The Hawkeyes may have been on the ISU swimming and diving team’s radar screen, but that didn’t distract the team from keeping its sights on the present.

With the Cyclones’ meet against Iowa looming next week, the ISU swimming and diving team did not have a letdown on Saturday, winning 15 of the 16 events against the Northern Iowa Panthers. The Cyclones won 195-94, and the only event they did not win was the 100-meter freestyle, in which ISU senior Cassandra Nelson placed second.

The Cyclones finished one-two in five events and actually finished one-two-three in the 200 breaststroke, with sophomore Marni Benson winning with a time of 2:25.12.

One of the events Iowa State finished first and second in was the opening event, the 200 medley relay, which it won in a time of 10:54.51.

The individual events in which the Cyclones swept the top two spots were: the 1,000 freestyle, which was won by senior Lauren Breunig; the 100 breaststroke, won by Benson; and the 200 butterfly, won by freshman Lindsay Behrens.

Swimming coach Duane Sorenson said the win was led by the seniors.

“Our three seniors are always stepping up,” Sorenson said. “They each had a win today, and they are always competing and doing an outstanding job of leading us in every meet.”

Besides Benson, there were three other Cyclones that won two events: sophomore Lindsay Wegner won the 100 and 200 backstroke, Behrens won the 200 individual medley to go along with the 200 butterfly, and senior Chelsey Walden won the 200 and 500 freestyles.

Wegner said she gave a full effort because Northern Iowa fielded a good competitor in her events.

“I went all-out and swam as hard as I could,” Wegner said. “Even though we were swimming against UNI, I didn’t hold anything back because I knew they had a good backstroker.”

Additional Cyclone victories were in the 200 freestyle relay, Nelson in the 50 freestyle, junior Emily Welborn in the 100 butterfly, sophomore Haley Haynes in 1-meter diving and freshman Tien Tran in 3-meter diving.

Diving coach Jeff Warrick said he was happy with his divers’ performances, even though they were just competing against themselves because the Panthers have no divers on their team.

“I was very happy with how they did, but I was wondering how they were going to react to it,” Warrick said. “I told them afterwards they did a good job because they didn’t hold anything back.”

The Cyclones will return to competition next Friday at Iowa in the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series.