Zippy Invite

We just returned from the 2008 installment of the Zippy Invite. This years invite was considerably faster than the past few years!! The Bonnies Men were able to battle from 5th place after the first day to move up to 3rd over 200 points shy of The Univ. at Buffalo after the second day. The third and final day saw a mad scramble for 1st but we remained in 3rd just 27.5 points out of 1st. This was all with no divers and a few of the guys staying home. The two teams ahead of us were UB who scored 241 and Clarion who scored 145 points on the boards. It was the typical December Invite with a lot of good, some OK and a little not so good. We went into the meet with no magic suits and a little rest to see where we could stack-up against those that were rested and suited up. Standout swims of the meet were Kevin Murphy(4:40.22) and Mike Dansa's (4:44.01)500 free's, Yi Liu's 200 fly (1:53.03), Chris Baker's 200 free (1:43.78) and Peter Koenig's 200 back (1:56.84, lifetime best). Here is the link to the result: http://gobonnies.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/stats/2008-2009/akroninvite.html . Now the team is in the most important time of the semester, which is finals week, and the true test as to how we are doing will be revieled. We will be staying on campus until December 22nd when the team will be released for Christmas break and they will return on January 3rd for an evening practice.