AKRON, Ohio --- The Golden Eagles women's swimming & diving team kicked off their midseason meet with a pair of strong performances on Thursday, competing in a pair of relays at the Zippy Invite hosted by Akron.
 
Clarion kicked off their four-day meet in the Rubber City with the 200 Medley Relay, with the foursome of Zoey Beck, Erika Zimmerman, Gina DiNapoli and Madelynn McTeer competing. That quartet took 16^th in the loaded field with a time of 1:46.62, just a handful of seconds off the pace for an NCAA B cut and just three seconds away from a school record.
 
After a short break, the 800 Free Relay team of Amanda Fetsko, McTeer, Elli Knausz and Joslyn Jurski took the pool, placing 10^th in the field with a time of 7:34.42. That was less than 10 seconds away from a B cut and just three seconds off a school record pace as well, with the mark of 7:31.10 being set back in 2011.
 
Action will continue for the next three days at Ocasek Natatorium, with prelims starting at 10 a.m.