Magnus Cup Invitational: Akron Extends Lead at MCI, Two Records Fall

Friday, November 19

Cleveland, Ohio

9 & 5 PM

University of Akron

Magnus Cup Invitational

Magnus Cup Invitational: Akron Extends Lead at MCI, Two Records Fall

November 19 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Magnus Cup Invitational: Akron Extends Lead at MCI, Two Records Fall
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Akron Zips swimming and diving team set two meet records while extending their lead to 215.5 points on Friday at the 2021 Magnus Cup Invitational hosted by Cleveland State at the CSU Busbey Natatorium. Akron leads meet with 1,036.5 points followed by Ohio with 821 points.

The Zips opened the second day of competition with a first- and second-place sweep of the 200-yard medley relay as the team of sophomore Madelyn Gatrall (Windsor, Ontario), senior Andrea Fischer (Oak Grove, Minn.), senior Sarah Watson (Winnipeg, Manitoba), senior Paulina Nogaj (Radom, Poland)won with a 1:39.20 time. Senior Lauren Cooper (Dublin, Ohio), junior Sara Bozso (Budapest, Hungary), freshman Abigail Daniel (Bristow, Va.) and Junior Rachel Schiffli (Indianapolis, Ind.) touched runner-up with a 1:41.15 time.

Nogaj and Watson followed with back-to-back record-breaking performances to finish first and second in the 100-yard butterfly event. Nogaj stopped the timer with a meet-best 52.87, breaking her own record set in 2017 (53:32). Watson also touched the wall with a faster time than the previous record with a 53.31 second-place effort.

Watson and Nogaj captured another meet standard as the two were joined by juniors Victoria Kaufman (Westminster, Md.) and Weronika Gorecka (Wroclaw, Poland) for the 800-yard freestyle relay. The squad flew to a 7:20.30 time, replacing the 800 Free Relay time of 7:20.59 set by Akron in 2017.

Fischer made another trip to the top of the podium with a 1:01.98 time in the 100-yard breaststroke, while Gatrall finished second in the 100-yard backstroke (53.65).

On the boards, junior Paige Kalik (Irwin, Pa.) turned in a pair of dominant performances, winning both the 3-meter and 1-meter diving events. Kalik scored 318.85 on six dives at 3-meters for the win. She posted 58.80 on her best dive, a back 2 1/2 somersault tuck with a 2.8 degree of difficulty. On the 1-meter board, Kalik battled back from a seventh-place dive with a 49.40 forward 2 1/2 somersault pike performance en route to a 261-point total score for the win.

The final day of the 2021 Magnus Cup Invitational continues Saturday, Nov. 20 with prelims starting at 9 a.m. followed by 5 p.m. finals.

The Event Schedule:
Day 3
Session 1 - Prelims – 9:00 a.m.
33 Women 100 IM
34 Men 100 IM
35 Women 50 Butterfly
36 Men 50 Butterfly
37 Women 200 Backstroke
38 Men 200 Backstroke
39 Women 100 Freestyle
40 Men 100 Freestyle
41 Women 200 Breaststroke
42 Men 200 Breaststroke
43 Women 50 Backstroke
44 Men 50 Backstroke
45 Women 200 Butterfly
46 Men 200 Butterfly

Session 1 – 1650 Freestyle Finals – 2:00 p.m.
31 Women 1650 Freestyle
32 Men 1650 Freestyle

Session 2 – Finals – 5:00 p.m.
Finals-1 31 Women 1650 Freestyle
Finals-1 32 Men 1650 Freestyle
33 Women 100 IM
34 Men 100 IM
35 Women 50 Butterfly
36 Men 50 Butterfly
37 Women 200 Backstroke
38 Men 200 Backstroke
39 Women 100 Freestyle
40 Men 100 Freestyle
41 Women 200 Breaststroke
42 Men 200 Breaststroke
43 Women 50 Backstroke
44 Men 50 Backstroke
45 Women 200 Butterfly
46 Men 200 Butterfly
Break: 10 Minutes:
47 Women 400 Freestyle Relay
48 Men 400 Freestyle Relay