Akron Women’s Mid-American Championship Wins 9th Championship in 10 Years

2023 MAC WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP

In one of many fiercest battles of the encounter, Akron’s Brother Daniel and Miami Nicole Maier 200 fought immediately. Maier entered the match as one of the best seed of the occasion, whereas in a head-to-head match it was Daniel who got here out with a 1:56.46 win.

Brother Daniel	Nicole Maier
26.45	26.07
29.50 (55.95)	30.36 (56.43)
30.07 (1:26.02)	30.66 (1:27.09)
30.44 (1:56.45)	29.47 (1:56.56)

Maier gave a robust push within the final fifty yards of the race, virtually a second behind Daniel however nonetheless behind. Each girls completed the occasion, which was 1:59.23, under the B commonplace.

The duo’s rivalry wasn’t over as they went head-to-head to be acknowledged as Meet’s Excellent Swimmer on the finish of the meet. This time they tied and have been acknowledged as C0-Excellent Swimmers.

Within the wrestle of Akron’s prime scorers throughout the match, Weronika Gorecka in opposition to the highest Maddy Gatrall at 200. After Gatrall took the highest spot within the morning qualifiers, Gorecka placed on a dominating present within the finals, successful by greater than a second in 1:53.33. Forecka was the defending champion of the occasion, whereas Gatrall completed third a 12 months in the past.

After successful the occasion as a sophomore and ending third final season, Buffalo’s Toni Naccarella He returned to the highest of the rostrum in 100 freestyles and took his second gold within the match. The Senior swam the race in a lifetime, ending in 48.28, beating the convention document by lower than two-tenths of a second.

Naccarella was joined on the rostrum by one other member of Buffalo’s workforce. Sawyer Bosley. The present sophomore will fill the position of Naccarella following commencement this spring, as she has been an A-finalist in three occasions in dash freestyle races this season.

Akron veteran who gained 200 breasts for the third season in a row andrea Fischer. After graduating sophomore as a freshman, Fischer has topped the rostrum each two years all through his school profession. This 12 months, he completed the race with 2:10.99 simply exterior his life-best time of two:10.57.

1650 freestyle, Lauren HartelThe Ohio freshman who got here in with the gold, ending in 16:35.18. Behind him was a pair of Ball state swimmers. marcella ribeiro to be second and Callie Tuma end in third place.

On the three meter board, Buffalo was the highest 2 finisher. Mari Kwak, the sophomore, took dwelling the gold medal, ending with a rating of three:42.10. Defeat convention champion and teammate defenders tori franceHe completed second with 331.85.

Akron completed off with a slim win over Buffalo within the 400-yard freestyle relay, setting a brand new pool document within the course of. Daniel, Gorecka, Gatrall and Rachel Schiffli Mixed for a interval of three:17.11.

The Akron girls have left the Mid-American Championships as convention champions for the ninth time previously decade. Their solely defeat within the sport got here in 2021 when Buffalo lifted the trophy by lower than ten factors.