Friday, November 8
Indianapolis, IN
5:30 p.m.
Ball State University
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IU Indy
Swimming & Diving Scores Friday Split at IU Indy
November 08, 2024 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
INDIANAPOLIS - - It was a good day for the Ball State women's swimming & diving squad which won 11 of 16 events on its way to a 189-108 victory at IU Indy Friday evening at the IU Natatorium.
Unfortunately, the men's squad was not a lucky, suffering a 235-64 setback to the host Jaguars.
On the women's side, the Cardinals started with a dominating effort in the 200 medley relay and never looked back. Junior Alyssa Messenger opened the relay with a 50 backstroke split of 27.03 and the Cardinals led the rest of the way with sophomore Julia Ofman, freshman Anna Keen and junior Payton Kelly helping produce a final time of 1:44.92.
It was the first of three event wins for Messenger, who also went on to sweep the backstroke events with a time of 57.65 in the 100 and 2:04.16 in the 200. Among the relay participants, Keen would add an individual win in the 50 freestyle (23.69) and Kelly took top honors in the 100 freestyle (52.30).
Three other Cardinals would also pick up a pair of individual wins, including graduate Laura Wright who remained undefeated in the individual breaststroke events with winning times of 1:04.71 in the 100 and 2:21.08 in the 200. Both were season-best efforts.
Sophomore Alexa Von Holtz added a pair of wins to her season total, taking top honors in the 200 butterfly (2:02.62) and 200 IM (2:07.28), while sophomore Leelah Fettig swept the diving events with a score of 253.05 on 1-meter and 242.63 on 3-meter for her first event wins of the season.
On the men's side, junior Jacob Siewers was Ball State's top scorer on the day, anchoring the second-place 200 medley relay (1:32.85), while finishing second in both the 100 (46.20) and 200 (1:41.65) freestyle events.
Siewers was joined on the relay by senior Michael Burns, sophomore Aidan Biddle and freshman AJ Friend.
Biddle would also pick up an individual runner-up finish in the 100 breaststroke (58.45), while sophomore Malcolm Slater placed second in the 500 freestyle (4:37.97).
Junior Porter Brovont would lead the men's squad on the diving boards, placing third on both 1-meter (293.03) and 3-meter (297.08).
Both the men's & women's swimming squads will be back in action Saturday, Nov. 23, with a 1 p.m. contest at Bellarmine.
Unfortunately, the men's squad was not a lucky, suffering a 235-64 setback to the host Jaguars.
On the women's side, the Cardinals started with a dominating effort in the 200 medley relay and never looked back. Junior Alyssa Messenger opened the relay with a 50 backstroke split of 27.03 and the Cardinals led the rest of the way with sophomore Julia Ofman, freshman Anna Keen and junior Payton Kelly helping produce a final time of 1:44.92.
It was the first of three event wins for Messenger, who also went on to sweep the backstroke events with a time of 57.65 in the 100 and 2:04.16 in the 200. Among the relay participants, Keen would add an individual win in the 50 freestyle (23.69) and Kelly took top honors in the 100 freestyle (52.30).
Three other Cardinals would also pick up a pair of individual wins, including graduate Laura Wright who remained undefeated in the individual breaststroke events with winning times of 1:04.71 in the 100 and 2:21.08 in the 200. Both were season-best efforts.
Sophomore Alexa Von Holtz added a pair of wins to her season total, taking top honors in the 200 butterfly (2:02.62) and 200 IM (2:07.28), while sophomore Leelah Fettig swept the diving events with a score of 253.05 on 1-meter and 242.63 on 3-meter for her first event wins of the season.
On the men's side, junior Jacob Siewers was Ball State's top scorer on the day, anchoring the second-place 200 medley relay (1:32.85), while finishing second in both the 100 (46.20) and 200 (1:41.65) freestyle events.
Siewers was joined on the relay by senior Michael Burns, sophomore Aidan Biddle and freshman AJ Friend.
Biddle would also pick up an individual runner-up finish in the 100 breaststroke (58.45), while sophomore Malcolm Slater placed second in the 500 freestyle (4:37.97).
Junior Porter Brovont would lead the men's squad on the diving boards, placing third on both 1-meter (293.03) and 3-meter (297.08).
Both the men's & women's swimming squads will be back in action Saturday, Nov. 23, with a 1 p.m. contest at Bellarmine.
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/ Women's Swimming and Diving
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/ Men's Swimming and Diving
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