Falcons Fight Hard in Battle of I-75

Saturday, November 4

Toledo, Ohio

11 a.m.

Bowling Green State University

141.5

158.5

Toledo

November 04, 2023 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Full Meet Results (PDF)

By: by Brady Shick BGSU Strategic Communications

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team took on the Rockets of Toledo today. The Falcons lost by a score of 158.5 to 141.5 in the first round of this season's Battle of I-75. The Falcons are set to take on the Rockets again with Buffalo in February.

The Falcons were led by the Backstroke swimmers today. The Backstroke team had two of the Falcons' three event wins. Emily McNicol took home a win in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 56.95. Later in the afternoon McNicol also added a third-place finish in the 200 Backstroke. Fellow Falcon Backstroke swimmer Morgan Sokol captured the Falcons' second win of the day in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:05.82.

On the diving ends of things Rayah Blood captured the Falcons lone diving win in the 1-Meter Diving. The highlight of the day for the Falcons was sweeping the podium in the 1-Meter led by Blood with a score of 277.28. Blood was followed by fellow Falcon flyers Evie Long and Natalia Mayorga who scored 265.50 and 262.50 respectively.

FALCON FINISHES
200 Medley Relay – 2. McNicol, Robertson, Krupp, McNichols 1:45.68
1000 Freestyle – 2. Hanna Ehrman 10:46.52, 3. Lourdes Manderfield 10:49.00
200 Freestyle – 2. Julianna Petrak 1:54.97, 3. Blanca Sanz 1:56.21, 4. Abby Toepfer 1:56.50
100 Backstroke – 1. Emily McNicol 56.95, 4. Morgan Sokol 59.50
100 Breaststroke – 2. Joanna Robertson 1:06.20, 4. Namie Edge 1:08.64
200 Butterfly – 1. Grace Bodrock 2:06.63, 4. Ava Vial 2:08.84
50 Freestyle – 2. Riley McNichols 24.30, T3. Elayna Krupp 24.61
3 Meter Dive – 4. Evie Long 240.75
100 Freestyle – 3. Elayna Krupp 53.00, 4. Sierra Newton 53.76
200 Backstroke – 1. Morgan Sokol 2:05.82, 3. Emily McNicol 2:07.77
200 Breaststroke – 1. Joanna Robertson 2:24.61, 3. Madison Bond 2:29.12
500 Freestyle – 2. Abby Toepfer 5:12.33, 3. Lourdes Manderfield 5:16.96
100 Butterfly – 3. Blanca Sanz 59.53, 4. Namie Edge 1:00.05
1 Meter Dive – 1. Rayah Blood 277.28, 2. Evie Long 265.50, 3. Natalia Mayorga 262.50
200 IM – 2. Grace Bodrock 2:10.85, 3. Ava Vial 2:11.64
200 Freestyle Relay – 2. McNicol, Petrak, McNichols, Krupp 1:36.47

RICKEY'S REACTIONS
"Today was another tough loss. We came a little slow and again battled back, but it wasn't enough. As a team we didn't have enough first-place finishes. We had a lot of 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th place finishes, which was great, but you can't get outscored 10-9. Over 16 events that one point made the difference. The team did a great job of staying in the moment and cheering for each other and racing. We have a weekend off to rebuild and get focused on the Magnus Cup."

UP NEXT
The Falcons have a week off before the Magnus Cup at Cleveland State running from November 16^th through the 18^th.

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