Cyclones stop winning streak against Mountaineers, Wildcats
January 27, 2018
The Iowa State swim and dive team traveled to Morgantown, West Virginia, for a tough dual meet with West Virginia and Villanova.
The Cyclones lost 160-140 to the Mountaineers and 180-120 to the Wildcats and stopped a winning streak against the Mountaineers since the 2013-14 season.
The Cyclones started the day off with a third place finish in the 400-medley relay. Kasey Roberts, Martha Haas, Mary Kate Luddy and Laura Miksch finished with a time of 3:54.04.
Sophomore Keely Soellner (10:22.56) got second place in the 1000-yard free. Junior Haley Ruegemer took fifth with a time of 10:25.64, with the third to fifth place swimmers all within .14 second of one another.
Senior swimmers got several second places in different events. Silqi Luo placed second in 200-yard free at 1:51.79. A pair of second place finishes were finished by Miksch and Luddy in 50-yard free and 200-yard fly.
Like the same dual meet two years ago, the 100-yard breaststroke was a huge event for the Cyclones as Roberts took first place finishing with a time of 1:06.26. Senior Danica Delaquis took second place at 1:06.32.
Delaquis also took second place in 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:23.84.
Over in the diving pool, Sydney Ronald performed well, taking first in the three-meter board and second in one-meter board. She helped Iowa State win more points to catch the other two teams.
Another diver, Dana Liva placed third on the three-meter board and fifth on the one-meter board.
The last essential event of the meet was the 200-yard free relay, Iowa State finished in third.