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Kansas Holds 9-Point Edge Over Iowa State Entering Final Day of Kansas Classic
2022 Kansas Traditional
- Nov. 18-20, 2022
- Capitol Federal Natatorium
- SCY (25 yards)
- Outcomes on Meet Cell: “2022 Kansas Traditional”
- Day 2 Outcomes
The Kansas Traditional is headed towards a nail-biting end on Sunday after Kansas rallied to say a nine-point edge over Iowa State on Saturday.
Crew Standings (Girls’s)
- Kansas – 639
- Iowa State – 630
- Indiana State – 532
- Northern Iowa – 314
- Little Rock – 197
Iowa State freshman Gabrielle LePine gained the one particular person occasion of the night time for the Cyclones (she lowered her greatest 100 breast time by .64 seconds to 1:02.98, good for twelfth in program historical past), however they stayed inside placing vary due to a pair of relay wins.
The session began with Iowa State’s 200 medley relay victory in 1:41.42 The Cyclones’ 200 medley relay workforce — composed of Sophia Goushchina (25.86), LePine (28.18), Carley Caughron (24.30), and Trinity Sadecky (23.08) — held off the Jayhawks by simply .04 seconds. Then on the finish of the night time, Lucia Rizzo (1:51.61), Brinley Horras (1:50.91), Corinne Guist (1:51.29), and Ashley Bengtson (1:48.81) mixed to whole the eighth-fastest time at school historical past.
“A spotlight swim was Ashley Bengtson‘s 800 free relay cut up, the place she went 1:48.81,” Iowa State head coach Duane Sorenson mentioned. “She’s by no means been that quick earlier than — that was a giant standout swim for us.”
After the heartbreaking opener, Kansas bounced again with a 400 IM victory courtesy of Brigid Gwidt. The sophomore topped the rostrum with a 4:21.22, greater than a second quicker than Rizzo, the 200 IM champion from Friday. The Jayhawks put two extra on the rostrum within the subsequent occasion, the 100 fly, between second-place finisher Autumn Looney (54.95) and third-place finisher Lydia Lafferty (54.96). Then they saved their momentum rolling with a 1-2 end within the 200 free as Claudia Dougan (1:49.31) and Ellie Wehrmann (1:49.33) have been the one two swimmers sub-1:50 within the last. The Jayhawks additionally picked up a victory within the 100 again, the place sophomore Lezli Sisung reached the wall first in 54.14.
“It was sort of like yesterday,” mentioned Kansas head coach Clark Campbell. “We got here out this morning somewhat flat. It positively wasn’t the place we needed to be, however tonight we got here again and raced higher. We picked up a few victories alongside the way in which and had some good racing. I’m hoping that tomorrow we will swim higher within the morning within the preliminaries as a result of that’s what we’ve to do once we are at Huge 12s. We have now to get it completed within the morning. The objective tomorrow is to swim properly within the morning.”
Indiana State senior Marni Grey made it a sweep of the 100 fly with a 54.66, securing the Sycamores’ second win of the weekend. Junior teammate Madie Rutan couldn’t defend her 100 again title from final 12 months’s Kansas Traditional, however she nonetheless set a brand new Indiana State report with a 55.00, shaving eight-hundredths off her earlier greatest from final 12 months. Rutan now owns the seven quickest occasions in program historical past. Sycamores senior Kaimi Matsumoto went 1:03.60 within the 100 breast to turn out to be Indiana State’s fourth-fastest performer ever, and sophomore Alexandria Cotter posted a 4:23.20 within the 400 IM to maneuver as much as No. 5 at school historical past.
The Sycamores’ spotlight from Friday’s opening day got here when senior Andrea Putrimas threw down a 4:54.48 to win the five hundred free by practically two seconds forward of Iowa State’s Brinley Horras (4:56.31). Within the course of, Putrimas crushed the college report belonging to Sarah Moreau (4:55.43) by virtually a full second.
Little Rock sophomore Jaelle Carlson positioned fourth within the 100 fly with a time of 55.46, taking greater than half a second off her earlier greatest from February. She now ranks third all-time in Trojans historical past within the occasion. Little Rock teammate Gillian Boggs additionally turned simply the second Trojan ever to go sub-4:30 within the 400 IM together with her lifetime-best 4:28.29, good for twelfth place general.
The Kansas Traditional concludes Sunday with the 200 again, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 1650 free and 400 free relay.