Rockets Blast Past Falcons, 180-118

Friday, January 23

Toledo, OH

5:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

180

118

Bowling Green

1/23/2009 5:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving

TOLEDO, OH - Friday marked the day that the Toledo Rockets hosted their cross-town rival Bowling Green Falcons in the pool of the UT Student Rec Center and UT defeated BGSU, 180-118. Toledo took first place in 13 of the 16 events including three Rockets winning multiple individual events.

“We were very pleased with our meet,” said Head Coach Lars Jorgensen. “Overall, it was a good team effort and I see some progress being made from last week, which is always exciting for us.”

Meghan Reissig was first in the 200 back with a UT season-best time of 2:03.84 and also won the 200 IM (2:06.75).

“Meg Reissig was the star today and won each of her races that she competed in,” Jorgensen said. “She just competed hard and it was really nice to see her back to the level that she is capable of doing. I just thought she did a really nice job.”

Laura Lindsay swept the breaststroke events as the freshman won the 100 breast in 1:05.02 and the 200 breast in 2:22.69. Brittany Teneyck took first in both of the diving events, winning the one-meter with 260.55 points and the three-meter with 278.70.

Katie White, Kelsey Atchison, Laura Heckroth and Jacy Dyer were all first-place finishers in freestyle events. White won the 50 free in 24.61 while Atchison took the 200 free (1:53.24). Heckroth's 500 free time of 5:08.30 was the fastest of the day as Dyer touched the wall first in the 1650 free (17:00.76).

Amanda Thompson also earned first-place points for the Rockets with her 100 fly time of 57.44.

The Rockets swept the relay events as well. White, Thompson and Heckroth teamed with Jacque Fate in the 200 free relay and posted a first-place time of 1:37.08. Reissig, Lindsay, Thompson and White competed in the 200 medley relay for the Rockets and won the event in 1:45.23.

UT moves to 4-5 overall in dual meets and 3-2 in the Mid-American Conference while Bowling Green moves to 1-4 overall and in the MAC.

“We have two more meets coming up in preparation for the conference championship so we're pretty excited about that,” Jorgensen said.

UT will be back into the pool on Friday, January 30 at 5:00 p.m. when the Rockets head to Akron to take on the Zips for their final road meet of the season. Toledo will wrap up its dual-meet schedule on Saturday, February 7 at 1:00 p.m. when the Rockets host the Buffalo Bulls in the UT Student Rec Center.