Cyclones Earn 180-115 Win at South Dakota State

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Iowa State had a balanced efficiency throughout the pool and the boards Thursday evening at South Dakota State. Strong swims from relays, the gap group and the breaststroke group fueled the Cyclones’ dominant win over the Jackrabbits with a closing rating of 180-115.

 “Our Cyclone family really stepped up today and showed some great growth from last week,” stated head coach Matt Leach. “This month of training is extremely hard, and to go three weekends in a row of racing can leave you tired, but I think we responded well. It’s not every day that you set two pool records! Go Cyclones!”

How It Happened

Iowa State set the tone on the primary race of the evening, taking the 200 medley relay in 1:46.50. The relay group of Emma Kuhn, Anja Peck, Kendall Mallers and Grace Swoboda mixed for the win and gave the Cyclones a robust begin.

Distance swimmer Carlotta Gazzola was spectacular within the lengthy occasions, successful the 1650 free in 17:24.79 and later incomes the highest spot within the 500 free (5:08.32). Gazzola’s regular splits and powerful finishes helped give the Cyclones momentum within the mid-meet races.

“We started off in the 200 medley relay taking the win and continued that into the 1650 free with a 1-2 finish,” stated Leach. “Carlotta won with a pool record by 3.5 seconds. We continued the racing by going 1-2 in the next three events; the 100 back, 100 breast and 200 fly.”

The Cyclones continued to supply within the backstroke and breaststroke occasions. Lili Neisser posted a win within the 100 again (57.55), whereas Anja Peck picked up the win within the 100 breast (1:04.29). Matilde Geromin additionally discovered herself a win within the 200 breast with a 2:18.78, highlighting Iowa State’s power within the breaststroke.

Freshman Kendall Mallers added a pair of sturdy finishes within the butterfly occasions, successful the 200 fly (2:06.86) and turning within the high time within the 100 fly, whereas Swoboda closed out the dash occasions with a win within the 100 free. Iowa State ended the evening with its 14^th occasion win of the evening, besting its personal pool report in Brookings within the 400 free relay. The group of Kuhn, Swoboda, Piper Hagen and Corinne Guist swam 3:31.49 for the record-breaking win.

“Coming off the first break, we got back to touching the wall first with winning the remainder of the events and ending the meet with a pool record that was previously held by Iowa State in 2021,” stated Leach.

On the boards, Iowa State’s diving group delivered as Maggie Bendell posted the highest spot on the 1-meter boards with a rating of 284.93 whereas Kate Mitchell was the 3-meter champion, scoring 295.50.

Event Winners

200 Medley Relay: Iowa State (Kuhn, Peck, Mallers, Swoboda), 1:46.50

1650 Free: Carlotta Gazzola, Iowa State, 17:24.79

200 Free: Gigi Hioki, South Dakota State, 1:54.87

100 Back: Lili Neisser, Iowa State, 57.55

100 Breast: Anja Peck, Iowa State, 1:04.29

200 Fly: Kendall Mallers, Iowa State, 2:06.86

50 Free: Jenna Currier, South Dakota State, 24.44

3M Diving: Katherine Mitchell, Iowa State, 295.50

100 Free: Grace Swoboda, Iowa State, 52.70

200 Back: Lili Neisser, Iowa State, 2:06.39

200 Breast: Matilde Geromin, Iowa State, 2:18.78

500 Free: Carlotta Gazzola, Iowa State, 5:08.32

100 Fly: Kendall Mallers, Iowa State, 58.61

1M Diving: Maggie Bendell, Iowa State, 284.93

200 IM: Anja Peck, Iowa State, 2:10.34

400 Free Relay: Iowa State (Kuhn, Swoboda, Hagen, Guist), 3:31.49

On Deck

The Cyclones return to motion on Friday afternoon the place they face South Dakota. The twin meet competitors begins at 3 p.m. on the DakotaDome pool in Vermillion, S.D.