Conference Standings - End of Day 1
1st - Akron - 74 points
2nd - Eastern Michigan - 66 points
3rd - Buffalo - 64 points
4th - Bowling Green - 62 points
Tied 5th - Toledo - 56 points
Tied 5th - Miami - 56 points
7th - Ohio - 50 points
8th - Ball State - 44 points
The Ball State women's swimming and diving team completed its first two days at the Mid-American Conference championship.
Ball State finished the first day with two season-best times, but the team's 44 points earned it eighth place.
The Cardinals started off competition with a season-best time in the 200-meter medley relay. Freshman Mikayla Dostall, sophomore Amanda Kedzierski, sophomore Andrea Richter and junior Jessica Extine finished with a time of 1:42.55, beating the previous record by more than three seconds.
The 800-meter freestyle relay team of freshman Liz Madison, sophomore Traci Muszalski, sophomore Hannah Cressman and freshman Lauren Elston finished with a time of 7:39.66 — good enough for another season best.
In the second day of competition, the Cardinals began individual competition in the 500-meter freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle and 1-meter dive.
None of the Cardinals were able to advance to the individual finals in any of the finals events on Feb. 26.
In the 500 free, out of the six Cardinal swimmers who competed, Muszalski finished on top in 24th place overall with a time of 5:02.05.
The 200 IM had top finishes from juniors Courtney Mudd in 26th and Kimmie Scott in 27th with times of 2:07.52 and 2:07.73, respectively.
The 50 free had top finishes from Extine, who finished in 23rd place overall, (23.62) as well as a 32nd-place finish from Kedzierski (24.20).
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