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Iowa State University Athletics
Pair Of Relays Earn Medals, Cyclones In Third After Day One
02.22.2017 | Swimming and Diving
AUSTIN, Texas – A pair of top-four times in Cyclone history put Iowa State in third place after day one of the 2017 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship at the Texas Swimming Center. The Cyclones have 64 team points after the meet's first two events, sitting four points out of second place.
The group of Kasey Roberts, Danica Delaquis, Harper Emswiler and Laura Miksch opened the night by posting a time of 1:40.54 in the 200 medley relay and taking third in the race. Miksch anchored the relay with a blistering 22.17 split. The time is the third-best in Cyclone history and catapulted the group into second place on Iowa State's list of fastest 200 medley relay quartets.
After a 45 minute break to allow for the men's one-meter diving final, Iowa State was back in the pool for the 800 freestyle relay.
Keely Soellner, Silqi Luo, Brooke Evensen and Roberts comprised Iowa State's scoring squad for the race. After Soellner ripped off a personal best of 1:49.49 in the opening 200 yards, the Cyclones went on to finish in third with a time of 7:19.57. The result is the fourth-best time in Iowa State history.
Evensen has now been a part of the top-four 800 freestyle relay times in the Cyclone record book. The team captain's excellence in the event has been sustained over the course of her career, as each year in the Cardinal and Gold she has contributed to one of those top-four times.
A quick turnaround is in store for Iowa State, as prelims at the Texas Swimming Center are scheduled for a 10 a.m. start. Swimmers will compete in the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle tomorrow morning. Divers will begin their portion of the Big 12 Championship with one-meter prelims at 1 p.m.
Time Trials Highlights
* Polina Shynkarenko (50 freestyle), Kami Pankratz and Jessi Storer (100 butterfly) and Ali Basel and Kat Jones (100 freestyle) swam for the Cyclones in Time Trials.
* All five freshmen posted new personal records in their events, dropping time by a combined 7.46 seconds.
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