Women's S&D Travels To Miami For MAC Championships

Wednesday, February 22

Miami, OH

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Ball State University

MAC Championships (hosted by Miami University)

February 21, 2023 | Women's Swimming and Diving

MUNCIE, Ind. - - After months of preparation, the Ball State women's swimming & diving program will put all its hard work to the test this week at the Miami Aquatic Center for the 2023 Mid-American Conference Swimming & Diving Championships.

Action in the four-day meet begins Wednesday (Feb. 22) with a pair of relay swims. Individual action gets underway Thursday (Feb. 23) and will run through Saturday (Feb. 25).

Live results will be available on meet mobile, while links for live video coverage will be provided on the official championship website: https://getsomemaction.com/tournaments/?id=190&path=wswim

2023 MAC Women's Swimming & Diving Championship Schedule

Wednesday, Feb. 22	Thursday, Feb. 23	Friday, Feb. 24	Saturday, Feb. 25
Finals - 6 p.m.	Prelims - 10:30 a.m. (Doors open at 9:30 a.m.)	Prelims - 10:30 a.m. (Doors open at 9:30 a.m.)	Prelims - 10:30 a.m. (Doors open at 9:30 a.m.)
200 Medley Relay	500 Freestyle	100 Butterfly	200 Backstroke
800 Freestyle Relay	200 IM	400 IM	100 Freestyle
	50 Freestyle	200 Freestyle	200 Breaststroke
	Prelims – 12:30 p.m.	100 Breaststroke	200 Butterfly
	1M Diving	100 Backstroke	Finals - 4:10 p.m. (Doors open at 3:30)
	Finals - 6 p.m. (Doors open at 5 p.m.)	Prelims – 12:30 p.m.	1650 Freestyle - First Heat of Time Finals
	500 Freestyle - Consolation & Championship Heats	3M Diving	Finals - 6 p.m.
	200 IM Consolation & Championship Heats	Finals – 6 p.m. (Doors open at 5 p.m.)	1650 Freestyle - Championship Heat
	50 Freestyle Consolation & Championship Heats	100 Butterfly Consolation & Championship Heats	200 Backstroke Consolation & Championship Heats
	Finals – 7:15 p.m.	400 IM Consolation & Championship Heats	100 Freestyle Consolation & Championship Heats
	1M Diving Finals	200 Freestyle Consolation & Championship Heats	200 Breaststroke Consolation & Championship Heats
	200 Freestyle Relay Championship Heat	100 Breaststroke Consolation & Championship Heats	200 Butterfly Consolation & Championship Heats
		100 Backstroke Consolation & Championship Heats	Finals – 8 p.m.
		Finals – 7:45 p.m.	3M Diving – Finals
		3M Diving - Consolation	400 Freestyle Relay
		400 Medley Relay Finals

The Cardinals have steadily improved under head coach J. Agnew, including turning in the two best teams scores since the 2014 season at the past two MAC Championships.

AT THE 2022 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Ball State finished the 2022 MAC Championships with five program records and 12 other individual times which broke into the top seven on BSU's all-time list. The Cardinals earned 243.5 total points to place seventh among the eight-team field.

The Cardinals set a pair of program records on the first day of the competition, starting with Shelby Crist, Alex Bader, Hannah Jones, and Apsara Sakbun combining for a time of 1:40.01 in the 200 medley relay.

Later in the opening day, Gracey Payne, Marcella Ribeiro, Mary Kate Phillips, and A. Sakbun combined for a program record time of 7:23.86 in the 800 freestyle relay, knocking exactly three seconds off the previous mark of 7:26.86 set at the 2012 MAC Championships.

The second day of the competition saw a third program record, as Jones, A. Sakbun, Alexa McDonald, and Payne combined for a time of 1:32.09 in the 200 freestyle relay. The effort was nearly a second off the previous record of 1:32.88 set at the 2020 MAC Championships.

Day three's program record came in the preliminary round, with Jones clocking a time of 54.44 in the 100 backstroke. She would go on to finish eighth in both the 100 butterfly (54.29) and 100 backstroke (54.55) that day, while claiming BSU's only individual program record during the meet.

