AKRON, Ohio – Defending Mid-American Conference champion, Akron swimming and diving team was chosen to defend its MAC title for the fourth consecutive year, according to the preseason poll voted on by the league's coaches.
A year ago, the Zips completed a three-peat or a 'Z-peat', after winning back-to-back-to-back conference championships dating back to 2014. Fourth year head coach Brian Peresie has turned the Akron program around in three short years, as the Zips have become a powerhouse in the MAC.
Akron returns 24 letterwinners from the 2016 squad, including 2016 first team All-MAC selections senior Luka Szynal (Lublin, Poland), junior Paloma Marrero Munoz (Merida, Spain), and sophomore Madison Myers (Copley, Ohio), along with second-team All-MAC honoree sophomore Sadie Fazekas (Windsor, Ontario).