Joking around during Thursday's practice, sophomore Addison Del Rio said that the Ball State University women's swimming and diving team would return home with a 2-0 record.
She was right.
On Friday, both the women's and men's teams attended their first Mid-American Conference meet against Buffalo in New York.
The women's team finished in first place with a score of 164 to Buffalo's 79, while the men's team also won by a score of 136-101.
Del Rio placed first in three different events including the 200-yard IM (2:09.87), the 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.64) and the 200-yard medley relay (1:49.34) with teammates Brittany Sayler, Erin Johnson and Ashley VanOsdol.
The 1-meter diving event was dominated by Ball State with the top three awards going to Stephanie Paul (239.25 points), Katie Boyle (220.50) and Paige Vernasco (212.85).
Overall, the women's team took home nine different first-place positions. The men's team complimented the achievements with seven first-place finishes of their own.
Ritchie Caudill took first place in the 200-yard breaststroke event with a time of 2:12.47 followed by Griff Goas (2:17.22) and Robert Funk (2:17.38) to round out the top three positions.
The top two positions in the 50-yard freestyle event went to Tyler McQuiston (21.83) and Jagen Arnold (22.17).
Saturday's meet against Akron for only the women's swimming and diving team turned out to be a closer race for top position.
The team finished the meet by winning 10 of the 16 events with a combined score of 184.5 to Akron's 115.5.
The top two positions in the 150-yard freestyle event went to Meghan Patterson (17:41.03) and Brittany Mishler (18:18.70).
VanOsdol took first in the 100-yard freestyle event, posting a time of 53.69 followed closely by teammate Michelle Huang clocking in at 53.96.
Sayler and Mary Brinkoetter took home the top two spots in the 200-yard backstroke event by posting times of 2:07.61 and 2:09.40, respectively.
The next meet for the women's team will be Saturday against MAC rival Miami with a start time of 11 a.m. The men will next be in action against Miami on Saturday, Nov. 12, with a start time of 1 p.m. Both events will be held at the Lewellen Aquatic Center here at Ball State.
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