AKRON, Ohio (October 13, 2023) – The Denison University women's swimming & diving team opened its 2023-24 season by competing in the first of three sessions at the Zips Classic, hosted by the University of Akron at the Oliver J. Ocasek Natatorium.

Session 1 - Friday, Oct. 13 - 5 p.m.

Denison's best finish in the 400 medley relay was an eighth-place finish (3:54.58) by freshman Jassy Park, fellow-freshman Riley Tofflemire, sophomore Phoebe Ferguson and senior Esme Wright. In a tie for 12th place at 3:54.95 was freshman Liv Chow, sophomore Drue Thielking, junior Maja Palmroos and junior Grace Kadlecik.

Sophomores Quinn Brown (5:06.78) and Emily Harris (5:07.13) finished back-to-back in 12th and 13th place in the 500 freestyle while senior Tara Witkowski (5:11.11) was 19th and junior Taryn Wisner (5:11.89) was 23rd.

Ferguson was 14th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:08.36 while Wright (2:10.36) was 18th and Chow (2:10.55) was 20th.

In the final individual swimming event of day one, the 50 free, Kadlecik led the Big Red with a 16th-place finish at 24.27 seconds.

Then in the 800 freestyle relay, Brown, Wright, Harris and Ferguson combined to finish seventh with a time of 7:45.62.

Lastly, in the 1-meter dive, junior Kerstyn Johnson was eighth with a six-dive score of 213.55 while junior transfer Alexis Radhakrishnan was 10th at 213.15, sophomore Lu-Si Minnich was 16th at 177.40, and freshman Molly McIntyre was 19th at 152.45.

The first meet of the season will be closed out on Saturday, October 14, with two sessions beginning at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
 
Day One Swimming Results
Day One Diving Results