Ball State vs Bellarmine
- Friday, January 28, 2022
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Results
- Scores
- Women: Ball State 157, Bellarmine 99
- Men: Ball State 162, Bellarmine 100
Courtesy: Ball State Athletics
Women’s Recap
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – – In its next-to-last team tune-up before the Mid-American Conference Championships, the Ball State women’s swimming program picked up 10 event wins in a dominating 157-99 victory at Bellarmine Friday afternoon.
The Cardinals (3-3) won the meet’s first four events at the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center, starting with a dominating swim of 3:55.63 in the 400 medley relay by junior Shelby Crist, senior Alex Bader, freshman Hannah Jones and freshman Gracey Payne.
It was the first to two event wins for Payne, who would also take home top billing in the 100 freestyle in 53.56.
Another two-event winner for the Cardinals was sophomore Mary Kate Phillips who take first in the meet’s two longest individual events; the 1000 freestyle (10:42.71) and the 500 freestyle (5:15.61).
Sophomore Marcella Ribeiro collected her team-leading ninth individual victory of the season in the 200 freestyle (1:54.74), topping second-place by over three seconds.
Junior Apsara Sakbun followed with her sixth individual victory of the season, touching the wall in 57.19 in the 100 backstroke.
Also picking up individual event wins for Ball State were junior Sydney Dygert in the 200 butterfly (2:09.07), junior Gracie Saulman in the 50 freestyle (24.77), sophomore Laura Wright in the 200 breaststroke (2:20.83), and freshman Abby Hartshorne in the 100 butterfly (58.10).
It will be a quick turnaround for the Ball State women’s swimming & diving program, which returns to action Saturday morning at 11 a.m. inside the Lewellen Aquatic Center to take on Buffalo in its regular season finale.
The meet will serve as Senior Day for the Cardinals who will honor Alex Bader, Meri Gray, Kayce Ingram, Abbie McCarter, Alexa McDonald, Cecilia Moore, and Katie Walker prior to the start of competition.
Ball State Women’s Swimming Individual Results at Bellarmine
400 Medley Relay
1st – Shelby Crist, Alex Bader, Hannah Jones, Gracey Payne – 3:55.63
2nd – Jessie Fraley, Laura Wright, Eliza Bader, Elizabeth King – 4:01.25
4th – Sophia Kuehn, Phoebe Rensink. Gracie Saulman, MaKayla Miller – 4:06.70
1000 Freestyle
1st – Mary Kate Phillips – 10:42.71
2nd – Alexa Arkenberg – 10:52.82
200 Freestyle
1st – Marcella Ribeiro – 1:54.74
2nd – Kayleigh Witt – 1:57.93
3rd – Elizabeth King – 2:00.20
5th – Shelby Crist – 2:02.44
100 Backstroke
1st – Apsara Sakbun – 57.19
2nd – Lilia Newkirk – 58.00
3rd – Jessie Fraley – 1:00.33
100 Breaststroke
2nd – Alexa McDonald – 1:07.43
5th – Jenn Gillen – 1:09.74
6th – Abbie McCarter – 1:10.09
200 Butterfly
1st – Sydney Dygert – 2:09.07
3rd – Phoebe Rensink – 2:11.35
4th – Alex Bader – 2:14.08
50 Freestyle
