Zips Swim Past Toledo in dual meet, 158-85

Saturday, January 13

Toledo, OH

3 PM

University of Akron

158

Toledo

Photo by: Ernie Aranyosi

January 13 | Women's Swimming & Diving

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TOLEDO, Ohio- On the strength of 10 first-place finishes in 13 events, the Akron swimming and diving team notched a 158-85 win over Toledo on Saturday afternoon at the UT Recreation Center.

The relay team of sophomore Ellie Nebraska (Columbus, Ohio), senior Paloma Marrero Munoz (Merida, Spain), freshman Paulina Nogaj (Radom, Poland), and senior Susan Franz started the Zips off with a first-place finish in the 400 medley relay, clocking in at 3:50.21.

Akron earned the top-two spots in the 500 freestyle with a first-place finish by junior Sadie Fazekas (Windsor, Ontario) (4:54.37), followed by freshman Brooke Lamoureux (Trenton, Ontario) with a time of 5:05.43.

The Zips' captured the top-times in the three sprint events. Fazekas captured another win in the 50 back (26.02), with Marrero earning her second first-place finish in the 50 breast (29.67). Franz led the way coming in first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.21.

Sophomore Mackenzie Vargas (Roseville, Calif.) won the 150 butterfly with a time of 1:31.18, closely followed by sophomore Jessica Bonezzi (Wooster, Ohio) with a 1:31.39 time. Fazekas tallied her second first-place finish in the 150 backstroke with a time of 1:28.92.

Marrero tallied back-to-back wins in the next two events of the meet. In the 300 IM, Marrero completed the event in 3:14.37, and touched the wall first in the 150 breaststroke with a 1:38.76 time.

In the final event of the evening, the relay team of Fazekas, Nogaj, sophomore Morgan Waggoner (Fremont, Ohio), and Nebraska took the top spot clocking in with a 4:31.01 time.

The Zips return to the pool on Saturday, Jan. 19 with a head-to-head dual meet versus Duquesne at the Ocasek Natatorium at 5 p.m.