﻿{"id":243192,"date":"2017-02-26T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T07:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=243192"},"modified":"2018-02-13T20:52:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T03:52:28","slug":"akron-wins-fourth-straight-mid-american-conference-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/akron-wins-fourth-straight-mid-american-conference-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Akron Wins Fourth Straight Mid-American Conference Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Akron captured its fourth straight women&#8217;s Mid-American Conference crown on Saturday night in Oxford, Ohio on the campus of Miami University. It is the fourth straight conference title for the Zips as it is also their fourth conference title overall for the women&#8217;s program.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Michigan got things started off with a win in the 1650 from <strong>Nicole Swartz<\/strong> at 16:20.08. It was the first win for EMU in that event at the MAC Championships since 2005. <strong>Hannah Miller<\/strong> of Buffalo was second at 16:30.16 and <strong>Natalie Criswell<\/strong> of Bowling Green was third at 16:31.89.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 401  Women 1650 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: * 16:11.80  2012      Claire Leichty, Toledo\r\n         POOL: ! 16:21.74  3\/2010    Jacy Dyer, Toledo\r\n                 15:53.50  DV1A NCAA Div I A\r\n                 16:30.59  DV1B NCAA Div I B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals              \r\n==================================================================\r\n  1 Swartz, Nicole   SO Eastern Michigan 16:44.56   16:20.08!DV1B   \r\n                 27.78        56.84 (29.06)\r\n        1:26.31 (29.47)     1:56.08 (29.77)\r\n        2:25.86 (29.78)     2:55.52 (29.66)\r\n        3:25.29 (29.77)     3:54.90 (29.61)\r\n        4:24.68 (29.78)     4:54.51 (29.83)\r\n        5:24.32 (29.81)     5:53.98 (29.66)\r\n        6:23.71 (29.73)     6:53.50 (29.79)\r\n        7:23.35 (29.85)     7:53.12 (29.77)\r\n        8:22.83 (29.71)     8:52.63 (29.80)\r\n        9:22.31 (29.68)     9:51.87 (29.56)\r\n       10:21.44 (29.57)    10:51.13 (29.69)\r\n       11:20.85 (29.72)    11:50.86 (30.01)\r\n       12:20.66 (29.80)    12:50.92 (30.26)\r\n       13:20.90 (29.98)    13:51.06 (30.16)\r\n       14:20.98 (29.92)    14:51.17 (30.19)\r\n       15:21.37 (30.20)    15:51.40 (30.03)    16:20.08 (28.68)\r\n  2 Miller, Hannah   JR Buffalo-NI       16:45.69   16:30.16 DV1B   \r\n                 26.82        55.62 (28.80)\r\n        1:25.14 (29.52)     1:54.56 (29.42)\r\n        2:24.06 (29.50)     2:53.76 (29.70)\r\n        3:23.68 (29.92)     3:53.55 (29.87)\r\n        4:23.39 (29.84)     4:53.40 (30.01)\r\n        5:23.33 (29.93)     5:53.23 (29.90)\r\n        6:23.02 (29.79)     6:53.30 (30.28)\r\n        7:23.44 (30.14)     7:53.71 (30.27)\r\n        8:24.56 (30.85)     8:55.39 (30.83)\r\n        9:25.79 (30.40)     9:56.39 (30.60)\r\n       10:26.65 (30.26)    10:57.13 (30.48)\r\n       11:27.61 (30.48)    11:58.29 (30.68)\r\n       12:28.83 (30.54)    12:59.47 (30.64)\r\n       13:29.98 (30.51)    14:00.55 (30.57)\r\n       14:30.98 (30.43)    15:01.37 (30.39)\r\n       15:31.61 (30.24)    16:01.37 (29.76)    16:30.16 (28.79)\r\n  3 Criswell, Natal  JR Bowling Green-OH 16:49.95   16:31.89        \r\n                 28.53        58.09 (29.56)\r\n        1:28.03 (29.94)     1:58.47 (30.44)\r\n        2:28.88 (30.41)     2:59.15 (30.27)\r\n        