The Iowa women’s swimming & diving team defeated Iowa State in yet another Cy-Hawk battle on Dec. 7, 162-138, at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center.

This victory marked the ninth-straight victory for the Hawkeye swimming & diving team in the Cy-Hawk Series. The win also allowed Iowa to clinch the series for 2018-2019; the Hawkeyes lead the Cyclones, 13-6.

“We knew Iowa State would come in and have the best meet of the year for them, so we knew we had to be on our best,” head coach Marc Long said. “Some of the goals, obviously, we wanted to win the meet overall, and we needed to have everyone step up in every event because we are a little thin on the depth. That’s exactly what we did, and diving tore it up on the boards. We are just really proud how they performed tonight.”

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Iowa performed lights-out in both swimming and diving events. Hawkeye divers swept the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards. For the first time this season, sophomore Jayah Mathews (343.05), freshman Sam Tamborski (321.10), and senior Jacintha Thomas (299) placed in the top three spots on the 3-meter.

The divers wanted to out-do themselves on the 1-meter and did so, taking first, second, third, and fourth. Mathews led the way (315.35), followed by Thomas (295.60) and Tamborski (294.05). Sophomore Claire Park finished fourth for the Hawkeyes (285.95).

The swimmers also had strong performances, and some earned season-best times.

Senior Abbey Schneider was the first to grab a victory for the Hawkeyes, taking the first event of the night, the 1,000 free (career-best 9:58.39).

Typically a freestyle swimmer, junior Hannah Burvill switched events and grabbed first place in the 200 back (season-best 1:58.07).

Senior Kelly McNamara swam a season-best time of 53.80 in the 100 fly, finishing second behind sophomore Kelsey Drake (53.64).

Drake also swam a career-best 1:58.68 in the 200 fly, which moved her into second place in school history.

Sophomore Lexi Horner swam a season-best time 2:19.47 in the 200 breast but came up short and finished in second.

The sprinters continued to have a spectacular performance. In the 50 free, sophomore Sarah Schemmel took first (23.06), and McNamara finished closed behind in third (23.58). Schemmel’s time in the 50 free tied her career best. She also finished first in the 100 free just 0.1 shy of a career best (50.25).

Junior Allyssa Fluit placed right behind her, finishing second (50.32), 0.01 shy of her career best.

“For me personally, the takeaway is confidence because I am swimming just as fast as I did midseason a couple weeks ago and we are not tapered now,” Schemmel said. “As a team, just building confidence as a whole as this whole season we have shown we can compete even though our team is so much smaller.”