Swim & Dive To Compete at Ball State on Saturday

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo swimming and diving program is hitting the street this weekend to compete at Ball State University on Saturday, taking over the Cardinals at 11 a.m.

The Bulls enter the Mid-American Conference meet following a win at residence over Duquesne, defeating the Dukes, 165-135. The swim and dive program is 4-1 in head-to-head competitions on the season. The meet at Ball State will mark the twentieth assembly between the applications, with the Bulls main the all-time sequence 10-9. Ball State holds a 2-1 report this season.

The swim and dive program heads down the house stretch of the common season with quite a few accomplishments so far. Adele Melamud was named the MAC Female Diver of the Week on Tuesday, the second time the freshman diver earned the respect. Melamud received each the one-meter (279.38) and three-meter (315.38) versus Duquesne, setting a brand new private report within the one-meter that joined this system’s all-time leaderboard to rank tenth. The freshman’s accomplishment marks the fourth MAC Athlete of the Week award the Bulls have earned this season. Melamud has received two, with Presley Dorsett incomes one other in December and Bella Forsman additionally profitable the award in November.

The Bulls have posted 10 private information this season that joined this system’s all-time leaderboards. Four Buffalo freshmen mixed to submit six of the ten report performances, together with Pinar Donmez setting a college report within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.98) and rating prime three within the 100-yard breaststroke (third, 1:01.72). Forsman additionally earned the ninth spot in program historical past within the 100-yard butterfly, marking the fifth occasion the sophomore has joined the all-time prime 10 in.

The Bulls and Cardinals start motion within the Lewellen Aquatic Center at 11 a.m. on Saturday. An entire schedule for Buffalo Swimming & Diving could be discovered right here. The Bulls will host their senior day on Saturday, January thirty first within the Alumni Arena Natatorium, competing in opposition to Miami (OH) at 11 a.m.

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