The Iowa women’s swimming team finished 26th out of 51 teams this weekend at the AT&T Short Course National Championships in Federal Way, Wash.

The AquaHawks were represented by six swimmers — senior Christine Kuczek, juniors Katarina Tour and Verity Hicks, sophomores Danielle Carty and Daniela Cubelic, and freshman Sarah Galvin.

Iowa took sixth in the 4×50 free relay finals, eighth in the 4×100 free relay finals, 13th in both the medley relay events, and 14th in the 4×200 free relay.

Kuczek and Carty had the best individual finishes for the AquaHawks. Kuczek took 20th in the 50 freestyle finals, while Carty had a 20th-place finish in the 100 backstroke finals.

Hicks swam a season-best time in the 500 free finals and Cubelic added a 23rd-place mark in the 100 backstroke finals.

The AquaHawks take to the pool again on Dec. 11 in Ames against Iowa State.

— by Mitch Smith