Ball State University
at Eastern Michigan Invitational
Women's S&D Places Third At EMU Invite
December 04, 2010 | Women's Swimming and Diving
YPSILANTI, Mich. - - The Ball State women's swimming & diving team concluded its record-setting weekend with a third-place finish among 12 teams at the EMU Invitational hosted by Eastern Michigan at the Jones Natatorium. On the second day of competition, the Cardinals posted four more school records, bringing their weekend total to six.
Big Ten power Michigan won the two-day meet with 865 points, followed by host Eastern Michigan (694.5), Ball State (649.5), Bowling Green (604), Ashland (335), Michigan State (293), Toledo (208), Findlay (64), Oakland (59), IUPUI (57), Wayne State (28) and Waterloo (6).
In addition to the record-setting efforts, the Cardinals finished the second day of the meet with 24 top 10 efforts, including one event victory.
Freshman Bridgette Ruehl completed her takeover of the Ball State breaststroke records, with a school-record time of 1:04.12 in 100 breaststroke to take home fifth place at the meet. Friday, Ruehl turned in a BSU-record swim of 2:17.12 in the 200 breaststroke.
Fellow freshman Mallory Miles turned in the Cardinals second record-breaking performance of the day, with a program-best time of 56.64 to win the 100 backstroke. In the opening day of competition, Miles turned in a school-record time of 2:03.18 in the 200 backstroke.
Miles was not alone with her solid performance in the 100 backstroke Saturday, as freshman Jackie Iglesias placed third in the event with the second-best individual time in program history at 57.03. Previous Ball State school record holder junior Nicole Saulters placed fourth with a time of 57.20, .08 seconds behind her career-best and then-school-record time of 57.12 set at the 2009 MAC Championships.
However, Saulters would keep her named etched in the BSU record book with a BSU school-record 50 backstroke split of 26.53 in the 200 medley relay.
BSU's fourth record-breaking performance came in the final event of Saturday's morning session, when sophomore Jillian Bischoff, freshman Haley Richter, freshman Emily Wisolek and senior Katie Bylsma combined for a school-record swim of 7:34.36 in the 800 freestyle relay. The effort knocked almost a second off the previous school record of 7:35.05 set at the 2008 MAC Championships.
In addition to helping lead the 800 freestyle relay to a school-record time, Wisolek tallied the third-best individual time in program history in the 200 freestyle, clocking in at 1:52.02 to take fourth place at the meet.
Richter also turned in a pair of top five efforts, placing fourth in the 100 butterfly (56.91) and fifth in the 200 IM (2:08.25).
The Ball State women's swimming & diving team returns to action Dec. 11, when it closes the 2010 portion of its 2010-11 schedule with a 2 p.m. swim at Michigan State, which is the alma mater of BSU head coach Laura Seibold-Caudill.
DAY 1 RECAP
YPSILANTI, Mich. - - Behind a pair of school-record performances, the Ball State women's swimming & diving team is in third place among 10 teams after the first day of the EMU Invitational hosted by Eastern Michigan.
The Cardinals posted 180 points in the six swimming events on the opening day of the meet. Michigan leads the pack with 277 points, followed by Eastern Michigan (189), BSU, Bowling Green (157), Ashland (91), Toledo (90), Michigan State (72), Findlay (22), IUPUI (7) and Waterloo (0).
In the day's second scored swimming event, freshman Mallory Miles posted BSU's first school record of the meet, placing fourth in the 200 backstroke with a clocking of 2:03.18. The previous record was 2:03.20 set by Brittany Sayler at the 2006 MAC Championships.
Fellow freshman swimmer Jackie Iglesias also turned in a strong time for BSU in the 200 backstroke, clocking in at 2:03.76, which is the fourth-best individual time in program history.
Two events later, another freshman continued to etch her name in the BSU record book, as Bridgette Ruehl turned in a school-record swim of 2:17.12 in the 200 breaststroke to place second in the event. Ruehl had posted the third-fastest time in program history in the event in BSU's first trip to Eastern Michigan (Oct. 30). The previous school record was 2:18.35 set by Emily Haifley at the 2009 MAC Championships.
