OXFORD, Ohio – The University at Buffalo women’s swimming and diving team had an outstanding performance in the pool on the first day of the Mid-American Conference Championship; clinching the conference title in the 800 Free Relay and breaking two school records. The Bulls currently sit in second after day one of competition.
The Bulls kicked off the meet by breaking the school record in the 200 Medley Relay set back in 2013. Julia Box, Anna Vitolins, Sarah Baxter, and Megan Burns were sitting in seventh place after preliminaries, and worked their way up to a third place finish overall with a time of 1:39.40. That time broke the old school record by 0.47 seconds.
Megan Burns and Sarah Baxter were also members of the 800 Free Relay team that broke the school, meet, and conference record. Joining them in the conference title were teammates Hannah Miller and Catherine Schultheis. The four were able to swim to a finishing time of 7:11.26, breaking the nine-year-old school record by over four seconds.
The Bulls are back in the pool Thursday for day two of the Mid-American Conference Championship. The meet is set to begin at 11 a.m. with the 500 Free.
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