Completed Event: Swimming and Diving versus Illinois on October 17, 2025 , Loss , 65, to, 121
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Swimming and Diving
65
Illinois
121
Iowa State University Athletics
Saturday, January 13
Cedar Falls, Iowa
2:00 PM
Iowa State
at
UNI
Cyclones Travel to UNI for In-State Showdown
01.11.2024 | Swimming and Diving
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State swimming and diving team (2-2, 0-0 Big 12) face off against the UNI Panthers (10-1, 0-0 MVC) in Cedar Falls on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. at Glen F. Henry Pool. The matchup will mark the first dual meet for both sides in 2024.Â
THE OPPONENT - UNI
Iowa State holds a dominant 37-1 dual meet record over UNI including winning the last 30 matchups. Head coach Duane Sorenson has never lost to UNI as the leader of the swimming and diving program. The last meeting between the programs in 2023 saw Iowa State beat UNI in Ames by a score of 213.50-85.50.Â
UNI has started strong in their 2023-24 campaign winning their last 10 matchups, including multiple wins over both South Dakota and South Dakota State, after suffering a season opening 196.5-103.5 loss to Iowa in Iowa City.Â
LAST TIME - IowaÂ
The Cyclones had several strong individual performances in their dual meet loss against Iowa.Â
Lauren Kimball continued her strong junior season with another career performance on the 3-meter dive. Kimball scored a 325.80, the highest total scored by an Iowa State diver at Beyer Pool. Kimball followed that up with a 288.60 on the 1-meter dive, less than two points off her career best.Â
Senior Brinley Horras also had a good night with a first-place finish in the 1000 free and a second-place finish in the 500 free while Maddie Ziegert secured a personal best time of 56.46 in the 100 backstroke.Â
WHAT TO WATCH FOR - Diving and Backstroke
The Cyclones will look to pair strong performances in the backstroke events with dominant performances in diving as a recipe for success. Maddie Ziegert led the way in the backstroke against Iowa with a personal best time in the 100 back while Fallon DeWitt and Emma Kuhn both have multiple first place finishes in backstroke across the season. Joscelyn Farner and Kate Mitchell will look to build on strong performances at the Hawkeye Invite and against Iowa in the diving events while Kimball will look to continue her elite stretch of performances.Â
Livestream links for both the swimming and diving sessions are labeled below.Â
Diving: https://youtube.com/live/xl2wgX8Lrj8?feature=share
Swimming: https://youtube.com/live/AL2h5uhCCaI?feature=share
ON DECK - TCUÂ
Iowa State will return home on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. to take on the TCU Horned Frogs at Beyer Pool. The dual meet will be the first Big 12 action for the team in the 2023-24 season.
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