Photo Courtesy: Mid-American Conference
Akron captured its fourth straight women’s Mid-American Conference crown on Saturday night in Oxford, Ohio on the campus of Miami University. It is the fourth straight conference title for the Zips as it is also their fourth conference title overall for the women’s program.
Eastern Michigan got things started off with a win in the 1650 from Nicole Swartz at 16:20.08. It was the first win for EMU in that event at the MAC Championships since 2005. Hannah Miller of Buffalo was second at 16:30.16 and Natalie Criswell of Bowling Green was third at 16:31.89.
Event 401 Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: * 16:11.80 2012 Claire Leichty, Toledo
POOL: ! 16:21.74 3/2010 Jacy Dyer, Toledo
15:53.50 DV1A NCAA Div I A
16:30.59 DV1B NCAA Div I B
Name Year School Seed Finals
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1 Swartz, Nicole SO Eastern Michigan 16:44.56 16:20.08!DV1B
27.78 56.84 (29.06)
1:26.31 (29.47) 1:56.08 (29.77)
2:25.86 (29.78) 2:55.52 (29.66)
3:25.29 (29.77) 3:54.90 (29.61)
4:24.68 (29.78) 4:54.51 (29.83)
5:24.32 (29.81) 5:53.98 (29.66)
6:23.71 (29.73) 6:53.50 (29.79)
7:23.35 (29.85) 7:53.12 (29.77)
8:22.83 (29.71) 8:52.63 (29.80)
9:22.31 (29.68) 9:51.87 (29.56)
10:21.44 (29.57) 10:51.13 (29.69)
11:20.85 (29.72) 11:50.86 (30.01)
12:20.66 (29.80) 12:50.92 (30.26)
13:20.90 (29.98) 13:51.06 (30.16)
14:20.98 (29.92) 14:51.17 (30.19)
15:21.37 (30.20) 15:51.40 (30.03) 16:20.08 (28.68)
2 Miller, Hannah JR Buffalo-NI 16:45.69 16:30.16 DV1B
26.82 55.62 (28.80)
1:25.14 (29.52) 1:54.56 (29.42)
2:24.06 (29.50) 2:53.76 (29.70)
3:23.68 (29.92) 3:53.55 (29.87)
4:23.39 (29.84) 4:53.40 (30.01)
5:23.33 (29.93) 5:53.23 (29.90)
6:23.02 (29.79) 6:53.30 (30.28)
7:23.44 (30.14) 7:53.71 (30.27)
8:24.56 (30.85) 8:55.39 (30.83)
9:25.79 (30.40) 9:56.39 (30.60)
10:26.65 (30.26) 10:57.13 (30.48)
11:27.61 (30.48) 11:58.29 (30.68)
12:28.83 (30.54) 12:59.47 (30.64)
13:29.98 (30.51) 14:00.55 (30.57)
14:30.98 (30.43) 15:01.37 (30.39)
15:31.61 (30.24) 16:01.37 (29.76) 16:30.16 (28.79)
3 Criswell, Natal JR Bowling Green-OH 16:49.95 16:31.89
28.53 58.09 (29.56)
1:28.03 (29.94) 1:58.47 (30.44)
2:28.88 (30.41) 2:59.15 (30.27)
3:29.21 (30.06) 3:59.55 (30.34)
4:29.61 (30.06) 4:59.72 (30.11)
5:29.74 (30.02) 5:59.73 (29.99)
6:29.84 (30.11) 6:59.88 (30.04)
7:30.00 (30.12) 7:59.99 (29.99)
8:30.08 (30.09) 9:00.10 (30.02)
9:30.07 (29.97) 10:00.15 (30.08)
10:30.17 (30.02) 11:00.34 (30.17)
11:30.22 (29.88) 12:00.65 (30.43)
12:30.97 (30.32) 13:01.12 (30.15)
13:30.94 (29.82) 14:00.93 (29.99)
14:31.11 (30.18) 15:01.64 (30.53)
15:32.08 (30.44) 16:02.37 (30.29) 16:31.89 (29.52)
4 Bradley, Emma A FR Miami (Ohio)-OH 16:38.43 16:37.18
27.56 57.05 (29.49)
1:26.82 (29.77) 1:56.96 (30.14)
2:27.00 (30.04) 2:57.18 (30.18)
3:27.59 (30.41) 3:57.85 (30.26)
4:28.01 (30.16) 4:58.10 (30.09)
5:28.19 (30.09) 5:58.36 (30.17)
6:28.30 (29.94) 6:58.43 (30.13)
