Both the Ball State University men's and women's swimming and diving teams took second place Saturday at the Indiana Intercollegiate.
Both teams finished behind Purdue University and ahead of the University of Indianapolis and IUPUI in their first multiteam meet of the season.
Purdue won the men's meet with 887.5 points, while Ball State had 386.5, Indianapolis had 341.5 and IUPUI had 132.2. On the women's side, Purdue won with 718 points, Ball State took second with 647, Indianapolis took third with 308 and IUPUI rounded out the field with 143.
Mary Ehresman and Lauren Harger posted the best results of the day for the Cardinals' women as Ehresman won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:10.16, and Harger won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.80.
None of the Ball State men won an event, but Austin Laska finished second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.53 seconds.
Ball State results
Women's 1-meter divingDIVER7. Lisa Maertin8. Christina Riordan
Women's 3-meter divingDIVER7. Lisa Maertin8. Christina Riordan
Women's 200 freestyleSWIMMER5. Mary Ehresman6. Elizabeth Spilman
Women's 50 freestyleSWIMMER3. Nicole Saulters4. Katie Bylsma
Women's 200 IMSWIMMER3. Megan Ploetz7. Emily Hurst
Women's 100 butterflySWIMMER5. Maria Gramelspacher6. Alanna Bader
Women's 100 freestyleSWIMMER4. Maria Gramelspacher6. Katie Bylsma
Women's 100 backstrokeSWIMMER2. Sara Hostetler3. Nicole Saulters
Women's 500 freestyleSWIMMER1. Mary Ehresman7. Megan Patterson
Women's 100 breaststrokeSWIMMER1. Lauren Harger5. Emily Haifley
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