Falcons Host Oakland, Youngstown State For Senior Night Tri-Meet

The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving program is set for a Friday night tri-meet at Cooper Pool, when they host both Oakland and Youngstown State for Senior Night. The meet is set to begin at 5:00 pm. The Falcons are 4-2 this season in dual meets and previously swam against both the Golden Grizzlies and Penguins when they hosted the Tom Stubbs Relays in October.

Bowling Green vs. Oakland/Youngstown State
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Cooper Pool

Senior Night Set Tomorrow
Eight members of the Bowling Green State University swimming & diving program will be recognized tomorrow night as part of Senior Day. The tri-meet against Oakland and Youngstown State will begin at 5:00 pm. The eight seniors that will be recognized will be Jordan Bullock, Tara Capouch, Daniela Carrillo, Kayla Effinger, Nicole Hranchook, Hannah Newman, Rachel Perry and Alexandra Poitinger.

School Records
Current members of the BGSU swimming and diving program have enjoyed much success over the last several seasons, including three consecutive top three finishes at the Mid-American Conference Championships. Two school records have been set so far in this 2015-16 season: Jordan Bullock in the 200 fly (2:00.01) and Maya Skorupski in the 100 back (54.26). In total, current members of the program own 12 of 16 individual events.

BGSU All-Time Swim Records

50 Free – Victoria Griffin
100 Free – Victoria Griffin
200 Free – Hannah Newman
500 Free – Tara Capouch
1000 Free – Tara Capouch
200 Fly – Jordan Bullock
100 Back – Maya Skorupski
100 Breast – Daniela Carrillo
200 Breast – Daniela Carrillo
200 IM – Franziska Wohlert
400 IM – Franziska Wohlert

MAC Championships
MAC Championships are just 20 days away from starting at BGSU's Cooper Pool. All eight MAC programs will spend four days in Northwest Ohio for the MAC Championships, which begin on Wednesday (Feb. 24) night. The meet runs through Saturday (Feb. 27). Each day preliminaries will begin at 11:00 am with finals starting at 7:00 pm each night.

Griffin Qualifies For USA Olympic Trial
With Olympic Trials coming up next summer, the Bowling Green State University swimming and diving program swam in a long course dual meet at University of Akron on the afternoon of Dec. 7 following the three-day Zippy Invitational. The meet was designed to give swimmers an opportunity to qualify for USA Olympic Trials next summer. One Falcon swimmer did just that, as Victoria Griffin punched her ticket to next summer's event in Omaha, Neb. The story of the day was Griffin, a junior from Littlestown, Pa. On the last swim of the first session, she swam a 26.21 in the 50 free to just miss the cut mark of 26.19. But, she had the chance for redemption just 30 minutes later and put up a 26.00 to punch her ticket to next summer's USA Olympic Trials.

Criswell Wins Twice Against Miami
Sophomore Natalie Criswell (Portage, Mich.) picked up two victories to help the Falcons to a narrow dual-meet victory over Miami last Friday. Criswell won the 500 free and 1000 free against the RedHawks. In the 500 free, it was just the second time this season that the Falcons have won the event in a meet, and the first win for Criswell individually in the 500 free. She also won the 1000 free, the second time this season that she has won that event. Criswell has set personal career-bests this season in both the 1000 free (10:24.63) and the 1650 free (17:01.92).

Falcons Knock Off Miami In Thrilling Fashion
Last Friday's meet against Miami came down to the final event, the 400 freestyle relay. Trailing by three points (143-140), the Falcons edged out the RedHawks in the final event for the narrow victory (151-149). For BGSU, it was their first dual meet win over Miami since at least the turn of the century. Several Falcons contributed victories in the meet, of which the Falcons picked up 11. Both relays (400 Medley, 400 Free) picked up first place finishes, while Carrillo, Criswell and Griffin all won multiple events. The Falcons were also aided by individual wins courtesy of Maya Skorupski (100 back), Jordan Bullock (200 fly), and Franziska Wohlert (200 back). Freshman Claire Stam also set a school-record in the 3-meter dive, scoring 266.63.

Falcons Post 3.625 GPA In Fall Semester
Between the 29 student-athletes comprising the Falcons' swimming and diving program, the team compiled an astonishing fall semester grade-point average of 3.625, the second-best team GPA in the country. Ten individuals had perfect 4.0 GPAs – Kayla Effinger, Maria Galic, Nicole Hranchook, Kalinka Mogensen, Anna Paccapaniccia, Emily Ridge, Claire Stam, Christin Swanepoel-Stevens, Emily Verbrugge and Ashley White.

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