Swimming and Diving Falls To Kansas

Friday, February 2

Ames, Iowa

10:00 AM

Iowa State

121.5

178.5

Kansas

Swimming and Diving Falls To Kansas

02.03.2018 | Swimming and Diving

Results

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State swimming and diving team (4-5, 1-2 Big 12) fell to Kansas (6-2, 2-0 Big 12) by a score of 178.5-121.5. The Cyclones made a charge during the second half of the meet, but were unable to get a win in their final dual meet of the season. Iowa State trailed Kansas 94.5-75.5 after day one of the meet.

The 100 freestyle would kick things off for the Cyclones, with Laura Miksch (52.49) and Anna Andersen (53.05) taking the second and third. The Iowa State breaststroke team swam took third, fourth and fifth in the 200 breast event, led by Danica Delaquis and Kasey Roberts. Mary Kate Luddy would swim 55.95 in her final 100 butterfly at Beyer Pool, taking the top spot overall.

In the diving well, it was another successful day for the Cyclones. Dana Liva would post her personal best score of 282.52, taking second. Liva now has a Zone-qualifying score in all three diving events. Sydney Ronald took first overall, posting her best score of the season at 295.80. Katherine Mueller would finish with a 207.22.

"I was really happy," Ronald said following the meet. "We got along really well with the Kansas team, and it was really fun."

"This is what our plan is, to keep getting better," diving coach Jeff Warrick said after the meet. "It's all starting to come together like we had hoped. Their doing a great job in practice of working hard. I hope to see performances like this or maybe even better down at Big 12s."

Haley Ruegemer would take second in the 200 IM, touching at 2:08.04, and Iowa State's relay teams would take second and third to wrap up the meet. The Cyclones would finish the meet scoring 121.5 points, while the Jayhawks won the meet with 178.5. You can read about the first day of the two-day meet here.

"I thought we could have raced a little bit better this morning," head coach Duane Sorenson commented after the meet. "I don't think we came out with enough intensity in this session, but we did have some good swims."

UP NEXT

The Cyclones head to Austin, Texas for the 2018 Big 12 Championships from Feb. 21-24. The Cyclones will look to extend their streak of top-three finishes at the conference to five consecutive years at this year's meet.