Coe Women's Swimming

Coe women in 3rd at Grinnell

GRINNELL – The Coe College women’s swimming team held third place with 162½ points after the first day of competition in the Pioneer Classic on Friday at  Grinnell College. The Coe men held 11th place with 59 points.

Grinnell led the men’s and women’s divisions with 344 and 385½ points, respectively.

Freshman Jasmine Deng was third in the 3-meter diving for the Kohawks with a score of 330.55. Junior teammate Kendallyn Recker was sixth with a score of 242.60. Freshman Sam Fitzgerald was sixth in the 200-yard individual medley in 2 minutes, 18.47 seconds and sixth in the 50 freestyle in 25.77 for the Coe women.

Kendall Bundy, Kenni Sterns, Lindsay Meade and Fitzgerald also took sixth in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:43.98.

The Coe men took 13th in the 400 medley relay (3:58.01) and 15th in the 200 freestyle relay (1:35.98).

Coe swimmer got early start in pool

Coe sophomore Kendall Bundy has been swimming since she was four years old. Her prowess in the pool has taken her all the way from Denver, Colo., to Cedar Rapids, where she's enjoying success with the Kohawks.

Bundy was recognized by the Iowa Conference as its swimmer of the week for the week of Nov. 5 in the 100-yard backstrokeand for Coe's fifth-fastest time in the medley relay.

Bundy attributes the success to the way her team trains.

“The positive atmosphere that our team provides is a really good, fast swimming environment,” she said. “Everybody is always behind each other. The coaches are positive and really help us stay positive and help us swim fast.”

Bundy started swimming at the age of four because her parents wanted her to get used to the water and she swam all the way to college.

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Coe's Fitzgerald earns IIAC honor

Coe freshman Sam Fitzgerald has been named the Iowa Conference's Women's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week.

Fitzgerald, a Linn-Mar graduate, won three events in a 132-69 dual win over Nebraska Wesleyan on Friday, setting the school record in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.64), posting the sixth-quickest time in the 50 freestyle (25.55) and competing on Coe's winning 200 freestyle relay (1:45.59).

She also swam in Coe's double-dual split against the Prairie Wolves and Franklin on Saturday, placing second in the 400 IM (5:06.33), third in the 200 backstroke (2:34.28), and swimming on Coe's third-place 400 medley relay (4:25.11).

Fitzgerald sets school record for Coe

Freshman Sam Fitzgerald, a Linn-Mar graduate, set a school record in winning the 100-yard breaststroke as Coe downed Nebraska Wesleyan, 132-69, in a women's swimming meet Friday night at the Clark Aquatic Center.

Nebraska Wesleyan won the men's meet, 118-69.

Fitzgerald touched in 1:09.64. She also won the 50 freestyle and was on the winning 200 freestyle relay. Kendall Bundy and Lindsay Meade were also double winners for Coe. Bundy won the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke. Meade won the 100 and 200 freestyles. Both were also on the winning 200 freestyle relay.