Iowa v. Iowa State
- December 13, 2019
- Ames, Iowa
- Results (PDF)
Courtesy: Iowa Athletics
AMES, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s swimming and diving team defeated Iowa State,179-121, at the Beyer Natatorium on Friday night. This win clinched the 2019 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series and is Iowa’s the 10th straight win in the series.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Senior Allyssa Fluit placed atop the field in the 200 free after touching in 1:48.90, followed by freshman Macy Rink at 1:49.86. Fluit notched a win in the 500 free as well, swimming to a time of 4:51.66.
Junior Kelsey Drake set a pool record in the 200 fly and led the field by over five seconds with a time of 1:57.87. Drake completed her sweep of the butterfly events with a time of 54.06 in the 100. Drake captured her third and final win of the night in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.78.
Freshman Millie Sansome touched out in the 1,000 free, finishing in a career best time of 10:03.34. Sansome also took the title in the 200 back in 1:58.08.
Senior Hannah Burvill dominated the 100 back with a 54.86, followed by freshman Zoe Pawloski with a career best time of 56.26 at third. Burvill also took first in the 50 free (23.50) and 100 free (50.47).
DIVING SHOWS STRENGTH
Junior Jayah Mathews wowed on the 3-meter springboard, notching a pool record score of 348.40. Sophomore Sam Tamborski placed second with a score of 331.20.
Mathews and Tamborski repeated on the 1-meter springboard, posting scores of 318.40 and 280.35.
RELAY FINISHES
The 200-medley relay team of Sansome, Sage Ohlensehlen, Kelsey Drake, and Sarah Schemmel posted a second-place finish with a time of 1:41.81.
In the 400-free relay, Schemmel, Rink, Fluit, and Hannah Burvill wrapped the meet with a win in a time of 3:22.66.
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes return to action on Jan. 11, hosting Illinois (W) and Notre Dame (M/W) at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center at 11 a.m. (CT).
Courtesy: Iowa State Athletics
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State swimming and diving team (3-3) came up short against Iowa (5-1, 3-1 Big Ten) 179-121. Through three lead changes and four event wins, the Cyclones ultimately lost by a margin of 58 points.
Iowa State got off to a hot start by extending the 200 medley relay win streak to five, leaving the Cyclones unbeaten in the event in dual meets. Emily Haan, Martha Haas, Wyli Erlechman and Anna Andersen captured the win with a season-best time of 1:41.67.
Nolwenn Nunes beat out competitors in the 1000 free to keep Iowa State on top. Nunes finish of 10:03.15 brought the overall score to 24-12.
The Hawkeyes followed the first two events by taking the lead with first-place finishes in the 200 free and 100 back. Lehr Thorson battled back to bring the score in favor of the Cyclones with her 1:01.93 finish in the 100 breast. Thorson went on to out-touch opponents for the second time of the night in the 200 breast with her time of 2:18.04.
The lead-change trend continued as Iowa captured additional event wins, including a new pool record set by Iowa’s Kelsey Drake (1:57.87) in the 200 fly.
Thorson’s finish in the 100 breast broke her previous personal record she set last year against the Hawkeyes. Lucia Rizzo also set two new personal bests in the 100 (55.48) and 200 fly (2:02.08) with her second-place finishes.
In three-meter diving, three Cyclones posted three Zone cuts as Dana Liva (299.10), Jayna Misra (288.90) and Michelle Schlossmacher Smith (285.50) grabbed third, fourth and fifth place. The finishes secure both Misra and Liva’s second and Schlossmacher Smith’s first cut score on the three meter.
Iowa State accumulated two additional Zone cuts in one-meter diving. Liva placed third with 279.45 and Schlossmacher Smith came in fourth with 269.00, bringing the season total to 15 Zone diving qualifying scores.
Iowa held on to their lead throughout the remainder of the dual. With all events taken into account, Iowa State accumulated seven season-best times.
“I thought out team really competed hard today,” said head coach Duane Sorenson. “We had a lot of outstanding swims and a number of personal bests were turned in. Iowa is just a little bit stronger on the last length and the number of races. I thought we really took them on and raced the hardest we could today. We’ve got things to work on but it was a good way to end the first semester.”
ON DECK- Winter Training Trip/Tennessee Diving Invite
Following the Iowa dual, the swimmers head to Florida for their annual training trip at the end of December. The divers travel to Tennessee for their training trip and to take part in the Tennessee Invite.
Follow the team on Twitter (@CycloneSD) or on Facebook at facebook.com/cyclonesd for in-game updates, post-meet recaps and results throughout the season.
