Schedule of Events
Day 1
Prelims - 9 am
Diving - 1 pm (Approx.)
Finals - 6 pm

Day 2
Prelims - 9 am
Diving - 1:30 pm (Approx.)
Finals - 6 pm

Day 3
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY – The Niagara men's and women's swimming and diving program heads to Akron, Ohio for the three-day Zippy Invite. Competition will begin with prelims at 9:00 a.m., with all finals events being streamed live on GoZips.com.
 
Last Time Out
• The Niagara women dominated the competition on Saturday, Nov. 6, picking up wins over Youngstown State (204-96) and Saint Francis (199-95). The men fell to Youngstown (95-195) in their dual meet.
 • The women's day started with a 200 medley relay win. The relay team of Paige South, Amanda Silva, Katrina Wardner, and Nianna Thomas finished with a time of 1:49.18 to edge out the Saint Francis quartet. 
• The women also won the 400 free relay with a time of 3:37.69. Thomas once again anchored the Purple Eagle quartet. South, Moana Houde-Camirand, and Lila Maddux were also members of the relay team.
• Avery Sanquist picked up a win in the 1000 free with a mark of 10:39.16, finishing more than 10-seconds ahead of the competition. Sanquist also took second place in the 500 free with a mark of 5:11.91.
• Wardner continued her fast start to the season with a win in the 200 free (1:53.82), 50 free (24.60), and 100 fly (57.34). The Orchard Park, NY native now holds the top times in the conference for both the 200 free and 100 fly.
• Maddux and Thomas finished second and third in the 50 free to help Niagara sweep the top three spots. Maddux finished in 24.81, and Thomas clocked in at 25.02.
• Niagara also took the top four spots in the 100 free, headed by Wardner. Thomas finished second, followed by Houde-Camirand and Maddux in third and fourth.
• South also picked up two individual wins to go with her two relay wins. The Ohio product won the 100 back with a time of 59.14 and the 100 free with a mark of 54.04.
• Zoe Gavin won the 200 fly with a time of 2:10.26. She finished second in the 100 fly behind Wardner with a time of 59.39.
• Sydney Sarkis was the Purple and White's top diver on the day – finishing third on the 3-meter board with a score of 237.45. She placed fourth with a mark of 230.18 in the 1-meter dive. 
• Morgan Macmahon also had a solid day on the boards, finishing with a combined score of 319.12, highlighted by a 210.23 score on the 1-meter.
• Silva and Kathryn Brady finished second and third in the 100 breast, finishing the event in 1:08.31 and 1:08.89, respectively. 
• Megan Smith placed second in the 200 back 2:09.09 to keep Saint Francis from sweeping the top-three spots in the event.
• Brady finished second in the 200 breast with a time of 2:25.18, followed by teammate Kayla Kreager with a time of 2:29.45.
• Smith and Brady finished first and second in the 400 IM with times of 4:38.79 and 4:43.79. Kreager finished fourth in the event with a time of 4:48.30.
• The men opened the day with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay as Gio Germano, Sean Finely, Kevin Vu, and Levi Morgan finished the event in 1:36.83.
• Niagara dominated the 100 back, taking the top four spots. Germano finished first with a time of 53.75, followed by Benjamin Brkanovic (55.70), Noah Brooks (56.83), and Josiah Shaffer (56.93).
• Finley won the 200 breast with a time of 2:12.63. 
• Nathan Dragon finished fourth in the 1000 free with a time of 10:13.89.
• The men took third through sixth in the 200 free, highlighted by Reid Tichy's 1:47.75 time for third place. 
• Dalton Stier finished third in the 200 fly with a time of 1:59.89.
• Finley and Tanner Isaacs finished third and fourth, respectively. Finley finished in 1:00.33, narrowly behind the second-place finisher. Isaacs finished in 1:00.39.
• Vu finished third in the 50 free with a time of 21.41 and took second place in the 100 fly with a time of 50.72.
• Reigning MAAC Diver of the Week, John Furner finished third in the 3-meter 252.68 and third in the 1-meter dive with a score of 223.13.
• Brkanovic took second in the 200 back with a 2:00.14, followed by Noah Brooks (2:01.01), Shaffer (2:06.18) and Anderson Chemey (2:06.23) in third through fifth.
• Tichy, Vu, Morgan and Dragon finished second in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:11 .94.
 
Up Next
• Niagara will be off until Jan. 22 when the Purple Eagles take on Fredonia at the Oxy Aquatic Center.