The Bowling Green swim and dive team finished its home season with a win against defending Mid-American Conference champion Akron. The Falcons also recognized seniors Stephanie Boyle, Erica Nieminen, Haley Roberts and Carmen Young for senior day.
Friday night, the women took on the Zips, defeating them 167-132.
The Falcons won 10 out of 16 events, taking the first three events in the meet.
“It was pretty good. A lot of our people went a little bit quicker than last week so that was encouraging to see,” head coach Petra Martin said.
Daniela Carrillo finished first in both the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke, while Victoria Griffin and Tara Capouch also won two individual events.
Despite going up against defending conference champions, Carrillo says the pressure is something you get used to.
“Something I’ve learned through the years is that it doesn’t matter who is in the lane next to me,” Carrillo said. “I knew who we were against, but I also knew my team and I knew what we could do.”
Griffin and Capouch were on the winning relay team in the 400 freestyle.
Griffin was also on the first-place 200 medley relay team, along with teammates Estela Davis Ortiz, Kristin Filby and
Jordan Bullock.
Griffin kept her unbeaten streak in the 50 freestyle, hitting the wall just before teammate Kayla Effinger.
Capouch took an individual win in the 200 freestyle, edging out Akron by
.3 seconds.
“Ever since I started swimming I was always told to beat the person next to me,” Capouch said. “Having this motive helps to drive me to the finish and beat the person next to me. It’s all about the will to win.”
The Falcons also saw individual wins from Natalie Criswell, who beat her personal record in the 1000 freestyle by more than four seconds, as well as Franziska Wohlert who joined the team over break.
“We don’t want to have just two or three people doing things,” Martin said. “We want to have 10; the more people the better. It’s good to see different names popping up [in first place].”
The Falcons are 8-0 on the season and take on Buffalo next for their last MAC opponent before championships.
“It’s going to be a very tough meet,” Martin said. “They’re a great team, very deep. They swim great at home, so we will have our hands full and we’re looking forward to
the challenge.”
The Falcons head to New York next week before moving on to Youngstown State the following week.
