The Iowa State women’s swimming and diving team put together a number of impressive performances during their final home meet in Ames Friday and Saturday as they routed the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, 232-115.

“I think the team did very well; there were season-bests left and right, and everyone was excited and got each other fired up,” standout Cyclone swimmer A-Lisa Miles said.

ISU head coach Duane Sorenson said he was happy with how his team stepped up and performed, and that their practice training is finally showing up in meets.

He added that the two-day format was good preparation for the upcoming Big 12 Women’s Championships.

“[We] swam the same events as we will in the Big 12 [championships],” Sorenson said. “It’s good for them to experience the idea of swimming fast at night and turning around and swimming fast the next morning.”

The Cyclones, who improved to 4-4, swam their short events on Friday and their distance events Saturday.

ISU recorded a number of first- places finishes, and Sorenson said several of his swimmers produced season-best times.

Backstroker Kelly Lorenz led the way for ISU with two first-place performances, winning both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events.

She clocked in season-best times of 0:59.71 in the 100 and 2:12.14 in the 200.

Miles and freshman Erika Vohnout also had strong efforts for ISU.

Vohnout captured first in the 500-yard freestyle with a season- best time of 5:10.72.

Miles swam the 200-yard individual medley in 2:10.59 to edge out teammate Kim Reid by one-hundredth of a second for the victory.

“I think I did really well overall. I was pleased with how I swam,” Miles said.

Reid, Becca Meyer, Nicole Eilers and Amber McDowell added first-place finishes for the Cyclones.

ISU also had several relay teams come out on top, placing first in the 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay.

The Cyclone diving team was paced by outstanding individual efforts from Erin Cowan and Allison Wagoner.

Cowan took first in the 3-meter dive with a score of 289.27 while Wagoner captured the 1-meter competition with a score of 262.20.

Both Cowan’s and Wagoner’s scores qualified them for the NCAA Zone 5 Qualifying Meet held in Fayetteville, Ark., Mar. 11-13.

The zone qualifying meet determines who moves on to the NCAA finals.

Cowan said she is relieved and excited she made it.

“We don’t have many meets left,” she said, “so I felt pressure to meet the score, and I beat it by quite a bit. It’s pretty exciting when you beat your goals and even better when you beat them by a lot.”

ISU head diving coach Jeff Warrick said his team is peaking at the right time.

“Everyone had one of their best dives,” he said. “All [of the divers] had their best score on at least one board.

“I thought they all stepped up; I was proud of all of them.”

Warrick said his squad is working to continue its consistency and stay relaxed when they dive.

ISU next travels to Lawrence, Kan., on Feb. 6 to take on the Kansas Jayhawks in the final dual meet of the season.

The Jayhawks will be a tough task for the Cyclones to overcome, but Sorenson said his team is going to take it right to them.

“They have a solid program, and again we’ll use the meet as a tune-up for the Big 12 championships,” he said. “We’re going down there with the idea of swimming them as tough as we can.”