Air Force Academy

The Air Force men's and women's swimming and diving teams pulled off wins over North Dakota, Colorado College, Colorado School of Mines and Metro State to both go 4-0 in a five-way meet at Schlessman Pool on the Colorado College campus Friday afternoon. Highlighting the meet was sophomore Chris Knaute's record-breaking performance in the 1000 yard freestyle event.
The Falcon men's team took first-place overall in six of 14 events, led by Knaute's wins in the 500 and 1000 free. Knaute shattered the Schlessman Pool record in the 1000 with a time of 9:42.81, bettering the old record of 9:53.49 by over ten seconds. Knaute won the 500 free with a time of 4.57.65.
Other first-place finishes for the Falcons came from junior Gordon White in the 200 free (1:45.51), sophomore Paul Parmenter> in the 200 individual medley (1:58.23), freshman TJ Cowling in the 100 free (48.02) and Matt Sievers in the 100 butterfly (51.99).
The Falcon women's team also took first-overall in six events, led by sophomore Lauren White's> first-place finishes in the 500 and 1000 free. White won the 500 with a time of 5:17.15 and the 1000 with a 10:45.63 mark.
Other first-place finishes for the women came from senior team-captain Andrea Hyma in the 50 free (25.43), junior Colleen Smith in the 200 IM (2:16.57) and junior Carly Omizo in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.54).
Air Force also took first in the 200 medley and 200 free relay. The group of Rachael Miller, Omizo, Lindsey Kirchhoff and Hyma took the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:50.42. The group of Hyma, Miller, Lindsay Jansen and Kirchhoff won the 200 free relay with a time of 1:42.65.
The Falcon men's team improves to 4-1 on the season and the women's team is now 11-3.
Air Force men return to action Nov. 5-6 at the Big West Shootout in Irvine, Calif. The women's team returns to action Nov. 3, in a Mountain West Conference showdown at San Diego State.
AFA Men
vs. North Dakota (W, 124.50-116.50)vs. Colorado College (W, 184-38)vs. Colorado School of Mines (W, 178-60)vs. Metro State (W, 181-48)
AFA Women
vs. North Dakota (W, 135.50-107.50)vs. Colorado College (W, 193-47)vs. Colorado School of Mines (W, 190-47)vs. Metro State (W, 196-32)