3:29.21 (30.06)     3:59.55 (30.34)\r\n        4:29.61 (30.06)     4:59.72 (30.11)\r\n        5:29.74 (30.02)     5:59.73 (29.99)\r\n        6:29.84 (30.11)     6:59.88 (30.04)\r\n        7:30.00 (30.12)     7:59.99 (29.99)\r\n        8:30.08 (30.09)     9:00.10 (30.02)\r\n        9:30.07 (29.97)    10:00.15 (30.08)\r\n       10:30.17 (30.02)    11:00.34 (30.17)\r\n       11:30.22 (29.88)    12:00.65 (30.43)\r\n       12:30.97 (30.32)    13:01.12 (30.15)\r\n       13:30.94 (29.82)    14:00.93 (29.99)\r\n       14:31.11 (30.18)    15:01.64 (30.53)\r\n       15:32.08 (30.44)    16:02.37 (30.29)    16:31.89 (29.52)\r\n  4 Bradley, Emma A  FR Miami (Ohio)-OH  16:38.43   16:37.18        \r\n                 27.56        57.05 (29.49)\r\n        1:26.82 (29.77)     1:56.96 (30.14)\r\n        2:27.00 (30.04)     2:57.18 (30.18)\r\n        3:27.59 (30.41)     3:57.85 (30.26)\r\n        4:28.01 (30.16)     4:58.10 (30.09)\r\n        5:28.19 (30.09)     5:58.36 (30.17)\r\n        6:28.30 (29.94)     6:58.43 (30.13)\r\n        7:28.55 (30.12)     7:58.66 (30.11)\r\n        8:28.68 (30.02)     8:58.67 (29.99)\r\n        9:28.70 (30.03)     9:58.85 (30.15)\r\n       10:28.88 (30.03)    10:59.06 (30.18)\r\n       11:29.63 (30.57)    12:00.01 (30.38)\r\n       12:30.37 (30.36)    13:01.08 (30.71)\r\n       13:31.80 (30.72)    14:02.74 (30.94)\r\n       14:33.84 (31.10)    15:05.02 (31.18)\r\n       15:36.17 (31.15)    16:06.90 (30.73)    16:37.18 (30.28)\r\n  5 Kaulius, Kara A  SR Akron-LE         16:41.07   16:37.22        \r\n                 26.95        55.97 (29.02)\r\n        1:25.69 (29.72)     1:55.53 (29.84)\r\n        2:25.52 (29.99)     2:55.62 (30.10)\r\n        3:25.80 (30.18)     3:55.99 (30.19)\r\n        4:26.34 (30.35)     4:56.75 (30.41)\r\n        5:27.28 (30.53)     5:57.80 (30.52)\r\n        6:28.26 (30.46)     6:58.69 (30.43)\r\n        7:29.36 (30.67)     7:59.79 (30.43)\r\n        8:30.41 (30.62)     9:01.19 (30.78)\r\n        9:31.63 (30.44)    10:02.30 (30.67)\r\n       10:32.90 (30.60)    11:03.52 (30.62)\r\n       11:34.17 (30.65)    12:04.74 (30.57)\r\n       12:35.48 (30.74)    13:05.92 (30.44)\r\n       13:36.44 (30.52)    14:07.10 (30.66)\r\n       14:37.81 (30.71)    15:08.23 (30.42)\r\n       15:38.57 (30.34)    16:08.88 (30.31)    16:37.22 (28.34)\r\n  6 Dombkowski, Sar  JR Eastern Michigan 16:57.74   16:48.88        \r\n                 27.78        57.34 (29.56)\r\n        1:27.35 (30.01)     1:57.46 (30.11)\r\n        2:27.48 (30.02)     2:57.68 (30.20)\r\n        3:27.95 (30.27)     3:58.33 (30.38)\r\n        4:28.70 (30.37)     4:59.30 (30.60)\r\n        5:29.79 (30.49)     6:00.38 (30.59)\r\n        6:31.07 (30.69)     7:01.81 (30.74)\r\n        7:32.59 (30.78)     8:03.28 (30.69)\r\n        8:34.05 (30.77)     9:04.89 (30.84)\r\n        9:35.33 (30.44)    10:06.36 (31.03)\r\n       10:37.38 (31.02)    11:08.51 (31.13)\r\n       11:39.63 (31.12)    12:10.59 (30.96)\r\n       12:41.58 (30.99)    13:12.62 (31.04)\r\n       13:43.76 (31.14)    14:14.83 (31.07)\r\n       14:45.84 (31.01)    15:16.82 (30.98)\r\n       15:47.96 (31.14)    16:18.78 (30.82)    16:48.88 (30.10)\r\n  7 Spelman, Shay M  JR Miami (Ohio)-OH  16:50.07   16:56.55        \r\n                 27.69        57.29 (29.60)\r\n        1:27.60 (30.31)     1:58.09 (30.49)\r\n        2:28.49 (30.40)     2:59.20 (30.71)\r\n        3:29.56 (30.36)     3:59.97 (30.41)\r\n        4:30.73 (30.76)     5:01.51 (30.78)\r\n        5:32.21 (30.70)     6:03.02 (30.81)\r\n        6:33.79 (30.77)     7:04.62 (30.83)\r\n        7:35.45 (30.83)     8:06.49 (31.04)\r\n        8:37.56 (31.07)     9:08.62 (31.06)\r\n        9:39.83 (31.21)    10:10.97 (31.14)\r\n       10:41.99 (31.02)    11:13.19 (31.20)\r\n       11:44.46 (31.27)    12:15.81 (31.35)\r\n       12:46.96 (31.15)    13:18.36 (31.40)\r\n       13:49.77 (31.41)    14:21.09 (31.32)\r\n       14:52.57 (31.48)    15:24.07 (31.50)\r\n       15:55.47 (31.40)    16:26.31 (30.84)    16:56.55 (30.24)\r\n  8 King, Emma C     SO Akron-LE         17:10.36   16:56.77        \r\n                 27.31        56.84 (29.53)\r\n        1:27.14 (30.30)     1:57.74 (30.60)\r\n        2:28.38 (30.64)     2:58.91 (30.53)\r\n        3:29.65 (30.74)     4:00.34 (30.69)\r\n        4:31.12 (30.78)     5:02.17 (31.05)\r\n        5:33.03 (30.86)     6:03.92 (30.89)\r\n        6:34.88 (30.96)     7:05.78 (30.90)\r\n        7:36.76 (30.98)     8:07.77 (31.01)\r\n        8:38.85 (31.08)     9:09.97 (31.12)\r\n        9:41.22 (31.25)    10:12.33 (31.11)\r\n       10:43.22 (30.89)    11:14.48 (31.26)\r\n       11:45.85 (31.37)    12:17.17 (31.32)\r\n       12:48.50 (31.33)    13:19.74 (31.24)\r\n       13:51.22 (31.48)    14:22.67 (31.45)\r\n       14:53.92 (31.25)    15:25.20 (31.28)\r\n       15:56.37 (31.17)    16:27.10 (30.73)    16:56.77 (29.67)<\/pre>\n<p>Akron had a huge win in the 200 back from <strong>Luka Szynal<\/strong> with a new meet record of 1:53.38. Szynal broke <strong>Laura Dawson&#8217;s<\/strong> meet record of 1:55.23 from 2015 for her second win in the 200 back in a row. Szynal was followed by her teammate <strong>Laura Savariau<\/strong> at 1:56 14 and Toledo&#8217;s <strong>Izzy Jones<\/strong> at 1:56.63.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 402  Women 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: * 1:55.23  2015      Laura Dawson, Ohio\r\n         POOL: ! 1:56.23  2008      Brittany Sasser, Amherst\r\n                 1:51.95  DV1A NCAA Div I A\r\n                 1:59.19  DV1B NCAA Div I B\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                        === A - Final ===                         <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Szynal, Luka     SR Akron-LE          1:57.55    1:53.38*DV1B   \r\n                 27.46        55.87 (28.41)\r\n        1:24.30 (28.43)     1:53.38 (29.08)\r\n  2 Savariau, Laura  SR Akron-LE          1:56.31    1:56.14!DV1B   \r\n                 27.37        56.96 (29.59)\r\n        1:26.80 (29.84)     1:56.14 (29.34)\r\n  3 Jones, Izzy M    FR Toledo-OH         1:57.32    1:56.63 DV1B   \r\n                 27.54        56.86 (29.32)\r\n        1:26.50 (29.64)     1:56.63 (30.13)\r\n  4 Mitcheltree, Al  SR Eastern Michigan  1:58.76    1:56.74 DV1B   \r\n                 27.23        56.59 (29.36)\r\n        1:26.41 (29.82)     1:56.74 (30.33)\r\n  5 Gavigan, Casey   FR Eastern Michigan  1:58.83    1:56.76 DV1B   \r\n                 27.20        56.68 (29.48)\r\n        1:26.94 (30.26)     1:56.76 (29.82)\r\n  6 Herb, Izzy N     FR Miami (Ohio)-OH   1:59.42    1:58.06 DV1B   \r\n                 28.38        58.07 (29.69)\r\n        1:28.21 (30.14)     1:58.06 (29.85)\r\n  7 Young, Claire E  FR Eastern Michigan  1:57.64    1:58.16 DV1B   \r\n                 27.63        57.28 (29.65)\r\n        1:27.89 (30.61)     1:58.16 (30.27)\r\n  8 Schreiber, Elod  JR Bowling Green-OH  1:59.30    1:59.83        \r\n                 27.46        57.67 (30.21)\r\n        1:29.03 (31.36)     1:59.83 (30.80)<\/pre>\n<p>Another record went down in the 100 free with Buffalo&#8217;s <strong>Megan Burns<\/strong> touching in a 48.14, breaking her 48.39 from this morning. Buffalo has now won eight straight 100 free MAC titles. Burns was followed by two Akron swimmers in sophomores<strong> Ragen Engel<\/strong> (49.21) and <strong>Madison Myers<\/strong> (49.43).