Akron Swimming and Diving earns 182-166 Victory over Ohio

Saturday, November 9

Athens, OH

1 PM

University of Akron

182

116

Ohio University

Photo by: Ernie Aranyosi

Akron Swimming and Diving earns 182-166 Victory over Ohio

November 09 | Women's Swimming & Diving

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ATHENS, Ohio – Akron Swimming and Diving earned its third Mid-American Conference win of the season with a victory over Ohio Saturday afternoon in Athens, Ohio.

With the win, Akron improves to 4-1 on the season while Ohio falls to 0-4.

Akron got off to a strong start as the quartet of sophomore Sarah Watson (Winnipeg, Manitoba), junior Paulina Nogaj (Radom, Poland), freshman Rachel Schiffli (Indianapolis, Indiana), and senior Morgan Waggoner (Fremont, Ohio) touched the wall at 1:35.03 in the 200 free, good enough for a first place finish.

Sophomore Olivia Gardner (Bromsgrove, England) followed that up with a first-place finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4:25.96.

In the first diving event of the afternoon, the 3-meter dive, junior Andrea Bugariu (Shelby Twp, Mich.) placed first with a score of 279.97. Junior Megan Nugent (Rochester, N.Y.) rounded out the top 3 with a score of 252.70.

Nogaj continued her dominance in the 100 butterfly, burning the competition with a time of 53.77, nearly five seconds quicker second-place finisher Weronika Gorecka (Wroclaw, Poland) who finished at 58.16.

Junior Brooke Lamoureux (Victoria, Canada) and freshman Gail Workman (Cincinnati, Ohio) earned first and third place finishes in the 500 free with times of 5:03.33, and 5:08.93, respectively.

Sophomore Andrea Fischer (Oak Grove, Minn.) came out on top in the 200 breaststroke for the second day in a row, touching the wall at 2:21.30. Gorecka also followed up her first-place performance in the 200 backstroke from yesterday, placing first once again with a time of 2:00.79.

Waggoner earned her second victory of the afternoon (first individual event) in the 100 free with a time of 51.78.

In the final diving event of the afternoon, Akron had two top-three finishes in the 1-meter dive, including a tremendous first-place finish by freshman Paige Kalik (Irwin, Penn.), whose score of 268.79 qualifies her for the NCAA Zone C Chamionship.

Waggoner followed that up with her third victory of the afternoon, swimming a 23.77 in the 50 free.

Ohio claimed victories in the next two events, until Akron came back out on top in the 100 backstroke, thanks to an impressive performance by Nogaj (57.33).

Gorecka (1:57.69) and Lamoureux (1:57.76) earned second and third place finishes, respectively in the 200 free. Senior Jessica Bonezzi (Wooster, Ohio) earned a second-place finish in the 1000 free with a time of 10:26.53.

Akron claimed victory in the final event of the afternoon, the 400 medley relay, thanks to an impressive 3:49.54 finish by Gorecka, Fischer, Watson and Nogaj.

The Zips will be back in action on Friday, Nov. 22 as they will compete in the Magnus Cup Invitational.