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Nov. 28, 2007

ATHENS, Ohio - The Ohio swimming and diving team will head to the three-day Zippy Invitational this weekend at the Ocasek Natatorium in Akron, Ohio. The event features 11 schools from around the Midwest including Xavier, Buffalo and Illinois State.

 

After a 20 day break in competition, Ohio enters the event with a 5-1 overall record, including victories against Ohio State, Akron and Bowling Green, but is coming off its first loss of the season, 184-116 to Toledo on Nov. 10. 

 

Akron has gone winless thus far in 2007, dropping five straight dual meets to Oakland, Ohio, Miami, Ball State and Eastern Michigan.

 

Last year the Bobcats totaled 1,168.5 points to finish second at the invitational, just 66.5 points behind first-place Akron. Ohio won three events at the three-day meet, as Ilse Petersen (Johannesburg, South Africa) won the 500-yard freestyle (4:59.94), Emily Wylam (Yorktown, Va.) won the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.91) and Petersen, Sigal Simsolo (Kubbutz Yakum, Isreal), Caitlin Drozin (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) and Carine Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) teamed up to touch the wall first in the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:36.81). Ohio's Shannon Kelly set the meet record for the 200 backstroke in 2003 with a time of 2:02.58.

 

This will be Ohio's third straight road competition and will be the final competition this year and the last of the fall season. The Bobcats open up a five-meet home stand spanning 15 days to begin the winter portion of the schedule with Denison visiting Athens on Jan. 11, 2008.

 

2007 ZIPPY INVITATIONAL

 

Schedule of Events

Friday, November 30, 2007:

Prelims 11:00 AM                                  

Event 3                         500 Freestyle-Women

            Event 4                         500 Freestyle-Men

            Event 5                         200 Individual Medley-Women

            Event 6                         200 Individual Medley-Men

            Event 7                         50 Freestyle-Women

            Event 8                         50 Freestyle-Men

Diving               2:30 PM-approximately  

Event 9                         1 Meter Springboard-Women

            Event 10                        3 Meter Springboard-Men

Finals 7:00 PM                           

Event 1                         200 Freestyle Relay-Women

            Event 2                         200 Freestyle Relay-Men

Event 3                         500 Freestyle-Women

            Event 4                         500 Freestyle-Men

            Event 5                         200 Individual Medley-Women

            Event 6                         200 Individual Medley-Men

            Event 7                         50 Freestyle-Women

            Event 8                         50 Freestyle-Men

            Event 9                         1 Meter Springboard-Women

            Event 10                        3 Meter Springboard-Men

            Event 11                        400 Medley Relay-Women

            Even 12                         400 Medley Relay-Men

 

Saturday, December 1, 2007:

Prelims 9:00 AM                        

Event 15                        400 Individual Medley-Women

            Event 16                        400 Individual Medley-Men

            Event 17                        100 Butterfly-Women

            Event 18                        100 Butterfly-Men

            Event 19                        200 Freestyle-Women

            Event 20                        200 Freestyle-Men

            Event 21                        100 Breaststroke-Women

            Event 22                        100 Breaststroke-Men

            Event 23                        100 Backstroke-Women

            Event 24                        100 Backstroke-Men

Diving               1:30 PM-approximately  

Event 25                        1 Meter Springboard-Men

            Event 26                        3 Meter Springboard-Women

Finals    6:00 PM                        

Event 13                        200 Medley Relay-Women

            Event 14                        200 Medley Relay-Men

Event 15                        400 Individual Medley-Women

            Event 16                        400 Individual Medley-Men

            Event 17                        100 Butterfly-Women

            Event 18                        100 Butterfly-Men

            Event 19                        200 Freestyle-Women

            Event 20                        200 Freestyle-Men

            Event 21                        100 Breaststroke-Women

            Event 22                        100 Breaststroke-Men

            Event 23                        100 Backstroke-Women

            Event 24                        100 Backstroke-Men

            Event 25                        1 Meter Springboard-Women

            Event 26                        3 Meter Springboard-Men

            Event 27                        800 Freestyle Relay-Women

            Event 28                        800 Freestyle Relay-Men

 

Sunday, December 2, 2007:

Prelims 9:00 AM                        

Event 31                        200 Backstroke-Women

            Event 32                        200 Backstroke-Men

            Event 33                        100 Freestyle-Women

            Event 34                        100 Freestyle-Men

            Event 35                        200 Breaststroke-Women

            Event 36                        200 Breaststroke-Men

            Event 37                        200 Butterfly-Women

            Event 38                        200 Butterfly-Men

Finals 4:00 PM                           

Event 29                        1650 Freestyle-Women (seeded by 1000 free)

            Event 30                        1650 Freestyle-Men (seeded by 1000 free)

Event 31                        200 Backstroke-Women

            Event 32                        200 Backstroke-Men

            Event 33                        100 Freestyle-Women

            Event 34                        100 Freestyle-Men

            Event 35                        200 Breaststroke-Women

            Event 36                        200 Breaststroke-Men

            Event 37                        200 Butterfly-Women

            Event 38                        200 Butterfly-Men

            Event 39                        400 Free Relay-Women

            Even 40                         400 Free Relay-Men

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Wes Liles is the swimming & diving contact in the Ohio media relations office. He can be reached via email at liles@ohio.edu.

Ohio Swimming & Diving

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