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MAC Championships Day 1
Photo by: Doug Sampson
Falcons Dive into 2010 MAC Championships
February 23, 2010 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Hosted by the Miami Redhawks, MAC Championships last from Feb. 24 through Feb. 27
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio—Head coach Keri Buff and the Bowling Green State University swim team (1-6 overall; 1-6 MAC) will compete at the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships from Wednesday, Feb. 24 through Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Nixon Aquatic Center in Oxford, Ohio. Preliminary heats of the championships are set to begin at 11:00 a.m. with finals set for 7:00 p.m. The 2010 MAC Championships are hosted by the Miami Redhawks.
Competing for the title of 2010 MAC Champions will be the Akron Zips (4-7 overall; 2-5 MAC), the Ball State Cardinals (10-7 overall; 1-6 MAC), the Buffalo Bulls (8-3 overall; 4-3 MAC), the Eastern Michigan Eagles (5-6 overall; 3-4 MAC), the Ohio Bobcats (10-2 overall; 5-2 MAC) and the Toledo Rockets (11-2
overall; 7-0 MAC). 2010 championship hosts, the Miami Redhawks, are the 2009 defending MAC Champions.
Live from the 2010 MAC Championships
Follow the swimming Falcons live at the MAC Championships with Miami All-Access. Miami All-Access is an internet broadband offering provided by MURedHawks.com and CBSSports.com College Network that will webcast the entire 2010 MAC Women's Swimming & Diving Championships. To sign up and register for this comprehensive, easy-to access multimedia coverage ($6.95 per month), go to www.MURedHawks.com and click the LAUNCH BROADBAND CHANNEL button. Powered by Microsoft's Silverlight technology, this state of the art interface will give fans the highest quality streaming experience in the most user-friendly environment. This new player will be fully compatible across different web browsers.
Falcons in 2009-10 MAC Contests
• At the Calvin Winter Invitational hosted by Calvin College, senior Meg Richardson broke a BGSU school record in the 50-yard freestyle, touching in at 23.41. The previous school record was 23.43, a time set by Richardson at the 2008-09 MAC Championships. Following her performances at the Calvin Winter Invitational, Richardson won MAC Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 8, 2009). Going into the 2009-10 MAC Championships, Richardson time in the 50 free is the second fastest time in the MAC, while her times in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle events are the first and third fastest in the conference, respectively.
• Emily Bennet, a freshman from Seaforth, Australia, ranks 16th in the 50 free, 15th in the 100 free, eighth in the 200 free and tenth in the 200-yard backstroke
• Freshman Alexa Harris holds the fifth and 14th spots in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events.
• Freshman Alexis Kain, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, ranks ninth and 19th in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events.
• Sophomore Amanda Rom, also from Cincinnati, Ohio, ranks 17th and 13th in the breaststroke events.
• Junior Sarah Burston, a native of Sydney, Australia, is seventh in the 100-yard butterfly, 14th in the 200-butterfly and fourth in the 200-yard IM.
• Vicky Yu, a sophomore from Shenyang, China, ranks 14th in the 100 fly and sixth in the 200 fly.
• 15 Falcon relay times rank among the top 20 fastest times in the MAC, including the fifth and 16th times in the 200-yard freestyle relay, the seventh, eleventh and 20th fastest times in the 400-yard freestyle relay, the sixth, ninth, 12th and 19th fastest times in the 800-yard freestyle relay, the tenth, 15th and 16th fastest times in the 200-yard medley relay and the sixth, 12th and 19th fastest times in the 400-yard medley relay.
At the 2008-09 MAC Championships…
• …Vicky Yu set a new BGSU school record and earned a gold medal in the 200-yard butterfly.
• …Sarah Burston won bronze in the 200-yard butterfly.
• …Meg Richardson set school records in the 50-yard freestyle (24.43) and the 100-yard freestyle (50.80).
• ...Sarah Burston broke a school record in the 100-yard butterfly (54.67).
• ....Amanda Rom set a school record in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.03).
