Completed Event: Swimming and Diving versus Illinois on October 17, 2025 , Loss , 65, to, 121


02.06.2021 | Swimming and Diving
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Iowa State swimming and diving team (2-1, 0-1 Big 12) lost to Kansas (3-1, 2-0 Big 12) by a score of 178-114. Cyclone divers topped the leaderboards once again as Michelle Schlossmacher Smith claimed the three-meter victory.
Schlossmacher Smith tallied her eighth Zone-qualifying score of the season with a three-meter score of 295.88. The victory is the junior's fourth on the season.
Day two kicked off with the 100 free and the Cyclones taking fourth through sixth. Ashley Bengtson touched with the best Cyclone time of 53.15, followed by Kennedy Tranel (54.27) and Andie Quirke (55.47).
Emily Haan grabbed second for the Cyclones in the 200 back, clocking in at 2:05.99. Elizabeth Richardson (2:08.42) and Jazlyn Horras (2:11.11) followed to claim third and fourth, respectively.
The 200 breast followed with Lehr Thorson timing in at 2:20.55, good for second place. Martha Haas and Bryn Ericksen captured times of 2:22.23 and 2:24.11 to own third and fourth place.
The next two events featured slim margins between the top-two swimmers. Brinley Horras swam to second in the 500 free with a time of 4:59.65. The time is Horras' second best of the season and came in a mere .15 seconds behind first.
Lucia Rizzo also touched just after the top swimmer in the 100 fly with her second-best season time of 56.94. A slim .66 seconds separated Rizzo from the title. Rizzo took another second-place finish in the 200 IM with 2:06.66.
The meet wrapped up with the 400 free relay. Martha Haas, Kennedy Tranel, Ashley Bengtson and Sophia Goushchina swam to second with 3:32.77.
"I thought we raced hard both this morning and last night," head coach Duane Sorenson said. "We had a lot of season bests in our dual meet suits and I think when we race in our tech suits at Big 12s, we'll have lifetime bests race after race."