The Iowa women’s swimming and diving team traveled to South Bend, Ind., to take on Notre Dame and Ohio State on Jan. 27-28. The team had several strong individual performances but finished third after falling to Ohio State, 217-146, and to Notre Dame, 201-169.
Freshman Becky Stoughton claimed three victories and posted NCAA "B" qualifying times in all three events; she won the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:17.44 minutes, the 200 backstroke in 1:58.38, and the 1,650 freestyle with a career-best 16:27.77.
Senior captain Danielle Carty took first place in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.82 seconds.
The 800-freestyle relay team of Stoughton, sophomore Emily Hovren, freshman Heather Arseth, and senior Daniela Cubelic finished second in 7:31.92 minutes.
Senior Veronica Rydze took first place in the diving well in the 1 meter after posting a score of 284.93 points, and sophomore Abby Grilli finished third with 276.75. Rydze also took second place in the 3 meter with a score of 327.90 points.
The Hawkeyes will dive back into the pool on Thursday when they will travel to Northern Iowa and again on Friday, when they will host Western Illinois for Senior Night. Both meets are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
— by Tork Mason