Akron Swimming Defeats Ohio on Senior Night, 241-101

Friday, January 14

Buffalo, NY

11 AM

University of Akron

Buffalo Diving Invite

Akron Swimming Defeats Ohio on Senior Night, 241-101

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Akron Swimming Defeats Ohio on Senior Night, 241-101
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AKRON, Ohio – The No. 23 ranked Akron swimming team hosted its final home meet of the 2021-22 season at Oliver J. Ocasek Natatorium as the Zips defeated the Ohio Bobcats 241-101 on Friday.

Before the meet, Akron honored its 2021-22 graduating senior class as Lauren Cooper, Olivia Gardner, Paula Garcia, Kamryn Goodrick, Sofia Henell, Brooke Lamoureux, Paulina Nogaj and Sarah Watson competed for the final time at the ONAT.

Nogaj led the way, winning all three of her events, starting with the 100-yard backstroke (54.71). She went on to claim the 100-yard butterfly by 4.12 seconds with a 53.54 time and finished the 3-0 effort with a 50.54 in the 100-yard freestyle.

Lamoureux opened the meet with a 4:02.69 performance in the 400-yard freestyle and cruised to a seven-second victory in the 800-yard freestyle. Henell also posted two wins, claiming the 50-yard freestyle and 50-yard butterfly event with 23.33 and 25.05 times, respectively.

Watson and Garcia followed with a win and runner-up effort each. Watson touched first in the 100-yard individual medley (56.97) and claimed second in the 50-yard breaststroke, while Garcia stopped the timer first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.11 and earned second in the 50-yard breaststroke (29.74).

Andrea Fischer and Weronika Gorecka also posted two wins each as Fischer won the 50 and 200 breaststroke events with 29.55 and 2:20.08 times, while Gorecka posted wins in the 50 and 200 backstroke races with 29.55 and 2:00.77 times.

Rounding out the Zips winning performances were Kendall Craig and Gail Workman. Craig won the 300-yard individual medley (3:16.02) and Workman won the 600-yard freestyle (6:15.25).

With the win, Akron moved to 3-1 in dual meets this season.

Earlier in the day, the women's diving squad competed in the UB Diving Invite hosted by Buffalo. Paige Kalik earned 274.65 points in prelims and 250.50 points in the finals for a third-place finish. The squad will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 15 for the 3-meter competition with prelims starting at 11 a.m. Fans can follow the action live on the UB Bulls YouTube channel.