Andrusak Breaks School Record at Zippy Invitational

Friday, December 1

Akron, Ohio

10:00 AM / 6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Akron Zippy Invitational

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

December 01, 2017 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: by Matthew Daley, Athletic Communicationis Assistant

DAY ONE RESULTS (.pdf)

AKRON, Ohio -- Freshman Jordan Andrusak broke the school record in the 200 individual medley as the Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team competed in the first day of the 2017 Zippy Invitational on Friday (Dec. 1). The Falcons earned 402 points in six events, enough to rank third among the nine competing teams. BGSU athletes won the one-meter diving competition and earned separate third, fourth, and fifth-place finishes.

Andrusak, competing in only her fourth meet of the season, began the day by finishing in third place during the preliminary round of the 200 IM. She qualified for the championship final with a time of 2:02.22. That mark put her in second place on BGSU's all-time list, less than a half-second behind record-holder and teammate Franziska Wohlert (2:01.83). However, Andrusak was not finished. In the evening session, she improved her time by 1.5 seconds to establish a new school record of 2:00.72. She touched just 24 one-hundredths of a second behind the event winner and earned third place. She also met the B qualification standard for the 2018 NCAA Championships.

The Falcons added to Andrusak's school record with two other personal record swims and numerous season-best times. BGSU will resume the three-day meet at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday (Dec. 2) with preliminary rounds in seven events. The evening session begins at 6:00 p.m. and includes seven events.

FRIDAY STANDOUTS

The 200 freestyle relay teams both set new team-best times (previous season best: 1:37.15)
Lavigne/Franks/Washko/Galic (1:33.96) and Andrusak/Loeck/Martin/Sullivan (1:35.37)
The 400 medley relay teams both also set new team-best times (previous best: 3:54.63)
Schreiber/Borgerding/Andrusak/Galic (3:45.81) and Loeck/Perretta/Jones/Lavigne (3:54.23)
Talisa Lemke won the one-meter diving event with a final score of 299.65
Lemke's score was the second-best of her career
Kylie Bosco (256.70) posted a season-best one-meter-diving score. She finished fourth.
All four Falcons in 200 IM qualified for finals and set season-best times.
Emily Verbrugge (2:05.48), Elodie Schreiber (2:06.47), and Nicole Borgerding (2:07.54) each eclipsed the previous team-best 200 IM time of 2017-18.
Natalie Criswell (4:54.11) earned fifth place in the 500 freestyle. Her time was a season best.
Maddy Andrews (4:58.32) and Mary Edwards (5:04.44) also had season-best times and qualified for the finals.
In the 500 free preliminaries, Caroline Neely, Meghan Burnard, and Kristen Puthoff posted season-best times.
Burnard's 5:08.39 was a personal record.
Maria Galic won the consolation final in the 50 freestyle (23.50)
Her time was a season-best, a personal record, and the tenth-fastest time in BGSU history.
Eleven other Falcons swam in the 50 free, and each of them set season-best times.

DAY ONE STANDINGS

Akron (687.5)
Buffalo (490.0)
Bowling Green (402.0)
Oakland (345.5)
Toledo (321.0)
St. Bonaventure (219.0)
Bloomsburg (132.0)
Clarion (109.0)
Niagara (92.0)

SATURDAY SCHEDULE
Session 3 (9:00am, Saturday, 12/2)
Event 15 - 400 IM Prelim
Event 17 - 100 Fly Prelim
Event 19 - 200 Free Prelim
Event 21 - 100 Breast Prelim
Event 23 - 100 Back Prelim
Event 25 - 3 meter dive Prelim
Event 27 - 800 Free Relay Prelim

Session 4 (6:00pm, Saturday, 12/2)
Event 13 - 200 Medley Relay
Event 15 - 400 IM Final
Event 17 - 100 Fly Final
Event 19 - 200 Free Final
Event 21 - 100 Breast Final
Event 23 - 100 Back Final
Event 25 - 3 meter dive Final
Event 27 - 800 Free Relay Final