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Falcons Finish Sixth at 2003 MAC Championships
March 01, 2003 | Women's Swimming & Diving
March 1, 2003
Bowling Green, Ohio - The Bowling Green swimming and diving team registered its highest finish in four years at the 2003 Mid-American Conference Championships on Saturday with its sixth-place finish (306.50 points). First-year Falcon coach Keri Buff was named the 2003 MAC Swimming Coach of the Year, while senior Kelley O'Hara and junior co-captain Sarah Agnew were both named All-MAC Honorable Mention.
"It was a total team effort," said Buff. "This was a good finish to the season and should leave us hungry for next year."
BGSU finished just six-and-a-half points behind fifth-place finisher Ball State (312.50). The last time BGSU finished as high as sixth in the MAC Championships was in 1999 with a team score of 289.
In Saturday's finals, Agnew was the top Falcon with her fourth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.61). Her time was a new career-best and is third on BGSU's all-time list. O'Hara turned in an eighth-place finish in the 100 free with a time of 52.57, while freshman Stephanie Buckner finished sixth in a time of 52.44. Buckner's time was one-hundredth of a second off of her career-best time of 52.41.
Also placing on Saturday for the Falcons was freshman Dana Schultz in the 200 butterfly (10th, 2:06.42), freshman Tina Sestan in the 200 backstroke (11th, 2:06.94), and sophomore Erin Dilkes in the 200 breaststroke (13th, 2:23.72). BGSU's 400 free relay placed seventh in a time of 3:33.26. Members of the relay were Buckner, O'Hara, Amy Smith and Schultz.
Miami won the team championship with a score of 715.50.
Final Team Results 1) Miami 715.50 2) Ohio 628 3) EMU 498 6) Toledo 419 4) Ball State 312.50 7) BGSU 306.50 5) Akron 293.50 8) Buffalo 206 9) Marshall 180