1st – Gracie Saulman – 24.77
2nd – Hannah Jones – 25.05
3rd – Eliza Bader – 25.52
7th – Emma Horton – 26.38
9th – MaKayla Miller – 26.81
100 Freestyle
1st – Gracey Payne – 53.56
3rd – Gracie Saulman – 54.87
4th – Elizabeth King – 55.25
6th – Emma Horton – 56.14
8th – MaKayla Miller – 57.10
200 Backstroke
2nd – Jessie Fraley – 2:08.28
3rd – Sophia Kuehn – 2:10.98
4th – Hannah Jones – 2:11.27
200 Breaststroke
1st – Laura Wright – 2:20.83
4th – Jenn Gillen – 2:28.81
5th – Alexa McDonald – 2:30.51
7th – Abbie McCarter – 2:43.39
500 Freestyle
1st – Mary Kate Phillips – 5:15.61
3rd – Phoebe Rensink – 5:25.59
100 Butterfly
1st – Abby Hartshorne – 58.10
2nd – Shelby Crist – 58.80
4th – Lilia Newkirk – 1:00.35
6th – Eliza Bader – 1:01.40
7th – Kayleigh Witt – 1:01.75
400 IM
EXH – Alexa Arkenberg – 4:33.55
EXH – Sophia Kuehn – 4:37.03
EXH – Sydney Dygert – 4:41.29
200 Freestyle Relay
EXH – Apsara Sakbun, Kayleigh Witt, Hannah Jones, Alexa McDonald – 1:38.46
EXH – Gracey Payne, Elizabeth King, Alex Bader, Marcella Ribeiro – 1:39.67
EXH – Gracie Saulman, Abbie McCarter, MaKayla Miller, Eliza Bader – 1:40.90
Men’s Recap
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – – The Ball State men’s swimming program did not miss a beat in its first competition in over two months, tallying eight event wins on the way to a 162-100 victory at Bellarmine Friday afternoon.
The Cardinals (2-1) won four of the meet’s first five events at the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center, starting with a dominating swim of 3:30.37 in the 400 medley relay by freshman Ethan Pheifer, sophomore Joey Garberick, junior Bryce Handshoe, and junior Owen Chaye.
It was the first of a team-leading four event wins for Garberick, who would go on to sweep the breaststrokes with a time of 57.97 in the 100 and 2:07.98 in the 200.
Garberick would also combine with Chaye, junior Jack Wolfred and senior Duncan McLarty for a winning time of 1:25.15 in the 200 freestyle relay.
In addition to factoring in both relay wins, Chaye would take home top honors in the 50 freestyle (21.65) to finish the day with three top finishes.
Three other Cardinals would add individual wins to go with their relay victories to finish the meet with a pair of first-place efforts. Pheifer was the first, clocking in at 52.91 in the 100 backstroke.
Handshoe followed with BSU’s final individual victory, clocking in at 50.96 in the 100 butterfly. The final two-event winner was Wolfred who took first in the 100 freestyle at 47.69, before combining for the win in the 200 freestyle relay to cap the meet.
Rounding out Ball State’s event winners was junior Landyn Riester who touched the wall in 1:44.22 in the 200 freestyle to top teammate senior Ryan Short by 0.01 of a second in the closest race of the day.
The Ball State men’s swimming & diving team returns to action Sunday at the Butler Invitational. Action is scheduled to begin at Noon at the pool in Fishers High School.
