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BGSU Seventh After Day One of MAC Championships
February 27, 2003 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 27, 2003
Bowling Green, Ohio - Senior Alissa Davies led the Bowling Green in day one of the 2003 Mid-American Conference Swimming and Diving Championships with a fifth-place finish in the 50 free at Samuel Cooper Natatorium.
Davies finished in a time of 23.94 for her highest placing at the MAC Meet since her freshman year when she placed fourth in the 50 free. Her preliminary time of 23.83 earlier in the day was a new career-best and was just over one-tenth of a second behind the BGSU school record of 23.72 (Shari Williams, 1988).
Freshman Stephanie Buckner finished eighth in the 50 free to give the Falcons two finishers in the top eight. Buckner registered a time of 24.22 in the finals, but had a career-best time of 23.99 in the preliminaries, just behind Davies.
Other Falcon placers were sophomore Emily Hois in the 1-meter dive (8th, 173.32), senior Kelley O'Hara in the 500 free (10th, 4:59.79) and freshman Betsey-Marie Eskeland in the 500 free (16th, 5:07.10). O'Hara's time was a career-best while Eskeland turned in a career-best time in the prelims (5:02.90).
BGSU's relay teams both finished seventh, including the 200 free relay (1:36.18) and 400 medley relay (3:57.17).
The Falcons compete in day two of the MAC Championships on Friday at its home pool, Samuel Cooper Natatorium.
Team Scores After Day One
1) Miami 241 2) Ohio 198 3) EMU 164 4) Ball State 105 5) Akron 103 6) Toledo 99 7) BGSU 94 8) Buffalo 73 9) Marshall 51
