Audrey Olen has announced her transfer to Iowa after spending her freshman season at Auburn. Olen returns to Big Ten territory after growing up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Olen arrived at Auburn last fall as a member of the 15-women class of 2028. She did not swim at SECs as she instead finished her season at the first and last chance meets. She swam a lifetime best of a 22.87 in the 50 free at the last chance meet. That marked her first time under 23-seconds as she previously swam a 23.00 at midseason in November.
Olen’s SCY Progression:
| Before Auburn |
Freshman Season
|
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| 50 free | 23.26 | 22.87 |
| 100 free | 50.37 | 50.58 |
| 200 free | 1:49.16 | 1:50.14 |
The Iowa women finished 14th out of 14 teams this past season at the Big Ten Championships. Olivia Swalley led the team with 15 individual points as she was 12th in the 400 IM (4:10.91).
Olen is a huge pick up for the Hawkeyes as the women still battle back from being cut in fall 2020 and then reinstated in February 2021. The men’s team was not reinstated. Prior to being cut, the women’s team was 9th out of 13 teams at the 2020 Big Ten Championships.
Based on her best times, Olen would have been #2 on the team in the 50 free this past season, only 0.01 behind Rachel Dildine who led the team off in a 22.86 in the 200 free relay at Big Tens. Dildine also led the team in the 100 free this season with a 49.90. Nora Kemp was the team’s top 200 freestyler with a 1:48.46. All three of Olen’s best times give her relay potential.
In addition to her relay impact, Olen is just off making finals at Big Tens as it took a 22.55 in the 50 free, 49.60 in the 100 free, and 1:47.11 in the 200 free.
Are all of these swimmers transferring from Auburn because they were told that they wont make their roster next year
Yeah I mean I don’t think there was any confusion over the fact that most of this is roster limits…
I guess it’s Auburn transfer day lol