Zippy Invite
Bulls Have Big Day Three At Zippy Invite As Naccarella Breaks School Record
12/7/2024 9:11:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
AKRON, OH – The University at Buffalo swimming and diving program competed in day three of the four-day Zippy Invite on Saturday, having a top-five finisher in all six of the individual events.
IN THE POOL
Mia Naccarella headlined the day for the Bulls, breaking her own school record in the 100-yard backstroke. The graduate student's time of 52.43 in the finals round surpassed her school record set last year at MAC Championships of 52.74, putting Naccarella in second place. The graduate student finished first in the preliminary round with a time of 53.12.
Four more Bulls competed in the finals for the 100-yard backstroke. Vivian Roy finished seventh with a time of 55.35, Abbey Malmstrom took 11th (57.76) and Maddy Schnelzer placed 12th with a personal-best time (57.82). Karen Austin finished the event with a new personal record of 1:01.66 to take 23rd.
Freshman Isabella Forsman joined the all-time ranks in an event for the second day in a row. Forsman won the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:20.30, more than three seconds faster than her preliminary round time of 4:23.81, to take the seventh spot on the Bulls' all-time leaderboards for the event. The freshman took the seventh spot in program history on Friday night in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:01.71. Elise McCaul was notable for the Bulls in the 400-yard individual medley too, taking seventh place in the finals with a new personal record time of 4:27.93. McCaul finished fourth of 22 swimmers in the preliminary round to join Forsman in the finals with a time of 4:28.00.
Grace Rider moved up the all-time leaderboard for the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.30 in the event finals to place fourth. Rider's time broke her previous record of 1:03.05 set at last year's MAC Championships. Rider finished fourth in the preliminary round earlier on Saturday morning with a time of 1:03.52. Ava Pauly joined Rider in the all-time record books, finishing 10th with a personal record time of 1:03.41. Pauly's time ranks 10th all-time in program history for the event. Pauly qualified for the B-finals earlier in the day with a time of 1:04.62.
Nicole Aguilar earned a fifth place finish for the Bulls in the 100-yard butterfly finals with a time of 54.54. The junior's time was a season-best, less than a second shy of her personal record time that ranks fourth in program history (53.60). Schnelzer competed in the 100-butterfly finals too, taking 15th with a time of 56.35, another new personal best time for the freshman. Amanda Neeb (22nd, 57.56) set a season-best time in the finals. Aurelie Walker set a season-best in the morning preliminary round (58.59).
Sawyer Bosley finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle finals with a season-best time of 1:50.12 and Abbey Gardner took sixth with a season-best time of 1:50.32 to put two Bulls inside the top six finishers. Jillian Strine placed 15th (1:53.18), Abigail Malmstrom took 16th (1:54.00) and Ava Cunningham finished 18th (1:53.22) to put five Bulls inside the top 20 swimmers. Strine's time was a new personal record, with Cunningham recording a season-best time. Alicia Wood (27th, 1:55.37) and Amanda Jurgelon (32nd, 1:57.89) also competed in the 200-yard freestyle finals. Wood's time was a season-best.
The Bulls closed out day three with a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:32.20.
All swimming results from day three of the Zippy Invite can be found here.
THE DIVING WELL
Marialis Kwak won the three-meter diving competition with a season-best finals score of 304.95. Kwak has now won all eight individual diving competitions that she's competed in this season.
Sophie Meuwissen took fifth in the three-meter diving finals with a score of 251.50. Mallory Hanna finished eighth with a score of 209.60 to put three Bulls inside the top eight finishers.
Kwak earned first place in the preliminary round of three-meter diving with a score of 304.70. Hanna (3rd, 278.95) and Meuwissen (4th, 275.35) also posted top-five finishes in the preliminary round.
All diving results from every day of the Zippy Invite can be accessed here.
Day Three Standings
| 1. Akron | 1479 |
| 2. Buffalo | 1166 |
| 3. Cornell | 1077 |
| 4. Oakland | 1048 |
| 5. Keiser | 647 |
| 6. PennWest Clarion | 351 |
Day Four Events
- 9 am Preliminary Rounds: 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly
- 12 pm Diving: platform diving (exhibition)
- 4 pm Finals: 1650-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly, 20-minute break, 400-freestyle relay
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