Bulls Fly By Falcons and Penguins

UB defeats BG 153.5-145.5 and YSU 222-74

BOWLING GREEN, OH- The University at Buffalo women’s swimming and diving team won a combined meet with MAC rival Bowling Green and Youngstown State tonight at Cooper Pool in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Bulls move to 9-2 (4-2 MAC) after defeating Bowling Green 153.5-145.5 and Youngstown State 222-74.

Brynn Marecki

Jordan Deren won the first individual event for the Bulls, placing first in the 1000 freestyle (10:27.53). Jessica Ballard won her first event in the 100 backstroke, swimming to a time of 58.92. Ballard also placed first in the 200 IM with a season-best time, 2:06.68. Breaststroke specialist Brynn Marecki placed first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.21, and then took first place in the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:22.55. Jessie Koltz picked up points for Buffalo, placing first in the 50 freestyle (24.50). Deren won her second event of the night in the 500 freestyle, taking first in a time of 5:08.41. Diving was highlighted by a 1-2 finish in the one-meter event, as Meili Carpenter took first (330.40) and Ursula Jeske took second (247.60). The three-meter event ended similarly as Carpenter finished first with 263.35 points, while Jeske tied for second with Bowling Green’s Molly Wood, scoring 230.15.

Meili Carpenter

From Bowling Green, the Bulls will take the short trip to Toledo to wrap up their regular season schedule when they take on the Rockets tomorrow at 1:00 pm at the UT Student Rec Center.