The Ball State women's swimming and diving team hit its stride on Day 3 of the Mid-American Conference championships, posting six school records.
The record setting began early in the day. Freshman Mallory Miles shattered the Cardinals' all-time mark in the 400-yard individual medley with a swim of 4:20.22 in the preliminaries – more than five seconds faster than the previous record. She would go on to place sixth in the finals, the highest individual finish by a Cardinal so far.
In the next preliminary, the 100 butterfly, freshman Haley Richter set the school record with a 55.31. Richter broke her own mark with a swim of 54.63 in the finals, which was good for ninth place.
Junior Nicole Saulters broke the school record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.82 during the preliminary rounds.
Another record-setter was senior Katie Bylsma, who posted a 1:50.66 in the 200 freestyle. Bylsma's time broke the mark of 1:50.81, set by freshman Emily Wisolek in the preliminaries.
The final record to fall was in the 100 breaststroke, where freshman Bridgette Ruehl swam a 1:03.94. Ruehl had set the previous best time of 1:04.12 on Dec. 4.
The Cardinals also smashed the 400 medley relay record. The squad of Saulters, Ruehl, Richter, and Bylsma posted a 3:45.69 – good for fifth in the conference and nearly four seconds faster than the old mark.
After 14 events, Ball State is in eighth with 178.5 points. They trail seventh-place Bowling Green by 27 points going into the final day.
Ohio retained its lead with 443 points, followed by Toledo (406.5), Miami (358), Eastern Michigan (261), Akron (222.5) and Buffalo (219.5).
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