Divers Set Personal Bests At Kansas

Friday, February 8

Lawrence, Kan.

6:00 PM

Iowa State

201

Kansas

Divers Set Personal Bests At Kansas

02.09.2019 | Swimming and Diving

Results

LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Iowa State Cyclones (7-4, 2-1 Big 12) were defeated by the Kansas Jayhawks (7-1, 2-0 Big 12) by a score of 201-93 in the final dual meet of the 2018-19 season. The meet was highlighted by Lucia Rizzo's third 200 fly victory of the year.

The meet started with a solid 200 medley relay performance from the squad of Emily Haan, Martha Haas, Wyli Erlechman and Evan Hundley, touching at 1:44.30 to finish third. Lucia Rizzo was the lone Cyclone to earn a victory in the meet, taking first in the 200 fly with a 2:03.67. The freshman also had a second-place finish in the 200 IM with a 2:08.42 Andersen claimed second in the 100 free with a 52.11. All three divers earned personal-best scores in the three-meter competition, with Sydney Ronald scoring 306.38, Dana Liva with a 304.25 and Jessica Coffin had a 217.95.

Haan and Haas each claimed third-place finishes in the 100 back and 100 breast, Haas adding another top-three finish in the 200 breast. Senior Haley Ruegemer finished third in the 500 free with her fastest in-season time of 5:04.41. Rizzo also had a third-place finish in the 100 fly with her time of 57.19.

"The outcome sure wasn't what we wanted," head coach Duane Sorenson. "Lucia Rizzo had a really good meet for us. We had a couple people out sick, but we gave it our best effort and learned a lot of things."

In the diving well, the Cyclone divers all had solid performances. Dana Liva and Sydney Ronald traded second and third place, Liva leading one-meter with a 259.20 and Ronald with a 254.63. In a five-meter platform exhibition, both Liva and Ronald cracked the 200 mark. Coffin set personal best scores in each event throughout the meet.

"I was really happy with the divers' performance this weekend," diving coach Jeff Warrick said. "Today had an exclamation point to it. I was feeling really good with how Sydney, Dana and Jessica dove. It was exciting to see them put up their best scores in the last three-meter finals."

The Cyclones will return to action on Feb. 27 with the 2019 Big 12 Championships. 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.