Friday, October 30
Toledo, OH
5:00pm ET
Bowling Green State University
182
at
118
University of Toledo
Falcons Race Past Rockets For Third Straight Season
October 30, 2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving, The Battle Of I-75
Meet Results
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving program continued their strong start to the 2015-16 season on Friday evening, defeating the University of Toledo 182-118 at UT's Student Recreation Center. For the Falcons, it was their second straight dual victory to begin the season, and their third straight victory over Toledo in a dual meet.
"The entire team – both swimmers and divers – came into today prepared and ready to race," head coach Matt Ense, whose first season at the helm of the Orange and Brown is off to a strong start, said. "From the 200 medley relay all the way to the 400 free relay, we competed from start to finish and came out with a great team win."
Several Falcons led the way, as the Orange and Brown were victorious in 10 of the 14 swimming events in the meet. For the second straight meet the Falcons started strong, winning the first four races to get out to a big lead. Five swimmers – Victoria Griffin, Maya Skorupski, Natalie Criswell, Kayla Effinger, and Franziska Wohlert – all were victorious in multiple events, led by Griffin's three first-place swims.
Griffin, a junior who has twice been named first team All-MAC, won both the 50 and 100 free events, while also swimming the first leg in the 400 free relay team which turned in a first-place finish to close the meet out strong. Griffin's swim of 50.89 seconds in the 100 free was just .01 seconds off a top 10 swim all-time in school history.
Skorupski started the meet off strong by getting the 200 medley relay team off to a strong start on their way to a first-place finish. She then turned around a few races later and finished first in the 100 back with a time of 56.98. For the second straight meet Wohlert won two events, turning in first-place finishes in the 200 free and 200 back.
Sophomore Natalie Criswell turned in an impressive performance, winning the two longest races of the day in the 500 free and 1000 free. A native of Portage, Mich., Criswell's time of 10:24.63 in the 1000 free set a new personal best.
Senior Kayla Effinger was also impressive in both relays, helping the Orange and Brown book-end the meet with victories in both the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay.
In addition to the swimmers on Friday, the Falcons' divers had a strong day. After several years of getting no contribution in dual meets off the 1- and 3-meter boards, the BGSU divers turned in 16 total points in the two diving events during the meet against their arch-rivals. In the 1 meter event, senior Rachel Perry turned in a second-place finish, while Claire Stam and Kylie Bosco finished right behind her. In the 3 meter dive, Stam finished second to help the Falcons past the Rockets in the meet.
Bowling Green will continue their season on Friday, Nov. 13 with a tri-meet at Michigan State University. The Falcons will swim against both the Spartans and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. Both Ense and assistant coach Jaclyn Rosen were assistants at UC last season. The meet will begin at 5:00 p.m. at MSU's McCaffree Pool.
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving program continued their strong start to the 2015-16 season on Friday evening, defeating the University of Toledo 182-118 at UT's Student Recreation Center. For the Falcons, it was their second straight dual victory to begin the season, and their third straight victory over Toledo in a dual meet.
"The entire team – both swimmers and divers – came into today prepared and ready to race," head coach Matt Ense, whose first season at the helm of the Orange and Brown is off to a strong start, said. "From the 200 medley relay all the way to the 400 free relay, we competed from start to finish and came out with a great team win."
Several Falcons led the way, as the Orange and Brown were victorious in 10 of the 14 swimming events in the meet. For the second straight meet the Falcons started strong, winning the first four races to get out to a big lead. Five swimmers – Victoria Griffin, Maya Skorupski, Natalie Criswell, Kayla Effinger, and Franziska Wohlert – all were victorious in multiple events, led by Griffin's three first-place swims.
Griffin, a junior who has twice been named first team All-MAC, won both the 50 and 100 free events, while also swimming the first leg in the 400 free relay team which turned in a first-place finish to close the meet out strong. Griffin's swim of 50.89 seconds in the 100 free was just .01 seconds off a top 10 swim all-time in school history.
Skorupski started the meet off strong by getting the 200 medley relay team off to a strong start on their way to a first-place finish. She then turned around a few races later and finished first in the 100 back with a time of 56.98. For the second straight meet Wohlert won two events, turning in first-place finishes in the 200 free and 200 back.
Sophomore Natalie Criswell turned in an impressive performance, winning the two longest races of the day in the 500 free and 1000 free. A native of Portage, Mich., Criswell's time of 10:24.63 in the 1000 free set a new personal best.
Senior Kayla Effinger was also impressive in both relays, helping the Orange and Brown book-end the meet with victories in both the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay.
In addition to the swimmers on Friday, the Falcons' divers had a strong day. After several years of getting no contribution in dual meets off the 1- and 3-meter boards, the BGSU divers turned in 16 total points in the two diving events during the meet against their arch-rivals. In the 1 meter event, senior Rachel Perry turned in a second-place finish, while Claire Stam and Kylie Bosco finished right behind her. In the 3 meter dive, Stam finished second to help the Falcons past the Rockets in the meet.
Bowling Green will continue their season on Friday, Nov. 13 with a tri-meet at Michigan State University. The Falcons will swim against both the Spartans and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. Both Ense and assistant coach Jaclyn Rosen were assistants at UC last season. The meet will begin at 5:00 p.m. at MSU's McCaffree Pool.
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