In the 100 freestyle, senior Katie Bylsma earned fifth-place overall with a time of 51.77, while senior Maria Gramelspacher posted a fourth-place time of 2:03.71 in the 200 butterfly.
In the meet's longest event, freshman Cheyanne Jackson turned in a final wall touch of 18:02.88 in the 1650 freestyle to place 11th overall.
In the final swimming event of the opening day, BSU's 400 freestyle relay squad of freshman Mia Miller, sophomore Jillian Bischoff, junior Nicole Saulters and Bylsma captured fourth with a time of 3:29.03.
Women's three-meter diving was also held on the opening day, but results for the event are not currently available.
Action in the 2010 EMU Invitational continues at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at the Jones Natatorium.
MEET PREVIEW
MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State women's swimming & diving team will put its undefeated streak on the line once again this weekend, when it travels Ypsilanti, Mich., for the 2010 EMU Invitational hosted by Eastern Michigan. Friday's action is slated for 3:30 p.m. and will pick back up Saturday at 10 a.m.
The 10-team meet features some of the toughest competition to date for the Cardinals in Big Ten opponents Michigan and Michigan State, as well as league foes Toledo, Bowling Green and host Eastern Michigan. Also competing in the meet are Wayne State, Findlay, IUPUI and Waterloo.
Ball State enters the meet with a 3-0 (1-0 MAC) record on the season, and have finished first in all three invitational meets it has competed in so far this season.
The Cardinals will also look to carry over momentum from an earlier 156-144 victory over the host Eagles at EMU's Jones Natatorium earlier this season.
Entering the meet, the Cardinals have two swimmers leading the league in their respective events. Freshman Cheyanne Jackson has the fastest 1650 Freestyle time in the MAC to date this season, with her time of 18:15.06 at the IUPUI House of Champions.
In her last appearance at EMU's Jones Natatorium, senior Maria Gramelspacher turned in the best 200 butterfly time to date in the league at 2:04.24. Freshman Haley Richter also turned in the second-fastest 100 butterfly time (56.25) in the MAC at the same meet.
Below is a complete list of where BSU's swimmers & divers currently rank in the league.
50 Freestyle
7th - Mia Miller (24.09)
11th- Jennifer Miles (24.20)
13th - Katie Bylsma (24.29)
100 Freestyle
7th - Mia Miller (52.39)
12th - Katie Bylsma (52.98)
200 Freestyle
6th - Emily Wisolek (1:52.76)
18th - Jillian Bischoff (1:56.03)
500 Freestyle
16th- Jillian Bischoff (5:08.90)
17th - Emily Wisolek (5:09.35)
1650 Freestyle
1st - Cheyanne Jackson (18:15.06)
2nd - Mackenzie Imbro (18:18.87)
3rd - Chelsey Young (18:47.20)
100 Backstroke
5th - Mallory Miles (58.16)
8th - Haley Richter (58.68)
9th - Jackie Iglesias (58.76)
14th- Nicole Saulters (59.48)
200 Backstroke
14th - Haley Richter (2:07.99)
18th - Mallory Miles (2:08.37)
19th - Emily Wisolek (2:08.75)
20th - Jackie Iglesias (2:08.96)
100 Breaststroke
4th - Bridgette Ruehl (1:04.64)
200 Breaststroke
4th - Bridgette Ruehl (2:19.21)
15th - Mackenzie Imbro (2:27.04)
19th - Stacey Wierman (2:27.69)
100 Butterfly
2nd - Haley Richter (56.25)
8th - Maria Gramelspacher (57.16)
15th - Alanna Bader (58.07)
200 Butterfly
1st - Maria Gramelspacher (2:04.24)
14th - Alanna Bader (2:08.92)
200 Individual Medley
8th - Haley Richter (2:08.79)
13th - Bridgette Ruehl (2:10.65)
18th - Mallory Miles (2:11.83)
400 Individual Medley
16th - Emily Wisolek (4:42.00)
Three Meter Diving
3rd - Whitney Adams (301.10)
4th - Christina Riordan (295.30)
14th - Jessica Elzinga (247.25)
16th - Natalie Grissom (226.05)
One Meter Diving
5th - Christina Riordan (268.80)
7th - Whitney Adams (262.77)
14th - Jessica Elzinga (237.95)
16th - Natalie Grissom (219.25)
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