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.
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Unfortunately, the men's squad was not a lucky, suffering a 235-64 setback to the host Jaguars.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Siewers was joined on the relay by senior Michael Burns, sophomore Aidan Biddle and freshman AJ Friend.
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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).
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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).
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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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Unfortunately, the men's squad was not a lucky, suffering a 235-64 setback to the host Jaguars.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Siewers was joined on the relay by senior Michael Burns, sophomore Aidan Biddle and freshman AJ Friend.
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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).
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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).
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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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Players Mentioned
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/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Dive
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Breast, IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
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/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free, Back
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Back, Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free, Fly, IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Fly, IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
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