Cyclones Remain In Fourth At Kansas Classic

11.17.2012 | Swimming and Diving

By: cyclones.com

TOPEKA, Kansas-The Iowa State swim team finished its second day at the Kansas Classic Saturday at the Capital Federal Natatorium in Topeka, Kan. The Cyclones finished the day holding fourth place with a score of 286. The University of Notre Dame leads with a score of 667.5.

“We raced really well today,” assistant coach Kelly Nordell said. “The women are tired, but there is great competition here with Notre Dame, Rice and Nebraska. They really did a great job with racing positive and hard. I saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we need to work on, but overall I was pleased with their fight.”

Imelda Wistey led the Cyclones for the evening placing second in the 100 breaststroke event. Wistey touched the wall with a time of 1:04.50.

“Imelda swam pretty well tonight,” Nordell said. “Her stroke and technique were a lot better tonight than this morning. She got right behind one of the top breaststrokes in the country, so she did a really great job.”

The Cyclone relay team of Sarah Norris, Wistey, Kaylee Kucera and Amanda Paulson started off the night with a fifth-place finish and time of 1:46.12 in the 200 medley relay.

Sarah Deis led Iowa State in the 400 IM finishing in eighth-place with a time of 4:35.60.

“Sarah raced really well today,” Nordell said. "She had a lot of double swims and did a really good job representing the Cyclones.”

Also for the Cyclones in the 400 IM were Kristy Kunkel, Dani Harris and Marissa Engel taking the 12-14 spots, respectively. Harris finished with a time of 4:34.07, Kunkel finished with a time of 4:35.71 and Englel with a time of 4:37.07.

Amanda Paulson had another successful day, finishing 15^th in the 100 butterfly, touching the wall with a time of 58.89. Also competing in the 100 butterfly for the Cyclones were Elizabeth Kleiner and Samantha Fossum. Kleiner and Fossum took 16^th and 18^th with times of 1:58.05 and 1:55.53, respectively.

Sophomore Bre Loeschke led the Cyclones in the 100 backstroke, finishing with a time of 57.82 to place ninth.

The Cyclones ended the evening with a sixth-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay. The team of Deis, Kunkel, Fossum and Katie Vollhaber finished with a time of 7:46.33.

The Cyclones will return to the pool Sunday for the third and final day of the Kansas Classic. Prelims begin at 10 a.m. CST and finals will begin at 3 p.m. Tomorrows events include 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 1,650 freestyle and 400 free relay (finals only).

Team Standings:

1. The University of Notre Dame, 667.5

2. The University of Kansas, 587.5

3. The University of Nebraska, 452

4. Iowa State University, 286

5. Rice University, 285

6. The University of Nebraska-Omaha, 122

Individual Standings:

200 Medley Relay:

1. Notre Dame, 1:43.22

5. Iowa State (Norris, Wistey, Kucera, Paulson), 1:46.12

11. Iowa State (Loeschke, Stearns, Kleiner, Vollhaber), 1:50.17

19. Iowa State University (Thompson, Long, Poeshel, Flatness), x1:56.38

400 IM:

1. Emma Reaney (Notre Dame), 4:15.92

7. Sarah Deis, 4:35.60

11. Kristy Kunkel, 4:35.71

12. Dani Harris, 4:36.27

13. Marissa Engel, 4:37.07

21. Marley Suckow, 4:44.82

100 Butterfly:

1. Kim Holden (Notre Dame), 55.06

15. Amanda Paulson, 58.89

18. Sarah Norris, 59.07

21. Kaylee Kucera, 59.46

22. Tiana Wollin, 1:00.25

200 Freestyle:

1. Haley Molden (Kansas), 1:49.60

16. Elizabeth Kleiner, 1:58.05

18. Samantha Fossum, 1:55.53

22. Bri Carlberg, 1:57.83

27. Alex Gustafson, 1:59.32

100 Breaststroke:

1. Emma Reaney (Notre Dame), 1:01.61

2. Imelda Wistey,1:04.50

10. Emily Wiltsie, 1:06.54

15. Ali Stearns, 1:07.46

16. Marley Suckow, 1:07.89

100 Backstroke:

1. Kim Holden (Notre Dame), 54.94

9. Bre Loeschke, 57.82

17. Dani Harris, 58.68

19. Marissa Engel, 58.99

21. Sarah Norris, 1:00.09

28. Kaylee Kucera, 1:00.44

800 Freestyle Relay:

1. University of Kansas, 7:31.56

6. Iowa State (Deis, Kunkel, Fossum, Vollhaber), 7:46.33

10. Iowa State (Kleiner, Carlberg, Krezeczowski, Gustafson), 7:54.93

12. Iowa State (Paulson, Flatness, Poeshell, Gannon), x8:03.24