<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 403  Women 100 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: * 48.39  2\/25\/2017 Megan M Burns, Buffalo-NI\r\n         POOL: ! 48.39  2\/25\/2017 Megan M Burns, Buffalo-NI\r\n                 47.69  DV1A NCAA Div I A\r\n                 49.99  DV1B NCAA Div I B\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                        === A - Final ===                         <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Burns, Megan M   JR Buffalo-NI          48.39      48.14*DV1B   \r\n                 23.13        48.14 (25.01)\r\n  2 Engel, Ragen E   SO Akron-LE            49.66      49.21 DV1B   \r\n                 23.81        49.21 (25.40)\r\n  3 Myers, Madison   SO Akron-LE            49.38      49.43 DV1B   \r\n                 23.66        49.43 (25.77)\r\n  4 Van Lanen, Corr  SO Ohio-OH             49.69      49.58 DV1B   \r\n                 23.52        49.58 (26.06)\r\n  5 Griffin, Victor  SR Bowling Green-OH    50.21      49.95 DV1B   \r\n                 23.93        49.95 (26.02)\r\n  6 Waggoner, Morga  FR Akron-LE            49.85      50.14        \r\n                 24.34        50.14 (25.80)\r\n  7 Baxter, Sarah L  JR Buffalo-NI          49.93      50.17        \r\n                 23.98        50.17 (26.19)\r\n  8 Ernst, Andrea M  FR Buffalo-NI          50.18      50.25        \r\n                 24.16        50.25 (26.09)<\/pre>\n<p>The crowd almost saw a third straight record go down as Akron&#8217;s <strong>Paloma Marrero<\/strong> won the 200 breast with a 2:10.03, just missing the 2:09.79 from Toledo&#8217;s Laura Lindsay in 2012. Marrero took back the 200 breast title she also won in 2015. Toledo&#8217;s <strong>Jessica Avery<\/strong> finished in second at 2:12.99 and Miami&#8217;s <strong>Stephanie Lemire<\/strong> was third at 2:13.79.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 404  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: * 2:09.79  2012      Laura Linsday, Toledo\r\n         POOL: ! 2:11.70  3\/2010    Kelsey Vehr, Miami\r\n                 2:07.33  DV1A NCAA Div I A\r\n                 2:15.99  DV1B NCAA Div I B\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                        === A - Final ===                         <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Marrero, Paloma  JR Akron-LE          2:11.90    2:10.03!DV1B   \r\n                 29.93      1:02.67 (32.74)\r\n        1:35.93 (33.26)     2:10.03 (34.10)\r\n  2 Avery, Jessica   JR Toledo-OH         2:14.31    2:12.99 DV1B   \r\n                 30.88      1:04.81 (33.93)\r\n        1:38.40 (33.59)     2:12.99 (34.59)\r\n  3 Lemire, Stephan  SR Miami (Ohio)-OH   2:14.69    2:13.79 DV1B   \r\n                 29.65      1:03.37 (33.72)\r\n        1:37.84 (34.47)     2:13.79 (35.95)\r\n  4 Duncan, Delaney  SO Eastern Michigan  2:14.75    2:14.01 DV1B   \r\n                 29.93      1:04.28 (34.35)\r\n        1:39.71 (35.43)     2:14.01 (34.30)\r\n  5 Schuster, Holly  JR Miami (Ohio)-OH   2:15.33    2:14.39 DV1B   \r\n                 30.13      1:04.09 (33.96)\r\n        1:38.04 (33.95)     2:14.39 (36.35)\r\n  6 Baumer, Grace E  FR Buffalo-NI        2:16.54    2:16.73        \r\n                 30.93      1:05.22 (34.29)\r\n        1:40.29 (35.07)     2:16.73 (36.44)\r\n  7 Lahtinen, Emili  FR Ohio-OH           2:16.55    2:17.99        \r\n                 30.65      