Bowling Green Sends A number of Falcons to Finals, Stays Ninth at MACs

AKRON, Ohio – Day three of the MAC Championships noticed a number of Falcons advance to A and B finals and three swimmers etch their names into this system document e-book.

Friday morning opened with the 100-yard butterfly, the place Karina Solera (55.74) and Grace Bodrock (55.77) secured spots within the B remaining. Bodrock’s preliminary swim shaved day off her earlier better of 55.81, changing her into former tenth place mark on the Bowling Green all-time record. The duo went on to put thirteenth and sixteenth total, respectively.

Bowling Green positioned two extra swimmers within the 400 particular person medley B remaining. Bridget Kurtzweil clocked a 4:26.77, whereas Maddie Bond adopted at 4:28.18, because the pair completed fifteenth and sixteenth. In the 200 freestyle, the Falcons didn’t advance a finalist, however Eva Nixon delivered a personal-best 1:54.42 in preliminaries.

Lauren Jablonski added one other B remaining look for the Falcons within the 100 breaststroke. She touched in 1:02.25 throughout finals to say thirteenth total.

The 100 backstroke produced two extra comfort finalists. Bella Treib’s 54.30 in prelims earned her a spot within the B remaining and met the NIC B-cut normal, whereas Emily McNicol posted a 53.87 to put ninth and advance as nicely. In finals, Treib completed thirteenth in 54.49, and McNicol fifteenth with a 55.22.

On the boards, Natalia Mayorga led Bowling Green within the three-meter dive preliminaries with a fourth-place rating of 280.45, incomes a berth in Saturday night time’s A remaining. Elise Snyder scored 245.45 in prelims to achieve the B remaining and improved to 247.40 in finals, ending thirteenth total.

Bowling Green capped the night within the 200 freestyle relay, posting a time of 1:31.50 to take eighth place. During the relay, Samia Becdach delivered a 23.14 cut up within the 50 freestyle, tying Brittany Szekely for fourth all-time in program historical past.

Through three days, the Falcons sit ninth within the group standings with 97 factors, trailing Toledo by 24.

The MAC Championships conclude Saturday. Preliminary motion begins at 10 a.m. with the 1650 freestyle, adopted by the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly. Senior recognition is scheduled for five:45 p.m., with finals set to start at 6:10 p.m. The meet will shut with the 400 freestyle relay and the championship awards ceremony at roughly 8:55 p.m.