Six lead changes, a loud crowd, broken records, dramatic finishes and a bitter rivalry were present Friday night, but the ISU swimming and diving team fell just short of its in-state foe Iowa.

With a packed Beyer Hall, the meet started off with a crowd battle between the ISU fans and the Iowa student section. Cy, the mascot, joined in on the action as well.

The essence of the Cy-Hawk rivalry could be felt from the beginning.

“[The impact of the fans] was huge,” said senior Imelda Wistey. “I just felt it. It was incredible. It definitely fueled me.”

ISU coach Duane Sorenson compared the noise in Beyer to that of Hilton Coliseum.

“It gets the women pumped up, and both teams do their best,” Sorenson said of the crowd noise.

Going into the swimming and diving meet, Iowa State led the Cy-Hawk series with Iowa for all sports, 8-7.

The 200-medley relay was the first event, and Iowa State started off the meet with a bang. With a time of 1:41.40, the Cyclones set a new pool record.

From there, it was a back-and-forth competition between the Cyclones and the Hawkeyes. Wistey took away three records from the meet.

She broke the pool record of 1:02.87 with her time of 1:00.46 in the 100 breaststroke. Wistey also broke the school record for the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:13.79.

“I’m very proud of myself. I’m very proud of our team,” Wistey said. “We really fought every second of the entire meet. I’m giving myself lots of pats on the back.”

Freshman Karyl Clarete also set a pool record with her first place finish in the 200 freestyle. She recorded a time of 1:48.38.

“It feels really good,” Clarete said. “All the hard work you put in so far, that’s what the results are.”

Despite all of the newly obtained records, Iowa State couldn’t pull off the victory in the end. The final score was 165-135 in favor of Iowa.

“I was very please with their effort. They really went out and raced every event,” Sorenson said. “We put on a tremendous show for the fans against Iowa. We set three school records. I know our women were doing their best and swimming their fastest. [Iowa] was just faster in a couple events.”

The ISU swimming and diving team will be in action again Jan. 1 for the Georgia Diving Invite in Athens, Ga., and the Winter Training for swimmers only Jan. 4 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.