Ball State University Athletics
Women?s Swim & Dive Heads To MAC Championships
February 24, 2015 | Women's Swimming and Diving
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The Ball State women's swimming and diving team will compete in the four-day Mid-American Conference Championships at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich. beginning Wednesday evening. Preliminary rounds start at 11 a.m. each day with finals beginning at 7 p.m., with the exceptions of the diving events taking place at 3:15 p.m. Thursday and Friday, as well as the 1650 freestyle taking place at 5 pm Saturday.
FOLLOW THE CARDINALS
For the most up-to-date news on Ball State women's swimming and diving action, follow @BallStateSports and @BallStateWSwim on Twitter. Live stats can also be followed on the Mid-American Conference and Eastern Michigan websites at:
Eastern Michigan Live Stats: http://www.emueagles.com/custompages/mswim/live/index.htm
MAC Championship Website: http://mac-sports.com/sports/2015/1/8/WSWIM_0108150812.aspx?path=wswim
THE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RUN-DOWN
The Lady Cards are currently ranked eight among MAC schools by CollegeSwimming.com. Host school Eastern Michigan is the favorite heading into MAC Championships, while Miami and Buffalo are just behind the Bowling Green in third and fourth. Ohio, followed by defending MAC Champion Akron, Toledo and Ball State round out the rankings heading into the event.
THE SCHEDULE
Listed below is the MAC Championship schedule for the weekend:
Wednesday, Feb. 25
7 p.m. – 200 Medley Relay championship; 800 Freestyle Relay championship
Thursday, Feb. 26
11 a.m. – 500 Freestyle prelims; 200 Individual Medley prelims; 50 Freestyle prelims
3:15 p.m. – one-meter diving prelims start (followed by consolation finals)
7 p.m. – 500 Freestyle consolation; 500 Freestyle championship; 200 Individual Medley consolation; 200 Individual Medley championship; 50 Freestyle consolation; 50 Freestyle championship; 200 Freestyle Relay championship
Friday, Feb. 27
11 a.m. – 400 Individual Medley prelims; 100 Butterfly prelims; 200 Freestyle prelims; 100 Breaststroke prelims; 100 Backstroke prelims
3:15 p.m. – three-meter diving prelims start (followed by consolation finals)
7 p.m. – 400 Individual Medley consolation; 400 Individual Medley championship; 100 Butterfly consolation; 100 Butterfly championship; 200 Freestyle consolation; 200 Freestyle championship; 100 Breaststroke consolation; 100 Breaststroke championship; 100 Backstroke consolation; 100 Backstroke championship; 400 Medley Relay championship
Saturday, Feb. 28
11 am – 200 Backstroke prelims; 100 Freestyle prelims; 200 Breaststroke prelims; 200 Butterfly prelims
5 pm – 1650 Freestyle finals
7 pm – 1650 Freestyle championship 200 Backstroke consolation; 200 Backstroke championship; 100 Freestyle consolation; 100 Freestyle championship; 200 Breaststroke consolation; 200 Breaststroke championship; 200 Butterfly consolation; 200 Butterfly championship; 400 Freestyle relay; one- and three-meter diving finals
INDIVIDUAL MAC RANKINGS
According to CollegeSwimming.com, Ball State has three Cardinals currently ranked in the top ten of the MAC in their respective events. A complete list of swimmers ranked among the top 15 in the conference is listed below:
100 freestyle – 3. Carlena Magley, 50.72
200 freestyle – 15. Audrey Rodawig, 1:52.02
100 breaststroke – 9. Amanda Kedzierski, 1:04.00
200 breaststroke – 12. Amanda Kedzierski, 2:20.01
200 butterfly – 9. Katie Horn, 2:04.00, 14. Traci Muszalski, 2:06.23
400 IM – 14. Traci Muszalski, 4:30.01
200 freestyle relay – 7. Ball State, 1:36.14
400 freestyle relay – 7. Ball State, 3:28.15
800 freestyle relay – 8. Ball State, 7:41.08
200 medley relay – 8. Ball State, 1:46.82
400 medley relay – 7. Ball State, 3:52.96
LAST TIME OUT
Ball State concluded its 2014-15 dual meet schedule Feb. 7, in a conference loss of 188-112 to Toledo, finalizing a year end record of 5-4. This is an improvement from last year, as the Cardinals finished 3-6 before heading into MAC Championship action. Last year, Ball State finished eighth, while Akron grasped its first title in school history. Ball State marked two All-MAC First Team and two All-MAC Second Team swimmers in the process of earning one relay and two individual event wins. Bridgette Ruehl snagged the 100 and 200 breaststroke, while for the second year in a row four Cardinals took the 400 medley relay.
PRESEASON RANKINGS
Preseason polls had 2014 MAC Runner-Up Miami topping the rankings, followed by Akron and Bowling Green in the top three spots. Ball State rounded out the preseason rankings at eighth.
