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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Remain Seventh After Day Two of MAC Championships
February 28, 2003 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 28, 2003
Bowling Green, Ohio - Senior Kelley O'Hara had Bowling Green's top finish in day two of the Mid-American Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, placing third in the 200 free with a time of 1:52.62. Meanwhile, co-captain Sarah Agnew turned in two top-eight finishes, placing fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.83) and sixth in the 400 IM (4:33.20).
O'Hara's finish of third was her highest ever at the MAC Championships. She swam a time of 1:52.39 in the preliminaries of the 200 free, a new career-best and fourth all-time at BGSU. Freshman Stephanie Buckner finished 16th in the 200 free with a time of 1:57.81, but registered a career-best 1:54.42 in the preliminaries.
Agnew's preliminary time of 4:31.54 in the 400 IM was a new career-best and placed her fourth all-time at BGSU. Also placing in the 100 breaststroke with Agnew was sophomore Erin Dilkes (eighth) with a time of 1:06.75 and senior Alissa Davies (15th) with a time of 1:07.43. Dilkes swam a time of 1:05.87 in her preliminary heat, bettering her previous career-best by nearly two seconds (1:07.60).
Joining Agnew in the 400 IM was freshman Kara Ohngren who finished 12th with a time of 4:35.42 (new career-best). Freshman Dana Schultz placed 14th in the 100 butterfly with a time of 58.60.
Junior Molly Peterson scored 397.29 in the 3-meter dive, good enough for seventh place.
BGSU's 200 medley relay placed sixth (1:47.73) and its 800 free relay finished ninth (7:45.25).
The final day of the 2003 MAC Championships will be tomorrow, March 1, at BGSU's Samuel Cooper Natatorium. Preliminaries begin at 11 a.m., the 1,650 preliminaries begin at 5 p.m., and the finals set for 7 p.m.
Team Scores After Day Two 1) Miami 499.50 2) Ohio 420.50 3) EMU 363 6) Toledo 286 5) Akron 243.50 4) Ball State 230 7) BGSU 220.50 8) Buffalo 170 9) Marshall 115
