BGSU Hosts Youngstown State For Senior Day

BGSU (5-3) VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE (2-5)
Date	Feb. 8, 2014
Time	1 PM
Location	Bowling Green, Ohio \| Cooper Pool
Coverage	Live Stats (TBA)
Additional Information	Twitter \| Facebook \| BGSU Performance List

Bowling Green, Ohio – Following a successful weekend with victories over both Ohio and Marshall, the Bowling Green swimming team will host Youngstown State at 1 pm Saturday at Cooper Pool in Bowling Green for Senior Day. The Falcons will honor three seniors in Joelle Scheps, Brittany Szekely and Emily Waller. BGSU will close out dual meet competition, looking to improve upon its 5-3 record. Due to ongoing renovations of the Student Recreation Center and Cooper Pool, the meet is closed to the public.

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THE FALCON SENIORS
Bowling Green will honor three seniors prior to the meet Saturday in Joelle Scheps, Brittany Szekely and Emily Waller. Here are bios for each of the three.

Joelle Scheps is the daughter of Ruud and Lenie Scheps and holds a remarkable 4.0 grade point average in individualized business. Joelle joined the program for the 2012-13 season and quickly established herself as one of the top swimmers in program history. She holds the school record in the 200 freestyle, swam a leg of the 400 freestyle relay team the set a school record, and ranks among the top 10 all-time in six other events, including the 100 freestyle, the 500 freestyle, the 100 butterfly, the 200 backstroke, the 200 individual medley and the 400 individual medley. Joelle was named second team All-MAC a year ago as well as Academic All-MAC after winning the 200 freestyle five times during the season last year. This year, she currently ranks fourth in the MAC in the 200 freestyle and sixth in the 200 individual medley.

Brittany Szekely is the daughter of Peter and Diane Szekely and is a communications major. She broke the school record in the 100 freestyle a year ago and is a member of three school-record relay teams – the 200 and 400 freestyle relays and the 400 medley relay. Brittany also ranks among the top 10 all-time at BGSU in the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly. This year alone, she has won the 50 freestyle six times and ranks fourth in the MAC in the event. She also ranks seventh in the conference in the 100 freestyle this year.

Emily Waller is the daughter of Brad and Jacque Waller and is majoring in integrated language arts/adolescent to young adult education. She is the school record holder in the 500 freestyle and was also part of the 800 freestyle relay team that broke the school record in 2010. Emily also ranks among the top 10 all-time at BGSU in the 200 freestyle, the 1000 freestyle and the 1650 freestyle. She was named second team All-MAC a year ago and was a member of the 200 free relay team that clinched a victory over Toledo this year by 0.3 seconds. Currently, Emily ranks eighth in the MAC in the 500 freestyle.

ABOUT YOUNGSTOWN STATE
The Penguins are 2-5 this season coming off a victory against UIC last weekend. Youngstown is currently ranked sixth in the Horizon League, according to CollegeSwimming.com. Following their meet against the Falcons, the Penguins will head to the Horizon League Championships on Feb. 26.

LAST TIME OUT
The Falcons improved their dual meet winning streak to four Sunday with a 164-94 victory against Marshall. This is the longest winning streak the program has seen in 12 years. The Falcons won 9-of-14 races, taking the first two spots in both contested relays. The team also took the top three spots in three different races and the first two spots in three other races, giving the Falcons at least two of the top three spots in 10 of the 14 races.

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 and 400 freestyle relay teams have 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 1:50.37, 4. Joelle Scheps 1:51.15
500 freestyle – 8. 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

UNBEATEN
Freshman Victoria Griffin remains unbeaten in both the 100 and 200 freestyle in dual meets this year, going 7-0 in the 100 and 6-0 in the 200. Griffin also won the 100 freestyle at the TYR Invitational, setting a new school record time of 49.87.

TEAM RANKINGS
In CollegeSwimming.com's top 50 team rankings, Bowling Green snuck into the poll for the first time in Coach Petra Martin's tenure at No. 50 this week. The Falcons are also ranked No. 16 in the CollegeSwimming.com mid-major poll. Only Miami, at No. 48 nationally, is ranked ahead of the Falcons within the MAC.

SPEED DEMON
Senior Brittany Szekely has dominated the 50 freestyle this year, going 4-1 in dual meets in the event as well as winning the race at the TYR Invitational. She had a season-best time of 23.31 seconds in the preliminaries of that meet and went 23.32 in the finals to win both heats.

A MEDLEY OF WINS
Senior Joelle Scheps has racked up an impressive number of victories in the 200 individual medley this year. She is 4-0 in dual meets this year and has the three fastest times by a Falcons this season in the event. Her top time of 2:05.31 came in the preliminary rounds of the TYR Invitational.

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 FOUR TIMES
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 fourth time on Feb. 3 after posting the best times in the conference in both the 100 and 200 freestyle over the weekend. She also received the award on Jan. 20 after winning two individual events and 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.

CLOSING STRONG
Bowling Green has closed out dual meets in impressive fashion, winning the final relay of the competition six straight times. In three of those dual meets, the winning team was yet to be determined heading into the final race. At Michigan State, BGSU trailed by three points before winning the 200 freestyle relay to win the meet. A week later, Bowling Green trailed rival Toledo by one point heading into the 200 free relay and won by the narrowest of margins, .03 seconds. Just a week later, the Falcons narrowly led Ohio heading into the 400 medley relay but BGSU clinched the win by taking first place. Bowling Green has also won that final relay against Xavier, Oakland and Marshall during the stretch.

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