Bowling Green vs Marshall
- January 6, 2024
- Huntington, W. Va.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Marshall Athletics
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Swimming and Diving team (1-2) down the Bowling Green Falcons (1-3), 209-91, for a victory in the team’s first home dual of the 2023-24 season. The Herd took first place in 13 of the 16 events, sweeping the podium in four contests.
“I thought our women did a good job of coming back following a later evening session last night (at Ohio) and showing up ready to go this morning,” Herd swimming and diving head coach Ian Walsh said after the win. “Being able to one-two the first relay really set the tone for the meet.”
MU started out the dual with the team of Mia McBride, Paige Banton, Madeline Hart, Klava Katayama taking the 200 Medley Relay (1:44.73) with Parker Lynch, Audrey West, Katie Fisher and Claire Kenney taking second in the event (1:46.88).
Marshall swept the podium 200 Freestyle with Hart (1:52.18), West (1:53.57) and Allison Dodd (1:55.88). It also saw Banton (1:05.84), Jenna Bopp (1:07.14 and Jessica Humby (1:07.98) sweep the 100 Breaststroke Banton (2:18.68), West (2:22.08) and Humby (2:27.53) sweeping the 200 Breaststroke. MU’s final podium sweep of the day came in the 200 Individual Medley with Molly Warner (2:08.07), Banton (2:08.41) and Dodd (2:10.01) finishing first through third respectively.
“It was a great team win today,” Walsh continued. “We had a lot of people contribute points throughout the session. Madeline, Klava and Paige all had two wins today and were able to make good race decisions that led to some really positive outcomes.”
The Herd also saw wins from Charlotte Thompson in the 1000 Freestyle (10:36.88), Eszter Laban winning the 500 Freestyle (5:08.59) and Katayama taking both the 50 Freestyle (24.22) and 100 Freestyle (52.51).
Mia McBride captured the 200 Backstroke in 2:04.22 with Hart taking the 100 Butterfly in 57.48. Marshall closed out the dual with Katayama, Gabrielle Ivey, Lynch and West taking the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:36.38).
“Grace Kelsheimer took 1m again today and runner up in 3m earlier in the meet,” Walsh said. “She has been a model of consistency for us and this weekend really highlighted that.”
Grace Kelsheimer had another great day on the boards. After sweeping the 3m and 1m dives at Ohio on Friday, Kelsheimer won the 1m Dive with a score of 260.25 and second in the 3m scoring 257.55.
“We will get some much-needed rest and recovery this weekend and prepare for another weekend of competition up in Buffalo on Friday,” Walsh finished.
RESULTS
200 Medley Relay
1st – Mia McBride, Paige Banton, Madeline Hart, Klava Katayama (1:44.73)
2nd – Parker Lynch, Audrey West, Katie Fisher, Claire Kenney (1:46.88)
6th – Mackenzie Rider, Jessica Humby, Tatum Robinson, Grace Cox (1:54.11)
1000 Freestyle
1st – Charlotte Thompson (10:36.88)
2nd – Jenna Bopp (10:54.00)
200 Freestyle
1st – Madeline Hart (1:52.18)
2nd – Audrey West (1:53.57)
3rd – Allison Dodd (1:55.88)
100 Backstroke
2nd – Mia McBride (56.94)
3rd – Gabrielle Ivey (58.39)
4th – Parker Lynch (59.11)
7th – Kate Bolgarskaya (1:01.86)
100 Breaststroke
1st – Paige Banton (1:05.84)
2nd – Jenna Bopp (1:07.14)
3rd – Jessica Humby (1:07.98)
6th – Katie Fisher (1:09.93)
200 Butterfly
2nd – Eszter Laban (2:06.08)
3rd – Molly Warner (2:06.27)
5th – Tatum Robinson (2:15.29
50 Freestyle
1st – Klava Katayama (24.22)
3rd – Claire Kenney (24.93)
5th – Nina Nugent (25.22)
9th – Grace Cox (25.75)
3-Meter Dive
2nd – Grace Kelsheimer (257.55)
5th – Larissa Munksgard (217.05)
7th – Alaina Laster (202.40)
