Josie McCulloch came to Bowling Green from Ontario and quickly became one of the top swimmers conference history. In
1994, McCulloch became the first MAC female swimmer to individually qualify for the NCAAs in all four years and earn All-America
honors in three seasons. She was also a MAC individual champion in all four years at the university.
In her freshman year, McCulloch earned NCAA All-American honors in the 100m breaststroke (a feat she would repeat her junior
year), and won her first of four consecutive MAC titles in the 200m breaststroke, while also winning the MAC crown in the 100m
breaststroke. She would go on to win the MAC in that event the next two years, as well. In 1991, she set both school and
conference records in both of those events as the Falcons finished second in the MAC as a team. She qualified for the NCAA meet
that year, as BG set school records in the 200m and 400m medley relays.
As a sophomore, Josie was named the MAC's co-Swimmer of the Year after capturing two more MAC championships, in the 100m and
200m breaststroke, and was again part of a pair of NCAA-qualifying relay teams in the 200m medley and 400m medley.
In 1993, her junior year, McCulloch again won the MAC in the 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke, as the Falcons finished second
in the MAC as a team. She again earned honorable mention All-American honors in the 100m breaststroke.
Wrapping up her collegiate career in 1994, McCulloch was the MAC champion in the 200m breaststroke, while finishing second in
the 100m breaststroke. She again qualified for the NCAA meet, and earned honorable mention All-American honors in the 200m
breaststroke. Her school records in the 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke still stand today.
(Information on this page was compiled from a bgsufalcons.com press
release, July 15, 2004.)