The Akron Zips notched their fourth-straight swimming and diving title. The Zips tallied 750 points during the meet, which marks the second highest total ever at a MAC Championship with an eight-team field.
Head coach Brian Peresie's squad closed the meet in style on Saturday by breaking the MAC record in the 400 freestyle relay.
The quartet of sophomore Sadie Fazekas (Windsor, Ontario), sophomore Ragen Engel (Springfield, Ohio), freshman Morgan Waggoner (Fremont, Ohio) and sophomore Madison Myers (Akron, Ohio) touched the wall in 3:17.17, smashing the previous MAC record of 3:19.37.
Waggoner broke the program record with a blazing split of 48.74 in her leg of the relay.
The winning time of 3:17.17 marks the 24th fastest time in the nation this season.
Over the course of the four-day meet, the Zips broke four MAC records and 11 program records.
Fazekas (100 Butterfly), Myers (200 IM), senior Luka Szynal (Lublin, Poland), junior Paloma Marrero Munoz (Merida, Spain) and freshman Jackie Pash (Carmel, Ind.) combined to win five individual MAC titles for the Zips. Szynal captured the 200 backstroke, while Pash won the 400 IM and Marrero registered a win in the 200 breaststroke.
Akron also captured three relay titles (200 Medley, 400 Medley and 400 freestyle) during the 2017 MAC Championships.
Szynal was the recipient of the MAC's Most Outstanding Senior Swimmer Award.
Peresie was named the MAC Coach of the Year for the fourth straight year and has led Akron to the MAC title in each season at the helm of the program.
Engel, Fazekas, Marrero, Myers, Pash and Szynal all earned All-MAC First Team honors for the Zips.
The final team rankings are as follows:
Final Team Standings
Akron- 750
Eastern Michigan- 600
Buffalo- 573.5
Miami (Ohio)- 560
Ohio- 304
Bowling Green- 294
Toledo- 240
Ball State- 161.5
MAC Postseason Awards
Swimming Coach of the Year: Brian Peresie, Akron
Diving Coach of the Year: Buck Smith, Eastern Michigan
Most Outstanding Swimmer: Megan Burns, Buffalo
Most Outstanding Diver: Pei Lin, Miami
Most Outstanding Senior Swimmer: Luka Szynal, Akron
Freshman Swimmer of the Year: Izzy Herb, Miami
Freshman Diver of the Year: Talisa Lemke, Bowling Green