8th – Gabrielle Grace (200.78)
100 Freestyle
1st – Klava Katayama (52.51)
2nd – Madeline Hart (52.75)
5th – Parker Lynch (54.25)
6th – Claire Kenney (54.92)
200 Backstroke
1st – Mia McBride (2:04.22)
2nd – Gabrielle Ivey (2:07.40)
5th – Mackenzie Rider (2:15.88)
200 Breaststroke
1st – Paige Banton (2:18.68)
2nd – Audrey West (2:22.08)
3rd – Jessica Humby (2:27.53)
4th – Nina Nugent (2:29.01)
500 Freestyle
1st – Eszter Laban (5:08.59)
2nd – Charlotte Thompson (5:14.63)
7th – Jenna Bopp (5:27.30)
100 Butterfly
1st – Madeline Hart (57.48)
3rd – Molly Warner (58.31)
4th – Tatum Robinson (58.92)
7th – Grace Cox (1:01.05)
1-Meter Dive
1st – Grace Kelsheimer (260.25)
5th – Alaina Laster (218.48)
7th – Larissa Munksgard (194.25)
8th – Gabrielle Grace (183.93)
200 Individual Medley
1st – Molly Warner (2:08.07)
2nd – Paige Banton (2:08.41)
3rd – Allison Dodd (2:10.01)
4th – Eszter Laban (2:10.89)
200 Freestyle Relay
1st – Klava Katayama, Gabrielle Ivey, Parker Lynch, Audrey West (1:36.38)
3rd – Mia McBride, Claire Kenney, Nina Nugent, Molly Warner (1:38.57)
5th – Grace Cox, Allison Dodd, Katie Fisher, Grace Valenza (1:43.03)
UP NEXT
Marshall is back in action next weekend in Buffalo, New York, to compete in the at Buffalo Diving Invite Friday through Sunday and a swim meet against Buffalo and Duquesne Friday and Saturday.
Courtesy: BGSU Athletics
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia – The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team returned to competition for the first time of the new year against Marshall yesterday. The Falcons were bested 209-91.
A running theme of the 2023-24 season has been the great performance of the Falcon divers and the new year started out just the same. Freshman Flyer Natalia Mayorga took home another win in the 3-Meter bringing her season total event wins to six with four in the 3-Meter. Mayorga wasn’t the only diver to have a strong outing. Captain Rayah Blood finished second and third respectively in the 3-Meter and 1-Meter diving.
The swimmers were led by backstroke swimmer Emily McNicol. McNicol took home a win in the 100 Backstroke with her fifth event win of the season. McNicol finished with a time of 56.83. Grace Bodrock continued her success in the 200 Butterfly. In the Falcons last meet Bodrock swam to the 9th fastest time in program history. This meet Bodrock left with a first-place finish thanks to a time of 2:05.92
FALCON FINISHES
200 Medley Relay – 3. McNicol, Robertson, Bodrock, Krupp 1:46.64
1000 Freestyle – 3. Hanna Ehrman 10:56.51, 4. Lourdes Manderfield 11:00.91
200 Freestyle – 4. Julianna Petrak 1:57.83
100 Backstroke – 1. Emily McNicol 56.83
100 Breaststroke – 4. Joanna Robertson 1:08.91
200 Butterfly – 1. Grace Bodrock 2:05.92, 4. Ava Vial 2:09.77
50 Freestyle – 2. Elayna Krupp 24.46, 4. Riley McNichols 25.13
3-Meter Dive – 1. Natalia Mayorga 272.40, 3. Rayah Blood 255.90
100 Freestyle – 3. Elayna Krupp 53.38, 4. Julianna Petrak 54.17
200 Backstroke – 3. Morgan Sokol 2:07.69
200 Breaststroke – 5. Namie Edge 2:31.04
500 Freestyle – 3. Abby Toepfer 5:18.00, 4. Blanca Sanz 5:19.03
100 Butterfly – 2. Grace Bodrock 58.30
1-Meter Dive – 2. Natalia Mayorga 243.15, 3. Rayah Blood 230.55
200 IM – 5. Ava Vial 2:12.85
200 Freestyle Relay – 2. Krupp, Bodrock, McNicol, McNichols 1:38.39
RICKEY’S REACTIONS
“We had not raced since November. Even though our training has been great, and we had put in a lot of effort, we just didn’t have any quickness today.”
Up Next
The Falcon divers return to the boards at the Buffalo Diving Invite next weekend. They will reunite with the swimmers on January 19th at home against MAC counterpart Miami University.
