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Oxford, Ohio – After the first day of the 2017 MAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship, the Akron Zips find themselves at the top of the pack with a score of 72. Buffalo sits only two points behind with 72 and Eastern Michigan sits in third place with 66 points.
For the second straight year, the Akron women's swimming and diving team kicked off the Mid-American Conference Championships by breaking the MAC record in the 200 medley relay.
On Wednesday night at Corwin Nixon Aqautic Center, the team of sophomore Madison Myers (Akron, Ohio), junior Paloma Marrero Munoz (Merida, Spain), sophomore Sadie Fazekas (Windsor, Ontario) and sophomore Ragen Engel (Springfield, Ohio) took home the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:36.89 and set a new MAC, meet and program record.
The quartet broke the previous mark of 1:37.28 that was set by Myers, Fazekas, Hannah Raspopovich and Ashley Niznik that was set a year ago.
The Buffalo Bulls took first place in the 800 Yard Freestyle Relay with an overall time of 7:21:26.
At the end of Day One of the MAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship, here’s where each team stands:
Team Rankings
1. Akron- 74
2. Buffalo- 72
3. Eastern Michigan- 66
4. Miami- 56
4. Ohio- 56
6. Toledo- 50
7. Ball State- 46
8. Bowling Green- 30
Prelims will start tomorrow at 11 a.m. and finals at 7 p.m.
The events that will be run tomorrow are the 500-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard IM, 50-yard freestyle, one-meter dive and 200-yard freestyle relay.
The cost of attendance will be $12 for a single session or $34 for the entire championship for adults. Youth (17 and under) tickets run for $6 per session or $16 for an all-sessions pass, while MAC students with a valid ID and children five and under will be given free admission. Doors will open to the public one hour prior to the first event of each session, with ticket sales beginning on Thursday.
