The Miami University women's swimming and diving team emerged victorious after a close meet visiting Bowling Green on Saturday, October 23. The RedHawks came out of the final event with a total score of 150 with Bowling Green falling just short with 148.
 
How it Happened:

• Bowling Green and Miami spent much of the meet trading top placements back and forth across each event. Bowling Green swimmers placed first in nine events while Miami swimmers placed first in seven.
• Miami was able to avoid getting shut out of the top three of any swimming events, with a swimmer from the RedHawks placing second in six of the seven Bowling Green first place finishes.
• Miami opened the meet with a strong showing in the 200 medley relay. The A relay team of  Madeline Padavic, Sara Lahrach-Sanchez, Emily O'Connell and Nicole Maier picked up first with a time of 1:44.25, while the B relay team of Angelina Cakuls, Jordyn Homoki, Erin Szczupakiewicz and Katheryn Antonowich placed third with a time of 1:47.34.
• Miami was able to sweep the top three spots of the 200 freestyle thanks to strong performances from Maier (1:52.36), Antonowich (1:56.86) and Honor Brodie-Foy (1:57.58).
• Maier was able to pick up another top spot finish in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.59, in addition to finishing second in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:05.08, a mere 0.05 seconds behind the Bowling Green victor.
• Miami's other first place finishes were snapped up by Lahrach-Sanchez in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.32), Szczupakiewicz in the 200 butterfly (2:06.63), Brodie-Foy in the 50 freestyle (24.22) and O'Connell in the 100 butterfly (56.11).
• The RedHawks ended the meet with the A relay team of Brodie-Foy, Padavic, Homoki and O'Connell placing second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:35.95, and the B relay of Rachel Botting, Emma Schueler, Szczupakiewicz and McKenzie Reid placing third with a 1:37.25 time.

 
Up Next:
The men's team will travel to take on Ball State on Thursday, October 28 with a start time of 5:00 p.m.