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Akron Women Grab Overall Lead at MAC Meet

Akron leads after day two of the 2015 Mid-American Conference Women's Swimming & Diving Championships here at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich. The Zips tallied 242 points, followed by Eastern Michigan with 221 points and Buffalo with 211 points.

Buffalo swept all three individual swimming events on day two of competition. The last time these three events were won by the same school was in 2001 by Ohio. Bulls Jessica Powers started off the evening claiming her second straight MAC title in the 500 Freestyle. She finished with a time of 4:47.32.

The 200 IM title was claimed by Powers teammate Spencer Rodriguez. Rodriguez finished the race with a time of 2:01.14 and was followed Eastern Michigan's Jessie Godlewski (2:01.57) in second and Miami's Elise Campbell (2:01.60) in third.

Buffalo's Megan Burns took first place in the 50 yard Free with a time of 22.69. Akron's Hannah Raspopovich took home second place with a time of 22.84, while Bowling Green's Victoria Griffin placed third (23.04).

Miami's Pei Lin claimed the 1-meter diving championship with a MAC Championship record score of 334.00. Eastern Michigan's Lauren Dark finished second with 305.65 points, while Dark's teammate Rebecca Deacon took home third place with 299.25 points.

The night concluded with Akron winning the 200 Freestyle Relay. The team of Hannah Raspopovich, Laura Savariau, Ashley Niznik, and Susan Franz finished the race in a pool record time of 1:31.22. Following the Zips was Buffalo (1:31.28), while Bowling Green finished third (1:31.56).

Action continues on Friday at EMU with preliminaries set for 11 a.m. and the finals set for 7 p.m.

MAC Women's Swimming & Diving Team Results [Following Day 2]
1. Akron 242
2. Eastern Michigan 221
3. Buffalo 211
4. Miami 184
5. Bowling Green 168
6. Ohio / Toledo 111.5
8. Ball State 79

 

Bowling Green State

The Bowling Green State University swim and dive team broke two schools records on day two of the Mid-American Conference Championships Thursday. The Falcons currently sit in fifth place with 168 points, competing without any divers.
 
BG had a successful morning of preliminaries, with 15/16 swims resulting in season personal bests. Heading into finals, the Orange and Brown had four swimmers back in the A finals and five back in the B finals. The Falcons were tied for having the most swimmers back this evening (nine).
 
"We had some very exciting swims tonight but we have a lot of work ahead of us tomorrow morning," head coach Petra Martin said. "We need to put a lot of people in scoring positions tomorrow morning and capitalize on it at night. We are in a catch up position right now so tomorrow morning is crucial for us."
 
Tara Capouch qualified for the championship final of the 500 freestyle during the morning prelims (by finishing with one of the top eight times), nearly breaking her own school record of 4:52.84. She finished with a time of 4:53.26. Alex Poitinger qualified for the consolation finals (by finishing with one of the next-best eight times) by swimming a career best 4:55.17. She shattered her previous season best by over 10 seconds. In the consolation finals, Poitinger finished in seventh place with a 4:56.75. Capouch placed fifth in the championship final with a time of 4:54.18.
 
The Falcons set themselves up well in the 200 individual medley as Jordan Bullock and Franziska Wohlert qualified for the A finals, while Stephanie Boyle and Kristin Filby swam their way into the B finals. 
 
Filby was the B heat winner, swimming a season best 2:03.43 and Boyle finished in eighth place with a 2:05.90. In the championship heat, Bullock took eighth place in 2:03.41 and Wohlert placed sixth, breaking the school record with a time of 2:01.83.
 
In the 50 freestyle, the Falcons qualified one swimmer for the championship final and two more for the consolation final. Victoria Griffin broke her own school in the championship heat, placing third overall and swimming a time of 23.04.
 
This morning, Kayla Effinger's prelim time tied her for eighth place, which forced a swim off to determine who advanced to the championship heat. She was edged out by Akron in the swim off, but went on to finish second in the consolation finals with a 23.41. Hannah Newman placed eighth with a 23.72.
 
In the final event of the night, the 200 freestyle relay team finished in third place. Bowling Green's squad of Effinger, Griffin, Wohlert and Newman swam a 1:31.56, which was just six hundredths of a second off of the school record.

 

Miami (OH)

Miami University’s women’s swimming and diving team had a successful second day at the MAC Championships, moving them from seventh to fourth place in the overall standings.

Sophomore diver Pei Lin set a MAC Championship meet record today with a score of 334.00. Her performance earned her 20 team points and first place.

The 200-yard IM brought a total of 30 points in for the RedHawks, with sophomores Elise Campbell (2:01.60) coming in third place and Stephanie LeMire (2:01.71) finishing in fifth place.

Senior Annie Marquiss clocked in at 23.24 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, earning her sixth place and 13 points for Miami.

Finishing in eighth place in the 500-yard freestyle was senior Stephanie Pearce. She touched the wall in 4:58.16, adding 11 points to the team’s score.

Closing out day two of the MAC Championships was the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team of Elise Campbell, junior Natalie Rohr, junior Sara Krueger and Marquiss clocked in at 1:33.32. This time earned them a sixth-place finish and 26 points.

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