Saturday, January 5
Fort Myers, Fla.
10:00 AM
Bowling Green State University
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at
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Florida Gulf Coast University
Falcon Swimming And Diving Suffer Pair Of Defeats In First Meet of 2019
January 05, 2019 | Women's Swimming & Diving
The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team completed their first of two weekend meets in Fort Myers, Fla. versus 2018 Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Championships winners Florida Gulf Coast (FGCU), and 2018 CCSA Championships runner-ups Liberty.
The Falcons fell to the FGCU Eagles by a score of 120-175, and were also defeated by the Liberty Flames by a large margin of 134 points (80-124).
Despite the results, several Falcon swimmers and divers performed strongly in Saturday's meet. Four Falcon swimmers finished in the top five in six of the 16 total events, including first-place finishes from freshman Daisy Platts in the 200-yard backstroke, and junior Talisa Lemke in the 1-meter diving event.
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First-Place Falcons
• Daisy Platts improved from a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke race (57.86) to first place in the 200-yard backstroke (2:01.69) that followed six events afterwards.
• Talisa Lemke was awarded first place with 260.15 points in the 1-meter diving event, leaving a margin of 15.7 points between herself and the FGCU runner-up.
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Top-Five Falcons
• Talisa Lemke was denied a first-place finish in the 3-meter diving event. The junior was bested by a Liberty diver – a narrow margin of 2.6 points stood between Lemke, who was awarded second place, and Liberty's Lauren Chennault, who was the winner of the event.
• Sarah Hennings finished in fourth place out of 15 swimmers in the 100-yard butterfly event. The sophomore from Lake Orion, Mich. finished with a time of 56.95.
• Kellie House locked in fifth place in the 1,000-yard freestyle event with a time of 10:51.09.
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The Falcons fell to the FGCU Eagles by a score of 120-175, and were also defeated by the Liberty Flames by a large margin of 134 points (80-124).
Despite the results, several Falcon swimmers and divers performed strongly in Saturday's meet. Four Falcon swimmers finished in the top five in six of the 16 total events, including first-place finishes from freshman Daisy Platts in the 200-yard backstroke, and junior Talisa Lemke in the 1-meter diving event.
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First-Place Falcons
• Daisy Platts improved from a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke race (57.86) to first place in the 200-yard backstroke (2:01.69) that followed six events afterwards.
• Talisa Lemke was awarded first place with 260.15 points in the 1-meter diving event, leaving a margin of 15.7 points between herself and the FGCU runner-up.
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Top-Five Falcons
• Talisa Lemke was denied a first-place finish in the 3-meter diving event. The junior was bested by a Liberty diver – a narrow margin of 2.6 points stood between Lemke, who was awarded second place, and Liberty's Lauren Chennault, who was the winner of the event.
• Sarah Hennings finished in fourth place out of 15 swimmers in the 100-yard butterfly event. The sophomore from Lake Orion, Mich. finished with a time of 56.95.
• Kellie House locked in fifth place in the 1,000-yard freestyle event with a time of 10:51.09.
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Players Mentioned
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