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Bowling Green rains on swimmers' parade

Junior is typically a word that refers to smaller and inferior. Saturday afternoon it meant the exact opposite.

The women's swimming and diving team fell to Bowling Green 181-119 at the Alumni Arena Natatorium on Saturday but its junior class came up big, as a third-year swimmer took every event that the Bulls won.

Kahla Walkinshaw, who won both the 100- and 200-yard butterfly events, led the parade of juniors from Buffalo (3-8, 0-6 Mid-American Conference). Walkinshaw completed the 200-meter in 2:05:32, a career personal best. Although Walkinshaw had not competed in the 100-meter since Dec. 3, she still was able to pull out a win in the event with a time of 58.59.

UB juniors also took a one-two finish in the 200-yard breaststroke as Julie Marcotte won with a time of 2:27.70 and Danielle Gervais took second with a time of 2:28.65. In addition to her second-place finish, Gervais also won in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:08.82.

Junior Eugene Viale continued her recent success in the 1,000-yard freestyle recording a victory with a personal best time of 10:48.71. This is the third consecutive meet in which Viale has re-established her personal best time in the race.

The Bulls will have one last chance to pick up a conference win this season, when they travel to Eastern Michigan (8-2, 5-1 MAC) next Saturday. The meet is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.