Falcons Swimming and Diving Win First Conference Meet Versus Ball State

Friday, October 26

Bowling Green, Ohio

5:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

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Ball State

Falcons Swimming and Diving Win First Conference Meet Versus Ball State

October 27, 2018 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: by Edward Perez, BGSU Athletic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving program faced the Ball State Cardinals to open the 2018-19 Mid-American Conference season. The Falcons placed first in 14 of 16 events, for a final point tally of 206-94; Falcons swimming and diving improves to 4-0 overall, and 1-0 in the MAC.

FIRST PLACE FALCONS
• Bowling Green swimmers Daisy Platts, Jordan Andrusak, Sarah Hennings, and Ashleigh Franks finished first in the in 200-yard medley relay, the first event of the meet. The group marked a finished time of 1:45.11.
• Sophomore Sarah Hennings and freshman Daisy Platts each captured two first place finishes in separate events. Hennings was the victor of the 100, and the 200-yard butterfly stroke, with fnish times of 56.40, and 2:06.95. Platts captured first in the 100 (55.70), and the 200-yard backstroke (2:00.63).
• Talisa Lemke chipped in 18 points to the Falcons' final point tally, after ranking first in the one-meter and three-meter diving events. Lemke was awarded 255 points in the one-meter category, and 314.45 in the three-meter category.
• Sophomore Maddy Andrews, with a finish time of 1:54.49, finished first in the 200-yard freestyle.
• Freshman Anna Eriksson was the first swimmer to complete the 50-yard freestyle, registering a finish time of 24.19.
• Sophomore Ashleigh Franks claimed first place in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing at 53.47.
• Andrusak finished first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.25), freshman Kellie House won the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.90), and senior Emily Verbrugge beat out the competition to a first place finish in the 400-yard IM (4:35.69).
• Two Falcon teams placed in first and second in the 400-yard freestyle relay. In first place were (Franks, Lauren Sullivan, Eriksson, and Andrews (3:34.29), trailing closely were Platts, Noelle Lavigne, Nicole Borgerding, and House (3:34.80).
COACH PERKINS QUOTE
"I'm pleased with the result, I think the girls swam really well. A lot of great races; still a lot of things we need to work on to try and get better.

I'm happy for them. They were excited and they were loose, and they were having fun. That's the key for us in getting ready for conference championships; being loose and aggressive, and having a lot of fun. They swim better when they're having fun, they dive better when they're having fun."

UP NEXT
The Falcons will compete again on Nov.2 in a non-conference dual meet versus Xavier in Cincinnati.