Iowa State Splits Double-Dual In Dallas

Friday, November 2

Dallas, Texas

6:00 PM

Iowa State

114

184

SMU

ISU FR Wyli Erlechman competing in the W/M 100Yd Butterfly at the 2018 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Friday, February 23, 2018.

Photo by: Liz Parke

Iowa State Splits Double-Dual In Dallas

11.02.2018 | Swimming and Diving

Results Scores

DALLAS, Texas – The Iowa State swimming and diving team (3-2, 1-0 Big 12) split the double-dual in Dallas on Friday night with a 161-135 win over TCU (1-3, 0-2 Big 12) and falling to host SMU (3-1) by a score of 114-184. Anna Andersen played a key role in the meet, winning a pair of individual events and racing back to put Iowa State in first place after the second leg of the 400 free relay.

The Cyclones opened with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay. Haley Ruegemer returned to action for the Cyclones, finishing fourth in the 1000 free. Anna Andersen provided a key performance in the 200 free, breaking her personal-best by over two seconds with a 1:52.04. The time pushed her to 18^th on Iowa State's top performers list.

In the 100 back, Emily Haan and Wyli Erlechman teamed up for second and third overall, Erlechman's first-career top-three finish. Martha Haas finished second in the 100 breast, touching at 1:05.13. Following the break, Andersen continued her fast night by winning the 100 free with her best time of the season at 51.36.

Haan and Haas finished in third in the 200 back and 200 breast. Lucia Rizzo ended the 500 free as one-of-three swimmers within .1 seconds, ending in second overall. Elynn Tan beat all TCU competitors in the 100 fly, finishing in fourth overall. Rizzo took third in the 200 IM, and the 400 free relay squad was touched-out at the finish to take second.

In the diving well, Dana Liva led the way for Iowa State on the one-meter with a 251.25, only .75 away from the top diver. Liva finished with a 231.70 on three-meter, good for fourth, while Alex Aaberg ended the night with a 178.25 on one-meter.

"I was very pleased how our women got out and raced," head coach Duane Sorenson. "We had a lot of close races, some that didn't go our way, but I thought we swam even better than we did against Nebraska."

SWIMMER OF THE MEET

Anna Andersen was a key performer in Friday's meet, taking the 100 and 200 free events. She also moved onto Iowa State's top-20 performers with her knew personal-best 200 free time. Swimming the second leg of the 400 freestyle relay, Andersen entered the pool with a .6 second deficit, but exited with nearly a second lead.

"She had an outstanding meet," Sorenson said following the meet. "This is an indication of her training from last spring and this summer. She has been a tremendous leader, and she is on pace for an outstanding year."

ON DECK

Iowa State's next competition will split the Cyclone swimmers and divers. The diving team heads to Iowa for the Iowa Invitational, while the swimmers will be in Topeka for the annual Kansas Classic. Those meets will take place on Nov. 15-18. Follow the team on Twitter (@CycloneSD) or on Facebook at facebook.com/cyclonesd for in-game updates, post-meet recaps and results throughout the season.