7:28.55 (30.12) 7:58.66 (30.11)
8:28.68 (30.02) 8:58.67 (29.99)
9:28.70 (30.03) 9:58.85 (30.15)
10:28.88 (30.03) 10:59.06 (30.18)
11:29.63 (30.57) 12:00.01 (30.38)
12:30.37 (30.36) 13:01.08 (30.71)
13:31.80 (30.72) 14:02.74 (30.94)
14:33.84 (31.10) 15:05.02 (31.18)
15:36.17 (31.15) 16:06.90 (30.73) 16:37.18 (30.28)
5 Kaulius, Kara A SR Akron-LE 16:41.07 16:37.22
26.95 55.97 (29.02)
1:25.69 (29.72) 1:55.53 (29.84)
2:25.52 (29.99) 2:55.62 (30.10)
3:25.80 (30.18) 3:55.99 (30.19)
4:26.34 (30.35) 4:56.75 (30.41)
5:27.28 (30.53) 5:57.80 (30.52)
6:28.26 (30.46) 6:58.69 (30.43)
7:29.36 (30.67) 7:59.79 (30.43)
8:30.41 (30.62) 9:01.19 (30.78)
9:31.63 (30.44) 10:02.30 (30.67)
10:32.90 (30.60) 11:03.52 (30.62)
11:34.17 (30.65) 12:04.74 (30.57)
12:35.48 (30.74) 13:05.92 (30.44)
13:36.44 (30.52) 14:07.10 (30.66)
14:37.81 (30.71) 15:08.23 (30.42)
15:38.57 (30.34) 16:08.88 (30.31) 16:37.22 (28.34)
6 Dombkowski, Sar JR Eastern Michigan 16:57.74 16:48.88
27.78 57.34 (29.56)
1:27.35 (30.01) 1:57.46 (30.11)
2:27.48 (30.02) 2:57.68 (30.20)
3:27.95 (30.27) 3:58.33 (30.38)
4:28.70 (30.37) 4:59.30 (30.60)
5:29.79 (30.49) 6:00.38 (30.59)
6:31.07 (30.69) 7:01.81 (30.74)
7:32.59 (30.78) 8:03.28 (30.69)
8:34.05 (30.77) 9:04.89 (30.84)
9:35.33 (30.44) 10:06.36 (31.03)
10:37.38 (31.02) 11:08.51 (31.13)
11:39.63 (31.12) 12:10.59 (30.96)
12:41.58 (30.99) 13:12.62 (31.04)
13:43.76 (31.14) 14:14.83 (31.07)
14:45.84 (31.01) 15:16.82 (30.98)
15:47.96 (31.14) 16:18.78 (30.82) 16:48.88 (30.10)
7 Spelman, Shay M JR Miami (Ohio)-OH 16:50.07 16:56.55
27.69 57.29 (29.60)
1:27.60 (30.31) 1:58.09 (30.49)
2:28.49 (30.40) 2:59.20 (30.71)
3:29.56 (30.36) 3:59.97 (30.41)
4:30.73 (30.76) 5:01.51 (30.78)
5:32.21 (30.70) 6:03.02 (30.81)
6:33.79 (30.77) 7:04.62 (30.83)
7:35.45 (30.83) 8:06.49 (31.04)
8:37.56 (31.07) 9:08.62 (31.06)
9:39.83 (31.21) 10:10.97 (31.14)
10:41.99 (31.02) 11:13.19 (31.20)
11:44.46 (31.27) 12:15.81 (31.35)
12:46.96 (31.15) 13:18.36 (31.40)
13:49.77 (31.41) 14:21.09 (31.32)
14:52.57 (31.48) 15:24.07 (31.50)
15:55.47 (31.40) 16:26.31 (30.84) 16:56.55 (30.24)
8 King, Emma C SO Akron-LE 17:10.36 16:56.77
27.31 56.84 (29.53)
1:27.14 (30.30) 1:57.74 (30.60)
2:28.38 (30.64) 2:58.91 (30.53)
3:29.65 (30.74) 4:00.34 (30.69)
4:31.12 (30.78) 5:02.17 (31.05)
5:33.03 (30.86) 6:03.92 (30.89)
6:34.88 (30.96) 7:05.78 (30.90)
7:36.76 (30.98) 8:07.77 (31.01)
8:38.85 (31.08) 9:09.97 (31.12)
9:41.22 (31.25) 10:12.33 (31.11)
10:43.22 (30.89) 11:14.48 (31.26)
11:45.85 (31.37) 12:17.17 (31.32)
12:48.50 (31.33) 13:19.74 (31.24)
13:51.22 (31.48) 14:22.67 (31.45)
14:53.92 (31.25) 15:25.20 (31.28)
15:56.37 (31.17) 16:27.10 (30.73) 16:56.77 (29.67)
Akron had a huge win in the 200 back from Luka Szynal with a new meet record of 1:53.38. Szynal broke Laura Dawson’s meet record of 1:55.23 from 2015 for her second win in the 200 back in a row. Szynal was followed by her teammate Laura Savariau at 1:56 14 and Toledo’s Izzy Jones at 1:56.63.
