Youngstown State University
Akron Zips Classic
Penguins Set to Compete at Two-Day Zips Classic
10/11/2023 1:50:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
The Youngstown State men's and women's swimming and diving programs will compete at the Zips Classic on Friday and Saturday at the Ocasek Natatorium in Akron, Ohio.
Action is set to get underway with diving at 2 p.m. on Friday followed by swimming events at 5 p.m.
Saturday's events will begin with swimming at 10 a.m. followed by diving at 2 p.m. The meet will wrap up with the final session of swimming events Saturday evening, beginning at 5 p.m.
Last Time Out
The Penguins faced St. Bonaventure on Saturday in their season opener. The Bonnies were victorious in the meet by a combined score of 276-188. The Penguin men earned 101 points to St. Bonaventure's 122 while the YSU women earned 87 points to the Bonnies' 154.
Youngstown State swept the diving events with freshman Hanna Held earning victories in both the one- and three-meter dives. Held scored a 232.65 in the one-meter and a 253.73 in the three-meter in her impressive victories.
In the women's diving events, YSU finished 1-2-3 with Ellen Linscheid placing second in the one-meter with a score of 231.75 and third in the three-meter with a score of 202.13. Dasha Toth finished second in the three-meter, scoring a 227.18, and third in the one-meter with a score of 195.90.
Brooks Adams swept the men's diving events with scores of 247.73 in the one-meter and 234.53 in the three-meter.
The men opened up the swimming portion of the meet with a victory in the 200 medley relay, clocking a 1:33.29 to finish a second ahead of the Bonnies. The winning relay team was Rares Druga, James Slessor, Aleksa Radenovic, and Gavin Redden
Individually, Radenovic and Slessor each earned an event victory for the Penguins. Radenovic clocked a 1:55.06 in the 200 IM to win the event while Slessor swam a time of 56.94 to win the 100 breast.
For the women, Hailey Clark and Oliwia Kaniak picked up individual event victories. Clark clocked an 11:02.58 to win the 1000 free, finishing over 10 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Kaniak finished first in the 100 breast, swimming a time of 1:08.18.
Event Schedule
Friday, October 13
Diving (2 p.m.)
Women's 1M Diving
Men's 3M Diving
Swimming (5 p.m.)
400 Medley Relay
500 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle
800 Free Relay
Saturday, October 14
Swimming (10 a.m.)
200 Free Relay
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
Diving (1:30 p.m.)
Women's 3M Diving
Men's 1M Diving
Swimming (5 p.m.)
200 Medley Relay
1650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Free Relay
Up Next
Youngstown State will host their first meet of the season taking on Niagara and St. Francis (Pa.) in Beeghly Natatorium on Sunday, October 29. The meet is set to begin at 1 p.m.
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