Women's Swimming and Diving Knock Off Incarnate Word in Dual Action

USAFA, Colo. – The Air Force Academy women's swimming and diving team defeated the University of the Incarnate Word in day two of dual action, 147.5-88.5, Saturday afternoon, Jan. 11, inside Cadet Natatorium. The Falcons won 10 of the 13 events contested, while having a top-two finisher in all but one.

"This weekend was a great one for our team," Head Coach Colleen Murphy said. "We put goals in place for racing and competing, and they stepped up and carried out the plan. After training extremely hard in Coronado for 10 days and being at sea level, they came back to the altitude and preformed expectionally."

Air Force got things started with a 200 medley relay win as the squad of junior Kylie Stronko, seniors Heidi Schellin and Esther Min, as well as sophomore Lia Campbell, took first. Members of that team who went on to get individual wins include Min in the 100 fly, Stronko in the 100 back, and Schellin in the 100 breast.

AF also had a trio of 1-2-3 finishes, as in the 1650 free, freshman Greer Johnson took gold, followed by senior Kelsey Linzmeyer and freshman Gabby Auerbach. Then in the other two freestyle events, senior Autumn Wolfgramm took first in both the 50 and 100 free. In the 50 free, she was followed by Campbell and Stronko, while in the 100 she was railed by sophomores Ally Carlin and Caroline Wittich.

In the final swimming event of the day, the 200 free relay, Wolfgramm led the winning team, along with Min, Campbell, and freshman Scarlet Friend.

Finally on the diving board, senior Kayla Wofford swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter events, and her score in both qualified her for the NCAA Zone E trials. She joins her teammate, freshman Gabby Peltier, who qualified for the 1-meter last night.

The Falcons will return to the pool next weekend when they host Seattle University and in-state rival Northern Colorado in a two-day dual, Friday-Saturday, Jan. 17-18. Action from the Cadet Natatorium is set for a 5 p.m. start on Friday and an 11 a.m. start on Saturday.

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