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Women?s Swim & Dive Falls To Bowling Green, 196-103
October 25, 2014 | Women's Swimming and Diving
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Ball State women's swimming and diving team earned four event wins against Bowling Green Friday night at Cooper Pool. Junior diver Madie Zirzow earned two individual event wins in both the one and three meter dives, posting scores of 268.05 and 260.10, respectively. Ball State ultimately fell to Bowling Green 196.5-103.5.
The Cardinals clenched the 400 freestyle relay by the combination of seniors Jordan VanWinkle, Elaine Pitsas, Carlena Magley and sophomore Jessica Extine for a finished 3:33.47. VanWinkle rounded out the first place Ball State finishes with a 5:05.97 time in the 500 freestyle, with her next closest competitor five seconds behind, in addition to her second place finish in the 200 freestyle at 1:54.22.
"This was a decent meet for us. Bowling Green raced well, which exposed things we need to get back to working on," Ball State women's swimming and diving head coach Kristy Castillo said. "We had some consistency from last week's meet which was good to to see."
Magley tied for first in the 100 freestyle at 52.98 with Bowling Green's Kayla Effinger, while also posting a third place finish on the day in the 50 freestyle with a 24.46, in addition to her relay success.
Sophomore Katie Horn was the top finisher for the Cardinals in both the 100 fly at 58.52 and in the 200 fly with a solid 2:08.84, earning second in both events.
"Our divers performed well. It was nice to see them on top and improve from last week," Coach Castillo went on.
In 1-meter diving, Zirzow was followed by sophomore Brittany Penn and freshman Taylor Fiew with scores of 240.90 and 222.75, respectively. Penn cinched the second place mark in the 3-meter event with a 242.03, while Fiew followed with a 220.65.
The Ball State women's swimming and diving team will open its home action Saturday, Nov. 1 in Muncie, Ind. against Mid-American Conference foe Akron at 1 p.m. in the Lewellen Aquatic Center.
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