The third day also saw Bader place fourth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.69 to tie the second-best individual effort in program history. It was also Ball State's best individual finish over the four-day competition.

Ball State would go on to close the meet the way it started, as Payne, Alexa McDonald, A. Sakbun, and Jones combined for a program record time of 3:22.31 in the 400 freestyle.

IN THE MAC RANKINS – WOMEN:
Entering the MAC Championships the Cardinals have eight student-athletes ranked in scoring position in their respective events as compiled by CollegeSwimming.com.

Junior Marcella Ribeiro, who holds program records in the 200, 500, 1000, and 1650 freestyle, is BSU's top-ranked swimmer, holding fifth in the 500 (4:54.87) and 1650 freestyle (17:01.74)

WOMEN'S SWIMMERS CURRENTLY RANKED IN THE MAC TOP 16:
50 Free: 6 Payton Kelly (23.03), 12 Apsara Sakbun (23.30)
100 Free: 7 Payton Kelly (50.33), 11 Apsara Sakbun (50.69)
200 Free: 9 Marcella Ribeiro (1:50.00)
500 Free: 5 Marcella Ribeiro (4:54.87), 8 Kiran Stauffer (4:56.07)
1000 Free: 6 Marcella Ribeiro (10:14.95), 10 Callie Tuma (10:18.93), 13 Kiran Stauffer (10:21.28)
1650 Free: 5 Marcella Ribeiro (17:01.74), 9 Kiran Stauffer (17:03.62), 11 Callie Tuma (17:05.41)
100 Back: 11 Hannah Jones (55.56)
200 Back: 13 Lilia Newkirk (2:01.93)
100 Breast: 5 Laura Wright (1:02.60)
200 Breast: 8 Laura Wright (2:16.98)
200 Free Relay: 5 Ball State (1:32.93)
400 Free Relay: 7 Ball State (3:27.48)
800 Free Relay: 4 Ball State (7:26.15)
200 Medley Relay: 5 Ball State (1:42.94)
400 Medley Relay: 5 Ball State (3:44.87)

SO FAR THIS SEASON:
Ball State boasts two of the top divers in the league in sophomore Ashleigh Provan and freshman Maddy Hischer. Both divers have already locked up spots in the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships which will be held March 9-11 in Bloomington, Ind.

Hischer tallied her NCAA Zone Diving cuts versus Anderson (Jan. 28) with a score of 279.68 on 1M and 307.20 on 3M. Provan also achieved her 3M versus Anderson with a score of 301.95. The week prior versus Miami (Jan. 21), Provan qualified on the 1M with her performance of 274.73.

Overall, Ball State's women have claimed 57 individual victories and nine relay wins this season. Junior Marcella Ribeiro leads the way with 11 overall wins, while sophomore Hannah Jones and freshman Payton Kelly are tied for second on the squad with eight apiece.

2022-23 WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS (57 TOTAL WINS):
11 - Marcella Ribeiro (Jr.)
            10/22 at Indiana Intercollegiates - 200 Free (1:54.04)
            10/29 at Bowling Green - 200 Free (1:53.73) / 500 Free (5:07.35)
            11/5 vs. Akron - 500 Free (5:03.03) / 1000 Free (10:24.34)
            11/11 at IUPUI - 200 Free (1:51.42) / 500 Free (4:59.33)
            12/3 at Miami – 1650 Free (17:01.74)
            1/14 at Indiana State – 1000 Free (10:25.30)
            1/28 vs Bellarmine – 100 Free (53.33) / 200 Free (1:54.97)

8 - Hannah Jones (So.)
            10/22 at Indiana Intercollegiates - 100 Back (56.41)
            10/28 vs. Eastern Illinois - 50 Free (24.48) / 100 Back (2:06.86)
            10/29 at Bowling Green - 100 Fly (57.16)
            11/11 at IUPUI - 100 Back (56.72) / 100 Fly (56.46)
            1/14 at Indiana State – 100 Back (56.88)
            1/28 vs Bellarmine – 200 Back (2:06.21)

