Akron Zips Swimming & Diving Back in Water at Ohio State Winter Invite

Akron Zips Swimming & Diving Back in Water at Ohio State Winter Invite
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AKRON, Ohio – The Akron Zips swimming & diving team is scheduled to be back in the water for their final regular season meet of the season at The Ohio State Winter Invite on Friday-Sunday, Feb. 11-13 at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion hosted by the buckeyes.

What's Ahead
The three-day meet features five teams, including Ohio State (Host), Akron, Ball State, Cleveland State, John Carroll and Kentucky. Prelims are scheduled to start each day at 11 a.m. and Finals are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission to the OSU Winter Invitational is free. Paid parking is available in the Tuttle and Neil Avenue Garages. The Neil Avenue Garage is open to the public starting at 4 p.m. on Friday.

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

The Zips
The No. 25 ranked Akron Zips Swimming & Diving claimed 14-of-16 events en route to a 212-88 dual meet win over the Toledo Rockets at the UToledo Student Recreation Center and Pool.

Prior to the Toledo dual, the swimming and diving program claimed runner-up honors at the Tim Welsh Classic Meet hosted by Notre Dame as Akron won six events and earned five silver medals en route to 993 points, defeating Ohio State (857.5 pts) and falling to the host (1,334.5 pts) at Rolfs Aquatic Center.

The Zips posted wins at the Akron Zips Classic, Magnus Cup Invitational and the Zippy Invitational, while earning runner-up at the Tim Welch Classic. Akron is 4-1 in dual meets this season, defeating Miami (190-110), Eastern Michigan (161-138), Ohio (241-101) and Toledo (212-88) and fell to Ohio State (228-91). The Zips have earned multiple NCAA D1B qualifying times and NCAA Diving Zone qualifying performances.

In addition, Watson garnered three MAC Swimmer of the Week awards this season, while and Kalik claimed a pair MAC Diver of the Week accolades.

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