• ...Five Falcon relay squads broke school records.
o Meg Richardson, Carrie Enright, Sarah Reinink and Sami Jordan in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:32.72)
o Meg Richardson, Alisha Yee, Vicky Yu and Sami Jordan in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:24.52).
o Alisha Yee, Vicky Yu, Megan Bomicino and Sami Jordan in the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:26.14).
o Alisha Yee, Meg Richardson, Sarah Burston and Carrie Enright in the 200-yard medley relay (1:41.83).
o Sami Jordan, Amanda Rom, Sarah Burston and Meg Richardson in the 400-yard medley relay (3:45.15).
Admission Fees
Per day passes:
Students: $6
Adults: $12
All-session passes:
Students: $16
Adults: $34
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
7:00 p.m. 200-yard medley relay—finals
7:35 p.m. 800-yard freestyle relay—finals
Thursday, February 25, 2010 (Prelims at 11:00 a.m.; Finals at 7:00 p.m.)
11:00 a.m. Preliminary heats begin
500-yard freestyle
200-yard individual medley
50-yard freestyle
12:45 p.m. Timed trials begin
1:00 p.m. One-meter diving preliminaries begin (one-meter consolation finals, 9-16th places, will follow prelims)
7:00 p.m. Finals heats begin
500-yard freestyle—consolation finals
7:12 p.m. 500-yard freestyle—championship finals
7:20 p.m. 200-yard individual medley—consolation finals
7:28 p.m. 200-yard individual medley—championship finals
7:37 p.m. 50-yard freestyle—consolation finals
7:44 p.m. 50-yard freestyle—championship finals
7:51 p.m. One-meter diving—championship finals
8:40 p.m. 200-yard freestyle relay—finals
Friday, February 26, 2010 (Prelims at 11:00 a.m.; Finals at 7:00 p.m.)
11:00 a.m. Preliminary heats begin
400-yard individual medley
100-yard butterfly
200-yard freestyle
100-yard breaststroke
100-yard backstroke
1:00 p.m. Timed trials begin
2:00 p.m. Three-meter diving preliminaries begin
7:00 p.m. Finals heats begin
400-yard individual medley—consolation finals
7:12 p.m. 400-yard individual medley—championship finals
7:24 p.m. 100-yard butterfly—consolation finals
7:33 p.m. 100-yard butterfly—championship finals
7:42 p.m. 200-yard freestyle—consolation finals
7:51 p.m. 200-yard freestyle—championship finals
8:00 p.m. 100-yard breaststroke—consolation finals
8:08 p.m. 100-yard breaststroke—championship finals
8:16 p.m. 100-yard backstroke—consolation finals
8:24 p.m. 100-yard backstroke—championship finals
8:40 p.m. Three-meter diving—championship finals
9:20 p.m. 400-yard medley relay—finals
Saturday, February 27, 2010 (Prelims at 11:00 a.m.; Finals at 7:00 p.m.)
11:00 a.m. Preliminary heats begin
200-yard backstroke
100-yard freestyle
200-yard breaststroke
200-yard butterfly
1:00 p.m. Exhibition platform diving begins
7:00 p.m. Finals heats begin
1650-yard freestyle—championship finals
7:25 p.m. 200-yard backstroke—consolation finals
7:34 p.m. 200-yard backstroke—championship finals
7:43 p.m. 100-yard freestyle—consolation finals
7:51 p.m. 100-yard freestyle—championship finals
7:59 p.m. 200-yard breaststroke—consolation finals
8:08 p.m. 200-yard breaststroke—championship finals
8:17 p.m. 200-yard butterfly—consolation finals
8:25 p.m. 200-yard butterfly—championship finals
8:39 p.m. Three-meter diving—championship finals
9:20 p.m. 400-yard freestyle relay—finals
9:35 p.m. Awards Ceremony begin
BG Swim/Dive : Ava Vial Postmeet 2.2
Monday, February 05
BG Swim/Dive : Coach Perkins Postmeet 2.4
Sunday, February 04
BG Ziggys : Daisy Platts
Monday, April 25
BG S/D : Coach Perkins Post-Mac's 2.26
Sunday, February 27