ROCHESTER, Mich - The Oakland Women's Swim and Dive team will be on the road competing against Toledo in Ohio this Friday, October 14th at 5:00 pm at the Student Recreation Center Pool. 

This will be the fourth competition for the Golden Grizzlies this season as they take on another non-conference team in a women's dual meet. 

Most recently, the Golden Grizzlies competed in a dual meet against Michigan this past week.  With over 20 top-three rankings in the 33 events competed in, Oakland had multiple swimmers coming out on top for the evening. For the women's team, Taylor Bailey secured her first-place spot in both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke (1:04.96, 2:18.90). Additionally, Susan LaGrand took first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:01.48. 

Both the Golden Grizzlies men's and women's swimming and diving teams received the top number of first-place votes in the #HLSD poll for the 2022-2023 season receiving 36 votes each.

SCOUTING REPORT

This will be the first meet of the season for the Rockets outside of their intersquad scrimmage. The Rockets were 0-7 last season and ended up placing 8th in the MAC Championships in Bowling Green Ohio for their women's swimming and diving team. 

The top competing swimmer for Toledo is Kennedy Lovell who competes in the 100-yard freestyle as she set a university record with a time of 49.62 last season. Additionally, she set the record for the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.17.