Ball State University
St. Louis, WIU, IUPUI
Swimming and Diving Win Four-Way Dual Meet At IUPUI
January 11, 2008 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Ball State University men's and women's swimming and diving team competed at IUPUI on Friday night at the four-way dual meet. The Cardinals captured the dual meet over St. Louis, IUPUI and Western Illinois.
The women opened the night up with a victory in the 200 yard medley relay. The foursome of Erika Paul, Lauren Harger, Maria Gramelspacher and Addison Del Rio clocked in a time of 1:49.66 for the win.
The men also took home the win in the 200 yard medley with the quartet of Tyler Dixon, Ryan Franklin, Jacob Morris, and Ben Battjes swimming a top time of 1:37.14.
Mary Ehresman captured the 1000 free with a time of 10:28.78.
Gramelspacher was a winner in the 200 free (1:55.32.).
For the men Austin Laska swam a 1:46.22 in the 200 free to win that event.
Emily Hurst took top honors in the 100 breast (1:07.58), the 200 breast (2:28.10) and in the 200 IM (2:13.47).
Franklin won the 100 breast for the men after clocking in a 59.98 final and took top honors in the 200 breast (2:13.68).
Other top finishers for the Cardinals were Megan Ploetz in the 200 fly (2:07.99), Katie Bylsma in the 50 free (24.48) and in the 100 free (53.61), Battjes in the 50 free (21.68), Paul in the 200 back (2:09.28), Sarah Kehe in the 500 free (5:12.92), and Gramelspacher in the 100 fly (58.12).
The men closed the night with a win in the 400 free relay.
In diving Stephanie Paul earned first place honors in the 3-meter event with a 265.55 final while also taking the top spot in the 1-meter with a 265.55 score. Caleb Bye finished fourth in the 1-meter (245.50) and David Linn was fifth in the 3-meter (250.80) for the men.
Final Scores
Men Ball State vs. IUPUI 102 to 43
Men Ball State vs. St. Louis 95 to 50
Men Ball State vs. Western Illinois 108 to 37
Women Ball State vs. IUPUI 112 to 36
Women Ball State vs. St. Louis 107 to 41
Women Ball State vs. Western Illinois 108 to 33
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