Holly Morren broke her own Horizon League and school record in the 100-yard freestyle by clocking a time of 49.46 during prelims of the final day of the Zippy Invitational Sunday at Ocasek Natatorium. She finished in fourth-place later in the finals session and earned her NCAA B-cut. Coming into this weekend’s meet, Morren was the only woman in conference history to swim a sub-50 second open 100 free and has done it six times now in her career.
Jeremiah Morren won the 100 free on the men’s side registering an NCAA B-cut time of 44.63, while Aleksander Danielewski won the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:46.14, also a B-cut.
Patricia Aschan also recorded an NCAA ‘B’ qualifying time in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:15.83, which ranks sixth all-time in school history and is a career-best. Grace Shinske and Katie Colwell also swam times that cracked the program’s top-10 list in the 200 back (2:00.92; seventh all-time) and 100 free (51.09; 10th all-time) respectively. The 400 free relay team of Morren, Arynn de Leeuw, Aschan and Colwell swam to a time of 3:22.61, good for third all-time in school history.
Both Oakland swimming and diving teams finished runner-up in the meet and will next prepare for the team’s training trip in Florida later this month.
Scores – Women
1. Akron – 2007
2. Oakland – 1614
3. Buffalo – 1546.5
4. Cornell – 1259
5. Toledo – 823.5
6. St. Bonaventure – 616
7. Clarion – 354
8. Bloomsburg – 293
9. Niagara – 274
10. Wheeling Jesuit – 86
Scores – Men
1. Cornell – 1950
2. Oakland – 1770
3. Buffalo – 1543
4. Bloomsburg – 1038
5. St. Bonaventure – 648
6. Clarion – 638
7. Niagara – 566
8. Wheeling Jesuit – 303
News courtesy of Oakland Athletics