Brynn Marecki and Meili Carpenter each pick up
a pair of wins for Buffalo
AKRON, OH – The University at Buffalo
women’s swimming and diving team edged out MAC rival Akron by a
score of 158-140 tonight to improve their record to 6-2 (3-2 MAC). Brynn
Marecki picked up two individual wins, while diver Meili
Carpenter swept the diving events to help lead the team to their
fifth straight win.
Brynn Marecki
The team opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 400
medley relay as Jessica
Ballard, Marecki, Sam
Palma and Jessie
Koltz shaved more than a second off their fastest time of the
season, finishing in a time of 3:51.10. Distance freestyler Jordan
Deren won the first individual event, taking the 1,000 freestyle in
a time of 10:25.21, touching out the Zips competition by less than a
second to extend the Buffalo lead. However, two Akron wins closed the
gap until Marecki and Alie
Schirmers slammed the 100 breaststroke event, taking first and
second place with Marecki taking first in a time of 1:05.48 and
Schirmers taking second in a time of 1:06.89. Marecki and Schirmers
also teamed up for a one-two finish in the 200 breaststroke as Marecki
finished first with a time of 2:23.01 and Schirmers finishing close
behind in 2:25.23. Caroline
Simmons and Koltz combined for another Buffalo one-two finish in
the 100 freestyle, as Simmons picked up first-place points with a time
of 51.58 and Koltz took second in a time of 52.30. Ballard rounded out
the individual wins with a first place finish in the 200 IM, finishing
in a season-best time 2:07.42. The 200 freestyle team of Koltz, Palma, Karly
Moore and Simmons, capped off the night with a first-place win,
taking the event in 1:35.06, just touching out the Akron
“A” relay who finished in a time of 1:35.49.
Meili Carpenter
Carpenter kept her one-meter win streak alive as she swept the
diving events against Akron. Carpenter won the one-meter event with a
score of 313.05, and also took the three-meter event with a score of
331.58. Carpenter was the only diver in either event to break the
300-point mark.
The men’s team will host MAC rival Miami tomorrow in a 1:00
pm meet at Alumni Arena Natatorium. Both teams will be back in action
next weekend, Friday, January 29, as they travel to Big Four rival St.
Bonaventure for a 6:00 pm meet in Olean, NY.
