Swimmers Remain In Third, Divers Wrap Up Mizzou Invite

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Swimmers Remain In Third, Divers Wrap Up Mizzou Invite

11.19.2016 | Swimming and Diving

TOPEKA, Kansas – Iowa State's swimmers and divers resumed action at their first championship-style meets of the season Saturday. The swimmers held onto their third-place standing at the Kansas Classic, while the divers wrapped up the Mizzou Invite with their first competition on the platform this season.

Kansas Classic

Iowa State picked up Saturday night right where it left off Friday night: making season-best times drop like flies. First to do so was the Cyclones' 200 medley relay A squad of Harper Emswiler, Kasey Roberts, Kenzie Goudreau and Laura Miksch, who teamed up to touch the wall in 1:42.86. Their mark beat the previous lowest time of the year by over 3.6 seconds.

All three Cyclones in the 400 IM cut time from prelims to set new season-best marks, led by Kami Pankratz's finish of 4:28.03 in the B heat. Mary Kate Luddy touched in 4:30.12 – also in the B heat – and Ali Basel swam to a 4:34.35.

In the 200 freestyle, freshman Keely Soellner became the sixth Cyclone in team history to crack the 1:50 mark. Her time of 1:49.84 earned a runner-up finish in the event and helped her join Silqi Luo as the only current Cyclones to swim sub-1:50 in the event. Luo finished third in the B heat with a season-best 1:52.12.

The Cyclones snagged two spots in the A heat of the 100 breaststroke by way of Danica Delaquis and Kasey Roberts. Delaquis swam to a season-best 1:03.61 to take fourth and Roberts touched in 1:03.30 to take the third spot.

Night two ended with the 800 freestyle relay, in which Iowa State's A squad garnered another runner-up finish with a time of 7:27.39. The team of Roberts, Soellner, Emma Ruehle and Luo was responsible for the time, which is No. 8 in team history.

On the day, Iowa State recorded 34 new season-best times and 15 new personal records.

Start times for Nov. 20 – the final day of the Kansas Classic – are scheduled ahead of the first two days of competition. Prelims are set for a 9 a.m. start and finals are scheduled for 2 p.m. at Capitol Federal Natatorium.

Mizzou Invite

Iowa State's divers took to the platform for the first time this season Saturday at the Mizzou Invite.

As she did on the three-meter board two days ago, Julie Dickinson led the way for the Cyclones on the platform to close out the Mizzou Invite. The Clive, Iowa, native scored 196.60 points to take 15^th place.

Becky Stochl placed 22^nd with 162.80 points and Katherine Mueller notched a score of 135.55.

On deck for the divers is the Jean Freeman Invite, hosted by the University of Minnesota Dec. 2-3 at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. Prelims are scheduled for 10 a.m. and finals for 6 p.m. both days.

Prelims Highlights

*Iowa State's swimmers tallied 25 season-best times and set 12 personal records on the morning.

*Freshmen continued to impress as they did on day one. Ali Basel (4:35.12) and Kami Pankratz (4:28.81) both posted strong times in their first 400 IMs of the yeat. Kat Jones, Jessi Storer, Keely Soellner and Emma Ruehle combined to drop 18 over seconds from their personal records in the 200 freestyle.

*Ruehle competed in a three-way swim-off at the end of prelims, earning a spot in a scoring heat with a time of 57.28 seconds. Her swim-off time shaved .44 seconds off the personal record she set only 20 minutes prior. The time moved Ruehle to No. 19 on Iowa State's All-Time Top Performers list.

*Soellner's time in the 200 freestyle (1:50.63) moved her into Iowa State's All-Time Top Performers list at No. 10.

*Pankratz entered the All-Time Top Performers list at No. 12 in the 400 IM. She went on to drop time in finals and remains in 12^th place.

*Harper Emswiler knocked 4.28 seconds off her personal record in the 100 butterfly.

*Evan Hundley dropped 1.7 seconds from her personal best in the 100 backstroke.