Event 402 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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MEET: * 1:55.23 2015 Laura Dawson, Ohio
POOL: ! 1:56.23 2008 Brittany Sasser, Amherst
1:51.95 DV1A NCAA Div I A
1:59.19 DV1B NCAA Div I B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Szynal, Luka SR Akron-LE 1:57.55 1:53.38*DV1B
27.46 55.87 (28.41)
1:24.30 (28.43) 1:53.38 (29.08)
2 Savariau, Laura SR Akron-LE 1:56.31 1:56.14!DV1B
27.37 56.96 (29.59)
1:26.80 (29.84) 1:56.14 (29.34)
3 Jones, Izzy M FR Toledo-OH 1:57.32 1:56.63 DV1B
27.54 56.86 (29.32)
1:26.50 (29.64) 1:56.63 (30.13)
4 Mitcheltree, Al SR Eastern Michigan 1:58.76 1:56.74 DV1B
27.23 56.59 (29.36)
1:26.41 (29.82) 1:56.74 (30.33)
5 Gavigan, Casey FR Eastern Michigan 1:58.83 1:56.76 DV1B
27.20 56.68 (29.48)
1:26.94 (30.26) 1:56.76 (29.82)
6 Herb, Izzy N FR Miami (Ohio)-OH 1:59.42 1:58.06 DV1B
28.38 58.07 (29.69)
1:28.21 (30.14) 1:58.06 (29.85)
7 Young, Claire E FR Eastern Michigan 1:57.64 1:58.16 DV1B
27.63 57.28 (29.65)
1:27.89 (30.61) 1:58.16 (30.27)
8 Schreiber, Elod JR Bowling Green-OH 1:59.30 1:59.83
27.46 57.67 (30.21)
1:29.03 (31.36) 1:59.83 (30.80)
Another record went down in the 100 free with Buffalo’s Megan Burns touching in a 48.14, breaking her 48.39 from this morning. Buffalo has now won eight straight 100 free MAC titles. Burns was followed by two Akron swimmers in sophomores Ragen Engel (49.21) and Madison Myers (49.43).
Event 403 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: * 48.39 2/25/2017 Megan M Burns, Buffalo-NI
POOL: ! 48.39 2/25/2017 Megan M Burns, Buffalo-NI
47.69 DV1A NCAA Div I A
49.99 DV1B NCAA Div I B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Burns, Megan M JR Buffalo-NI 48.39 48.14*DV1B
23.13 48.14 (25.01)
2 Engel, Ragen E SO Akron-LE 49.66 49.21 DV1B
23.81 49.21 (25.40)
3 Myers, Madison SO Akron-LE 49.38 49.43 DV1B
23.66 49.43 (25.77)
4 Van Lanen, Corr SO Ohio-OH 49.69 49.58 DV1B
23.52 49.58 (26.06)
5 Griffin, Victor SR Bowling Green-OH 50.21 49.95 DV1B
23.93 49.95 (26.02)
6 Waggoner, Morga FR Akron-LE 49.85 50.14
24.34 50.14 (25.80)
7 Baxter, Sarah L JR Buffalo-NI 49.93 50.17
23.98 50.17 (26.19)
8 Ernst, Andrea M FR Buffalo-NI 50.18 50.25
24.16 50.25 (26.09)
The crowd almost saw a third straight record go down as Akron’s Paloma Marrero won the 200 breast with a 2:10.03, just missing the 2:09.79 from Toledo’s Laura Lindsay in 2012. Marrero took back the 200 breast title she also won in 2015. Toledo’s Jessica Avery finished in second at 2:12.99 and Miami’s Stephanie Lemire was third at 2:13.79.
