The following is a press release courtesy of Iowa State Swimming & Diving:
IRVING, Texas – Iowa State’s Amanda Paulson and Julie Dickinson earned Big 12 Swimmer and Diver of the Week honors, the conference announced Wednesday. Paulson is now a two-time Big 12 Swimmer of the Week award recipient, her first coming in February of 2014, while Dickinson takes home the first weekly conference award of her career.
This marks the first weekly conference award Iowa State has received on the season and the first time the Cyclones have swept both the swimming and diving categories since Imelda Wistey and Elyse Brouillette did so in November 2013.
Paulson entered the final dual meet of her college career against in-conference rival Kanas last week with 99 event wins – individual and relay – in her four years as a Cyclone. With a first-place finish in the 50 freestyle in a time of 23.68, Paulson notched win No. 100, adding another bullet point to one of the most accomplished resumes in Iowa State swimming history.
Paulson’s weekend wasn’t over, however, as the three-time ISU Most Valuable Swimmer cruised to another first-place finish in the 100 freestyle, out-touching the field in a time of 51.73. Anchoring Iowa State’s 400 freestyle relay team, Paulson clocked the fasted leg of anyone in the water with a time of 51.18, leading her squad to a second-place finish.
In the diving well, Dickinson climbed to fifth-place in Iowa State’s all-time top-performers chart with a 308.63-point performance on the three-meter board. Dickinson has recorded three NCAA Zone Diving qualifying scores on three-meter on the year and is now the Cyclones’ top-scorer in the event on the 2014-15 season.
Paulson, Dickinson and the rest of the Iowa State swimming and diving team will travel to Austin, Texas next week for the Big 12 Championships. Action kicks off Wednesday, Feb. 25, and final sessions wrap-up Saturday, Feb. 28.
