The Orange and Brown see 12 Swimmers Compete at National Invite Championships

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ELKHART, Indiana – The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team finished competition in the National Swimming Invite Championships today.

The National Swimming Championships (NIC) spanned over three days with teams and student athletes from all across the country. For each event, except the 1000 Freestyle and 1650 Freestyle, the fastest 20 swimmers from the prelims compete in the championship finals later on in the day.

The Orange and Brown had 12 Falcons swim at the NIC. Livia Castro, Anna Eriksson, Fabiana D'Ambrogio, Taylor Harris, Moa Karlsson, Kellie House, Lily Kaiser, Julianna Petrak, Martina Stefinec, Ava Vial, Elayna Krupp, and Riley McNichols all swam in their respective events.

Ava Vial finished the season strong for the Falcons. Vial who coming off a great outing at the Mid-American Conference Championships two weeks prior, continued her stellar swimming into this week's meet. Vial had added two times to the 10 fastest times in program history in the 200 Butterfly at MAC Championships and did so again at the NIC. Vial swam to the 10^th fastest time in the event during prelims before placing 17^th during finals with a time of 2:02.21 while moving up to the 7^th fastest time in school history.

Freestyle swimmer Livia Castro also had a fantastic finish to her Falcon season in the 1000 and 1650 Freestyle events. Castro finished 20^th in the meet in the 1000 Freestyle with a time of 10:37.32. Then later in the evening finished tied for 30^th with fellow Falcon Moa Karlsson with a time of 17.38.10 in the 1650 Freestyle to cap off her sophomore season.

Falcon Finishes
200 Freestyle Relay – 18. Petrak, Krupp, McNichols 1:34.49
200 Medley Relay – 26. Eriksson, Harris, Kaiser, Krupp 1:44.70
800 Freestyle Relay – 20. Castro, Karlsson, House, Vial 7:36.00
1000 Freestyle – 20. Livia Castro 10:37.32
1650 Freestyle – 30. Livia Castro 17:38.10, 30. Karlsson 17.38.10
200 Butterfly – 17. Ava Vial 2:02.21
400 Freestyle Relay – 20. Eriksson, Petrak, Krupp, McNichols 3:27.21
400 Medley Relay – 25. Harris, Kaiser, Krupp, D'Ambrogio 3:49.76

Rickey's Reactions
"I am very happy with how the girls performed. We were good, it was a very fast meet and we were able to learn a lot which can help us in the future. Overall, I was super happy with how they raced and how they competed. There was a lot of big schools there. It was a good experience for us to get used to a post season event and perform well and hopefully use that for the future."

Up Next
Falcon swimmer Daisy Platts is set to compete In the NCAA Championships at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. Platts will be competing in the 100 and 200 Backstroke and the 200 Individual Medley from March 16^th through the 19^th.

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