Cyclones Capture First Win of the Year

Saturday, October 27

Brookings, S.D.

1:00 PM

Iowa State

182

111

South Dakota State

Cyclones Capture First Win of the Year

10.27.2007 | Swimming and Diving

By: cyclones.com

BROOKINGS, S.D. ? Behind strong performances from many Cyclone newcomers, the Iowa State swimming and diving team earned its first victory of the year against South Dakota State, 182-111. The Cyclones moved to 1-1 on the year after winning 10 of the 16 events.

Getting things going for the Cyclones were freshmen Kalyn Amundsen and Chelsea Tomek in the 1000 free. Amundsen and Tomek placed first and second with respective times of 10:44.53 and 10:54.56. The duo also combined to take the top two spots in the 500 free with Amundsen touching the wall first in a time of 5:15.06. Tomek placed second with a time of 5:19.47.

Also picking up her first career win was freshman Jessie Schweich. The Hastings, Minn., native won the 100 breast with a time of 1:09.98.

“In this meet, we moved many of our swimmers around to different events and they did a great job,” said head coach Duane Sorenson. “Kalyn did an outstanding job in both her races and Jessie won the 100 breast in what was a really solid race for her.”

For the Cyclone divers, junior Kali Fryklund earned her first victory of the year as she won the 1-meter event with a 230.48. She also picked up a second-place finish in the 3-meter event with a 220.58.

“Kali had a great performance today with some dives that she had been struggling with lately,” said diving coach Jeff Warrick. “She has been doing a great job in practice and her persistence has really paid off.”

Alongside Fryklund, teammate Tien Tran picked up the win in the 3-meter event with a score of 248.18 and was just behind Fryklund in the 1-meter event as she placed second with a 225.98.

The Cyclones will return to action Nov. 15 as they travel to Lincoln, Neb., for the four-day Nebraska Invitational.