Oakland vs. Akron

AKRON, Ohio, January 7. SANDRA Czerska won three individual events and a relay, Vanessza Balogh won three individual events and Johanna Gustaffson won two events and a relay as the Oakland women's swimming and diving teams won their first dual meet of 2012, 155-145, Saturday afternoon at Ocasek Natatorium.
"We were a little rusty coming off of a few weeks without a meet but I thought the girls stepped up and raced really hard," said associate head coach Shawn Kornoelje. "The kids were in the meet the entire time and although we may not have gone really fast, we raced really hard."

Czerska finished first in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly events with times of 57.31 and 2:06.99 respectively. She also won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:08.86. Balogh and Julieanne Stears finished first and second in both the 500-yard freestyle (5:07.93, 5:11.56) and 1,000 free (10:23.62, 10:35.86) while Balogh clocked the winning time in the 200 free with a time of 1:54.01.

Gustafsson swept the breaststroke events winning both the 100- and 200-yard breast events with times of 1:05.82 and 2:24.56, respectively. Emily Ludema picked up a pair of second place finishes in the 200 fly (2:08.33) and the 200 breast (2:26.93).

The team of Margo Stanfa, Gustafsson, Czerska and Alyssa Vela won the 200-yard medley relay witha time of 1:47.80.

"We are pleased to start off the new year with a win especially away from home but we need to shake the rust off because we are home the next six weeks going into the league championship meet and we need to be at our best in February ," added Kornoelje.

Oakland will be back in the pool next weekend as both the men's and women's teams will host Cleveland State and Xavier on Saturday Jan. 14 in the OU Aquatics Center.

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