Zips Classic: Akron Swimming Opens 2021-22 Season at Home

Friday, October 15

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Zips Classic: Akron Swimming Opens 2021-22 Season at Home

October 14 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Zips Classic: Akron Swimming Opens 2021-22 Season at Home
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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron swimming program is set to open its 2021-22 season by hosting the Zips Classic on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15-16 at the Oliver J. Ocasek Natatorium.

On Friday, the Zips Classic is slated to begin at 5 p.m. followed by a pair of sessions on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively. Denison, Xavier and Youngstown State will bring both, women's and men's teams, while the Akron will only compete on the women's side.

About the Zips
Akron returns 24 swimmers and divers, including the 2021 Mid-American Conference Swimmer of the Year senior Sara Watson (Winnipeg, Manitoba), as well as the complete cast that claimed All-MAC honors from a season ago – First-Team, senior Andrea Fischer (Oak Grove, Minn.), senior Paula Garcia (Madrid, Spain), senior Olivia Gardner (Bromsgrove, England), junior Weronika Gorecka (Wroclaw, Poland), junior Rachel Schiffli (Indianapolis, Ind.), sophomore Rachel Sabotin (Columbus, Ind.), Second-Team, senior Brooke Lamoureux (Victoria, Canada), senior Lauren Cooper (Dublin, Ohio) and sophomore Madelyn Gatrall (Windsor, Canada).

The Zips welcome seven newcomers as freshmen Dinica Bosman (Hilton, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa), Kendall Craig (Evans City, Pa.), Abigail Daniel (Bristow, Va.), McKenzie Dunigan (Oviedo, Fla.), Julia Mauter (Winter Springs, Fla.), Grace Nuhfer (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Laurel Smith (Knoxville, Tenn.) will make their debuts for the Blue and Gold.

The Zips are seeking their eighth MAC title in nine years this season as the program completed seven consecutive title runs under ninth-year head coach Brian Peresie. In 2021, Akron finished runner-up at the MAC Swimming and Diving Championships, marking the first time in Coach Peresie's tenure that the Zips were outscored at the season finale. Buffalo claimed the title by a 773-766 score at Eastern Michigan's Jones Natatorium.

Tickets can be purchased with cash only one hour before the start of each session in the main entrance of ONAT. All session passes are available for $15 or single session passes may be purchased for $7 each. Fans can follow the action with live scoring at GoZips.com or with a paid subscription for the Meet Mobile app.

Zips Classic Schedule of Events: Women's and Men's

Session 1 - Friday, Oct. 15 - 5 p.m.
400 Medley Relay - (Events: 1 and 2)
10 Minute Break
500 Freestyle - (Events: 3 and 4)
200 IM - (Events: 5 and 6)
50 Freestyle - (Events: 7 and 8)
1-Meter Diving - (Events: 9 and 10)
800 Free Relay - (Events: 11 and 12)

Session 2 - Saturday, Oct. 16 - 10 a.m.
200 Free Relay - (Events: 13 and 14)
10 Minute Break
400 IM - (Events: 15 and 16)
100 Butterfly - (Events: 17 and 18)
200 Freestyle - (Events: 19 and 20)
100 Breaststroke - (Events: 21 and 22)
100 Backstroke - (Events: 23 and 24)
3-Meter Diving - (Events: 25 and 26)

Session 3 - Saturday, Oct. 16 - 5 p.m.
200 Medley Relay - (Events: 27 and 28)
1650 Freestyle - (fastest heat only) (Events: 29 and 30)
200 Backstroke - (Events: 31 and 32)
100 Freestyle - (Events: 33 and 34)
200 Breaststroke - (Events: 35 and 36)
200 Butterfly - (Events: 37 and 38)
15 Minute Break
400 Freestyle Relay - (Events: 39 and 40)