The women’s swimming and diving team captured first place at the Akron Zippy Invitational Sunday afternoon at Ocasek Natatorium.
Junior Christina Noens set a new meet and school record in the 200-yard backstroke at the Zippy Invitational.
“Our ladies did a great job competing this weekend,” UT Head Coach Chris Peters said. “I was really proud of their effort the last three days. It was a very solid way to wrap up the 2012 competition schedule.”
Junior Christina Noens and sophomore Maria Bargardi each had NCAA “B+” cuts in the 200-yard backstroke. The pair of Rockets finished first and second with times of 1:57.71 and 1:58.81, respectively. Noens also set a meet record and beat Bargardi’s team record of 1:58.03 from last year.
After racing to her first collegiate win Saturday, Meredith Gibbon finished with a sweep of the breaststroke events with a first-place time of 2:18.56 in the 200. The junior already had won the 100-yard event with a mark of 1:04.10.
The third top overall finish of the day came from junior Beth Rogers in one of her strongest events. Rogers took the 200-yard butterfly at 2:02.28, beating out the second-place swimmer by more than two seconds (2:04.48).
Senior Carly Harter finished third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 51.34, and sophomore Melissa Auckley was third in the 200-breaststroke at 2:21.75.
Mid-American Conference rival Ohio was the runner-up with 1,211 points.
The Rockets (1-1) will hit the pool Jan. 11 at Michigan State.
