Klintemar, Nebraska Lead Akron at Zips Classic

Saturday, October 17

Akron, Ohio

All Day

University of Akron

Akron Zips Classic

Final Results

October 17 | Women's Swimming & Diving

AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron swimming and diving team turned in several standout performances at the 2026 Akron Zips Classic, highlighted by a pair of record breaking performances by Felicia Klintemar and a third meet record from Leah Nebraska.

Competing Friday and Saturday at Oliver J. Ocasek Natatorium, the Zips collected multiple top-three finishes in the pool and on the diving boards to finish second in the women's team standings with 1,019.5 points. Ohio State won the team title with 1,541.5 points.

Klintemar opened the meet in record-setting fashion Friday, winning the 200-yard individual medley in 1:58.28 to establish a new Zips Classic meet record. Klintemar remained one of Akron's top performers Saturday, winning the 100-yard butterfly in 52.13 and the 200-yard butterfly in 1:58.22. Her 100-yard butterfly time set another meet record, while her 200-yard butterfly performance added a second individual victory to her weekend.Nebraska's record-setting victory came in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall first in 22.37.

Avery Knight finished third in 2:01.91 in the 200 IM and Brie Trumpower tied for sixth in 23.00 in the 50 Free, while Cora Spetz placed eighth in 23.04.

Akron's 400-yard medley relay team of Knight, Claire Cox, Klintemar and Helena Lalkovic finished second in 3:33.63, while another Zips quartet placed fourth in 3:38.56.

Akron continued its strong showing in the distance events, with Lalkovic finishing seventh in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:51.46. Beth Abad Nunez placed ninth in 4:56.82, Emma Rosenbaum was 11th in 5:02.33 and Ava Withey finished 14th in 5:03.10. The Zips also took second in the 800-yard freestyle relay, as Klintemar, Lalkovic, Spetz and Trumpower combined for a time of 7:15.40.

Knight delivered a strong backstroke performance, winning the 100-yard backstroke in 52.91 and the 200-yard backstroke in 1:56.04. Nebraska and Lalkovic also placed among the top four in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing third in 49.15 and fourth in 49.40, respectively. Cox added third-place finishes in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.19) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:14.53).

Akron's relay squads continued to score important points. The Zips' 200-yard freestyle relay team of Nebraska, Klintemar, Spetz and Trumpower finished second in 1:30.09, while the 200-yard medley relay team placed second in 1:38.14. Akron also finished second in the 400-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay.

Akron's divers contributed across both boards. On one-meter, Lydia Redd led the Zips with a fifth-place score of 257.20, followed by Audrey Probe in sixth with 244.10 and Sophia Stamm in seventh with 231.00. On three-meter, Keratile Manaka placed fifth with 261.50, Probe was sixth with 261.15 and Annie Haluch finished seventh with 245.35.

The Zips finished the meet with 1,019.5 points to place second behind Ohio State. Xavier finished third with 333 points, followed by Cleveland State with 288.5, Denison with 266.5 and Youngstown State with 213.
Akron's record-setting swims, individual event victories and consistent scoring across the swimming and diving events highlighted a productive two-day performance at the Zips Classic.

UP NEXT
The Zips will be back in action at the Magnus Cup Invitational Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 19-21 hosted by Cleveland State University.