Falcons Face Toledo Friday In Battle Of I-75 Rivalry

BGSU (2-3, 0-2 MAC) AT TOLEDO (4-2, 3-0 MAC)
Date	Jan. 24, 2014
Time	4 PM
Location	Toledo, Ohio \| Toledo Student Recreation Center Pool
Coverage	Live Results
Additional Information	Twitter \| Facebook \| BGSU Performance List

Toledo, Ohio – Coming off a big win over Michigan State, the Bowling Green swimming team will head north to face rival Toledo Friday at 4 p.m.

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THE BATTLE OF I-75
Bowling Green and Toledo have not swam against each other in a regular season dual meet since the Rockets beat the Falcons 195-80 back on Jan. 28, 2011. Since that point, the Falcons have steadily improved but face an uphill battle Friday night without any diving points to be had. A year ago at the MAC Championships, BGSU ended third overall and Toledo finished sixth. This year, however, Bowling Green is 0-2 in MAC dual meets, while Toledo is 3-0. While BGSU freshman swimmer Victoria Griffin is unbeaten in dual meets in the 100 and 200 freestyle, her biggest challengers in this meet could come from her own teammates as Toledo's top ranked swimmer in those events is 14^th and 15^th in the MAC respectively.

LAST TIME OUT
Bowling Green came from 12 points behind with just two events to go to defeat Michigan State 150-144 Friday night. The Falcons got a win from Joelle Scheps in the 200 individual medley to cut the deficit to just three points and the 200 freestyle relay team of Victoria Griffin, Kayla Effinger, Hannah Newman and Brittany Szekely won the race and the meet. Bowling Green won eight of the 14 swimming events with Griffin, Scheps and Maya Skorupski each earning a pair of victories.

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 – 2. 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 5-0 in the 100 and 4-0 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 THRICE
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 for the third time this week after winning two individual events and a swimming on a winning relay in the 150-144 victory over Michigan State. She was honored for the first time in her career 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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