ATHENS, Ohio – The Toledo women's swimming & diving team opened Day One of the 2024 Mid-American Conference Championships with seventh-place finishes in the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays on Wednesday evening in Ohio's Aquatic Center.

In the first event of the 2024 championships, Toledo's 200 medley relay team of Leah Evans, Lauren Kilgore, Sydney Conrad, and Kennedy Lovell finished seventh with a time of 1:40.73. It was Toledo's the second-fastest time this season and beat last year's seventh-place 200 medley relay time by exactly four seconds (1:44.73).

Toledo capped the opening day with a seventh-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay, swam by Janne Slegers, Lovell, Molly Pressler, and Nejla Karic. The Rockets beat its season-best time by two seconds, for a final time of 7:27.12.

Competition continues Thursday at 10:00 a.m. with prelims, followed by five championship events beginning at 6:00 p.m. with the 500 freestyle.

2024 MAC Women's Swimming & Diving Championships
Athens, Ohio | Ohio Aquatic Center
Wed.-Sat., Feb. 28-Mar. 2 | 11:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
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Toledo's Wednesday Results
200 medley relay
7. Toledo A, Leah Evans, Lauren Kilgore, Sydney Conrad, and Kennedy Lovell – 1:40.73

800 freestyle relay
7. Toledo A, Janne Slegers, Kennedy Lovell, Molly Pressler, and Nejla Karic – 7:27.12