Zips Sweep Top Two Spots in a Pair of Relays at OSU Winter Invite

Friday, February 11

Columbus, OH

11 am, 5 PM

University of Akron

OSU Winter Invite

Zips Sweep Top Two Spots in a Pair of Relays at OSU Winter Invite

February 11 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Zips Sweep Top Two Spots in a Pair of Relays at OSU Winter Invite
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Akron Zips swept first and second place in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay and the 400-yard Medley Relay to open The Ohio State Winter Invite on Friday-Sunday, Feb. 11-13 at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion hosted by the buckeyes.

Touching first in the 200 free relay was the team of Paulina Nogaj (22.80), Sara Watson (22.35), Rachel Schiffli (22.73) and Sofia Henell (22.70), stopping the timer at 1:30.58 just shy of the 1:29.21 NCAA B-Cut time. The Zips added a runner-up finish in the race as Lauren Cooper (23.43), Victoria Kaufman (22.78), Madelyn Gatrall and Rebecca Reid (22.70) clocked a 1:32.15 time.

Akron posted it's second win and runner-up finishes in the 400 medley relay with Gatrall (54.06), Paula Garcia (1:00.10), Nogaj (51.15) and Henell (50.81) claiming gold with a 3:36.12 time. Cooper (55.99), Andrea Fischer (1:01.85), Watson (52.59) and Schiffli (50.64) earned silver with a 3:41.07 time.

Akron will be back in action at the OSU Winter Invite on Saturday, Feb. 12 with prelims starting at 11 a.m. and finals starting at 5 p.m. Admission to the OSU Winter Invitational is free. Fans can also follow the action on B1G+ Network or via Live Results.

Note: Ohio State and City of Columbus policies require wearing of masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status, for all faculty, staff and invitees. The department requires all patrons at our events to wear your mask at all times for your own safety and for the health, safety and well-being of others, including our student-athletes, campus community and visitors.
Meet Schedule

The Event Schedule
Friday, Feb. 11 (11 a.m. prelims, 5 p.m. finals)
200-yard Freestyle Relay
500-yard Freestyle
200-yard Individual Medley
50-yard Freestyle
400-yard Medley Relay

Saturday, Feb. 12 (11 a.m. prelims, 5 p.m. finals)
200-yard Medley Relay
100-yard Butterfly
400-yard Individual Medley
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breaststroke
100-yard Backstroke
800-yard Freestyle Relay

Sunday, Feb. 13 (11 a.m. prelims, 4 p.m. finals)
1650-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
400-yard Freestyle Relay