Domination.

That word can sum up the weekend for the 25th-ranked ISU men’s swimming and diving team. The Cyclones cruised to a 248-123 victory over North Dakota in the two-day event at Beyer Hall Pool.

“This was our chance to let a large number of athletes that are fighting for spots on our conference team start to swim the main events that they are going to swim in the conference meet,” head coach Trip Hedrick said. “I’m very pleased with how we swam.”

Again the Cyclones had a number of top finishers. ISU won 16 of 20 events. The team also took two of the top three spots in six events and swept the top three spots in nine events.

Iowa State’s dominance started early on the first night of competition when the Cyclones finished first and second in the 200-yard medley relay.

The relay team of Brian Rogers, Mike Christianson, Henrik Ingesson and Dylan de Bruin won with a time of 1:32.40.

Karl Sunrydh, Jim Sheehan, Jeremy Wilson and Jeff Gahan made up the relay that finished second.

In the 1650-yard freestyle, Evan deSzoeke earned a victory with a mark of 15:53.64. Josh Nogar placed second, and Bryan O’Neill finished third.

Lovrenco Franicevic garnered a victory in the 200-yard freestyle. His time of 1:42.83 was good enough to edge out teammate Rob Breshears by .08 seconds.

Iowa State got the top three spots in the next four events. Gahan won 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.11 seconds. In second place was de Bruin, and Doug Owen got third place.

Peder Skoog picked up a victory in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:52.56. Liam Short finished second, and Mitch McGinty finished in third.

Ingesson triumphed in the 100-yard butterfly in 50.56 seconds. Mitch McGinty placed second, and Wilson placed third.

Rogers raced to victory in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 50.59 seconds. Skoog got second place. Short finished third.

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Christianson gained a victory. His time was 58.29 seconds. Danny Binkowski got third.

The Cyclones took the top two spots in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The first place relay team won with a time of 3:07.38.

ISU’s divers were also dominant in the first night of competition.

Steve Mohabir won the one-meter diving event with a score of 288.90. Mike Amberson took second place, and Dave Likar got third.

Likar picked up a victory in three-meter diving with a score of 320.18. Mohabir placed second, and Amberson got third.

The second portion of the meet was very similar to the first portion. The Cyclones continued top place high in most events.

Iowa State placed in the top two spots in the 400-yard medley relay. The relay team of Rogers, Christianson, Wilson and de Bruin earned a victory with a mark of 3:26.45.

The second place relay team was made up of Sunrydh, Sheehan, Ingesson and Gahan.

Franicevic tallied a victory in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:41.83. O’Neill finished third.

In the 200-yard backstroke, Skoog won with a time of 1:51.46. Nogar placed third, and deSzoeke got third.

Iowa State swept the top three spots in the 100-yard freestyle. The winner was de Bruin with a time of 45.94 seconds. Gahan took second, and Breshears got third.

In second day diving, Amberson took first place honors in the one-meter competition. He scored 317.50 points.

“We had some pretty specific objectives to accomplish,” Hedrick said. “We wanted to get the guys in a lot of different races and see people start to stand up and use some strategies that they’re going to use at the conference championship. I think we accomplished what we hoped to with the meet.”

Hedrick cited the outstanding efforts of Skoog, deSzoeke, Rogers, Christianson, Gahan, de Bruin, Ingesson, Short, Sunrydh, Franicevic and Brett Lohmeier.

“Overall, I’m very pleased,” said Hedrick. “The guys are holding up very well under some duress that we’re putting upon them in practices right now.”

Next up for Iowa State is Kansas. The Jayhawks come to Ames after a loss to Nebraska.

Kansas is 0-6 on the season. However, they should not be overlooked.

“Gary Kempf [Kansas coach] has a good program, and he always had his guys ready to swim when they come in here [Beyer Hall Pool],” Hedrick said. “We’re looking forward to a great home meet. It’s alumni day and senior day. We’re hoping to get a lot of people in to watch this team’s last event of the year.”

The KU meet will be the last home meet for 14 Iowa State seniors.

The meet starts at 1 p.m. on Feb. 5 at Beyer Hall Pool.