The Falcon swim team traveled to Athens, Ohio, to compete in the 2011 Mid-American Conference Championships.

BG swimmers broke some University records and recorded a sixth place finish overall, tying with Akron.

Ohio University finished first while Toledo finished second. The championships covered four days of events.

BG coach Petra Martin said she was excited to see records broken for the Falcons.

“I thought we did a really good job and we are moving in the right direction as a program,” Martin said.

Day one

The night started off with a pair of relay races of which BG finished fifth in both.

In the 200 medley relay, the team of Alexa Harris, Alexis Kain, Vicky Yu and Sarah Reinink beat the Falcons’ season-best time by more than two seconds with a finish of 1:43.03.

The final race was the 800 freestyle relay, which BG raced once in the regular season. The team of Andrea Brown, Yu, Emily Bennet and Megan Bomicino shaved 21 seconds from the previous time and finished fifth.

Day two

The school record for the 200 freestyle that was set two years ago in the 2009 MAC Championships fell on day two. The previous record, set by the 2009 team that included current swimmers Carrie Enright and Reinink, was broken by this year’s team of Enright and Reinink, as well as Bennet and Brittany Szekely.

The team beat the NCAA’s “B” standard time for championship qualifying. The team won the only medal for the Falcons in the entire meet, earning a silver medal for their efforts.

Two Falcons, Harris and Sarah Burston, both qualified for the 200 IM championship race. Harris finished eighth and Burston finished 16th, both earning points for BG. They were seventh heading into day three.

Day three

The Falcons didn’t improve in the standings, but they did break two more school records.

Kain has dominated this season in the breaststroke events and once again didn’t disappoint in the championships.

She set the record time for the 100 breaststroke and also met the “B” qualifying standard for the NCAA championships. In the preliminary race, Kain eclipsed fellow teammate Amanda Rom’s school record time by just under a second. In the final she finished fourth, which again beat the record time she set earlier.

Kain was also a part of the other record-breaking event in the 400 medley relay. She combined with Harris, Burston and Bennet to break the school record that was set two years ago.

Day four

On Saturday night, Kain breezed by her previous best time in the 200 breaststroke event. In the final, she set another BG record, beating her previous best time by seven seconds and placing fourth. In the same race, Amanda Rom qualified for the “B” standard in the 200, finishing fifth-place.

Yu met the “B” standard in the 200 butterfly and almost broke her own school record.

Resulting from these championships, several Falcons could have the opportunity to travel down to Austin, Texas for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Five different times beat the NCAA “B” standards to qualify.

If swimmers meet the “A” standards they qualify automatically, but meeting the “B” standards means the NCAA only takes a certain number who qualified.

Kain has two chances to qualify.

“We broke some records and it was really exciting to see,” Martin said. “We still need to grow and learn moving forward [and] recruit quality people that will make us better in championships. Overall, it was a great season.”