8 - Payton Kelly (Fr.)
            10/22 at Indiana Intercollegiates - 50 Free (23.45) / 100 Free (51.55)
            11/5 vs. Akron - 50 Free (23.57) / 100 Free (51.74) / 200 Free (1:52.48)
            12/1 at Miami – 50 Free (23.59) (23.16 in prelims - 4th in program history)
            1/21 vs Miami – 50 Free (24.08)
            1/28 vs Bellarmine – 500 Free (5.13.30)

7 - Laura Wright (Jr.)
            10/29 at Bowling Green - 200 Breast (2:19.47)
            11/5 vs. Akron - 100 Breast (1:05.18)
            11/11 at IUPUI - 100 Breast (1:05.56) / 200 Breast (2:20.22)
            12/3 at Miami – 200 Breast (2:16.98)
            1/21 vs Miami – 100 Breast (1:04.43) / 200 Breast (2:19.72)

4 - Apsara Sakbun (Sr.)
            10/28 vs. Eastern Illinois - 100 Back (57.96) / 100 Fly (58.98)
            1/21 vs. Miami – 100 Free (52.72)
            1/28 vs. Bellarmine – 50 Free (23.90)

3 – Ashleigh Provan (So.)
            1/14 at Indiana State – 3M Diving (264.65)
            1/21 vs. Miami – 1M Diving (274.73) / 3M Diving (277.58)

3 - Kiran Stauffer (Fr.)
            10/28 vs. Eastern Illinois - 200 Free (1:54.66)
            10/29 at Bowling Green - 1000 Free (10:33.13)
            1/28 vs Bellarmine – 1000 Free (10:46.95)

3 – Maddy Hischer (Fr.)
            11/11 at IUPUI - 3M Diving (260.03)
            1/29 at Butler – 1M Diving (262.70)
            2/10 at Miami – 3M Diving (333.10)

2 - Alyssa Messenger (Fr.)
            10/28 vs. Eastern Illinois - 100 Free (54.13)
            10/29 at Bowling Green - 200 Back (2:05.69)

2 - Gracey Payne (So.)
            11/11 at IUPUI - 50 Free (23.92) / 100 Free (52.05)

1 – Phoebe Rensink (Sr.)
            1/28 vs Bellarmine – 200 IM (2:12.74)

1 - Mary Kate Phillips (Jr.)
            10/28 vs. Eastern Illinois - 200 Fly (2:10.10)

1 - Haley Sakbun (Fr.)
            10/28 vs. Eastern Illinois - 500 Free (5:15.31)

1 - Callie Tuma (Fr.)
            10/28 vs Eastern Illinois - 1000 Free (10:49.14)

1 – Lilia Newkirk (So.)
            1/28 vs Bellarmine – 100 Back (58.82)

1 – Eliza Bader (So.)
            1/28 vs Bellarmine – 100 Fly (59.14)

2022-23 WOMEN'S RELAY EVENT WINNERS (9 TOTAL WINS):
3 - 200 Medley Relay
            10/28 vs. Eastern Illinois – Alyssa Messenger, Laura Wright, Eliza Bader, Haley Sakbun (1:48.08)
            11/5 vs. Akron - Shelby Crist, Laura Wright, Hannah Jones, Apsara Sakbun (1:44.43)
            1/28 vs. Bellarmine – Jessie Fraley, Laura Wright, MaKayla Miller, Elizabeth King (1:50.15)

2 - 400 Medley Relay
            11/11 at IUPUI – Lilia Newkirk, Laura Wright, Hannah Jones, Apsara Sakbun (3:50.36)
            1/29 at Butler – Lilia Newkirk, Laura Wright, Hannah Jones, Apsara Sakbun (3:52.96)

2 - 200 Freestyle Relay
            10/22 at Indiana Intercollegiates - Payton Kelly, Hannah Jones, Marcella Ribeiro, Apsara Sakbun (1:35.05)
            1/29 at Butler – Gracey Payne, Apsara Sakbun, Hannah Jones, Payton Kelly – (1:36.41)

2 – 400 Freestyle Relay
            11/5 vs. Akron - Gracey Payne, Apsara Sakbun, Marcella Ribeiro, Payton Kelly (3:27.48)
            11/11 at IUPUI – Haley Sakbun, Apsara Sakbun, Marcella Ribeiro, Gracey Payne (3:30.46)