Three college swim teams entered Beyer hall Friday night but only one emerged unscathed and undaunted by the opposition.

The Iowa State men’s swim team dominated its meet last Friday against St. Olaf and South Dakota.

The Cyclones controlled the meet placing first in all but one event to post final scores of 139-82 against St. Olaf and 141.5-91.5 vs. South Dakota.

Iowa State set the tone early by running away with the first event. From there the Cyclones never looked back.

Coach Trip Hedrick was very impressed with the performance of some of the younger swimmers.

“It was really a good chance for our younger swimmers to have some added responsibility in the scoring,” Hedrick said.

“Mitch McGinty had a great meet,” Hedrick said. McGinty took first in the 200-meter individual medley as well as the 100-meter butterfly.

McGinty underwent ACL surgery in August but has recovered and is able to swim well for the Cyclones

Coach Hedrick was also impressed with Bryan O’Niell. O’Niell won the 1,000-meter freestyle and took third in the 500-meter relay clocking a lifetime best.

“Anytime you get a lifetime best, you’re excited,” Hedrick said

The Cyclone’s next meet will take them to Iowa City to battle the Iowa Hawkeyes in what looks to be a typical Iowa, Iowa State match-up.

“I would guess going into the meet we are probably the underdog,” Hedrick said. “Maybe 15 or 20 points.”

Hedrick stressed the need for Iowa State to step up and win some events that they aren’t favored to win.

“That’s the thing I like about this team,” Hedrick said. “There’s no challenge they won’t step up to.”

Hedrick said that Iowa State has made great strides in the last years to be able to compete against Iowa who is perennially one of the top finishers in the Big 10, and is currently ranked in the top 25.

“This meet has traditionally brought out a lot of great swims by both teams, ” Hedrick said. “It’s a great atmosphere to swim fast.”

“This is a great challenge for us to get our bearing on where are strengths and weaknesses might be,” Hedrick said “We’re really looking forward to it. “