Ball State Relays

MUNCIE, Indiana, October 9. THE Ball State women's swimming & diving team turned in another solid effort Saturday morning, posting a score of 258 to win the four-team Ball State Relay Invitational at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.

BSU's score of 258 topped Evansville (148), IUPUI (74) and Butler (28). Overall, the Cardinals won 11 of the 12 events in the meet which was comprised entirely of relay events.

Ball State started the meet in solid fashion, as Maria Gramelspacher, Alanna Bader and Mallory Miles combined to win the 300 butterfly relay by nearly 10 seconds with a clocking of 2:56.76.

In the 300 backstroke relay, Emily Wisolek, Haley Richter and Nicole Saulters turned in a winning time of 3:00.44.

Mackenzie Imbro, Stacey Wierman and Bridgett Ruehl combined to win the 300 breaststroke relay, clocking in at 3:26.99.

In the first four-member relay, Gramelspacher, Katie Bylsma, Jillian Bischoff and Wisolek turned in a time of 7:58.81 to take home top billing in the 800 freestyle relay.

Whitney Adams and Christina Riordan continued BSU's winning streak, capturing first on the one-meter diving relay with a score of 247.43. The pair also picked up a win in the three-meter diving relay with a score of 248.02.

In the 500 freestyle relay, Mallory Przybylinski, Imbro, Mia Miller and Richter turned in a winning effort of 4:48.28.

Bader, Ruehl, Gramelspacher and Saulters followed with a first-place time of 1:51.55 in the 200 medley relay, while Przybylinski, Betsy Bowen, Miller and Bylsma combined to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:39.93.

In the 400 medley relay, Miles, Richter, Jackie Iglesias and Bader took home the top spot with a time of 4:08.32.

Wisolek, Saulters, Bowen and Bylsma completed the meet with a first-place effort of 3:38.85 in the 400 freestyle relay.

The Ball State women's swimming & diving team returns to action Sunday, Oct. 24, when it travels to Charleston, Ill., to battle Eastern Illinois at 1 p.m. (CT).

Meanwhile, the Ball State men's swimming & diving team posted a 204 to 154 victory over Evansville in Saturday morning's Ball State Relay Invitational at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.

Overall, the Cardinals scored wins in seven of the 12 men's events.

BSU started the meet with a victory in the 300-yard butterfly relay, as Tony DeBrota, Michael Oaks and Chris Krupa combined for a first-place time of 2:42.48.

The Cardinals continued their winning ways in the second event, as Michael Weber, Tucker Hale and Cameron Watters turned in a time of 2:45.73 to win the 300 backstroke relay.

BSU's third win came in the 300 breaststroke relay, where Krupa, David Wood and Gavin McNeeley clocked in at 3:02.01.

After three-straight wins from Evansville, the Cardinals broke through with a victory in the 200 medley relay, as Weber, McNeeley, Krupa and Casey Schroeder posted a time of 1:39.06.

Ball State followed with a win in the 200 freestyle relay, as Krupa, McNeeley, Hale and Debrota combined for an effort of 1:29.47.

BSU went on to win two of the next three events to help secure the meet victory. In the second-longest race of the day, the 1500 freestyle relay, Mark Golden, Nick Stevens and Ryan Gordyan clocked in at 15:32.45 for the victory.

The Cardinals final event win came in the 400 medley relay, as Krupa, McNeeley, Debrota and Weber combined to touch the final wall in 3:42.82.

The Ball State men's swimming & diving team returns to action Sunday, Oct. 24, when it travels to Charleston, Ill., to battle Eastern Illinois at 1 p.m. (CT).

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