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Akron Defeats Duquesne on the road, 257-117
January 10 | Women's Swimming & Diving
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Competing in their first event of 2025, the Akron Swim team took down Duquesne 257-117 on the road on Friday.
The Zips started the dual against the Dukes by taking the top two spots in the 200-yard medley relay. The "A" squad of Madelyn Gattrall (26.27), Claire Cox (29.57), Abigail Daniel (24.68) and Ada Szwabinska (22.69) finished first with a time of 1:43.21 while the "B" squad of Julia Mauter (26.95), Dinica Bosman (29.96), Maggie Patterson (26.54) and Brienne Trumpower (23.83( finished second with a time of 1:47.49.
Akron then took two of the top three times in the 200-yard IM. Dominika Kossakowska finished first with a time of 2:09.69 while Hannah Trainer took third with a time of 2:10.50.
The Blue and Gold continued their streak of first-place finishes as Kendall Craig took gold in the 200-yard fly with a time of 2:10.770. Callie Parkes finished third with a time of 2:14.91.
The Zips continued their domination with a one-two punch in the 100-yard fly. Rebecca Reid finished first with a time of 56.71 and Aislinn Holder took second with a time of 57.63.
Helena Lalkovic finished third in the 200-yard back with a time of 2:18.59 while the 50-yard free saw Szwabinska place first with a time of 23.34 and Cox finishing second with a time of 24.87.
Akron once again took the top two times, this time in the 50-yard fly. Gatrall finished first with a time of 26.10 while Mauter took second with a time of 26.80.
The Blue and Gold continued to rack up wins with Patterson finishing first in the 1000-yard free (10.29.76) and Lalkovic taking second (10:41.40).
Klintemar and Trumpower earned first and second in the 100-yard back with times of 58.60 and 1:00.36 while Daniel and Craig finished first and second in the 400-yard IM with respective times of 4:33.55 and 4:35.16.
The "A" squad of Szwabinska (23.59), Gatrall (23.93), Reid (23.86) and Holder (23.52) finished first in the 200-yard free relay with a time of 1:34.90 while the "B" squad of Kossakowska (24.67), Trainer (24.51), Parkes (24.36) and Trumpower (23.73) took second with a time of 1:37.27.
Akron claimed gold in the 50-yard breast with Bosman finishing with a time of 30.86 and Holder taking third with a time of 32.02.
Daniel and Patterson finished second and third in the 200-yard fly with times of 1:55.21 and 1:55.76 while Klintemar and Mauter finished first and second in the 100-yard IM with times of 59.97 and 1:01.29.
The 500-yard free saw Kossakowska place second with a time of 5:06.49 and Trainer taking third with a time of 5:18.90.
Akron would earn second and third again, this time in the 50-yard back. Trumpower finished second with a time of 27.82 and Patterson took third with a time of 29.44.
The 100-yard free would be another event the Zips claimed gold in with Szwabinska leading the way with a time of 51.94. Reid earned silver with a time of 52.96.
The Zips continued to set the pace with a first and second place showing in the 200-yard breast. Daniel took gold with a time of 2:23.36 and Madelyn Bosler took silver with a time of 2:23.72.
The 100-yard breast featured another pair of Zips taking the top two spots with Gatrall finishing first with a time of 1:07.92 and Efthymia Mazaraki taking second with a time of 1:09.15.
Akron concluded the dual with Duquesne with yet another first-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay. The "A" squad of Reid (56.95), Cox (1:05.07), Holder (56.84) and Trainer (52.93) claimed gold with a time of 3:51.79 while the "B" squad of Mauter (57.40), Bosler (31.28), Klintemar (1:02.71) and Kossakowska (1:21.68) finished third with a time of 3:53.07.
The Zips are back in action with a conference dual meet at Buffalo on January 18 for an 11 a.m. start.
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