Ball State Men’s Swimming Individual Results at Bellarmine
400 Medley Relay
1st – Ethan Pheifer, Joey Garberick, Bryce Handshoe, Owen Chaye – 3:30.37
3rd – Reece Manning, Noah Berryman, Duncan McLarty, Jack Wolfred – 3:36.93
6th – Erkan Ozgen, Dillon Freiberger, Bryan Lower, Partrick White – 3:40.56
1000 Freestyle
2nd – Zach Zishka – 10:04.81
3rd – Alexander Eddy – 10:08.57
4th – Zach Moody – 10:22.23
5th – Sam Jennings – 10:26.94
200 Freestyle
1st – Landyn Riester – 1:44.22
2nd – Ryan Short – 1:44.23
4th – Aiden Maurer – 1:46.15
100 Backstroke
1st – Ethan Pheifer – 52.91
2nd – Max Kruglov – 53.78
5th – Philip Choroser – 56.23
6th – Reece Manning – 56.28
7th – Bryan Lower – 56.95
100 Breaststroke
1st – Joey Garberick – 57.97
4th – Jack Wolfred – 1:02.84
6th – Noah Berryman – 1:03.10
7th – Dillon Freiberger – 1:03.67
200 Butterfly
2nd – Bryce Handshoe – 1:55.70
3rd – Michael Mitsynskyy
4th – Eli Germain – 1:57.05
5th – Bennet Witteveen – 2:01.26
7th – Jackson Ketcham – 2:02.76
50 Freestyle
1st – Owen Chaye -21.65
2nd – Duncan McLarty – 21.96
7th – Patrick White – 22.42
10th – Erkan Ozgen – 22.98
100 Freestyle
1st – Jack Wolfred – 47.69
2nd – Owen Chaye – 47.85
3rd – Duncan McLarty – 48.12
4th – Ethan Pheifer – 48.76
7th – Patrick White – 49.73
200 Backstroke
2nd – Sam Jennings – 1:58.24
3rd – Max Kruglov – 1:58.34
5th – Aiden Maurer – 2:00.44
200 Breaststroke
1st – Joey Garberick – 2:07.98
3rd – Noah Berryman – 2:16.44
5th – Zachary Moody – 2:22.19
500 Freestyle
2nd – Ryan Short – 4:53.45
3rd – Landyn Riester – 4:57.71
4th – Alexander Eddy – 5:00.80
6th – Jackson Ketcham – 5:01.21
7th – Bennet Witteveen – 5:05.17
100 Butterfly
1st – Bryce Handshoe – 50.96
3rd – Michael Mitsynskyy – 53.61
5th – Eli Germain – 53.75
7th – Bryan Lower – 54.88
9th – Reece Manning – 57.20
400 IM
3rd – Max Kruglov – 4:15.75
5th – Zach Zishka – 4:18.10
6th – Dillon Freiberger – 4:27.90
8th – Zachary Moody – 4:32.65
200 Freestyle Relay
1st – Owen Chaye, Jack Wolfred, Joey Garberick, Duncan McLarty – 1:25.15
2nd – Bryce Handshoe, Ryan Short, Patrick White, Ethan Pheifer – 1:25.80
4th – Erkan Ozgen, Aiden Maurer, Michael Mitsynskyy, Landyn Riester – 1:28.74
Courtesy: Bellarmine Athletics
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bellarmine men’s and women’s swimming fell to Ball State on Friday in both of their final regular season duals.
The women’s team (3-6) lost 157-99 while the men’s team (2-4) dropped its dual by a final score of 162-100.
The men captured five first place finishes, led by Brandon Thomas and Matthew Sims with two each. Thomas raced to first in the 1000 freestyle (9:52.92) and 400 IM (4:10.44), while M. Sims was no. 1 in the 200 butterfly (1:53.53) and 500 freestyle (4:46.86). Keegan Henderson was victorious in the 200 backstroke (1:57.65) as the other first place finisher. Daniel Sims captured second place three times – 100 breaststroke (59.44), 200 breaststroke (2:09.19), and 400 IM (4:13.68). JP Metzner also nabbed second in the 100 butterfly (52.45).
The women were winners with the 200 freestyle relay of Rachel Walker, Liz Stevenson, Grace Lough, and Lexi Pierce (1:40.63). Individually, there were three Knights who earned first place. Liz Schrenger won the 100 breaststroke (1:06.93), Kayla Effinger finished first in the 200 backstroke (1:43.58), and Johnisse Garcia won the 400 IM (4:44.15). Second place finishers were Anna Holt in the 200 butterfly (2:09.40) and 500 freestyle (5:23.13), Walker in the 100 freestyle (54.35), Lexi Pierce in the 200 breaststroke (2:27.71), and Avery Witcher in the 400 IM (4:53.88). Garcia, Witcher, and Caroline McMillin who earned third place, lined up the top three in the 400 IM.
Both teams wrapped up their regular seasons with Friday’s meet. Following this weekend, the men and women are off until the CCSA Chamionships in Lynchburg, Va. Feb. 16-19.
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