2024-25 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Vial, Ava
Ava Vial
- Position:
- IM/Butterfly
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Horton
- Hometown:
- Port Williams, Nova Scotia
Bio
Swim Cloud Profile
Personal Bests
Awards & Honors
2024-25 | Graduate
2023-24 | Senior
2022-23 | Junior
2021-22 | Sophomore
2020-21 | Freshman
Personal Bests
| Event | Time/Mark | Date/Meet |
| 50 Butterfly | 27.83 | 1/03/2023 at FIU Sprint Invitational |
| 100 Butterfly | 58.05 | 1/26/2025 at 16th Annual Butler Invitational |
| 200 Butterfly | 2:02.44 | 11/23/2024 at Magnus Cup Invitational |
| 50 Breaststroke | 30.09 | 2025 at MAC Championships |
| 100 Breaststroke | 1:02.81 | 2025 at MAC Championships |
| 200 Breaststroke | 2:15.25 | 2025 at MAC Championships |
| 100 IM | 59.22 | 3/12/2022 at CSCAA National Invitational Championship |
| 200 IM | 2:04.15 | 2/29/2024 at MAC Championship |
| 400 IM | 4:23.10 | 3/01/2024 at MAC Championships |
Awards & Honors
- Academic All-MAC (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Second-Team All-MAC (2024)
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Bowling Green |
2024-25 | Graduate
- Appeared in eleven meets, competing in breaststroke, butterfly, and 200 IM
- Competed at CSCAA National Invitational Championship
- Won in the 200 Breaststroke as well as finishing second in the 200 IM, and being apart of the third place 200 Medley Relay team against Canisus
- Part of the 200 MR second place finish at Toledo
- Part of the winning 200 MR at Barry, Simon Frasier
- Finished third in 200 Breaststroke at MAC Championships and part of 400 IM finishing fourth
- Won in the 200 Breaststroke and second in the 200 Butterfly against Akron
- Part of the second place finish in 200 MR at Marshall
- Placed 6th in the 400 IM at Magnus Cup Invitational
- Won in the 400 IM against Hillsdale
- Won in the 200 Breastroke and third in the 200 IM against Ball State (1/18/25)
- Won in the 100 Breastroke and third in the 100 Butterfly against Butler (1/26/25)
2023-24 | Senior
- One of BGSU's team captains
- Finished 5th in the 400 IM at MAC Championships
- Finished 1st in the 200 IM against Cleveland State
- Finished 1st in the 400 IM against Eastern Michigan and Toledo/Buffalo
- Five top 5 finishes in the 200 Freestyle across the course of the season
2022-23 | Junior
- Won the 200 IM three times on the season against Butler, Ball State, and Marshall
- Placed top 5 in the 200 Butterfly six times including a fifth place finish at the Zips Classic
- Finished in the top 5 three times in both the 100 Butterfly and 400 IM
- Added a top 5 finish in the 100 and 200 Freestyle and in the 100 Breaststroke
- Swam to a personal best in the 100 Freestyle against Akron
- Placed 12th at the Zips Classic in the 200 IM
- Placed 12th at the Miami Invite in the 200 Butterfly
- Recorded a 7th place finish at the Miami Invite in the 400 IM
- At MAC Championships finished 13th in the 400 IM
- Qualified for the National Invite Championships
- Swam in every meet for the Falcons
2021-22 | Sophomore
- Set a personal best in the 100 Butterfly during the first meet of the season against Miami
- Finished 9th at the Magnus Cup in the 100 IM while swimming to a personal record
- Won the 400 IM event in the meet against Toledo with a 9 second cushion between her and second place
- Set a personal best in the 200 Freestyle while placing 2nd in the meet at Toledo
- Placed in the top 5 five times in the 200 Butterfly over the course of the season
- Placed in the top 5 three times in both the 200 IM and 400 IM during the season
- Set three personal bests in the 200 Butterfly, 200 IM, and 400 IM at MAC Championships
- Placed 11th in the 200 Butterfly at MAC Championships
- Finished 16th at MAC Championships In the 200 IM
- Added another top 5 finish placing 5th in the 400 IM at MAC Championships
- Currently holds the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th fastest times in program history in the 200 Butterfly
- Also currently holds the 8th fastest time in school history in the 400 IM
2020-21 | Freshman
- Set personal best in 100 meter butterfly at the EMU Last Chance Meet
- Set personal bests in 200 meter butterfly, 200 meter IM and 400 meter IM at the MAC Championships
- Finished 14th in 200 meter butterfly at the MAC Championships
- Started her collegiate career strong with a second place finish in the 200 meter butterfly, a fourth place finish in the 400 meter IM and a fifth place finish in the 100 meter butterfly in her first collegiate meet against Ball State
- Earned her first collegiate victory in the 100 meter butterfly against Toledo
- Set three personal bests at the MAC Championships
Horton High School |
Port Williams, Nova Scotia |
- Swam four years at Horton High School for the Griffins
- Won the Senior High Point award in 2018 and 2019
- NS Swimmer of the Year 2012-2020
- Graduated honors with distinction
Personal |
- Daughter of Dennis and Melissa Vial
- Has an older brother, Dean
- Father, Dennis, played eight seasons in the NHL for the New York Rangers (1990-91), Detroit Red Wings (1990-93) and Ottawa Senators (1993-98)
- Cousin, Drake Batherson, currently plays for the Ottawa Senators and made the NHL All-Star Game in 2022
- Cousin, Mae Batherson, was selected in the sixth round of the 2024 PWHL Draft and played hockey collegiately for Syracuse
- Swam club for the Wolfville Tritons Swim Club
- Obtained Olympic qualifying standards for Canadian Olympic trials in 2019
- Member of Team NS for the 2017 Summer Canada Games
- Majored in dietetics as an undergrad
- Pursuing her Master of Business Administration and aspires to work in nutrition or business
- Favorite athlete is Serena Williams
- Lists her father, Dennis, as her biggest influence because "he is a hard worker and will take care of us no matter the situation"
- Born on April 10, 2002 in Columbia, South Carolina
BG Swim/Dive : Ava Vial Postmeet 2.2
Monday, February 05
BG Swim/Dive : Coach Perkins Postmeet 2.4
Sunday, February 04
BG Ziggys : Daisy Platts
Monday, April 25
BG S/D : Coach Perkins Post-Mac's 2.26
Sunday, February 27
