Bowling Green State University Athletics
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Falcons Return to Competition for the First Time in 2024
January 07, 2024 | Women's Swimming & Diving
HUNITINGTON, West Virginia – The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team returned to competition for the first time of the new year against Marshall yesterday. The Falcons were bested 209-91.
A running theme of the 2023-24 season has been the great performance of the Falcon divers and the new year started out just the same. Freshman Flyer Natalia Mayorga took home another win in the 3-Meter bringing her season total event wins to six with four in the 3-Meter. Mayorga wasn't the only diver to have a strong outing. Captain Rayah Blood finished second and third respectively in the 3-Meter and 1-Meter diving.
The swimmers were led by backstroke swimmer Emily McNicol. McNicol took home a win in the 100 Backstroke with her fifth event win of the season. McNicol finished with a time of 56.83. Grace Bodrock continued her success in the 200 Butterfly. In the Falcons last meet Bodrock swam to the 9th fastest time in program history. This meet Bodrock left with a first-place finish thanks to a time of 2:05.92
FALCON FINISHES
200 Medley Relay – 3. McNicol, Robertson, Bodrock, Krupp 1:46.64
1000 Freestyle – 3. Hanna Ehrman 10:56.51, 4. Lourdes Manderfield 11:00.91
200 Freestyle – 4. Julianna Petrak 1:57.83
100 Backstroke – 1. Emily McNicol 56.83
100 Breaststroke – 4. Joanna Robertson 1:08.91
200 Butterfly – 1. Grace Bodrock 2:05.92, 4. Ava Vial 2:09.77
50 Freestyle – 2. Elayna Krupp 24.46, 4. Riley McNichols 25.13
3-Meter Dive – 1. Natalia Mayorga 272.40, 3. Rayah Blood 255.90
100 Freestyle – 3. Elayna Krupp 53.38, 4. Julianna Petrak 54.17
200 Backstroke – 3. Morgan Sokol 2:07.69
200 Breaststroke – 5. Namie Edge 2:31.04
500 Freestyle – 3. Abby Toepfer 5:18.00, 4. Blanca Sanz 5:19.03
100 Butterfly – 2. Grace Bodrock 58.30
1-Meter Dive – 2. Natalia Mayorga 243.15, 3. Rayah Blood 230.55
200 IM – 5. Ava Vial 2:12.85
200 Freestyle Relay – 2. Krupp, Bodrock, McNicol, McNichols 1:38.39
RICKEY'S REACTIONS
"We had not raced since November. Even though our training has been great, and we had put in a lot of effort, we just didn't have any quickness today."
Up Next
The Falcon divers return to the boards at the Buffalo Diving Invite next weekend. They will reunite with the swimmers on January 19th at home against MAC counterpart Miami University.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Be sure to follow the Falcons swimming and diving team throughout the season on social media.
Twitter – @BGAthletics and @FalconSwimDive
Instagram – 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsu_swimdive'
Facebook – 'BGSU Athletics'
A running theme of the 2023-24 season has been the great performance of the Falcon divers and the new year started out just the same. Freshman Flyer Natalia Mayorga took home another win in the 3-Meter bringing her season total event wins to six with four in the 3-Meter. Mayorga wasn't the only diver to have a strong outing. Captain Rayah Blood finished second and third respectively in the 3-Meter and 1-Meter diving.
The swimmers were led by backstroke swimmer Emily McNicol. McNicol took home a win in the 100 Backstroke with her fifth event win of the season. McNicol finished with a time of 56.83. Grace Bodrock continued her success in the 200 Butterfly. In the Falcons last meet Bodrock swam to the 9th fastest time in program history. This meet Bodrock left with a first-place finish thanks to a time of 2:05.92
FALCON FINISHES
200 Medley Relay – 3. McNicol, Robertson, Bodrock, Krupp 1:46.64
1000 Freestyle – 3. Hanna Ehrman 10:56.51, 4. Lourdes Manderfield 11:00.91
200 Freestyle – 4. Julianna Petrak 1:57.83
100 Backstroke – 1. Emily McNicol 56.83
100 Breaststroke – 4. Joanna Robertson 1:08.91
200 Butterfly – 1. Grace Bodrock 2:05.92, 4. Ava Vial 2:09.77
50 Freestyle – 2. Elayna Krupp 24.46, 4. Riley McNichols 25.13
3-Meter Dive – 1. Natalia Mayorga 272.40, 3. Rayah Blood 255.90
100 Freestyle – 3. Elayna Krupp 53.38, 4. Julianna Petrak 54.17
200 Backstroke – 3. Morgan Sokol 2:07.69
200 Breaststroke – 5. Namie Edge 2:31.04
500 Freestyle – 3. Abby Toepfer 5:18.00, 4. Blanca Sanz 5:19.03
100 Butterfly – 2. Grace Bodrock 58.30
1-Meter Dive – 2. Natalia Mayorga 243.15, 3. Rayah Blood 230.55
200 IM – 5. Ava Vial 2:12.85
200 Freestyle Relay – 2. Krupp, Bodrock, McNicol, McNichols 1:38.39
RICKEY'S REACTIONS
"We had not raced since November. Even though our training has been great, and we had put in a lot of effort, we just didn't have any quickness today."
Up Next
The Falcon divers return to the boards at the Buffalo Diving Invite next weekend. They will reunite with the swimmers on January 19th at home against MAC counterpart Miami University.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Be sure to follow the Falcons swimming and diving team throughout the season on social media.
Twitter – @BGAthletics and @FalconSwimDive
Instagram – 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsu_swimdive'
Facebook – 'BGSU Athletics'
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