Championship Central
Final Results
VIDEO: Akron Head Coach Brian Pereise
VIDEO: Akron senior Jessica Bonezzi

BUFFALO, New York – The Akron Zips captured their seventh-straight MAC Women’s Swimming and Diving title, becoming the third program to accomplish the feat.

Eastern Michigan’s Alyssa Shugarman started the evening off with a 16:29.88 performance in the 1650 free, earning her second individual title of the meet.
 
Daisy Platts also earned her second crown of the weekend with a 1:54.45 in the 200-yard backstroke, defending her title from a year ago.

Sarah Watson successfully defended her title in the 100-yard freestyle by tapping in 48.91. The sophomore was also named the 2020 MAC Outstanding Swimmer.

After taking the 100-yard breaststroke on Friday, Akron’s Paula Garcia showed up on Saturday with a pool-record time of 2:10.68 to take thee 200-yard breaststroke crown. 
 
Akron’s Paulina Nogaj picked up her second individual title of the weekend with a pool-record time of 1:57.45 in the 200-yard butterfly.
 
Bowling Green’s Talisa Lemke earned her fifth-career MAC title with a 351.36 in the 3-meter dive. The Berlin, Germany native was named the 2020 Most Outstanding Senior and the MAC Diver of the Year. 
 
The 2020 championships concluded with the 400-yard Freestyle Relay. The Zip’s team of Sarah Watson, Morgan Waggoner, Sofia Henell, and Paulina Nogaj clocked in at 3:15.81 to give Akron a clean-sweep of the relay events for the third-straight year.

The final team rankings are as follows:
 
Final Team Standings
1. Akron – 811.5
2. Buffalo 738.5
3. Eastern Michigan - 485
4.  Miami - 408
5. Bowling Green -293.5
6. Toledo - 283
7. Ohio – 262.5
8. Ball State - 223
 

MAC Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year
Andy Bashor, Buffalo 

MAC Women’s Diving Coach of the Year
Buck Smith, Eastern Michigan

Most Outstanding Swimmer
Sarah Watson, Akron
 
Most Outstanding Diver
Talisa Lemke, BGSU

Most Outstanding Senior
Talisa Lemke, BGSU 

Co-Freshman Swimmers of the Year 
Weronika Goecka, Akron
Emma Fortman, Ohio
 
Freshman Diver of the Year
Tori Franz, Buffalo
  
All-MAC First Team
Jessica Bonezzi, Akron
Paula Garcia, Akron
Paulina Nogaj, Akron
Sarah Watson, Akron
Talisa Lemke, Bowling Green
Daisy Platts, Bowling Green
Brittney Beetcher, Buffalo
Toni Naccarella, Buffalo
Katie Pollock, Buffalo
Olivia Sapio, Buffalo
Nicole Roitenberg, Buffalo
Alyssa Shugarman, EMU
Claire Young, EMU
Camila Lins de Mello, Miami
Izzy Jones, Toledo
 
All-MAC Second Team
Andrea Fischer, Akron
Olivia Gardner, Akron
Weronika Gorecka, Akron
Sofia Henell, Akron
Brooke Lamoureux, Akron
Mackenzie Vargas, Akron
Morgan Waggoner, Akron
Katie Burns, Buffalo
Andrea Ernst, Buffalo
Tori Franz, Buffalo
Jillian Lawton, Buffalo
Ali Staver, Eastern Michigan 
Sophia Tsafantakis, Eastern Michigan
Emma Fortman, Ohio
Hannah Fuchs, Ohio
Katie Garrity, Ohio