Ball State vs IUPUI
- November 3, 2023
- Muncie, Ind.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Ball State Sports
MUNCIE, Ind – Ball State women’s swimming and diving program celebrated senior night with a 171-119 victory over IUPUI Friday afternoon at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.
“Everyone came out here and gave it their all for the seniors, and I couldn’t be more excited about the night,” head coach J. Agnew said after the meet. “If you look at how far this program has come, it’s been on their backs. This group has carried this program forward. When they came here, we were making progress, and they just carried the torch and ran with it. To see everybody out here to celebrate them means a lot. To see not just family but friends, and everyone got to see a great meet. What a great team to race against an incredibly strong IUPUI team. It was a great matchup today.”
The Cardinals (2-0; 1-0 MAC) started strong with Hannah Jones, Laura Wright, Eliza Bader and Payton Kelly leading a 1-2-3 Ball State finish in the 200 medley relay, with a final wall touch of 1:45.10. It was the first of 12 overall event wins for the Cardinals.
Kelly and Wright, one of six seniors honor on the evening, both had two individual first-place finishes as well. Kelly won the 100 and 200 freestyle with times of 1:52.14 and 50.97. Wright dominated the 100 and 200 breaststroke, finishing first with times of 1:04.57 and 2:20.60.
Lilia Newkirk and Alexa Von Holtz also swam away with a pair of wins in the pool. Newkirk swept the 100 and 200 backstroke with times of 57.58 and 2:06.02. Van Holtz won the 200 butterfly in 2:05.42 and the 400 IM in 4:34.37.
The Cardinals also picked up a sweep in the diving well, as Grace Walker won both the 1M (286.28) and 3M (275.25) competitions. Her effort on the 1M board was also an NCAA Zone Diving qualifying mark.
Rounding out Ball State’s individual event winners was Hannah Jones who took top billing in the 50 freestyle (24.89).
In addition to Wright, BSU honored seniors Elizabeth King, Sophia Kuehn, Mary Kate Phillips, Marcella Ribeiro and Kayleigh Witt.
The Cardinals look to carry their success into Saturday, as they welcome MAC foe Eastern Michigan for a Noon dual back at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.
Ball State Individual Results
200 Medley Relay
1st – Hannah Jones, Laura Wright, Eliza Bader, Payton Kelly – 1:45.10
2nd – Alyssa Messenger, Julia Ofman, Lilia Newkirk, Elizabeth King – 1:48.99
EX – Sophia Kuehn, Haley Sakbun, Natalie Marshall, Kiran Stauffer – 1:50.52
1000 Freestyle
2nd – Marcella Ribeiro – 10:23.99
3rd – Mary Kate Phillips – 10-:47.44
200 Freestyle
1st – Payton Kelly – 1:52.14
2nd – Kiran Stauffer – 1:53.26
4th – Kayla Newman – 1:57.06
EX – Natalie Marshall – 1:58.96
EX – Emma Horton – 2:03.68
100 Backstroke
1st – Lilia Newkirk – 57.58
2nd – Alyssa Messenger – 59.07
3rd – Sophia Kuehn – 1:00.94
EX – Eliza Bader – 1:00.84
100 Breaststroke
1st – Laura Wright – 1:04.57
2nd – Julia Ofman – 1:07.77
6th – Neely Agnew – 1:12.45
200 Butterfly
1st – Alexa Von Holtz – 2:05.42
3rd – Callie Tuma – 2:14.13
50 Freestyle
1st – Hannah Jones – 24.89
2nd – Haley Sakbun – 24.92
3rd – Elizabeth King – 25.02
3 Meter Dive
1st – Grace Walker – 275.25
6th – Leelah Fettig – 190.73
7th – Ella Penny – 179.40
100 Freestyle
1st – Payton Kelly – 50.97
2nd – Elizabeth King – 54.93
EX – Emma Horton – 56.67
EX – Neely Agnew – 57.24
200 Backstroke
1st – Lilia Newkirk – 2:06.02
2nd – Alyssa Messenger – 2:12.06
200 Breaststroke
1st – Laura Wright – 2:20.60
3rd – Julia Ofman – 2:28.36
5th – Sophia Kuehn – 2:32.37
500 Freestyle
2nd – Kiran Stauffer – 5:05.23
3rd – Mary Kate Phillips – 5:16.76
4th – Haley Sakbun – 5:23.85
100 Butterfly
EX – Hannah Jones – 57.62
EX – Eliza Bader – 1:00.10
EX – Kayla Newman – 1:01.47
1 Meter Dive
1st – Grace Walker – 286.28
6th – Leelah Fettig – 227.40
7th – Ella Penny – 217.73
EX – Ava Pavich – 197.78
400 IM
1st – Alexa Von Holtz – 4:34.37
EX – Sophia Kuehn – 4:40.48
EX – Callie Tuma – 4:42.08
400 Freestyle
EX – Haley Sakbun, Natalie Marshall, Hannah Jones, Payton Kelly – 3:32.90
EX – Kiran Stauffer, Elizabeth King, Mary Kate Phillips, Laura Wright – 3:39.66
EX – Eliza Bader, Julia Ofman, Kayla Newman, Emma Horton – 3:46.05
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State men’s swimming & diving team celebrated senior night in style Friday night at the Lewellen Aquatic Center, earning a hard-fought 164-136 victory over visiting IUPUI.
