Bowling Green vs Toledo (W)
- Saturday, January 22, 2022
- Bowling Green, Ohio
- Results
- Score: Bowling Green 172, Toledo 128
Courtesy: Bowling Green Athletics
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO – The Bowling Green State University swim and dive team were the latest to compete in the Battle of I-75 defeating Toledo 172-128. The Falcons captured the lead after the first event of the day and never let go.
The Falcons were in the lead thanks to strong days from both the swimmers and divers. The meet started with a Bowling Green and Zoe Smith win in the 3-Meter Dive with a score of 276.07 with fellow Falcon Rayah Blood finishing second with a score of 264.68. Smith again secured victory in the 1-Meter Dive with a score of 269.85.
Daisy Platts made sure to make Senior Day a memorable one, winning three events and being a part of the second-place team in the 200 Freestyle Relay. Platts was the fastest finisher in both the 100 and 200 Backstroke with times of 55:01 and 1:59.41. Platts also swam the first leg of the first place 200 Medley relay team consisting of herself, Taylor Harris, Anna Eriksson, and Elayna Krupp.
Martina Stefinec also secured two victories against the Rockets. Stefinec swam to a first-place finish in both the 100 and 200 Breaststroke with times of 1:04.61 and 2:22.32. Ava Vial also contributed with a commanding victory in the 400 IM with a time of 4:32.33 and over a 9 second cushion between her and the second-place finisher.
Overall, it was a very consistent day for the Falcons with a Falcon finishing in the top three in every event and three Falcons leaving the meet with multiple wins.
Rickey’s Reactions
“We made some lofty goals for ourselves, and the girls have just done an incredible job of each day coming in, working hard and it’s starting to show in the performance of the divers, especially. The swimmers, our distance girls are amazing right now. Our sprinters are getting better and better and I’m very happy with what we’ve done so far.”
You can view the rest of Coach Perkins post meet interview along with Daisy Platts’ post meet interview HERE on the Falcon Athletics YouTube page.
Falcon Finishes
3-Meter Diving – 1. Zoe Smith 276.07, 2. Rayah Blood 264.68, 4. Sarah Butt 262.50,
200 Yard Medley Relay – 1. Platts, Harris, Eriksson, Krupp 1:43.19, 3. Kaiser, Stefinic, D’Ambrogio, McNichols 1:48.32
1650 Freestyle – 2. Kellie House 17:29.22, 5. Livia Castro 18:11.82, 6. Gabriella Vitela 18:40.62
200 Freestyle – 2. Moa Karlsson 1:53.48, 4. Karen Krosky 1:56.67, 5. Livia Castro 2:01.50
100 Backstroke – 1. Daisy Platts 55.01, 2. Olivia Edge 59.60, 3 Lily Kaiser 59.73
100 Breaststroke – 1. Martina Stefinec 1:04.61, 2. Taylor Harris 1:05.53, 4. Julianna Petrak 1:07.47
200 Butterfly – 2. Fabiana D’Ambrogio 2:05.99, 3. Inbar Mark 2:09.38, 4. Ava Vial 2:09.40
50 Freestyle – 2. Elayna Krupp 24.19, 3. Rylie Kennedy 24.21, 4. Anna Eriksson 24.22
1-Meter Diving – 1. Zoe Smith 269.85, 3. Sarah Butt 246.22, 4. Rayah Blood 244.95
100 Freestyle – 3. Elayna Krupp 53.32, 4. Julianna Petrak 53.52, 5. Riley McNichols 53.60
200 Backstroke – 1. Daisy Platts 1:59.41, 2. Lily Kaiser 2:08.81, 5. Maryellen Wolff 2:13.03
200 Breaststroke – 1. Martina Stefinec 2:22.32, 2. Taylor Harris 2:22.50, 5. Abigail Dolliver 2:37.07
500 Freestyle – 2. Moa Karlsson 5:10.08, 4. Livia Castro 5:13.54, 5. Kellie House 5:15.55
100 Butterfly – 2. Anna Eriksson 57.81, 3. Fabiana D’Ambrogio 58.13, 5. Olivia Edge 58.73
400 IM – 1. Ava Vial 4:32.33, 3. Inbar Mark 4:42.39, 4. Lily Kaiser 4:45.36
200 Freestyle Relay – 2. Platts, Krupp, Boal, Eriksson 135.74, 3. Petrak, Kennedy, McNichols, House 1:38.17
Up Next
The Falcons take on Marshall this Friday in Huntington, West Virginia at Frederick A. Fitch Natatorium starting at 5 p.m.
Courtesy: Toledo Athletics
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Toledo swimming and diving team won eight events in a dual-meet against rival Bowling Green Saturday afternoon, but came up short by a 172-128 margin. Juniors Jovana Duric and Kennedy Lovell and sophomore Sydney Conrad won two events each.
“I am proud of the team’s efforts today,” head coach Brie Globig said. “We had a lot of standout performances that rank very high in the conference, and I look forward to our next meet.”
Duric and Lovell led the freestyle events while Conrad owned the butterfly events. Duric had a standout performance in the 1650 freestyle, finishing a pool length ahead of the competition at 17:05.84. Duric also took first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:03.92.
Lovell excelled in three events, taking two individual wins and anchoring the freestyle relay team to a first-place finish. Lovell clocked 23.58 in the 50 freestyle, 50.47 in the 100 freestyle, and ended the relay with a time of 1:35.32.
Conrad won both the 200 butterfly (2:04.94) and the 100 butterfly (55.80).
Junior Ashley Lefever recorded a win in the 200 freestyle, touching the wall at 1:53.48.
Sophomore Madison Giglio led the Rockets’ diving events. She took third in the three-meter with a season-best 264.30 and second in the one-meter at 261.07.
Next on Toledo’s radar is its home dual meet against Akron on Senior Night on Friday, Jan. 28. The meet is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center Pool, with senior recognition scheduled for 4:40 p.m.
Other Toledo Top-3 finishes
- The 200 medley relay team of Madeline Blakely, Lauren Kilgore, Sydney Conrad and Kennedy Lovell finished second with a time of 1:45.95.
- Samantha Ekleberry finished second in the 400 IM with a touch-time of 4:41.35, and finished the 1650 freestyle at third with a season-best 17:29.72.
- Molly Pressler finished third in the 200 freestyle at 1:56.37, and third in the 500 freestyle with a career-best 5:10.40.
- Kilgore had two third-place finishes. She finished the 100 breaststroke at 1:05.94 and the 200 breaststroke at 2:25.79.
- Ashley Lefever took the runner up position in the 100 freestyle with a career-best 52.21.
- Morgan Schuld finished 2:08.88 in the 200 backstroke for a third-place finish.