Completed Event: Swimming and Diving versus Cardinal & Gold on September 18, 2026 ,
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Swimming and Diving
Cardinal & Gold
Iowa State University Athletics
10.04.2024 | Swimming and Diving
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State swimming and diving team started its season with the Cardinal & Gold in Ames on Friday. Cardinal took down Gold with a score of 142-130, winning nine of the 16 events. Â
Team Cardinal started the night off strong with a win in the 200 yard medley relay from Keirlyn Mullica, Grace Swoboda, Carley Caughron, and Kayla Bulseco.Â
Cardinal took the 200-yard freestyle with a win from Corinne Guist and the 100-yard breaststroke from Grace Swoboda.Â
Gold took the 100-yard backstroke with a dominating win from Lili Neisser.Â
The 200-yard butterfly was won by team Cardinal, Winter Craig beating her competitor by almost 3 seconds.Â
Caughron from team Cardinal took the 50 yard free style.
Gold took the next three events with Neisser finishing first in the 200-yard backstroke and Abbi Crum winning the 200-yard breaststroke. The 500-yard freestyle was won by Guist, her second individual win of the night.Â
The 100-yard butterfly was taken by Kayla Bulseco of team Cardinal, with a tight finish of .37 seconds over team Gold.Â
Mallory Miller won a tight race in the 200 IM.Â
Team Gold beat Cardinal in another close race for the 200 free relay to end the night, by Lydia McClugage, Andie Quirke, Neisser, and Fallon DeWitt.Â
Both 3- and 1-meter diving was dominated by Kate Mitchell for team Gold. She had tight match ups with Maggie Bendell, who was second in 1-meter and third in 3-meter.Â
Ally Blumenfeld was close with a second-place finish in the 3-meter diving and third in the 1-meter.Â
Assistant coach Morgan McGhee was positive after the meet. "We got a chance to see the competitiveness within the team, which is a stepping stone to being competitive with athletes in different caps and on different teams," she said.Â
Up Next
The Cyclones will host the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State on October 10th at 4:30 to officially kick off the season.
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