Falcons Capture Five Event Titles in Dual Meet Loss at Ohio

Saturday, January 27

Athens, Ohio

2:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

130.5

169.5

Ohio

Photo by: Michael Nemeth

January 27, 2018 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: by Matthew Daley, Athletic Communicationis Assistant

MEET RESULTS (PDF)

ATHENS, Ohio -- Four Falcons combined to win five of 14 individual events, as the Bowling Green swimming and diving team fell to Ohio on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 27). .The Bobcats won the dual meet 169.5-130.5. BGSU swimmers were competing for the first time since the Zippy Invitational in early December and won three races while taking second place in six. Meanwhile, the divers continued to build on the success they enjoyed at the Buffalo Diving Invitational. Talisa Lemke swept the two diving events, and second place in both was split between Claire Stam and Ashley White. Individual Falcons set four new personal records, as well as a separate season-best time.

Lemke earned the sixth diving sweep of her sophomore season. She captured the one-meter title with a 299.63, outpacing the closest Ohio diver by 67 points. In the three-meter competition, she tallied a 320.63, which was 70 points better than the nearest Bobcat. Ashley White finished second in the three-meter (253.50) and third in the one-meter (235.88), while Claire Stam's 248.93 earned second in the three-meter. The trio of divers earned 31 of BGSU's 130.5 points during the meet.

BGSU swimmers earned their first of three victories of the day during the 200 butterfly. Sarah Hennings finished in 2:04.27 and won by 1.91 seconds. It was her sixth overall victory of the season and third in this event out of seven starts. Later, the Falcons secured the top three spots in the 200 backstroke. Franziska Wohlert touched after 2:05.04 for her third win of the season. Teammates Lauren Sullivan and Maria Galic took second and third, respectively. Freshman Jordan Andrusak captured BGSU's final win of the day when she took first in the 200 IM (2:06.95). Andrusak led the Falcons with three top-three finishes on Saturday.

Bowling Green ended the meet with 20 individual top-three finishes. Falcon relay teams took second and third place in both the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays.

COACH SAYS...
BGSU Swimming and Diving head coach Matt Ense said, "We ran into a team that wanted to win more than us today. It was their Senior Day so they wanted to protect their house, and they came out and won the first five races of the day. This was our first time competing in seven weeks, so it took the first part of the meet to get back to racing mode. We finished the meet strong which is a positive heading into next week against Toledo. Our divers once again did an amazing job taking the top three spots on one meter and top two spots on three meter."

PERSONAL RECORDS

Jordan Andrusak (200 Freestyle, 1:54.79)
Monona Martin (500 Freestyle, 5:21.04)
Lauren Sullivan (100 backstroke, 0:58.59)
Lauren Sullivan (200 backstroke, 2:06.53)

SEASON BESTS

Mary Edwards (100 Breaststroke, 1:10.70)

UP NEXT
Bowling Green concludes the home portion of their schedule with their last dual meet of the 2017-18 season next weekend against the Toledo Rockets. The two-day meet will take place on Friday, Feb. 2 and Saturday, Feb. 3. The meet will begin at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, and the Falcons will recognize their five seniors on that afternoon during the meet. Following Friday's Senior Day, BGSU will conclude the meet starting at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Bowling Green will return to Athens for the 2018 Mid-American Conference Championships beginning on Feb. 21.

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