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Second-year backstroke and butterfly swimmer Hannah Jones swims in the women's 100 meter backstroke against Miami Jan. 21 at Lewellen Aquatic Center. Amber Pietz, DN
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Second-year backstroke and butterfly swimmer Hannah Jones swims in the women's 100 meter backstroke against Miami Jan. 21 at Lewellen Aquatic Center. Amber Pietz, DN
It is Feb. 1, 2014. Then-Ball State senior diver Jacob Brehmer is preparing for his second-to-last home meet as a Cardinal.
Neely Agnew made the pool deck her second home growing up. Watching her father J. Agnew coach at Yorktown High School and Purdue University was something she did often.
After a three-match weekend Jan. 28-30, Ball State’s Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Head Coach J. Agnew said despite ending with wins and losses, the Cardinals performed and gave their full effort each race.
Although Ball State (2-2, 1-2 MAC) claimed victory in seven events, the Cardinals fell short against Eastern Michigan (2-2, 2-1 MAC) by a score of 167-133 Jan. 22.
Imagine you are graduating college. You are only a few moments away from being done with the education system for the rest of your life. But that worries you, because it is all you have ever known. So, you wonder, “What comes next?”
Ball State Men and Women's Swim and Dive competed in the House of Champions hosted by IUPUI Nov. 18-20. The women totaled 1,347 points to place second out of nine. The Cardinals were 17 points behind first-place Illinois. The men ended with 891.5 total points, placing fourth in the seven-team field behind University of Indianapolis, IUPUI and Illinois-Chicago.
In its first home meet of the season, Ball State (1-1) fell to Ohio (1-1) 153-147 Saturday. There were several bright spots for the Cardinals in defeat, including freshman Ashleigh Provan.
Ball State Swimming and Diving hosted its first-annual alumni meet Friday evening to coordinate with Ball State's Homecoming week. Swimmers and divers from the Cardinals past and present came togehter in the Lewellen Acquatic Center to compete against one another.
A reflection of the work they’ve put in is how head coach J. Agnew described Ball State’s (4-1) fourth-place finish in the Mid-American Conference Men’s Championship this weekend. The Cardinals finished with 511.50 points, their highest point total at the MAC Championships since 2005 (571).
It had been 27 days since their last meet.
Athletic debuts can be nerve-wracking for college freshmen because of the pressure that comes with performing at a high level. That narrative was never the case for Ball State freshman swimmer Joey Garberick.
In a weekend that included commanding team wins and a record-breaking performance, Ball State Swimming and Diving emerged victorious against its first opponents this season.
This past offseason did not do many favors for Ball State Swimming and Diving.
Editor’s Note: The Daily News worked to find social media posts from each sport but was unsuccessful for men’s tennis, men's swimming and diving and women's swimming and diving.
Ball State Women’s Swimming and Diving (5-6, 1-3 MAC) descended on Buffalo, New York, for the Mid-American Conference Championships Wednesday. The MAC has been a tough trip for the Cardinals in recent years. Last season, Ball State only scored points in eight events. This year, the Cardinals struggled, placing eighth out of eight teams. However, the team showed improvements over last year’s effort.
Ball State headed north to South Bend, Indiana, for what was statistically its toughest competition of the year: a quad meet with No. 19/21 Notre Dame, Michigan State and Indiana State.
Ball State’s streak of three consecutive wins in dual meets came to an end Saturday after falling to MAC foe Ohio, 188.5-110.5.
The stands at Lewellen Aquatic Center were as full as they had been all season, as the Cardinals took to the pool to face in-state rival Indiana State on Senior Day.
Ball State’s swimming and diving teams had been out of action for over a month. Despite the long layoff, there were minimal signs of rust, as the Cardinals beat Mid-American Conference rival Toledo, 194-104.