Consistency was the formula for victory as the Iowa State Men’s Swimming and Diving team cruised to victory 148-86 over the Missouri Tigers on Friday at the Beyer Hall Pool.

The Cyclones placed in at least two of the top three spots in 11 of the 13 events.

Of those 11 events ISU took a clean sweep of the top three spots in two events, the 500 yard freestyle and the three-meter diving competition.

The dominance of the meet by the Cyclones started early. In the 400-yard medley relay ISU’s relay team of senior Brian Rogers, junior Jeremy Wilson, sophomore Dylan de Bruin and freshman Danny Binkowski raced to first place with a time of 3:25.21.

Placing third in the race was the ISU relay team of junior Henrik Ingesson, sophomore Doug Owens, and freshmen Karl Sunrydh and Mike Christianson.

In the 1000 yard freestyle the Cyclones placed first and second. Junior Josh Nogar won the race with a time of 9:41.71. Senior Bryan O’Neill was the runner-up.

A time of 1:41.26 was all that ISU junior Peder Skoog needed to take first place in the 200-yard freestyle. Lovrenco Franicevic, a senior, was a close second.

In the 50-yard freestyle de Bruin raced to a first place time of 20.83 seconds. Finishing one-hundredth second out of a second place finish was junior Jeff Gahan.

Cyclones’ senior Evan deSzoeke was a second-place finisher in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:58.20. Freshman Rob McGinty was a close third.

In the 200-yard butterfly Franicevic tallied second place. Wilson placed third in the race.

Iowa State took the top two spots in the 100-yard freestyle. A first place time of 45.99 seconds was turned in by de Bruin. Senior Rob Breshears got third place.

Another first place performance was turned in by Skoog.

He finished with a time of 1:51.25 in the 200-yard backstroke. Rogers had a third place swim in the event.

The Cyclones dominated the 500 yard freestyle race. First place went to deSzoeke with a time of 4:40.86. Nogar took second place. Finishing in third place was freshman Nathan Emmett.

“This is a solid meet for us,” ISU head coach Trip Hedrick said. “We just finished our hardest week of volume training. With that in mind, I’m very pleased with how we swam.”

The ISU divers also did well. In the 1-meter competition, senior Steve Mohabir took home first place honors with a score of 259.58 points. Freshman Dave Likar finished in second place.

In the 3-meter competition, the Cyclones dominated.

Likar took first place with a score of 280.50 points. Junior Jim Zagaria placed second and Mohabir turned in a third place performance.

“I thought they (the divers) did a great job,” Iowa State diving coach Jeff Warrick said. “We were a little inconsistent in 3-meter diving, but I was still pleased with how the diving ended up. I think we have a strong team. I’m proud how they’ve done and how they’ve pulled together as a team.”

Team fitness has played a major role in ISU’s early success. Now the Cyclones look to improve in other aspects.

“Our fitness level is good right now,” Hedrick said. “We’re working hard on developing an aerobic base, and during the next phase of the season we will be adding speed work.”

Next up for the Cyclones is a trip to Madison, Wis. this Saturday to face the University of Wisconsin Badgers. The meet should be an intriguing one.

“Wisconsin has got a lot of talent returning from a solid team from last year,” Hedrick commented. “Eric Hansen is their new head coach. He’s a former ISU swimmer. That will add extra interest to the meet.”

The diving events at Wisconsin should also be interesting.

“I think they will be pretty strong, but I’m expecting for us to do well,” said Warrick.