Iowa State Swim and Dive Falls to Iowa

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa State swimming and diving team (2-2, 0-0 Big 12) fell to Iowa (3-1, 1-1 Big Ten) on Friday night by a final score of 202-90 in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

Iowa State earned five personal bests across the 16 events while Winter Craig won the 200 butterfly.

Head Coach Matt Leach was happy with the performance and energy from the team. "We came off a tough 2 weeks of training building our base and we swam really well," Leach said, "I'm excited with the energy we had on deck today and that showed from start to finish in the pool."

How it Happened

The Cyclones started strong in the 200 medley relay, placing second. The team of Emma Kuhn, Grace Swoboda, Carley Caughron and Andie Quirke finished with a time of 1:43.06

Iowa State was solid in the 100 breaststroke with Anja Peck in second, Swoboda in third and Carli Poppen in fourth. Peck swam to a personal best with a time of 1:03.91.

Craig led the Cyclones in the 200 fly, winning the event. Mallory Miller came in third, less than two seconds behind Craig with a personal best and a time of 2:04.48.

Lydia McClugage and Caughron were second and third in the 50 free, placing at the top of a tight race.

Peck earned her second silver of the night in the 200 breaststroke, with a personal best putting herself at No. 12 on the all-time top performer's list.

The 500 free and 100 fly both came down to the wire. Corinne Guist placed third in the distance freestyle race with a time of 5:01.65 while Craig also finished third by less than a second (55.83) in the fly.

Mallory Miller pushed herself up four spots in the 400 IM on the all-time top performers list with a time of 4:21.00, earning the No. 6 spot.

Leach was pleased with Miller's performance. "The swim of the night was out of Mallory moving up to the sixth fastest performer in school history in the 400IM. We were very excited to see her move up again for the second time this season."

The meet ended with a runner-up finish from the 200 free relay squad of Quirke, Swoboda, Megan Marquardt and McClugage, swimming to a time of 1:35.02.

In the 1-meter diving, Maggie Bendell placed fourth and qualified for NCAA zone qualifiers for the first time this season, with a score of 266.05. Kate Mitchell followed in fifth with a score of 264.45, just missing zone qualifiers.
For 3-meter diving, Bendell placed third with a season best score of 279.15, narrowly missing zone cuts. Ally Blumenfeld followed in fifth (268.25) and Mitchell in sixth (266.65).

Event Winners

200 Medley Relay: Iowa (Galvin, Swalley, Deadline, Hood) 1:40.97

1000 Free: Alix O'Brien, Iowa, 9:59.10

200 Free: Nora Kemp, Iowa, 1:49.12

100 Back: Ansley Galvin, Iowa, 54.30

100 Breast: Olivia Swalley, Iowa, 1:01.32

200 Fly: Winter Craig, Iowa State, 2:02.29

50 Free: Rachel Didline, Iowa, 23.22

3-meter Diving: Makayla Hughbanks, Iowa, 351.85

100 Free: Nora Kemp, Iowa, 50.73

200 Back: Ansley Galvin, Iowa, 1:58.66

200 Breast: Olivia Swalley, Iowa, 2:14.43

500 Free: Olivia Frantum, Iowa, 4:52.52

100 Fly: Rachel Dildline, Iowa, 55.14

1-meter Diving: Geneva Pauly, Iowa 312.95

400 IM: Olivia Swalley, Iowa, 4:15.32

200 Free Relay: Iowa (Dildline, Pedersen, Kemp, Hood) 1:33.75

On Deck

The Cyclones will host the UNI Panthers (0-1, 0-0 MVC) on January 11th, 2025, for senior day.

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Players Mentioned

Maggie Bendell

Ally Blumenfeld

Carley Caughron

Winter Craig

Corinne Guist

Emma Kuhn

Megan Marquardt

Mallory Miller

Kate Mitchell

Anja Peck

Carli Poppen

Andie Quirke

Grace Swoboda

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