“Everyone came out here and gave it their all for the seniors, and I couldn’t be more excited about the night,” head coach J. Agnew said after the meet. “If you look at how far this program has come, it’s been on their backs. This group has carried this program forward. When they came here, we were making progress, and they just carried the torch and ran with it. To see everybody out here to celebrate them means a lot. To see not just family but friends, and everyone got to see a great meet. What a great team to race against an incredibly strong IUPUI team. It was a great matchup today.”
On a night of big performances, with the Cardinals claiming wins in 10 of the 16 events, the biggest performances came from freshman Malcom Slater who honor BSU’s 11 total seniors with three total event wins.
Aside from the senior celebration, in which the men honored Alexander Eddy, Joey Garberick, Isaac Hunter, Bryan Lower and Zach Zishka, Slater provided the night’s biggest highlight in the pool when he won the 500 freestyle in a blistering 4:38.56. The effort was 1:28 faster than second-place Youssef Magdy of IUPUI and sent the Ball State faithful into a frenzy.
Overall, the Cardinals set the tone early, with Garberick combining with fifth-year seniors Bryce Handshoe and Owen Chaye, along with junior leadoff man Ethan Pheifer to win the 200 medley relay (1:31.46).
Two event later Pheifer would start a string of five straight wins in the pool for the Cardinals by taking top honors in the 100 backstroke (51.89). Garberick followed with another close win in the 100 breaststroke (55.61) and Slater added his first individual victory in the 200 butterfly (1:53.34).
It was Chaye’s turn next, has he bookend the first brake, as well as BSU’s senior celebration, by claiming top honors in the 50 (20.80) and 100 (45.79) freestyles.
Following Slater’s win in the 500 freestyle, Handshoe completed a butterfly sweep of the Cardinals by taking the 100 in 50.39. After the second brake, Slater touched the wall first in the 400 IM at 4:08.19 to help lock up the meet victory.
Sophomore Jacob Siewers, Pheifer, Garberick and Chaye then closed the meet with a winning time of 3:05.69 in the 400 freestyle relay.
Along with the action in the poll, Ball State’s divers also made some noise Friday night. Leading the way on the 1M board was sophomore Porter Brovont who placed second in the event with an NCAA Zone Diving Qualifying score of 317.70. The score also moves Brovont from 10th to sixth on Ball State’s all-time individual top performance list.
On the 3M board, Hunter celebrated his senior day with a second-place finish and a collegiate best score of 313.05.
The Ball State men’s swimming & diving team returns to action Nov. 16-18 when it heads down to the IUPUI Natatorium for the IUPUI House of Champions Invite
Ball State Individual Results
200 Medley Relay
1st – Ethan Pheifer, Joey Garberick, Bryce Handshoe, Owen Chaye – 1:31.46
3rd – Logan Ayres, Michael Burns, Benjamin Clarkston, Mason Young – 1:35.04
5th – Reece Manning, Noah Berryman, Bryan Lower, Auston Shafer – 1:38.24
1000 Freestyle
3rd – Tommy Brunner – 9:57.08
4th – Alexander Eddy – 10:01.51
5th – Zach Zishka – 10:08.83
200 Freestyle
2nd – Jacob Siewers – 1:43.84
3rd – Seth Blossom– 1:45.56
6th – Mason Young – 1:50.87
100 Backstroke
1st – Ethan Pheifer – 51.89
4th – Max Kruglov – 52.81
5th – Logan Ayres – 52.90
100 Breaststroke
1st – Joey Garberick – 55.61
3rd – Michael Burns – 58.07
5th – Aidan Biddle – 58.59
EX – Noah Berryman – 59.19
EX – Reeve Ferber – 59.62 ? ?
