Cardinals Cruise to Victory

The Ball State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams hosted the 2007 Doug Coers Invitational at the Lewellen Aquatic Center. The Grand Valley State (GVS) Lakers and the Univesity of Findlay Oilers also participated in the invitational. Both teams walked away from the three-part meet victorious. On the women’s side the final scored were Ball State 905.50, Grand Valley State 591.50, and Findlay 213. The final scores on men’s side were Ball State 849.50, Grand Valley State 621.50, and the University of Findlay 268. In the overall combined scores, the Cardinals bested second-place GVS by 542 points.

The Cardinals started strong on Friday night, jumping out to an early lead. The women’s team led the Lakers by 135 points, while the men had a 62-point lead over GVS. Both teams opened the second day of action with a win in the 200-medley relay, setting the pace for the day. Overall, the BSU women’s team took first place in 18 of their events over the three sessions. The men’s team took first place in only four events, but still had strong showings throughout. The Doug Coers Invitational presents an unusual award to the winners. Instead of a medal, each individual receives a championship T-shirt.

The first two segments of the invitational were broadcast on 91.3 WCRD and wcrd.net, the MAC’s first ever swimming and diving broadcast. Junior Ken Sothman was a part of the historic first broadcast. "Making history in doing the first ever swimming and diving broadcast not only for Ball State University, but for the MAC conference is definitely something I will never forget. I was a bit skeptical at first how the initial broadcast would go, but when you dive into the action with the swimmers who are winning races by tenths of a second and you have the parents/fans behind you rocking Lewellen Pool you all of a sudden find yourself caught up in the middle of something that is truly exciting."

Be sure to join Ken Sothman, Peter Adelsen, and Kim Edenborough for WCRD’s next broadcast of Ball State swimming and diving on Saturday December 8th as the Cardinals take on the Spartans of Michigan State at the Lewellen Aquatic Center at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.