Christina Noens

On staff this summer is Assistant Coach, Christina Noens. Before joining the BGSU staff in the winter of 2018, Noens was a four-year letter winner at fellow MAC school University of Toledo.

During the 2021-2022 season, the Falcons finished 6^th at the MAC Championships with six new school records and seniors Daisy Platts and Kellie House being named to First Team All-MAC and Second Team All-MAC, respectively. Platts took home a victory in the 100 Backstroke, as well as runner-up in the 200 backstroke and bronze medal in the 200 Individual Medley. House was runner-up in the 1650 freestyle as well as 4^th in the 500 freestyle. The 200 Medley and 400 Medley relay teams both finished 4^th as well as set new school records. The Falcons finished with 15 scoring swims, 10 "A" finals and 15 "B" finals. The Falcons also recorded 26 new top-10 times in school history. During the post-season, Platts attended her second NCAA Division I Championships in Atlanta Georgia, where she set a new 200 backstroke school record and finished 44^th in the 100 backstroke, 73^rd in the 200 Individual Medley, and her career-highest finish of 22^nd in the 200 backstroke.

During the 2020-2021 season, Noens helped the Falcons to an 8^th place finish at the Mid-American Conference as well as Daisy Platts' first appearance at the NCAA Division I Championships in Greensboro, NC where she finished 21^st in the 100 Backstroke and 24^th in the 200 Backstroke. Platts won her 3^rd consecutive 200 backstroke title at the MAC Championships, as well as was named to first-team all-MAC for the third season in a row.

During the 2019-2020 season the Falcons finished 5^th at the Mid-American Conference Championships, the team's highest finish since 2018. Noens helped lead the team to four school records and eight top-3 finishes.

During the 2018-2019 season Noens helped coach the team to a 6th-place finish at the Mid American Conference Championships with Daisy Platts to a first-team All MAC finish as well as a school record and first place finish in the 200 backstroke (1:54.52).

Before joining the BGSU staff in the winter of 2018, Noens was a four-year letter winner at fellow MAC school University of Toledo. She graduated with the school record in the 100 (54.33) and 200 backstroke (1:56.19) as well as the third ranked time in school history in the 400 Individual Medley (4:16.95). She was the MAC Champion in the 200 Backstroke during her senior year (2013-2014) and the runner-up in the 400 Individual Medley.

Noens was second team All-MAC during her freshman-sophomore years and first team All-MAC during her senior year while captaining the Rockets. She went on to teach Elementary Special Education in Michigan post-graduation until joining the Falcon Swimming and Diving staff.