200 Butterfly
1st – Malcolm Slater – 1:53.34
3rd – Bryce Handshoe – 1:54.35
5th – Kenny Reed – 1:59.17
50 Freestyle
1st – Owen Chaye – 20.80
3rd – Benjamin Clarkston – 21.78
4th – Jacob Siewers – 21.96
EX – Auston Shafer – 22.27
1M Diving
2nd – Porter Brovont – 317.70
5th – Isaac Hunter – 292.95
6th – Wyatt Blake – 261.68
100 Freestyle
1st – Owen Chaye – 45.79
3rd – Ethan Pheifer – 47.27
4th – Jacob Siewers – 47.35
EX – Auston Shafer – 48.88
EX – Seth Blossom – 48.90
200 Backstroke
2nd – Max Kruglov – 1:54.62
4th – Logan Ayres – 1:55.85
5th – Chance Buckles – 1:55.95
200 Breaststroke
2nd – Joey Garberick – 2:04.49
4th – Michael Burns – 2:10.28
6th – Aidan Biddle – 2:12.26
EX – Noah Berryman – 2:13.61
EX – Kenny Reed – 2:16.68
500 Freestyle
1st – Malcolm Slater – 4:38.56
5th – Tommy Brunner – 4:53.18
6th – Alexander Eddy – 4:53.53
100 Butterfly
1st – Bryce Handshoe – 50.39
4th – Benjamin Clarkston – 51.26
5th – Reeve Ferber – 52.59
3 Meter Dive
2nd – Isaac Hunter – 313.05
4th – Porter Brovont – 296.78
5th – Wyatt Blake – 292.20
400 IM
1st – Malcolm Slater – 4:08.19
4th – Max Kruglov – 4:11.32
5th – Zach Zishka – 4:17.85
400 Freestyle Relay
1st – Jacob Siewers, Ethan Pheifer, Joey Garberick, Owen Chaye – 3:05.69
3rd – Benjamin Clarkston, Bryce Handshoe, Mason Young, Kenny Reed – 3:11.66
5th – Auston Shafer, Tommy Brunner, Alexander Eddy, Seth Blossom – 3:17.06
Courtesy: IUPUI Athletics
MUNCIE, Ind. – The IUPUI swim and dive teams fell to the Ball State Cardinals during Friday night’s dual meet. Junior Emmaleigh Zietlow highlighted the women’s competition with two individual wins while Sebastian Otero once again shined on the diving boards for the men’s team.
The Jags earned their first top place finish with Zietlow taking first in the 1000 free with a time of 10:20.74. Freshman Youssef Magdy led the men’s team with a first place finish in the 1000 free with a time of 9:37.76. Michael Esdon took second behind Magdy.
Freshman Nathan Rariden then took first in the men’s 200 free with a time of 1:43.53 while Jack Gallob sealed a second place finish in the men’s 100 back at 51.99. Logan Kelly collected a second-place finish in the 100 breast with a time of 55.86.
Madelyn Weber then earned points for the women’s team with a second-place finish in the 200 fly at 2:13:35. Isaac Wilson earned second for the men with a time of 1:54.10.
Spencer Jyawook added points for the men’s team finishing second in both the 50 free (21.20) and the 100 free (47.25). Grayson Tidwell then collected a first-place finish in the 200 back with a time of 1:54.12 while Logan Kelly earned first in the 200 breast at 2:02.12.
Next up was the 500 free with Zietlow earning her second individual win with a time of 5:00.41. Magdy finished in second for the men with a time of 4:39.84.
For the men’s 100 fly, Keiran Rahmaan took second (50.79) while Wilson followed in third (51.22). Tessa Jones earned points for the women’s team with a second-place finish in the 400 IM (4:41.91). Luke Dibley was the top finisher for the Jags in the men’s 400 IM at second with a time of 4:09.26.
IUPUI women’s 400 free relay team made up of Zietlow, Lillian Brandt, Priscilla Zavala and Tori Barnet took first with a time of 3:40.49. The men’s relay team made up of Rariden, Kelly, Jyawook and Gallob took second with a time of 3:06.44.
On the boards, Otero led the men’s team with back-to-back wins. He took first in the 1-meter with a score of 334.73. Blake Vanderjeugdt took third while Adam Schmehl took fourth. In the men’s 3-meter, Otero defeated his nearest competitor by 91.05 points with a dominate score of 404.10. Schmehl took third for the men’s team.
For the women’s dive team, Sadie Smith led in the 1-meter dive with a second place finish with a score of 260.10. Alaina Heyde earned third in the 1-meter dive. Heyde took second on the 3-meter board with a score of 267.98 while Smith earned third.
The Cardinals defeated the women’s team, 171-119 and took down the Jaguars’ men’s team, 164-136. Both the men’s and women’s team will face Ball State at IUPUI’s annual House of Champions on November 16-18.
