Cleveland State
After day two of the fourth annual CSU Magnus Cup, the Cleveland State men's and women's swimming and diving teams remained consistent with the men's team heading into the final day atop the six-team field and the women's team in fifth place out of 10.
The teams completed the men's 1M dive, women's 3M dive, 200 Medley Relay, 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back and 800 Free relay.
Though the women's team did not record a top finish, the team had several respectable times including four top-10's.
Much like the day one in which both the women's relays finished in seventh, both the 200 Medley and 800 Free relays finished in ninth place today. The 200 Medley team (1:46.56) consisted of Cassandra Oltman, Tobie Zeller, Molly McNamara and Anna Evans. The 800 Free relay team (7:48.80) included Claudia Zido, Kimberly Jiminez, McNamara and Michaela Bargardi.
In the 100 Fly, McNamara finished in second place (55.07) only behind Akron's Erin Seiler who broke the Busbey Natatorium pool record in the event.
In the 3M dive, senior Sammie Sposet finished in sixth place in a competitive field with a score of 225.90.
Zido (200 Free - 11th), Evans (14th - 100 Back), Oltman (16th - 100 Back), Zeller (16th - 100 Breast) all had solid individual races as well. Bethany Robertson, Kayley Chevalier and Meghan Miller finished one, after the other, after the other (16, 17, 18) in the 400 IM.
On the men's side, Saturday's performance was a deja vu of Friday's.
Beginning with the 1M dive, Danny Roberts again topped the field as he did in the 3M, posting a score of 282.40. Teammate's Daniel Wilcox (203.90) and Curtis Roden (200.80) both finished third and fourth, respectively.
In the pool, the Vikings score two more Busbey Natatorium pool records. The 200 Medley relay team, the first event swam in the 5:00 p.m. finals, broke the 2011 record with a 1:28.41. That team consisted of Philipp Sikatzki, Tommi Wolst, Szymon Golczyk and Declan Mclaughlin. Like Friday, the "B" relay team was right behind them in second place. John LaValle, Phillip Brittain, Adam Ingledew and Robert Tolson grabbed a 1:32.19.
In the 100 Fly, Sikatzki earned a new pool record that was established 31 years ago in 1984. He swam a 46.93.
Golczyk was not far off Sikatzki, swimming a 47.37 and earning a second-place. Ingledew finished fourth in the event with a 50.64.
The Vikings would go on to take three more first-place finishes as Gage Alleman won the 400 IM (4:00.21), Wolst won the 100 Back (48.83) and Golczyk, Sikatzki, Tolson and Wolst finished Saturday's finals with a win in the 800 Free relay.
Sean Mulvin (1:43.00) and Patrick Walsh (1:43.03) finished third and fourth respectively in the 200 Free.
The CSU Magnus Cup will conclude with Sunday's finals beginning at 3:00 p.m. The teams will race the 1650 Free (Fast heat only), 100 IM, 50 Fly, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 50 Back, 200 Fly and 400 Free Relay.
George Washington Women
Junior Lauren Law posted a record-breaking performance for the second-straight day as the George Washington women's swimming and diving team completed day two of the Cleveland State-hosted Magnus Cup Invitational on Saturday.
The Colonials sit in fourth place with 456 points, behind Akron (1,042) in first, Duquesne (1,038.5) in second and Xavier (680) in third. GW is ahead of Cleveland State (384.5), Youngstown State (362), Saginaw (195), Cumberlands (122), Saint Francis (106) and Notre Dame College (12) with one day of competition remaining.
"I'm very happy with another great session for us here on the second day of the Magnus Cup," said first-year head coach James Winchester. "The women had a great session this evening, led by captain Lauren Law, who set a school record, and also the women's 200- medley relay team who was within .02 of the school record."
Junior Lauren Law broke her own program record in the 400-yard individual medley on Saturday, posting a time of 4:22.11 to finish second overall and best her previous mark of 4:23.32. Freshman Emily Zhang placed fifth in the same event with a time of 4:26.46 - good for second on GW's all-time list.
Law made her second A Final appearance in the 100-yard butterfly, where she placed seventh (57.00), making the jump from eighth to fifth on GW's all-time list with her personal-best time of 56.99 in the preliminaries.
The Colonials posted a strong showing in the 200-yard freestyle, as senior Madison Reinker touched the wall fourth in 1:52.64, improving on her previous personal record for GW's ninth-best mark all-time. Reinker was followed closely by sophomore Abigail Fusco, who took fifth in 1:52.90 for GW's 10th-best time.
Sophomore Abigail Fusco rounded out GW's best individual performances, placing eighth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.94 - good for second on the program's all-time list.
