MUNCIE, In. – The Bellarmine University swim teams continued their fall schedule this past weekend, traveling to Ball State for a dual where the Cardinals came out victorious on both the men's and women's side at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.
After defeating the men in last year's meeting, the Knight fell to Ball State on both sides, with the men losing 152-53 and the women losing 158-47.
Bellarmine's men had 10 swimmers produce a top four finish while the women's team had eight swimmers turn in top four finishes in at least one race, with three swimmers on each side notching two top four finishes each.
For the men, freshman
Ahmet Efe Inceoglu led the way with a pair of silver medals, coming in second in the 50 free (21.55) and the 100 free (46.22). Junior
Evan Dickson tallied a silver and bronze medal, finishing second in the 200 free (1:44.48) and third in the 500 free (4:50.36). Senior
Sam Jones rounds out the top performers with a second-place finish in the 1000 free (10:03.35) and a fourth-place finish in the 500 free (4:52.81).
Freshman
Carter Souliere (200 IM, 1:57.01) and junior
Colin Jackson (100 back, 52.93) notched a second-place finish in their respective events while freshman
Yael Bojalil (200 free, 1:45.03) and junior
Reece Pennington (100 fly, 52.20) tallied third place finishes. Freshman
Zach May (100 breaststroke, 59.86), senior
Cason Henderson (200 IM, 2:00.44) and sophomore
David Diercks (100 back, 54.88) rounded out the group with a fourth-place finish in their respective events.
On the women's side, sophomore
Micaela Godfrey earned top billing with two silver medals, finishing second in the 200 IM (2:09.71) and the 100 back (59.56). Freshman
Kaja Vaadal turned in a second (1000 free, 10:52.59) and third (500 free, 5:20.76) place finish while junior
Lily Wolfe came in third (1000 free, 10:53.47) and fourth (500 free, 5:22.92). Three Knights in sophomores
Lily Epley (50 free, 25.24),
Ava Jones (100 free, 55.06) and senior
Erin Dall'Agnol (100 breaststroke, 1:07.58) placed third while sophomores
Clara McIntyre (200 free, 2:00.98) and
Annie Leibold (100 fly, 1:01.04) came in fourth.
Up next, Bellarmine return to the A3 Performance Invitational, an event the Knights have seen a lot of success in recent years, in Carbondale, IL November 13-15.
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