Women’s Swimming and Diving End Fourth at MAC Championships

AKRON, Ohio — The Miami University ladies’s swimming and diving staff completed in fourth place amongst 9 groups on the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championships on Saturday, because the RedHawks scored 492 factors. Other placements had been Akron in first with 771 factors, Ohio in second with 559 factors, Ball State in third with 500 factors, Buffalo in fifth with 446 factors, Eastern Michigan in sixth place with 263 factors, UMass in seventh with 195 factors, Toledo in eighth with 174 factors and Bowling Green in ninth with 159 factors.

Gracie Gregory was named the MAC Freshman Swimmer of the Year. All-MAC First Team honors got to Gregory and Chrisna Bezuidenhout. All-MAC Second Team was awarded to Kaylin Herbet, Julia Waechter and Sydney Rice.

How it Happened: 

• The meet kicked off with the 1650 freestyle, the place Gregory secured a first-place end for the RedHawks, delivering a time of 16:39.00.
• The 200-yard backstroke was subsequent, the place Bezuidenhout completed first, breaking the earlier program report she set practically a 12 months in the past with a time of 1:54.28 (NCAA qualifying).
• In the 100-yard freestyle, Waechter grabbed seventh (50.54) within the A Final, whereas Herbet took eleventh (50.01) within the B Final.
• The 200-yard breaststroke was subsequent, the place Madison Watschke completed ninth with a time of two:16.14, and Natalie Gilson adopted proper behind in tenth with a time of two:16.63.
• Ashley Sego completed fifteenth within the 200-yard butterfly, recording a time of two:04.65.
• For diving occasions, Rice completed third within the three-meter dive, placing up a rating of 290.75 (NCAA qualifying).
• Swimming occasions concluded with the 400-yard freestyle relay, the place Miami completed third. Jenna Halliday, Herbet, Gilson and Waechter earned a mixed time of three:19.54.

UP NEXT: The NCAA Diving Zones (C) will occur in Ypsilanti, Mich. beginning on March 9. After that’s the NCAA Women’s Championships, which is able to happen in Atlanta, Ga. starting on March 18.