's depth in the sprint.

Diving then moved to the one-meter board, where Senior Natalia Mayorga placed second for the Falcons at 268.35. Junior Claire Werner finished fifth (225.68) and freshman Kennedy Mignogno sixth (219.75).

Back in the pool, the Falcons completed their second sweep with a run of freshmen and veterans in the 200 individual medley. Helmuth won in 2:11.65. Freshman Kylie Thompson was second in 2:13.93 and Kurtzweil third in 2:14.04. Klotz then won her second individual event of the day in the 100 freestyle, finishing in 52.75. Newton (55.25) and Fontana (55.61) took third and fourth, behind UTRGV's Henderson in second.

Sophomore Astrid Garcia kept the pressure on in the 200 butterfly. She won in 2:06.69, and Solera (2:09.67) and Johnson (2:12.27) followed for the fourth BGSU sweep of the weekend's second day. Treib won the 200 backstroke in 2:07.39, finishing ahead of UTRGV's Annaleagh Stahl (2:08.20).

The Falcons' final diving event was the platform. UTRGV won with 221.33 points, while BGSU's Ava Roffel, a freshman, and Werner tied for second at 175.05. Mayorga was fourth at 162.38.

UTRGV won the meet's final event, the 200 freestyle relay, in 1:39.43. BGSU's A team of Klotz, Newton, Fontana and Helmuth was just 0.43 seconds behind.

Bowling Green will head to Cleveland on Nov. 19 for the Magnus Cup Invitational.


Ball State Cardinals (3-1, 1-0 MAC)
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State women's swimming & diving program claimed 15 of 16 event wins versus UIC Saturday afternoon, earning a Senior Day victory with a final score of 210-86.

Milagros Amione, Anna Keen, Alexa Von Holtz and Addie Beasley made up eight of the Cardinals' individual event wins, winning two apiece.

Amione stamped wins in the 200 freestyle (1:54.32) and 400 individual medley (4:28.97).
The Argentina native won the first individual freestyle event of her career. Addie Bealey swept the breaststroke events, clocking in at 1:04.59 in the 100 and 2:24.80 in the 200. Both swimmers sit at four individual event wins this season.

Anna Keen found success in the freestyles versus the Flames, turning in top performances in the 50 (24.03) and 100 (51.89) events. She leads Ball State with seven individual event wins so far this season.

Alexa Von Holtz swept the butterfly events, taking first in the 100 (57.23) and 200 (2:03.92) events.

Both Backstroke events were also claimed by the Cardinals, as Ava Butterfield took first in the 100 (57.26) and Olivia Owens placed atop the 200 (2:07.14).

In the longest event of the afternoon, Addy Czarnecki placed first in the 1000 freestyle, touching the wall with a time of 10:35.14, followed by McKenna Potteiger who placed second (10:37.65).

Potteiger also finished second in the 500 freestyle (5:14.14).

On the diving boards, Eryn McMahon earned the second win of her freshman campaign on 1-meter, scoring 253.20. On 3-meter, defending conference diver of the week Leelah Fettig took top prize with a score of 264.83.

The Cardinals started and ended the afternoon with relay victories. To open the meet, the 200 medley relay team of Butterfield, Beasley, Naomi Haines and Anna Keen combined for a winning time of 1:44.66). To close the meet, Holtz, Reagan Graves, Czarnecki and Butterfield banded together for a time of 7:38.45 in the 800 freestyle relay.

The women's squad takes a break before returning to action at the Akron Zippy Invite, which takes place Dec. 3-6.