Day-Two Prelims are in the Books

December 02 | Women's Swimming & Diving

AKRON, Ohio

- Preliminary action of day two of the SummaCare Invitational is complete with the University of Akron swimming and diving placing five swimmers in tonight's A-Finals of four different events. Tonight's competition will get underway at 6 p.m. EST. from the Ocasek Natatorium.

Senior Danielle Beland clocked in the best prelim time in the 100 yard butterfly, tapping in at 57:34 to earn a spot in tonight's A-Finals.

Freshman Kendall Karchner posted the top prelim mark in the 100 yard back, finishing at 58.49 to advance to tonight's A-Finals.

Cheri Baratto and Melissa Young will both swim in the A-Final of the 100 yard breaststroke. Barattto tapped the wall in 1:07.26 and Young clocked in at 1:05.46.
Freshmen Stephanie Zielinski (1:09.55) and Erin Koger (1:09.49) will represent the Zips in the C-Final of the 100 breast.

Senior Rachel Ripley started the morning by recording a team-best time on the season in the 400 IM, clocking in at 4:38.91 to earn a spot in tonight's A-Finals.

Freshman Madelyn Robinson will swim in the C-Final of the 400 yard IM as she clocked in a preliminary mark of 4:53.03.

Freshman Cathryn Collins earned a spot in tonight's B-Finals of the 200 yard free as she posted a preliminary mark of 1:56.52. Fellow freshman Melissa Gary will swim in the C-Final of the 200 free after clocking in at 1:58.71 this morning.

Tonight's finals will also feature the men's and women's 200 medley relay and the men's and women's 800 free relay. The finals of men's 1-meter and women's 3-meter diving will also be included in the nightcap of day two of the SummaCare Invitational.