Event 404 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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MEET: * 2:09.79 2012 Laura Linsday, Toledo
POOL: ! 2:11.70 3/2010 Kelsey Vehr, Miami
2:07.33 DV1A NCAA Div I A
2:15.99 DV1B NCAA Div I B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Marrero, Paloma JR Akron-LE 2:11.90 2:10.03!DV1B
29.93 1:02.67 (32.74)
1:35.93 (33.26) 2:10.03 (34.10)
2 Avery, Jessica JR Toledo-OH 2:14.31 2:12.99 DV1B
30.88 1:04.81 (33.93)
1:38.40 (33.59) 2:12.99 (34.59)
3 Lemire, Stephan SR Miami (Ohio)-OH 2:14.69 2:13.79 DV1B
29.65 1:03.37 (33.72)
1:37.84 (34.47) 2:13.79 (35.95)
4 Duncan, Delaney SO Eastern Michigan 2:14.75 2:14.01 DV1B
29.93 1:04.28 (34.35)
1:39.71 (35.43) 2:14.01 (34.30)
5 Schuster, Holly JR Miami (Ohio)-OH 2:15.33 2:14.39 DV1B
30.13 1:04.09 (33.96)
1:38.04 (33.95) 2:14.39 (36.35)
6 Baumer, Grace E FR Buffalo-NI 2:16.54 2:16.73
30.93 1:05.22 (34.29)
1:40.29 (35.07) 2:16.73 (36.44)
7 Lahtinen, Emili FR Ohio-OH 2:16.55 2:17.99
30.65 1:04.95 (34.30)
1:40.97 (36.02) 2:17.99 (37.02)
8 Czyrka, Cristin SR Buffalo-NI 2:16.61 2:18.16
31.60 1:06.75 (35.15)
1:42.45 (35.70) 2:18.16 (35.71)
The 200 butterfly was the closest race of the night as Buffalo’s Julia Box was fifth at the 100 and was the only swimmer who split under 31 on the last 50 to win the race at 1:59.44. It was Buffalo’s first 200 fly win in school history at the MAC Championships. She was followed by her teammate Saoirse Palu-Benson at 1:59.79 and Eastern Michigan’s Carly Jackson at 1:59.88.
Event 405 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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A - Final
1 Box, Julia A SO Buffalo-NI 2:00.79 1:59.44
27.09 57.54 (30.45) 1:28.68 (31.14) 1:59.44 (30.76)
2 Palu-Benson, Saoirse * JR Buffalo-NI 2:01.68 1:59.79
26.91 57.12 (30.21) 1:28.22 (31.10) 1:59.79 (31.57)
3 Jackson, Carly R SR Eastern Michigan 2:01.45 1:59.88
27.06 57.41 (30.35) 1:28.46 (31.05) 1:59.88 (31.42)
4 Bonezzi, Jessica A FR Akron-LE 2:02.03 2:00.12
26.19 56.25 (30.06) 1:27.76 (31.51) 2:00.12 (32.36)
5 Walters, Brittney N SR Buffalo-NI 2:01.23 2:00.85
27.12 57.52 (30.40) 1:29.02 (31.50) 2:00.85 (31.83)
6 Vargas, Mackenzie V FR Akron-LE 2:00.30 2:01.01
27.11 57.70 (30.59) 1:29.08 (31.38) 2:01.01 (31.93)
7 Desnoyers, Emilie A SO Eastern Michigan 2:01.59 2:01.62
27.55 58.01 (30.46) 1:29.74 (31.73) 2:01.62 (31.88)
8 Streicher, Kat JR Toledo-OH 2:03.17 2:03.17
27.53 58.33 (30.80) 1:30.05 (31.72) 2:03.17 (33.12)
Akron finished the meet with an exclamation point as they won the 400 free relay at 3:17.17. Sadie Fazekas (49.61), Ragen Engel (48.74), Morgan Waggoner (49.72) and Madison Myers (49.10) swam for Akron as they had a race with Buffalo. The Bulls had a swift anchor leg from Megan Burns at 48.03 but it was not enough as they finished in second at 3:18.53 and Miami was third at 3:21.06.
