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Swimming And Diving Ready For Final Day of Zippy Invitational

Swimming And Diving Ready For Final Day of Zippy Invitational

AKRON, Ohio - The Cleveland State men's and women's swimming and diving teams completed day two of the Zippy Invitational on Saturday night at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium. The men will head into Sunday's finale with 378 points while the women have tallied 247.

On Saturday, the teams finished the 200 Medley relay, 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, women's 3M dive, men's 1M dive and the 800 Free relay.

Both teams scored good finishes for CSU in the opening event of the day as the women's team of Cassandra Oltman, Tobie Zeller, Molly McNamara and Anna Evans swam to a seventh-place finish in 1:46.04. The men's 200 Medley relay team of Tommi Wolst, Jared Stergar, Philipp Sikatzki and Declan McLaughlin, edged by just under a second, finished in second-place with a time of 1:29.70.

Patrick Walsh finished in sixth place in the 400 IM with a 4:10.76 just before McNamara (56.00, eighth), Wolst (49.20, third) and Grant Wethington (51.46, ninth) all finished in the top ten in the 100 Fly for the Vikings.

In the 200 Free, Sikatzki again led his heat, finishing in ninth-place overall with a 1:38.43. His finals time was the fastest of any participant.

Michaela Bargardi (59.16, 15th) and Jon LaValle (51.96, seventh) both swam to a top-15 finish in the 100 Back.

On the dive board, Samantha Sposet placed her second-straight placement, finishing in eighth place in the 3M with a finals score of 230.25. For the men, Curtis Roden finished in seventh place in the 1M with a score of 206.65.

The teams will finish the Zippy Invitational with tomorrow's prelims beginning at 9:00 a.m. Sunday's finals will be streamed live and can be found by clicking here.