Akron Press Release
OXFORD, Ohio – The Zips won their second straight head-to-head dual meet against Mid-American Conference competition with a 176.5-123.5 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Friday afternoon at the Corwin Nixon Aquatic Center in Oxford.
Akron notched 11 first-place finishes and swept the top two spots in five different events.
The afternoon started with the Zips taking the top two spots in the 200 medley relay as the team of senior Luka Szynal (Lublin, Poland), junior Paloma Marrero Munoz (Merida, Spain), sophomore Sadie Fazekas (Windsor, Ontario) and sophomore Ragen Engel (Springfield, Ohio) won the event with a time of 1:41.96.
Sophomore Madison Myers (Akron Ohio), sophomore Victoria Shaffer (Upper Saint Clair, Pa.), junior Susan Franz (Canton, Ohio) and freshman Morgan Waggoner (Fremont, Ohio) placed second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:44.41.
Szynal took the top spot in the 200 backstroke in a fleeting time of 1:59.71 and took second in the 100 back behind Myers who captured the race in 54.96.
Fazekas, the reigning MAC Swimmer of the Week, brought home three wins on the day with victories in the 100 freestyle (51.50), 200 freestyle (1:50.50) and the 100 butterfly (54.47).
In the 100 breaststroke, Marrero Munoz edged out a trio of RedHawks and notched the win with a time of 1:03.33, just ahead of Miami's Stephanie Lemire (1:03.67). The junior also notched first place in the 200 breaststroke in 2:17.05, out touching Lemire who finished in 2:17.55.
The Zips swept the top three spots in the 50 free as Engel (23.43), Franz (23.84) and Waggoner (23.91) all finished within a second of each other to earn 16 points.
Freshman Jessica Bonezzi (Wooster, Ohio) and freshman Mackenzie Vargas (Roseville, Calif.) took the top two spots in the 200 butterfly with Bonezzi winning the event in a time of 2:03.41.
Akron closed the meet by taking the top spot in the 400 freestyle relay as sophomore Emma King (Centerville, Ohio), freshman Ellie Nebraska (Columbus, Ohio), Franz and Waggoner cruised home in a time of 3:30.34.
Freshman Jackie Pash (Carmel, Ind.) registered a pair of second place finishes for Akron in the 1000 freestyle (10.21.90) and the 400 yard IM (4:26.18).
On the diving boards, senior Paige Kelkenberg (Lockport, N.Y.) took second in the one meter event with a score of 279.38 and third in the three meter with a 287.10 tally.
The Zips will be right back in the pool on Saturday, Jan. 21, with a meet against Ohio State and Pittsburgh at 12 p.m.
Miami Press Release
OXFORD, Ohio – Miami University women’s swimming and diving team competed against Akron on Friday afternoon. They ended up dropping the meet to the Zips, 176.5-123.5.
Freshman Claire Doerr won her first individual collegiate meet of the season in the 500-yard freestyle. She clocked in at 5:04.57, over a second and a half faster than Akron’s second-place swimmer (5:06.24).
Pei Lin swept the diving events once again, nearly breaking her own MAC and Miami record in the three-meter dive. In that event she scored 413.85 and in the one-meter she scored 333.07.
Emma Bradley won the 1000-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 10:17.01. The second-place finisher from Akron clocked in over four seconds later (10:21.90). Shay Spelman finished the race in third with a time of 10:22.99.
The duo of Stephanie LeMire and Schuster finished in second and third places, respectively in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke. In the 100, LeMire clocked in at 1:03.67 and Schuster in 1:04.61. For the 200, LeMire finished in 2:17.55 and Schuster in 2:18.40. Schuster won her own event in the 400-yard IM, clocking in at 4:25.73.
Izzy Herb placed second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:01.35) and third in the 100-yard backstroke (56.10).
Peyton Mosbaugh took silver in the 100-yard butterfly, touching the wall in 56.00. She narrowly beat out Ragen Engel, who clocked in at 56.35.
The RedHawks had a few third-place finishes as well. Ella Moynihan picked one up for herself in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.28). Becca Knapper clocked in at 2:06.20 in the 200-yard butterfly. Elise Campbell finished the 100-yard freestyle in 52.58.
The women ended the meet with a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay, led by the team of Campbell, Abby Stone, Moynihan and Grace Van Fossen (3:31.84).
Miami’s men will be in action on Saturday against Buffalo at the Nixon Aquatic Center at noon. The women will next compete at Toledo on Sunday at 1 p.m.
