Results (PDF)
Akron, Ohio – Highlighted by the men's win with eleven event victories, the Youngstown State men's and women's swimming and diving teams had an impressive season-opening performance at the two-day Akron Zips Classic that finished on Saturday at the Ocasek Natatorium.
The men opened the meet strong, winning the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:20.46. The winning squad was Soma Albert, James Slessor, Aleksa Radenovic, and Gavin Redden.
Radenovic picked up four individual event victories in the 200 IM, 100 fly, 100 back, and 200 fly. His time of 1:46.82 was a Zips Classic meet record. In the 200 IM, he swam a 1:51.81. He clocked a 48.33 in the 100 fly and a 49.86 in the 100 back.
Slessor, a freshman, earned two individual event victories in the 100 breast and 200 breast, with times of 55.59 and 2:03.91, respectively.
Rares Druga, Albert, and Dominic Bono also picked up event victories. Druga finished first in the 50 free, clocking a 20.77. He was also second in the 100 free, swimming a 46.28. Albert won the 200 back with a time of 1:48.73. Bono swam a time of 4:02.76 to finish first in the 400 IM and swam a 1:50.33 to finish second in the 200 back.
The men also won the 200 free relay with Druga, Gavin Redden, Radenovic, and Darren Laing, clocking a 1:24.13.
Cody Thill placed second in the men's three-meter dive with a score of 233.40.
Gavin Webb finished second in the 500 free and 1650 free with times of 4:34.81 and 16:01.79, respectively. Christian Taylor placed third in the 500 free, clocking a 4:38.69.
Webb also placed second in the 400 IM, clocking a 4:03.84. Crispy Barton was just behind Webb in the 400 IM in third place with a time of 4:05.49.
Darren Laing earned a third-place finish in the 50 free with a time of 21.32. Albert finished third in the 100 back, clocking a 51.37. Redden swam a 46.38 to place third in the 100 free.
Freshman Brooks Adams was third in the one-meter dive with a score of 223.30.
For the women, freshman Miriam Frass had an impressive performance. She won the women's 500 free clocking a 4:57.71, the third-fastest time in YSU history. She also placed second in the 1650 free with a time of 17:13.11. Frass also swam a 1:54.25 to place fifth in the 200 free.
Kayla Wrasman finished fifth in the one-meter dive with a score of 216.95. Tess Weiskopf scored a 207.30 to place sixth.
Hailey Clark swam a 17:35.64 in the 1650 free to place sixth.
In team scores, the men scored 1398.5 points to defeat Denison with 1092 points and Xavier with 926.5 points. The women scored 312 points while Xavier had 268.5. Akron finished with 1612 points, and Bowling Green had 785 while Denison finished with 687.5.
The Penguins will have a three-week break in competition before heading to Niagara Falls, N.Y to take on both Niagara and St. Francis (Pa.) at the Oxy Aquatic Center on Saturday, Oct. 29.
