Although two wins in the scorebook were impressive enough for the ISU women’s swimming and diving team, the real story didn’t show up in the box score.

Iowa State dominated its two weekend opponents, winning 13 of 16 events in both meets.

On Friday night, the Cyclones welcomed St. Olaf and swam away with a 175-115 victory.

“We had a couple of races that were close, but there were a number of women who swam much faster than I expected,” swimming coach Duane Sorenson said.

Sophomore Chelsey Walden took first in three events, including the 100 backstroke (1:02.03), 200 backstroke (2:14.01) and 1,000 freestyle (10:41.34).

Sorenson said he was impressed with Walden’s performance, especially since she has recently recovered from a case of mononucleosis.

Junior Tami Ritchie placed first in both the 200 freestyle (1:56.81) and 100 butterfly (1:00.33), and junior Lydia Smirniotis took first in the 200 butterfly (2:12.39) and the 500 freestyle (5:11.33).

On the diving team, senior Katie Herman had an impressive performance Friday night. She took first place in both the 1- and 3-meter springboards, with both scores good enough to beat the NCAA Zone qualifying scores for the two events.

“She was really excited,” diving coach Jeff Warrick said. He said one of Herman’s goals was to beat those scores.

“She has come close, within a few points, a number of times, but to make both scores on both boards is an accomplishment,” he said. “Hopefully, it’ll be a real confidence boost.”

Warrick said it’s a sign of all the hard work Herman has put in. She missed several weeks before the semester break with injuries. Warrick said that, although the injuries are still a nuisance, Herman hasn’t been feeling that much pain.

On Saturday, the Cyclones’ foe was Nebraska-Omaha, and the Cyclones won by a score of 184-114.

Smirniotis clocked a lifetime best in the 1,000 freestyle with 10:27.21 to earn first in that event. She also touched the wall in 5:12.44 to claim first in the 500 freestyle.

Kim Rogers finished in first place in all three of her individual events: the 200 butterfly (2:09.13), the 200 backstroke (2:07.16) and the 200 individual medley (2:11.58). Senior Brita Benson placed first in both the 50 freestyle (24.69) and the 100 butterfly (1:00.15).

Saturday also saw senior diver Gail Olson emerge from quarantine for the chicken pox for the first time in more than a week. Olson’s doctors declared her non-contagious, and allowed her to dive.

Though she only dove off the 1-meter board, Warrick said she dove extremely well considering she hadn’t been on the boards in more than a week.

Herman didn’t have quite the meet she did the previous night, but she still took first with a score of 241.73 in the 3-meter board and third (233.54) in the 1-meter.