Falcons Sit In 2nd After Day 3 Of MAC Championships

Friday, February 27

Ypsilanti, Mich.

11:00 AM

Bowling Green State University

MAC Championships

February 27, 2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: by Alexx Klein, BGSU Athletic Communications

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Ypsilanti, Mich. – Another school record was broken on day three of the Mid-American Conference Championships, as the Bowling Green swim and dive team sits in second place following day three of competition. The Falcons got a record breaking performance from freshman Franziska Wohlert in the 400 individual medley.

Bowling Green moved from fifth-place after day two to second place with 354 points after day three. Akron leads with 440 points through five sessions.

"We had a big day today and the team did exactly what needed to be done," said head coach Petra Martin. "Tomorrow is another important day and we will need a lot of great swims from everyone in the morning again."

The Falcons swam particularly well at preliminaries this morning. In fact, Bowling Green had 11 swimmers in A finals this evening, which was the most out of any team heading into the night.

BG qualified four swimmers for the championship final of the 400 IM. Wohlert qualified with the third best time and went on to finish second in the finals, setting a new school record of 4:18.96, which is also an NCAA B cut qualifying time. The 400 IM record of 4:19.21 was previously held by Cheryl Patteson and set in 1993, which was tied for the second longest standing record in school history.

She was joined in the A final by teammates Estela Davis, Jordan Bullock and Stephanie Boyle. Davis finished in third, swimming an NCAA B cut qualifying time of 4:19.38. Bullock took sixth and Boyle placed eighth overall. Combined, the four Falcon swimmers earned 57 points in the event.

In the 200 freestyle, BG had three swimmers back in the championship final. Tara Capouch placed second with a 1:49.03, making her the third fastest swimmer in Bowling Green history. Victoria Griffin and Hannah Newman finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

The Falcons' successful evening continued with the 100 breaststroke A final, where Daniela Carrillo and Kristin Filby both swam NCAA B cut qualifying times, placing fifth and sixth. Carmen Young swam a career best 1:03.89, adding a fifth place finish in the consolation final.

Estela Davis took sixth place in the 100 backstroke A final with a career personal best time of 55.04. This was her second NCAA B cut qualifying time of the evening. Maya Skorupski swam a career best time of 55.22 in the prelim heat this morning, and finished eighth in the championship final, although she was unable to better her time from the morning session.

The evening concluded with the 400 medley relay. Davis (back), Filby (breast), Bullock (fly) and Griffin (free) finished in fourth with a 3:41.44.

Prelims begin at 11 am Saturday for the fourth and final day of competition. The 1650 freestyle heats begin at 5:20 pm and the finals take place at 7 pm.