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Buffalo Diving Invite
Falcons Conclude Home Schedule
January 14, 2023 | Women's Swimming & Diving
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving teams competed at their own events today. The divers continued competition in the Buffalo Diving Invite as the swimmers took on Akron at home. The swimmers fell to Akron 178-84.
The Falcons had a little different format in today's meet against Akron. The Falcons swam four broken events and four events where the average time was taken from two swims of the same event.
The Falcons came away with two event wins in the 50 Butterfly and 50 Freestyle. Riley McNichols and Elayna Krupp swapped finishes in the two events. McNichols won the 50 Butterfly with a time of 26.10 and finished second in the 50 Free with a time of 24.39. Meanwhile Krupp won the 50 Free with a time of 24.21 and finished second in the 50 Fly with a time of 26.16.
The Falcons added two more second place finishes in the 50 Backstroke and the 100 Freestyle. Ava Vial finished second in the 100 Free with an average time of 55.52 and finished third in both the 100 Butterfly, with an average time of 1:00.48, and 400 IM, with a total time of 4:15.37. Freshman Falcon Emily McNicol added the final second—place finish in the 50 Backstroke. McNicol also placed fourth in the 100 Backstroke.
Meanwhile the divers were in Buffalo for their first solo Invitational of the season. In the first day of competition the Falcon's highest finisher was Julia Januszewska with a score of 221.15 in the 1-Meter Dive. Day two brought more success for the Falcons with two divers in the 3-Meter final. Rayah Blood led the Falcons with a fourth-place finish and a score of 291.85. Fellow Falcon diver Sarah Butt finished twelfth with a score of 245.85.
Falcon Finishes
200 Medley Relay – 3. McNicol, Gallagher, McNichols, Krupp 1:46.19
1000 Freestyle (Broken 400, 300, 200, 100) – 4. Livia Castro 10:17.89
200 Freestyle (Broken 100, 50, 50) – 4. Julianna Petrak 1:47.82
50 Backstroke – 2. Emily McNicol 26.94
50 Breaststroke – 3. Maddie Gallagher 30.32
50 Butterfly – 1. Riley McNichols 26.10, 2. Elayna Krupp 26.16, 3. Fabiana D'Ambrogio 26.50
100 Freestyle (Average of two swims) – 2. Ava Vial 55.52, 4. Lily Kaiser 57.02
50 Freestyle – 1. Elayna Krupp 24.21, 2. Riley McNichols 24.39, 3. Julianna Petrak 25.03
100 Backstroke (Average of two swims) – 4. Emily McNicol 1:00.47, 6. Lily Kaiser 1:03.42
100 Breaststroke (Average of two swims) – 4. Taylor Harris 1:08.04
500 Freestyle (Broken 200, 150, 100, 50) – 4. Livia Castro 4:58.95
100 Butterfly (Average of two swims) – 3. Ava Vial 1:00.48
400 IM (Broken 100 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Free) – 3. Ava Vial 4:15.37, 4. Lily Kaiser 4:22.06
200 Freestyle Relay – 2. McNicol, Krupp, Petrak, McNichols 1:36.97
Buffalo Diving Invite Results
1M: 19. Julia Januszewska 221.15
3M: 4. Rayah Blood 291.85, 12. Sarah Butt 245.85
Rickey's Reactions
"We did a different format today to get more speed and quality out of our swimmers. I was very excited with how our swimmers performed. It shows that we are in really good shape for the rest of the season."
Mich'd Up
"Day two of the Buffalo Diving Invite was a much better showing of the strength of BG's divers."
Up Next
Freshman Diver Evie Long will be the lone Falcon competing tomorrow in the Buffalo Diving Invite on the tower.
The Falcons will reunite for an away meet next Friday against Oakland at 4 p.m.
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