Bulls Dominate Day Two of Tri-Meet to Defeat Falcons & Rockets

Friday, January 31

Bowling Green, OH

6 pm

Bowling Green

Photo by: Paul Hokanson / UB Athletics

Bulls Dominate Day Two of Tri-Meet to Defeat Falcons & Rockets

2/1/2025 3:29:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

TOLEDO, Ohio – The University at Buffalo swimming and diving team participated in a two-day tri-meet, competing at Bowling Green on Friday and Toledo on Saturday. Buffalo dominated day two of the meet, earning wins over both Bowling Green and Toledo.

The Bulls defeated the Falcons, 225-118, and the Rockets, 206-147. In addition to Buffalo's pair of victories, the Bulls broke three pool records at Toledo, in the 400-yard medley relay (3:44.23), 100-yard backstroke (53.81) and 200-yard freestyle (1:49.64).

FRIDAY
Freshman Isabella Forsman opened the tri-meet by winning two events at Bowling Green. Forsman won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.12. The freshman doubled back to take the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:04.41.

Mia Naccarella won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:59.24. Abigail Malmstrom took fourth (2:05.67) to give the Bulls two of the top four spots in the event.

Elise McCaul carried her momentum from the Bulls' last meet, finishing second in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 10:25.60. McCaul was just shy of her personal record in the event (10:24.91). Ava Cunningham took fourth (10:33.21) and Karen Austin finished sixth (10:35.63) to have the Bulls take three of the top six spots. Austin's time was a season-best.

The Bulls opened the night with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Naccarella, Grace Rider, Nicole Aguilar and Jillian Strine finished the event in 1:43.48. The Buffalo swimmers closed out the night with a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle. The Bulls' team of Strine, Naccarella, Amanda Jurgelon and Forsman finished the event in 3:28.99.

Marialis Kwak continued her undefeated streak in the diving well with a win in the three-meter and a score of 314.80. The win was the senior diver's 14th of the season.

The Buffalo divers took six of the top eight spots in the three-meter. Behind Kwak's first-place finish, Kaylee Donovan took second with a score of 297.35, just three points shy of her personal record that ranks ninth all-time in UB indoor history. Sophie Meuwissen finished third with a score of 278.90, trailing her personal best score of 281.18 set earlier this season. Mallory Hanna earned sixth (252.95), Presley Dorsett placed seventh (251.50) and Maggie Meyers took eighth (241.00).

All results from day one of the tri-meet can be accessed here.

SATURDAY
Buffalo won eight of the nine events on Saturday, dominating the event leaderboards to earn points over both the Falcons and Rockets.

The Bulls opened Saturday by winning the 400-yard medley relay, breaking Toledo's pool record with a time of 3:44.23. Naccarella broke the pool record in the 100-yard backstroke too, leading off the medley relay, with a time of 53.81. The opening event set the tone for what was to come on day two, as Naccarella later won the 100-yard backstroke (53.93) and set another pool record in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.64). Abbey Gardner trailed Naccarella to take second in the freestyle event with a time of 1:50.78, a season-best time for the sophomore. Vivian Roy (2nd, 55.85) and Malmstrom (5th, 57.10) trailed in the 100-yard backstroke to give the Bulls three of the top five spots. Malmstrom's time was a season-best.

In the first individual event the Bulls took the top three spots in the 500-yard freestyle to open the individual events. Cunningham won the event (4:58.38), as Forsman posted a season-best time in second (5:00.12) and McCaul finished third (5:01.02).

Rider (1st, 1:03.03) and Ava Pauly (2nd, 1:04.54) took the top two spots in the 100-yard breaststroke to continue the Bulls momentum. Rider was just under a second shy of her personal record that ranks fourth all-time in program history (1:02.30). Pauly missed her personal record (1:03.41) by just over a second too, a time that ranks tenth all-time in program history.

Aguilar continued the Bulls' momentum with a win the 100-yard butterfly and a time of 54.64. The junior fell just shy of her season-best time of 54.54. Freshman Maddy Schnelzer trailed to take third for Buffalo, finishing the event with a season-best time of 56.07.

Forsman closed out the individual events in the pool with a win for Buffalo in the 400-yard individual medley and a time of 4:20.66. The freshman's time fell just shy of her personal record (4:20.30) that ranks seventh all-time in program history.

The Bulls took second in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:34.40 to close out the competition. The Buffalo team of Strine, Sawyer Bosley, Aguilar and Jurgelon was just over two seconds shy of the Bulls' season-best (1:32:20).

In the diving well, Kwak doubled back to win the one-meter event with a score of 294.45. The senior continued her undefeated season, marking her 15th straight win in individual diving events.

The Buffalo divers took six of the top seven spots in the one-meter. Hanna (2nd, 267.35) and Meuwissen (3rd, 261.15) and Daphne Fox (5th, 237.90) posted top five finishes. Donovan (6th, 233.50) and Meyers (7th, 232.45) rounded out the Buffalo divers.

All results from day two of the tri-meet can be found here.

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