The Colonials also performed well in the day's relays, beginning with a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay as Fusco, Zhang, Law and sophomore Hannah Kopydlowski were just .02 off of the program's record with a time of 1:44.16. GW finished the day on a high note, as Law, Fusco and Zhang teamed up with Reinker for a second-place effort in the 800-yard freestyle relay to close Saturday's competition.
The Colonials return to the pool on Sunday for the final day of competition, beginning qualifying events at 9 a.m. Finals in the 1,650-yard freestyle, 100-yard IM, 50-yard butterfly, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 50-yard backstroke, 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard freestyle relay begin at 3 p.m.
"I'm looking forward to our last day here at the Magnus Cup," said Coach Winchester. "We're hoping to finish things off with a bang."
St. Francis (Pa.)
The Saint Francis swimming team concluded day two of the three-day Magnus Cup on Saturday. The Magnus Cup is hosted by Cleveland State University. The Red Flash competed in two relays and five individual events on Saturday.
Senior Catherine Rogers (Nokesville, Va./Seton School) was the Red Flash's top finisher in two of the individual events. Rogers posted her best time of the Fall in the 100-yard Breaststroke, with a time of 1:05.24, to finish sixth out of 40 competitors. She also had SFU's top time in the 100-yard Butterfly, with a pace of 59.14, also a season-best.
Sophomore Katie Lafferty (Bremen, Ind./Bremen) completed the 100-yard Butterfly in 1:00.14. She also recorded a time of 1:56.10 in the 200-yard Freestyle to finish 25th out of 40 swimmers.
Fellow sophomore Emma Karell (Norrtlje, Sweden/Tby Swim Club) was the top Red Flash competitor in the 400-yard IM, with a time of 4:37.86 to win her heat, while junior Paige McLean (Bolton, Ontario/St. Michael Catholic Secondary) finished 21st out of 40 swimmers, with a pace of 4:44.94. She also competed in the 100-yard Breaststroke, finishing in 1:09.27.
Senior Sara Dieterich (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot) recorded SFU's top time in the 100-yard Backstroke, with a pace of 1:01.42. Sophomore Alicia Tiberino (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) finished the event in 1:02.34.
In the 200-yard Medley Relay, Lafferty, McLean, Jessie Reilly (Pittsburgh, Pa. /Upper St. Clair) and Rogers combined for a time of 1:48.55 to finish 13th out of 27 relay teams.
Karell, Lafferty, Reilly and Rogers teamed up in the 800-yard Freestyle Relay, placing 15th with a time of 7:58.08. Dieterich, McLean, Rory O'Dell (Chapel Hill, N.C./Northwood) and Natalie Tedjasukmana (Anaheim, Calif./Mater Dei) finished 17th with a pace of 8:11.10.
Akron
Day two of the Magnus Cup Invitational at Cleveland State is complete and the Akron swimming and diving team took control of first place with 1,042 points on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Akron (1,042), Duquense (1,038.5) and Xavier (680) are the top three teams out of 10 after day one of the invitational.
The Zips concluded the night with 10 top-three finishes in eight events including five first-place winners.
In the three-meter diving competition, a pair of Zips, senior Alice Hottensmith (Brunswick, Ohio), and junior Paige Kelkenberg (Lockport, N.Y.), finished back-to-back in first and second place. Kelkenberg shattered the previous Magnus Cup (300.15) record in the three-meter dive posting a score of 316.55, while Hottensmith tallied a score of 275.60 for second place.
Just like day one of the invitational, the Zips finished in first and second in the initial event of the night. Junior Luka Szynal (Lublin, Poland), senior Hannah Raspopovich (Crown Point, Ind.), senior Erin Seiler (Phoenixville, Pa.) and freshmen Ragen Engel (Springfield, Ohio) swam the 200 medley relay swiftly in 1:41.38, the fourth-fastest time in program history.
The Zips second team in the race consisting of junior Laura Savariau (Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud), freshmen Madison Myers (Akron, Ohio), freshmen Sadie Fazekas (Windsor, Ontario) and sophomore Susan Franz (Canton, Ohio) were just as impressive breaking into the fifth-fastest time in program history finishing in at 1:41.56.
Seiler now holds the fastest time in the 100 butterfly at the Robert F. Busbey Natatorium with a time of 54.19. She now also holds the second-fastest time in program history and her time puts her in the top 20 fastest times in the NCAA in the event (19).
Szynal and Myers had the one-two punch in the 100 backstroke taking first and second place. Szynal posted the fourth-fastest time in the program (54.30) for first and Myers time of 54.56 also enters the top ten times of the program at number five.
