The Akron swimming and diving team trailed 113-110 after 12 events and finished strong to defeat Mid-American Conference foe Ball State 159-138 as the Zips moved to 2-1 in dual meets for the season and 2-0 against league opponents on Saturday at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.
The Cardinals won the first three events but couldn't keep the Zips off the scoreboard as Akron claimed second and third in the 200-yard medley relay to open the meet. The Zips followed with a silver medal in the 1000-yard freestyle as senior Gail Workman stopped the timer at 10:24.34, and freshman Elle Couture added a bronzed medal in the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:54.72 time.
Junior Madelyn Gatrall secured the Zips first gold, winning the 100-yard backstroke with a 56.53 time and Akron proceeded to keep the meet close by claiming the second, third and fourth spots in the 100-yard breaststroke. Senior Andrea Fischer (1:05.69), sophomore Abigail Daniel (1:06.25) and senior Sara Bozso (1:06.92) touched the wall in succession, and the Zips proceeded to capture all available points in the 200-yard butterfly. Junior Astrid Halvoorsen (2:07.13) won the race followed by senior Alyssa Riker (2:07.73) and sophomore Kendall Craig (2:07.91).
Senior Paige Kalik won the 3-meter and 1-meter diving events with 315.82 and 273.30 points, respectively. In addition, Akron added silver medals in both diving events as sophomore Laurel Smith (244.72) was second in the 3-meter and freshman Elizabeth Noble (248.62) was runner-up on the 1-meter board.
Akron ended the meet with a runner-up finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:30.44).
Akron will be back in action on Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 17-19 at the Magnus Cup Invitational hosted by Cleveland State.
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