Bowling Green State University Athletics
Get To Know NCAA Bound Swimmer Daniela Carrillo
March 16, 2016 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Bowling Green, Ohio – After breaking school records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Mid-American Conference Championships, Senior Daniela Carrillo has earned an invitation to compete at the 2016 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, March 16-19, in Atlanta, Ga.
Carrillo will swim the 100 breaststroke prelims at 10 AM on Friday morning. She will need to place top 16 to qualify for the finals, which will be at 6 PM that night. The 200 breaststroke prelims will begin at 10 AM on Saturday morning, where she will need to place top 16 to qualify for finals beginning at 6 PM that night. According to NCAA.com, ESPN3.com will stream finals sessions on Friday and Saturday live. Wednesday's evening session, Thursday's sessions, along with the morning sessions on Friday and Saturday, will be streamed live on NCAA.com. Additionally, ESPNU will air a two-hour broadcast via tape delay at 7 p.m. ET, Tuesday, March 29. Live results for the championships will be available on NCAA.com.
As a freshman, Carrillo became the first BGSU swimmer to advance to NCAA Championships since Cheryl Patteson competed in 1996. Carrillo is a senior from Hermosillo, Mexico majoring in communication. Carrillo holds the national record for all ages in Mexico for the 100m breaststroke. At the 2016 MAC Championship, Carrillo broke two school records and was crowned MAC Champion in the 200 breaststroke.
Who is your hero and why?
My mom. She is the strongest woman I know.
What is your favorite thing about BGSU and why?
The people here at BGSU; there is a great sense of community here and I love that.
What would you sing at Karaoke night?
I would definitely try to rap something just for the fun of it; most likely something in Spanish so people wouldn't realize when I messed up.
Have you ever had a nickname? What was it and why?
At practice, our team gets divided into groups depending on our events. Well, there is this freshman in our team, Emily Verbrugge; she and I were on the "breaststroke group" along with other teammates almost every day. Long story short, she called us the "breaststroke squad" and called me "squad leader" all year, since I was the oldest. She still salutes me every time she sees me and she even gave me a badge before MACs, which I thought was the cutest thing ever.
If you were a superhero, what would your name be and what powers would you have?
Over training camp we had a cross-fit coach who called me "yogi" because of my flexibility, so I guess something along those lines.
What is the most rewarding part of being a student-athlete at BGSU?
The experience of being a Division I student-athlete as a whole has been amazing, but if I had to pick one thing I would have to say being part of a team; working towards something bigger than myself and the relationships I have made along the way.
What is your pre-meet routine?
I used to be very specific about my routine, but I have learned that not everything is going to go my way on race day all the time. Like at MACs… the day of the 200 breaststroke I almost got left behind at the hotel, they were out of coffee, I broke my goggles at warm-ups, and ripped my suit right before the race; so nowadays all I do is try and prepare. I do prefer having a coffee before heading to the pool, joke around with my teammates while stretching, but then have some down/alone time before the race listening to my pre-race playlist.
For more information on the NCAA Championships, visit http://www.ncaa.com/news/swimming-women/article/2016-03-02/2016-ncaa-di-womens-swimming-and-diving-championships.
Carrillo will swim the 100 breaststroke prelims at 10 AM on Friday morning. She will need to place top 16 to qualify for the finals, which will be at 6 PM that night. The 200 breaststroke prelims will begin at 10 AM on Saturday morning, where she will need to place top 16 to qualify for finals beginning at 6 PM that night. According to NCAA.com, ESPN3.com will stream finals sessions on Friday and Saturday live. Wednesday's evening session, Thursday's sessions, along with the morning sessions on Friday and Saturday, will be streamed live on NCAA.com. Additionally, ESPNU will air a two-hour broadcast via tape delay at 7 p.m. ET, Tuesday, March 29. Live results for the championships will be available on NCAA.com.
As a freshman, Carrillo became the first BGSU swimmer to advance to NCAA Championships since Cheryl Patteson competed in 1996. Carrillo is a senior from Hermosillo, Mexico majoring in communication. Carrillo holds the national record for all ages in Mexico for the 100m breaststroke. At the 2016 MAC Championship, Carrillo broke two school records and was crowned MAC Champion in the 200 breaststroke.
Who is your hero and why?
My mom. She is the strongest woman I know.
What is your favorite thing about BGSU and why?
The people here at BGSU; there is a great sense of community here and I love that.
What would you sing at Karaoke night?
I would definitely try to rap something just for the fun of it; most likely something in Spanish so people wouldn't realize when I messed up.
Have you ever had a nickname? What was it and why?
At practice, our team gets divided into groups depending on our events. Well, there is this freshman in our team, Emily Verbrugge; she and I were on the "breaststroke group" along with other teammates almost every day. Long story short, she called us the "breaststroke squad" and called me "squad leader" all year, since I was the oldest. She still salutes me every time she sees me and she even gave me a badge before MACs, which I thought was the cutest thing ever.
If you were a superhero, what would your name be and what powers would you have?
Over training camp we had a cross-fit coach who called me "yogi" because of my flexibility, so I guess something along those lines.
What is the most rewarding part of being a student-athlete at BGSU?
The experience of being a Division I student-athlete as a whole has been amazing, but if I had to pick one thing I would have to say being part of a team; working towards something bigger than myself and the relationships I have made along the way.
What is your pre-meet routine?
I used to be very specific about my routine, but I have learned that not everything is going to go my way on race day all the time. Like at MACs… the day of the 200 breaststroke I almost got left behind at the hotel, they were out of coffee, I broke my goggles at warm-ups, and ripped my suit right before the race; so nowadays all I do is try and prepare. I do prefer having a coffee before heading to the pool, joke around with my teammates while stretching, but then have some down/alone time before the race listening to my pre-race playlist.
For more information on the NCAA Championships, visit http://www.ncaa.com/news/swimming-women/article/2016-03-02/2016-ncaa-di-womens-swimming-and-diving-championships.
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