Women's S&D Third After Two Days At Miami Invitational

Women's S&D Third After Two Days At Miami Invitational

December 02, 2022 | Women's Swimming and Diving

OXFORD, Ohio - - Junior Marcella Ribeiro's second-place swim in the 200 freestyle lead a strong Ball State effort on the second day of the Miami Invitational Friday evening.

The program record holder in the 200 freestyle, Ribeiro finished the event in 1:50.00. She was followed closely by freshman Payton Kelly whose mark of 1:51.71 tied as the ninth-best individual effort on Ball State's Top 10 list.

Kelly also swam anchor for the fourth-place 200 medley relay to open the evening's finals session, with the quartet clocking in at 1:42.94 for the 10th-best mark in program history. She was joined on the squad by sophomore Hannah Jones and seniors Laura Wright and Phoebe Rensink.

Ribeiro and Kelly would combine for an even better result in the day's final event, bookending the second-place 800 freestyle relay which turned in the second-best mark in the BSU record book at 7:26.15. They were joined on the relay by freshman Kiran Stauffer and senior Apsara Sakbun.

After two days at the Nixon Aquatic Center, the Cardinals stand in third among the nine-team field with 464.5 points. Action in the meet concludes Saturday, with prelims at 9 a.m. and finals at 4 p.m.

Women's Team Scores Through Friday (15 Events):
1. Miami – 874.5
2. Grand Canyon - 584
3. Ball State – 464.5
4. Bowling Green - 314
5. Dartmouth - 283
6. Youngstown State - 139
7. Ouachita Baptist - 71
8. Ashland - 39
9. Anderson - 10

Ball State's Friday Event Results
200 Medley Relay
4. Hannah Jones, Laura Wright, Phoebe Rensink, Payton Kelly – 1:42.94 – 10th in program history
9. Shelby Crist, Jenn Gillen, Eliza Bader, Apsara Sakbun – 1:44.52
16. Lilia Newkirk, Neely Agnew, Sophia Kuehn, Haley Sakbun – 1:48.44

100 Butterfly
9. Hannah Jones – 56.28 (56.00 in prelims)
11. Phoebe Rensink – 56.85 (55.93 in prelims)
20. Lilia Newkirk – 58.00
21. Eliza Bader – 58.16 (58.11 in prelims)
23. Shelby Crist – 58.53

400 IM
12. Sydney Dygert – 4:34.93
16. Sophia Kuehn – 4:40.36 (4:35.04 in prelims)

200 Freestyle
2. Marcella Ribeiro – 1:50.00
4. Payton Kelly – 1:51.71 – T9th in program history
5. Kiran Stauffer – 1:51.78
10. Gracey Payne – 1:53.26
14. Haley Sakbun – 1:53.97
21. Mary Kate Phillips – 1:54.88
Prelims
27. Callie Tuma – 1:56.90
28. Elizabeth King – 1:56.99
44. Emma Horton – 2:04.61

100 Breaststroke
2. Laura Wright – 1:02.60
16. Jenn Gillen – 1:06.39 (1:05.48 in prelims)
22. Neely Agnew – 1:09.93

100 Backstroke
4. Hannah Jones – 55.56
10. Lilia Newkirk – 56.79 (56.64 in prelims)
12. Shelby Crist – 57.10
14. Apsara Sakbun – 57.67 (57.58 in prelims)
17. Alyssa Messenger – 57.26
24. Eliza Bader – 59.49 (58.81 in prelims)
Prelims
27. Jessie Fraley – 59.07
39. MaKayla Miller – 1:00.88

1M Diving
4. Ashleigh Provan – 244.65
Prelims
16. Maddy Hischer – 209.85

800 Freestyle Relay
2. Marcella Ribeiro, Kiran Stauffer, Apsara Sakbun, Payton Kelly – 7:26.15 – 2nd in program history
9. Haley Sakbun, Mary Kate Phillips, Callie Tuma, Elizabeth King – 7:43.88
13. Alyssa Messenger, Sophia Kuehn, Alexa Arkenberg, Phoebe Rensink – 7:55.52