Akron vs Eastern Michigan
- January 19, 2024
- Akron, Ohio
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Akron Athletics
AKRON, Ohio – On Friday night, the Akron Zips welcomed the Eastern Michigan Eagles into Ocasek Natatorium for a dual meet. Prior to the competition, the Zips celebrated their eight members of the Class of 2024.
Akron opened the meet going 1-2 in the 200 yard medley relay. Seniors Weronika Gorecka, Madeline Dyer, Rachel Sabotin, and Kaja Reinhardt touched first with a time of 1:43.21. Elle Couture and Joelle Vogelmann followed with second and third place respectively in the 1000 yard freestyle.
Rebecca Reid won the 200 yard freestyle by almost two seconds with her time of 1:52.84. Astrid Halvorsen took third in the event. Abigail Daniel and Julia Mauter had the two fastest times in the 100 yard backstroke before Sara Bozso and Claire Cox took the top two times in the 100 yard breaststroke.
The Zips then had the four fastest times in the 200 yard butterfly with Rachel Sabotin (2:02.64) in first followed by Maggie Patterson (2:04.11), Grace Nuhfer (2:06.59), and Hannah Trainer (2:07.14). Aislinn Holder (23.58) and Callie Parkes (24.17) took first and third in the 50 yard freestyle sprint. Akron again had the four fastest times in the 100 yard freestyle with Holder winning her second race of the night at 52.09. Mauter touched at 52.21, Trainer at 52.89, and Reinhardt at 53.24 to round out the top finishers.
Gorecka won her first individual race of the night with a time of 2:00.36 in the 200 yard backstroke. Daniel won her second individual race in the 200 yard breaststroke at 2:19.05. Bozso (2:19.64) and Dyer (2:20.72) finished third and fourth respectively. Couture took second place in the 500 yard freestyle for her second podium finish in a mid-distance race with a time of 5:00.70. Halvorsen came in third nine seconds later.
Sabotin had an individual win in the 100 yard butterfly and Patterson finished third in the 200 yard IM to close out the individual races. Akron closed out the win by taking the top three spots in the 400 yard freestyle relay. The relay team of Sabotin, Reinhardt, Reid, and Gorecka finished at 3:28.21.
Off the diving boards, Laurel Smith took fourth in the 3-meter diving with a total of 249.80 points and fifth in the 1-meter event with a score of 234.60.
The Zips finished the night with 174 points compared to the Eagle 124 for their second dual meet win of the season.
Up Next
The Akron swimming and diving team will head to South Bend, Indiana next weekend for the Shamrock Invite on January 26 and 27th.
Courtesy: EMU Athletics
AKRON, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University swim and dive team competed together for the first time in 2024, falling to the University of Akron Zips, 174-124, Jan.19, inside Ocasek Natatorium.
Meet Notes
» The Eagles came away with four personal-best marks on the day
» Eastern saw five first-place finishes throughout the competition
How it Happened
Eastern got off to a great start as it captured its first, first-place finish of the evening in the second event of the night, the 1,000-yard freestyle, where Ali Kudo (Guelph, Ontario/John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational) claimed the top spot in a personal-best time of 10:09.03. Kudo also claimed gold later in the meet in the 500y freestyle in 4:54.98.
Emma Littrell (Taylor Mill, Ky./St. Henry District) had a strong meet as she notched two personal-best times in the 200y freestyle and 500y freestyle, finishing the events in 1:54.35 (2nd) and 5:10.72 (4th), respectively.
After a strong showing at the University at Buffalo Diving Invite, Jan. 12-13, Eastern’s divers picked up where they left off as they claimed the one, two, and three spots in both the 1m and 3m dives.
Among others, Camryn Hughes (London, Ontario/Sir Frederick Banting Secondary) stood out, placing first in each event with 298.00 points in the 3m and 276.35 in the 1m. Hughes missed a personal-best score by just 1.90 points in the 3m as her all-time top performance in the event is 299.90.
Up Next
The Eagles will return to the Jones Natatorium as they are set to battle the Falcons of Bowling Green State University, Friday, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m.
EMU Individual Results
* Indicates Personal-Best Time
200y Medley Relay
3. EMU A (Russell, LaRosa, Clarino, Noble) – 1:45.89
4. EMU B (Sang, Harris, Mina, Shoen) – 1:46.02
6. EMU C (Christie, Szadorski, Pastar, Gatrall) – x1:46.51
1,000y Freestyle
1. Ali Kudo – 10:09.03*
4. Morgan Hofmeister – 10:47.62
5. Ashley George – 10:54.12
200y Freestyle
2. Emma Littrell – 1:54.35*
4. Kiersten Russell – 1:56.88
6. Abbey Whipple – 1:59.23
100y Backstroke
3. Siporah Sang – 56.86
4. Marlee Christie – 58.26
100y Breaststroke
3. Abby Szadorski – 1:04.62
4. Taylor Harris – 1:05.00
7. Nina LaRosa – 1:07.57
8. Madelyn Sursi – x1:09.46
200y Butterfly
5. Katarina Pastar – 2:09.46
6. Olivia Clarino – 2:10.47
7. Sydney Ulmer – 2:11.55
8. Maren Romine – x2:11.78
50y Freestyle
2. Katie Shoen – 24.04
4. Lucy Noble – 24.25
7. Tristen Mina – 24.69
8. Sophie Gatrall – x24.90
3m Diving
1. Camryn Hughes – 298.00
2. Rebekah Knapp – 268.45
3. Malia Maire – 252.10
5. Ciara Wheeler – x244.90
— Savannah Fisk – x227.20
100y Freestyle
5. Lucy Noble – 53.25
6. Marlee Christie – 53.51
7. Sophie Gatrall – 53.77
8. Abbey Whipple – x54.81
200y Backstroke
2. Kiersten Russell – 2:05.43
3. Siporah Sang – 2:09.75
200y Breaststroke
2. Abby Szadorski – 2:19.36
5. Taylor Harris – 2:21.71
6. Tristen Mina – 2:25.15
8. Nina LaRosa – x2:30.97
— Madelyn Sursi – x2:32.31
500y Freestyle
1. Ali Kudo – 4:54.98
4. Emma Littrell – 5:10.72*
5. Morgan Hofmeister – 5:15.31
6. Ashley George – x5:20.82
100y Butterfly
2. Olivia Clarino – 57.73
3. Katarina Pastar – 58.07
4. Katie Shoen – 59.86
5. Maren Romine – x1:00.04
— Sydney Ulmer – x1:00.35
1m Diving
1. Camryn Hughes – 276.35
2. Ciara Wheeler – 268.20
3. Rebekah Knapp – 261.30
4. Savannah Fisk – x245.50
— Malia Maire – x242.30
— Tierney Fraidenburg – x197.85
200y IM
1. Tristen Mina – 2:06.28*
2. Abby Szadorski – 2:09.12
4. Taylor Harris – 2:10.67
7. Morgan Hofmeister – x2:17.59
— Maren Romine – x2:15.29
— Madelyn Sursi – x2:20.18
— Sydney Ulmer – x2:20.49
400y Freestyle Relay
4. EMU A (Christie, Littrell, Noble, Russell) – 3:33.76
5. EMU B (Gatrall, Pastar, Sang, Kudo) – 3:37.07
7. EMU C (Whipple, Shoen, George, Clarino) – x3:42.87