Event 406 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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MEET: * 3:19.37 2014 Buffalo, Buffalo
Rodriguez, Steff, Murphy, Kuras
POOL: ! 3:20.65 1996 Univ Michigan
Shakespeare, Eberwein, Stone, Bendal
3:15.78 DV1A NCAA Div I A
3:17.11 DV1B NCAA Div I B
School Seed Finals
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1 Akron-LE 'A' 3:19.20 3:17.17*
1) Fazekas, Sadie C SO 2) Engel, Ragen E SO
3) Waggoner, Morgan R FR 4) Myers, Madison H SO
23.66 49.61 (49.61)
1:12.64 (23.03) 1:38.35 (48.74)
2:02.03 (23.68) 2:28.07 (49.72)
2:51.10 (23.03) 3:17.17 (49.10)
2 Buffalo-NI 'A' 3:22.18 3:18.53*
1) Baxter, Sarah L JR 2) Ernst, Andrea M FR
3) Schultheis, Cat V SO 4) Burns, Megan K FR
24.10 50.18 (50.18)
1:13.86 (23.68) 1:40.23 (50.05)
2:03.95 (23.72) 2:30.50 (50.27)
2:53.17 (22.67) 3:18.53 (48.03)
3 Miami (Ohio)-OH 'A' 3:24.67 3:21.06
1) Van Fossen, Grace E SO 2) Moynihan, Ella B SO
3) Lemire, Stephanie J SR 4) Stone, Abby T SO
24.52 50.49 (50.49)
1:14.34 (23.85) 1:40.20 (49.71)
2:03.88 (23.68) 2:30.74 (50.54)
2:54.44 (23.70) 3:21.06 (50.32)
4 Eastern Michigan 'A' 3:23.46 3:21.87
1) Wagner, Sierra L SR 2) Mitcheltree, Alexis R SR
3) Walker, Chase N JR 4) Van Allen, Grace G SR
24.03 50.44 (50.44)
1:14.40 (23.96) 1:40.64 (50.20)
2:04.81 (24.17) 2:31.68 (51.04)
2:55.52 (23.84) 3:21.87 (50.19)
5 Ohio-OH 'A' 3:24.93 3:23.09
1) Zimcosky, Emily M FR 2) Hornstra, Mackenzie N SO
3) Herich, Mikayla D FR 4) Van Lanen, Corrin E SO
24.09 50.17 (50.17)
1:14.55 (24.38) 1:43.09 (52.92)
2:06.99 (23.90) 2:33.69 (50.60)
2:57.25 (23.56) 3:23.09 (49.40)
6 Bowling Green-OH 'A' 3:25.62 3:24.02
1) Washko, Amanda P JR 2) Larson, Megan E SO
3) Galic, Maria JR 4) Paris, Hannah A FR
24.84 51.68 (51.68)
1:15.58 (23.90) 1:42.34 (50.66)
2:06.44 (24.10) 2:33.00 (50.66)
2:57.34 (24.34) 3:24.02 (51.02)
7 Toledo-OH 'A' 3:30.46 3:26.82
1) Dicke, Allison M JR 2) Haaraoja, Gabbi M JR
3) Hack, Maggie S JR 4) Jones, Izzy M FR
24.91 52.21 (52.21)
1:16.33 (24.12) 1:44.95 (52.74)
2:09.49 (24.54) 2:36.24 (51.29)
3:00.32 (24.08) 3:26.82 (50.58)
8 Ball State-IN 'A' 3:30.20 3:29.59
1) Gilbert, Peighton FR 2) Kedzierski, Amanda E JR
3) Vormohr, Anne FR 4) Extine, Jessica L SR
24.79 52.25 (52.25)
1:16.59 (24.34) 1:44.69 (52.44)
2:09.27 (24.58) 2:36.77 (52.08)
3:01.37 (24.60) 3:29.59 (52.82)
Akron clinched its fourth straight MAC title and its fourth overall. Buffalo also had its highest finish in school history with a third place finish.
Team Standings:
- Akron, 750
- Eastern Michigan, 600
- Buffalo, 573.5
- Miami, 560
- Ohio, 304
- Bowling Green, 294
- Toledo, 240
- Ball State. 161.5
2017 Women’s Mid-American Conference Championships Day 4 Finals – Results
Last to first in one year, now four straight with NCAA individual qualifiers and NCAA “A” relay cut. Absolutely phenomenal and truly impressive. Congrats to Coach Peresie and staff and to the Zips.