Falcons Sprint into New Year

Tuesday, January 3

Miami, FL

All Day

Bowling Green State University

FIU Sprint Invite

Photo by: Kemery Aichele, BGSU Athletics

January 04, 2023 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Full Results

By: by Brady Shick BGSU Strategic Communications

MIAMI, Florida – The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team competed in the Florida International University Sprint Invite yesterday. The Falcons finished third out of eight teams.

The Orange and Brown competed in their first skins meet of the season. Freshman Falcon Emily McNicol was the highest finisher placing first in the 50 Backstroke thanks to a finals time of 26.20. The second highest finishers came from the divers with both Grace Ellis and Rayah Blood diving to a second-place finish. Ellis finished second in the 1-Meter Dive with a score of 239.75 with Blood finishing second in the 3-Meter with a score of 276.20.

The Falcons also earned top five finishes in six other events. Riley McNichols swam to two fifth-place finishes in both the 50 and 100 Butterfly with times of 26.49 and 59.59. Breaststroke swimmer Taylor Harris swam to a fourth-place finish in the 50 Breaststroke with a time of 30.40 and added a tenth-place finish in the 100 IM. Livia Castro added another fourth-place finish for the Falcons in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:00.00. Elayna Krupp and Maddie Bond also swam to fourth-place finishes in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke with respective times of 24.75 and 1:02.70.

Falcon Finishes
50 Backstroke – 1. Emily McNicol 26.20
50 Breaststroke – 4. Taylor Harris 30.40
50 Butterfly – T5. Riley McNichols 26.49
50 Freestyle – 4. Elayna Krupp 24.75
200 Freestyle – 4. Livia Castro 2:00.00
100 IM – 7. Julianna Petrak 1:01.60, 10. Taylor Harris 1:01.94
100 Freestyle – 12. Karen Krosky 56.81
100 Backstroke – 4. Maddie Bond 1:02.70, 5. Ashley Fryer 1:03.55
100 Butterfly – 5. Riley McNichols 59.59
1M Dive – 2. Grace Ellis 239.75, 8. Elise Snyder 220.00
3M Dive – 2. Rayah Blood 276.20, 9. Sarah Butt 237.05

Up Next
The Falcon divers will return to competition on January 13^th for two days of dives at the Buffalo Diving Invite. Meanwhile, the swimmers will return home to the Cooper Pool on January 14^th against MAC foe Akron.

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