Zips Open 2025-26 Season By Internet hosting The Zips Classic

AKRON, Ohio – The Akron swimming and diving program opens the 2025-26 season on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10-11, by internet hosting the Akron Zips Classic on the Ocasek Natatorium.

The Zips are coming off a 2024-25 season that noticed them declare the Mid-American Conference Championships for a fourth consecutive season and eleventh within the final 12 seasons, whereas additionally ending first on the CSCAA National Invitationals.

Akron was lately tabbed to complete first within the 2025-26 MAC Preseason Swimming & Diving Coaches Poll.

The area consists of 5 ladies’s groups and 4 males’s groups from Akron, Denison, Xavier, Cleveland State and Youngstown State.

The motion begins on Friday at 2 p.m. with the ladies’s 1-meter dive and the lads’s 3-meter dive earlier than the primary swimming session of the two-day occasion begins at 5 p.m. 

Saturday will characteristic the second swimming session beginning at 10 a.m., earlier than diving begins at 1:30 p.m., which will likely be adopted by the ultimate swimming session at 5 p.m.

Fans can sustain with the motion by following the reside outcomes with the Meet Mobile App.

Participating Teams:

Akron (Women), Denison (males/ladies), Xavier (males/ladies), Youngstown State (males/ladies), Cleveland State (males/ladies).

Schedule

Friday, October 10

Friday

2:00 PM

Women’s 1M Dive

Men’s 3M Dive

5:00 PM

400 Medley Relay

10-minute break

500 Freestyle

200 IM

50 Freestyle

15-minute break

800 Free Relay

Saturday, October 11

10:00 AM

200 Free Relay

10-minute break

400 IM

100 Fly

200 Free

100 Breast

100 Back

1:30 PM

Women’s 3M Dive

Men’s 1M Dive

5:00 PM

200 Medley Relay

1650 (quickest warmth solely)

200 Back

100 Free

200 Breast

200 Fly

15-minute break

400 Free Relay

What’s Next?

The Zips journey to Eastern Michigan to battle Eagles on Friday, October 31.