1:04.95 (34.30)\r\n        1:40.97 (36.02)     2:17.99 (37.02)\r\n  8 Czyrka, Cristin  SR Buffalo-NI        2:16.61    2:18.16        \r\n                 31.60      1:06.75 (35.15)\r\n        1:42.45 (35.70)     2:18.16 (35.71)<\/pre>\n<p>The 200 butterfly was the closest race of the night as Buffalo&#8217;s <strong>Julia Box<\/strong> was fifth at the 100 and was the only swimmer who split under 31 on the last 50 to win the race at 1:59.44. It was Buffalo&#8217;s first 200 fly win in school history at the MAC Championships. She was followed by her teammate <strong>Saoirse Palu-Benson<\/strong> at 1:59.79 and Eastern Michigan&#8217;s <strong>Carly Jackson<\/strong> at 1:59.88.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"MeetResults\"><span id=\"meetFile\">Event 405  Women 200 Yard Butterfly\r\n===============================================================================\r\n    Name                    Year School               Prelims     Finals        \r\n===============================================================================\r\nA - Final\r\n  1 Box, Julia A              SO Buffalo-NI           2:00.79    1:59.44  \r\n                  27.09       57.54 (30.45)     1:28.68 (31.14)     1:59.44 (30.76)\r\n  2 Palu-Benson, Saoirse *    JR Buffalo-NI           2:01.68    1:59.79  \r\n                  26.91       57.12 (30.21)     1:28.22 (31.10)     1:59.79 (31.57)\r\n  3 Jackson, Carly R          SR Eastern Michigan     2:01.45    1:59.88  \r\n                  27.06       57.41 (30.35)     1:28.46 (31.05)     1:59.88 (31.42)\r\n  4 Bonezzi, Jessica A        FR Akron-LE             2:02.03    2:00.12  \r\n                  26.19       56.25 (30.06)     1:27.76 (31.51)     2:00.12 (32.36)\r\n  5 Walters, Brittney N       SR Buffalo-NI           2:01.23    2:00.85  \r\n                  27.12       57.52 (30.40)     1:29.02 (31.50)     2:00.85 (31.83)\r\n  6 Vargas, Mackenzie V       FR Akron-LE             2:00.30    2:01.01  \r\n                  27.11       57.70 (30.59)     1:29.08 (31.38)     2:01.01 (31.93)\r\n  7 Desnoyers, Emilie A       SO Eastern Michigan     2:01.59    2:01.62  \r\n                  27.55       58.01 (30.46)     1:29.74 (31.73)     2:01.62 (31.88)\r\n  8 Streicher, Kat            JR Toledo-OH            2:03.17    2:03.17  \r\n                  27.53       58.33 (30.80)     1:30.05 (31.72)     2:03.17 (33.12)<\/span><\/pre>\n<p>Akron finished the meet with an exclamation point as they won the 400 free relay at 3:17.17. <strong>Sadie Fazekas<\/strong> (49.61), Ragen Engel (48.74), <strong>Morgan Waggoner<\/strong> (49.72) and Madison Myers (49.10) swam for Akron as they had a race with Buffalo. 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Buffalo also had its highest finish in school history with a third place finish.<\/p>\n<p>Team Standings:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Akron, 750<\/li>\n<li>Eastern Michigan, 600<\/li>\n<li>Buffalo, 573.5<\/li>\n<li>Miami, 560<\/li>\n<li>Ohio, 304<\/li>\n<li>Bowling Green, 294<\/li>\n<li>Toledo, 240<\/li>\n<li>Ball State. 161.5<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"\/results\/2017-womens-mid-american-conference-championships-day-4-finals-day-4\/ncaa-college\/2017\/February\/25\" target=\"_blank\">2017 Women&#8217;s Mid-American Conference Championships Day 4 Finals &#8211; Results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akron captured its fourth straight women&#8217;s Mid-American Conference crown on Saturday night in Oxford, Ohio on the campus of Miami University. 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