Falcons Find Their Season End in Indiana

Thursday, March 9

Elkhart, Ind.

All Day

Bowling Green State University

National Invite Championship

Photo by: Kemery Aichele, BGSU Athletics

March 11, 2023 | Women's Swimming & Diving

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By: by Brady Shick BGSU Strategic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team ended their season today. The swimmers finished competition up at the National Invite Championships while the divers concluded their season yesterday at the NCAA Diving Zones.

The National Invite Championships (NIC) take place over three days and provide an end of season event for swimmers who achieved B standards and are not selected for the NCAA Division 1 Championships. Overall, 12 Falcons were selected to compete in the event. The Orange and Brown were represented by Ashley Fryer, Morgan Sokol, Taylor Harris, Maddie Gallagher, Fabiana D'Ambrogio, Grace Bodrock, Emily McNicol, Livia Castro, Riley McNichols, Elayna Krupp, Ava Vial, and Julianna Petrak.

The Falcons highest finisher on the weekend was Freshman Maddie Gallagher. The freshman Falcon finished the season on a high note after finishing 12^th in the 100 Breaststroke at her MAC Championship debut. Gallagher again showed out at NICs in the 50 Breaststroke with a time of 29.27.

Fellow Falcon Fabiana D'Ambrogio was the second highest finishing Falcon at the National Invite Championships with a time of 2:04.93 in the 200 Butterfly. D'Ambrogio was coming off of a 16^th place finish in the event at MAC Championships two weeks prior.

While the Falcon swimmers were competing in Elkhart, Indiana four divers were in Bloomington at NCAA Diving Zones. Divers Rayah Blood, Elise Snyder, Grace Ellis, and Evie Long all represented the Orange and Brown. Blood was the highest finisher for the Falcons in the 3-Meter Dive coming just three spots from qualifying for the championship finals and competing for a spot at NCAA Championships, with a score of 264.05. In the 1-Meter it was Elise Snyder that took the top spot for the Falcons with a score of 227.55 in her zones debut.

Falcon Finishes
50 Backstroke – 47. Emily McNicol 26.43
500 Freestyle – 79. Livia Castro 5:09.01
50 Butterfly – 56. Riley McNichols 25.94
50 Breaststroke – 38. Maddie Gallagher 29.27
50 Freestyle – 71. Elayna Krupp 24.43
400 Medley Relay – 23. McNicol, Harris, D'Ambrogio, Krupp 3:51.59
400 IM – 37. Ava Vial 4:31.67
100 Breaststroke – 51. Taylor Harris 1:04.11
100 Backstroke – Emily McNicol 56.68
200 Backstroke – 69. Ashley Fryer 2:06.41
200 Breaststroke – 51. Taylor Harris 2:20.22
200 Butterfly – 40. Fabiana D'Ambrogio 2:04.93
400 Freestyle Relay – 6. Bodrock, Petrak, McNicol, and Krupp 3:29.75
1-Meter – 34. Elise Snyder 227.55
3-Meter – 20. Rayah Blood 264.05

Rickey's Reactions
"The NIC has become an increasingly popular meet. This year we had teams from 4 out of the 5 power conferences compete along with some other highly competitive teams. We held some solid races and had a few best times. Overall, this season was a season of learning. I think we became a better team and made progress over the course of it. It wasn't the ending we wanted, but I believe we will be a stronger team for it."

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