AKRON -- The small-but-mighty Heidelberg University Swim Team returned to the OAC Championships for the first time in their current iteration. Finishing sixth on both sides, the Student Princes were welcomed by the other schools for the four-day event hosted at the University of Akron. 

Freshman Elli Mayer led The Berg with two All-OAC performances. In total, Heidelberg scored 60 points on the women's side and nine points on the men's side. 

In their penultimate showing at the OAC Championships, John Carroll took the team title on both sides. 

On Thursday, Zach MacDonald became the first 'Berg swimmer to score points -- taking 12th in the 200-yard individual medley with a season-best 2:02.23.  

Cassy Connare scored a point in the women's 200-yard IM with a 2:36.02.  

Mayer earned her first All-OAC medallion in the 50-yard freestyle. Sitting second after the preliminaries, thanks to a personal-best 24.36, she was third in the finals, clocking a 24.55. 

On Friday, MacDonald took 14th in the finals of the 100-yard butterfly, touching in the wall in 54:49. He set a PR in the prelims earlier, clocking a 54.49.  

Camille Lafferty scored in the women's 100-yard butterfly, finishing in 1:12.06. 

Connare and Lafferty both scored in the 100-yard breaststroke. Connare was 12th with a time of 1:15.26 and Lafferty was 14th with a 1:51.61.  

Conor Trotter scored his first point in the 100-yard backstroke, hitting the wall in 57.16 -- 0.12 off his personal best that he set in the prelims. 

Mayer was the winner of the 100-yard backstroke preliminaries. Despite shaving off .08, she took third with a PR time of 1:01.31.  

The raucous four-day event wrapped up on Saturday. Hoffman earned a point in the grueling 1650-yard freestyle. She clocked a 21:01.33

Mayer sat fifth in the 100-yard freestyle after the morning session, but fatigued near the end of the finals. Still, she took eighth with a time of 56.37.  

Heidelberg wrapped up scoring in the 200-yard breaststroke. Narrowly missing out on the 'A' finals, Lafferty was 12th with a 2:41.76.  

NEW PERSONAL RECORDS:

Connare -- 50 Breast (34.57), 100 Breast (1:15.06) …
Hoffman -- 200 Free (2:10.66), 500 Free (5:55.35), 1650 Free (21:01.33) …
Lafferty -- 200 Breast (2:41.07) …
Mayer -- 50 Free (24.36), 100 Free (55.74), 100 Back (1:01.31) …
Nora Uhl -- 200 Free (2:31.36), 500 Free (6:38.57), 1650 Free (22:56.57) …
Deanna Voris -- 100 Free (1:09.73) …
Jade Wallace -- 50 Free (28.55), 100 Free (1:03.48) …  
MacDonald -- 100 Free (48.74), 500 Free (4:59.37), 200 IM (2:02.23) …
Trotter -- 50 Free (23.04), 100 Free (50.73), 100 Back (57.04) …
Women's Relays -- 200 Free (1:46.43), 400 Free Relay (3:48.17), 400 Medley (4:27.56)