Falcons Gain Race Experience At GT Invite

Saturday, November 22

Atlanta, Ga.

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Bowling Green State University

Georgia Tech Invitational

November 22, 2014 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: by Alexx Klein, BGSU Athletic Communications

Day 3 Prelim Results
Final Meet Results

Atlanta, Georgia – The Bowling Green State University Swimming and Diving team finished in 9th place with 286 points at the three-day Georgia Tech Fall Invitational. This was the team's first appearance at the meet.

No. 11 Florida dominated the competition, finishing in first with a commanding 1,359 points.

"We handled the new level of competition well," Head Coach Petra Martin said. "The team stayed focused on what makes us better and what will help us at the end of the season. We learned a lot this weekend about where we are and what we need to work on more."

Estela Davis has had an impressive showing at the invitational thus far, and she added to her list of finals appearances with the 200 backstroke, where she qualified to swim in the consolation heat. Her time of 1:58.25, a season best, earned her a 12th place finish overall. In prelims, Maria Galic and Maya Skorupski also qualified for the non-scoring bonus finals. Galic swam a season best time of 2:02.85 this evening.

Five Falcons swam season best times in the 100 freestyle prelims. Victoria Griffin was the only swimmer to advance to the evening heats, falling just one spot short of the championship heat. In her third individual final swim, Griffin finished with a season personal best 50.19, which was good for 12th place overall.

In the 200 breaststroke prelims, Daniela Carrillo swam her way into third place with a 2:15.16, which crushes her previous season best by five seconds. Kristin Filby earned a spot in the consolation finals and Stephanie Boyle and Carmen Young placed into the non-scoring bonus finals. This evening, all four BG swimmers set new season best times. Carrillo finished sixth overall in the championship finals with a time of 2:15.00, which is a NCAA B qualifying cut.

Jordan Bullock qualified for the non-scoring bonus finals of the 200 butterfly. The junior swam a 2:07.41. During prelims this morning, Nicole Hranchook and Hannah Albion both set season best times.

The 400 yard freestyle relay was the final event of the 2014 invitational. BG's team of Galic, Griffin, Davis and Hannah Newman placed 10th with a season best team time of 3:28.69.

Overall, the Orange and Brown had 21 individual final swims. Davis led the way with four, followed by Griffin, Filby and Bullock with three a piece. Skorupski and Carrillo swam in two finals each, while Hranchook, Galic, Boyle and Young all competed in one.

"We are happy with the amount of final swims at the meet, especially with not being rested or shaved. We are looking forward to a little bit lighter next week and then our second Invitational at Eastern Michigan the week after Thanksgiving."

The Falcons have one weekend off before traveling to Ypsilanti, Michigan for the Eastern Michigan Invitational Dec. 5-6.