Iowa State Improves to 8-1 for First Time

Saturday, January 22

Morgantown, W.Va.

10 AM

Iowa State

198

101

West Virginia

Iowa State Improves to 8-1 for First Time

01.22.2022 | Swimming and Diving

Iowa State vs. WVU/Villanova Diving Results

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The Iowa State swimming and diving team (8-1, 2-0 Big 12) topped West Virginia (2-3, 0-1 Big 12) by a score of 198-101 and Villanova (6-3, 3-0 Big East) by 150-145. Iowa State posts the first eight-win season since 2009-10 and the best start to a season in program history.

Iowa State started off the meet with a pair of second-place finishes. The 200 medley relay team of Emily Haan, Martha Haas, Carley Caughron and Andie Quirke fired off a 1:44.92, a slim 1.02 behind Villanova. Sydney Jackson touched at 17:36.58 in the 1650 free, closely behind Villanova's Nicole Welch who took the win in 17:30.75.

The Cyclones tallied a victory with a sweep in the 100 breast, the fifth breaststroke sweep by Cyclones this season. Haas cemented her third win in the event on the season with 1:04.58 while solidifying 500 career points. Lehr Thorson (1:04.94) and Alaina Breitbach (1:05.58) touched next to trim down Villanova's lead.

Michelle Schlossmacher Smith handed in a top placement on the three-meter as she dove to 286.55. Schlossmacher Smith has now tallied eight Zone cuts in the event this season with nearly 90 percent of the senior's three-meter performances resulting in a cut.

Schlossmacher Smith went on to sweep the boards as she won the one-meter with 265.65 to now total 13 Zone cuts on the season.

Haas continued her hot streak in the 200 breast as she hit the wall to grab her fourth-straight breaststroke victory. Haas claimed the win in 2:20.67 while Breitbach touched next at 2:22.46. Thorson notched fourth with 2:22.92.

Brinley Horras logged the top time in the 500 free with a commanding time of 5:00.26 to record the fifth and final Iowa State victory of the dual.

Rizzo slid into the top-10 upon the all-time point scorers list as she touched top three in back-to-back events. The senior hit the wall second in the 100 fly at 56.90 and third in the 200 IM at 2:07.11.

Numerous races came down to the final stretch including Lucia Rizzo's 200 fly and Caughron's 50 free third-place finishes. Rizzo touched 1.25 seconds behind the top time and Caughron timed in .49 seconds off first.

The double dual closed out with another second-place relay finish behind Villanova. Haas, Caughron, Sophia Goushchina and Ashley Bengtson came together in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:28.87, 1.96 seconds behind first.

"Beating West Virginia decisively and having a back-and-forth meet with Villanova was tremendous," Head Coach Duane Sorenson said. "Martha had a great meet and Brinley with her finishes and anchoring the 400 free relay. The rest of the team was very solid."