Falcons Launch Back Into Dual Meets At Michigan State

BGSU AT MICHIGAN STATE
Date	Jan. 17, 2014
Time	6 PM
Location	East Lansing, Mich. \| East Lansing HS
Coverage	Live Results
Additional Information	Twitter \| Facebook \| BGSU Performance List

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NOTE - FRIDAY'S MEET HAS BEEN MOVED TO EAST LANSING HIGH SCHOOL DUE TO FACILITY PROBLEMS AT MICHIGAN STATE

East Lansing, Mich. – Bowling Green begins the first of five consecutive dual meets Friday as the Falcons face Michigan State at 6 pm. It will be the team's first dual meet in more than two months. MSU enters the meet ranked No. 38 in the country by CollegeSwimming.com.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Live results of the meet at Michigan State are available through a link at BGSUFalcons.com, courtesy Michigan State University. Follow along on Twitter via the official site of BGSU Athletics @BGAthletics or via Athletic Communications contact Jason Knavel @jknavel. BGSU Swimming can be found on Facebook by searching "BGSU Swimming".

FAMILIAR FOES
Bowling Green and Michigan State have already faced off once this year as the two programs competed at Northwestern's TYR Invitational. Michigan State was second at the meet with 657 points and Bowling Green placed fourth with 582 points. A year ago, the two programs competed in a dual meet at BGSU's Cooper Pool with the Spartans edging out a 151-143 victory.

LAST TIME OUT
BGSU placed second out of six teams at the Tampa Relays Jan. 4. The Falcons won two of the 10 relay races at the meet, scoring titles in the 400 medley relay and the 400 individual medley. In the 400 IM, Bowling Green finished first and second. Kayla Effinger was a part of one first place relay finish and two second-place teams.

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
BGSU freshman Victoria Griffin has swam the fastest time in the Mid-American Conference this year in the 100 freestyle at 49.87 seconds. The Falcons are ranked among the top three in the MAC in six different events and have as many as three swimmers with top 10 conference times in the 200 breaststroke. The 200 freestyle relay team has the second-fastest time in the MAC this year, while Griffin is third in the 200 freestyle and Daniela Carrillo is third in the 200 breaststroke. A complete list of swimmers ranked among the top 10 in the conference is listed below:

50 freestyle – 4. Brittany Szekely 23.31, 9. Victoria Griffin 23.57
100 freestyle – 1. Victoria Griffin 49.87, 7. Brittany Szekely 51.16
200 freestyle – 3. Victoria Griffin 1:50.71, 4. Joelle Scheps 1:51.15
500 freestyle – 7. Emily Waller 4:58.93
1650 freestyle – 9. Lara Klein 17:18.43, 10. Tara Capouch 17:20.72
100 breaststroke – 5. Daniela Carrillo 1:03.48
200 breaststroke – 3. Daniela Carrillo 2:16.22, 8. Stephanie Boyle 2:19.42, 10. Daniela Carrillo 2:20.04
200 butterfly – 4. Jordan Bullock 2:04.08
200 individual medley – 6. Joelle Scheps 2:05.31, 8. Jordan Bullock 2:06.27
400 individual medley – 5. Jordan Bullock 4:26.37, 7. Petra Laudova 4:27.95
200 freestyle relay – 2. Bowling Green 1:33.42
400 freestyle relay – 3. Bowling Green 3:24.61
800 freestyle relay – 4. Bowling Green 7:33.25
200 medley relay – 5. Bowling Green 1:44.30
400 medley relay – 3. Bowling Green 3:47.64

TIME CHANGE
BGSU's dual meet at Marshall on Feb. 1 has been pushed back one hour to a 2 p.m. start time.

UNBEATEN
Freshman Victoria Griffin remains unbeaten in both the 100 and 200 freestyle in dual meets this year, going 4-0 in the 100 and 3-0 in the 200. Griffin also won the 100 freestyle at the TYR Invitational, setting a new school record time of 49.87.

SCHEPS NAMED SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Senior Joëlle Scheps was named the Mid-American Conference's Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Nov. 13 after winning two individual events and racing as part of a winning relay in the team's dual meet at Oakland. Scheps is an individualized business major with a 4.00 grade point average.

GRIFFIN NAMED MAC SWIMMER OF THE WEEK TWICE
It hasn't taken long for Victoria Griffin to make her mark in the Mid-American Conference. The freshman earned MAC Swimmer of the Week honors on Nov. 4 after winning three individual events and two relay races in weekend meets against Miami and Xavier. She was once again named MAC Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 25 after setting a new school record in the 100 freestyle and reaching the NCAA "B" cut in the event at the TYR Invitational.

CARRILLO CONTROLS THE BREASTSTROKE
A year ago, Daniela Carrillo competed at the NCAA Championships in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke, setting BGSU school records in both events. Once again, she is in position to represent the University, ranking among the top five in the MAC in both.

400 FREESTYLE RELAY PUSHING TO NEW HEIGHTS
Bowling Green has won the 400 freestyle relay in all three dual races in which the event was competed in. Victoria Griffin, Kayla Effinger, Petra Laudova and Brittany Szekely swam a season-best time of 3:29.92 to win at Eastern Michigan, while Effinger, Erica Nieminen, Maya Skorupski and Griffin also won at Xavier in a time of 3:33.61. The team of Griffin, Szekely, Hannah Newman and Joëlle Scheps pushed the season-best time to 3:29.69 in a win at Oakland. Griffin, Effinger, Scheps and Szekely finished second at the TYR Invite, swimming a season-best 3:25.33.

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