Iowa Swimming and Diving Teams Set Four School Records at Hawkeye Invitational

Iowa's Roman Trussov swims the breast stroke leg of the 200 yard medley relay during their meet against Michigan and Nebraska Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 at the Campus Wellness and Recreation Center in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)

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IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams continued their strong performance on day two of the Hawkeye Invitational, setting four school records and posting multiple NCAA B cuts. Both the men’s and women’s teams lead the team standings heading into the final day of racing.

Iowa Women’s Press Release

The University of Iowa women’s swimming and diving team swam to two school records and four NCAA `B’ cut times in day-two competition of the Hawkeye Invite on Saturday in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium.

“We did well today and we’re expecting to have an even better day tomorrow,” said UI head coach Marc Long. “We’re getting excited for the men and the women as the season continues and we’re looking forward to competing at the NCAAs. We’ve got one more day to compete and we’re expecting to see our best performances of the weekend tomorrow.”

In the 100 breaststroke prelims, UI sophomore Emma Sougstad touched in with an NCAA `B’ cut and school record-setting time of 1:00.41. Later in the finals, the Forest City, Iowa, native took first place with a time of 1:00.42.

Sougstad also picked up a second-place finish as a member of the 200 medley relay quartet. The foursome of Sougstad, Summer Campbell, Meghan Lavelle, and Olivia Kabacinski swam to a time of 1:40.99 — the seventh-fastest 200 medley relay in UI history.

The records continued to fall as junior Olivia Kabacinski entered the pool in the 200 free. The La Porte, Indiana, native touched in with a time of 1:46.68 — an NCAA `B’ cut and the second school record for the Hawkeyes.

Becky Stoughton added to the list of `B’ cut times posted tonight with a strong showing in the 400 individual medley. The senior native of Peoria, Illinois, swam to a second-place finish and an NCAA `B’ cut time of 4:18.32.

Freshman Rowan Hauber captured the Hawkeyes final NCAA `B’ cut in Saturday’s finals session in the 100 backstroke. Hauber finished third in the event after posting a time of 54.94 — the sixth-fastest 100 backstroke in UI history.

In the diving well, Joelle Christy and Lydia Lehnert made the A final and scored 26 combined points for the Hawkeyes. Christy placed fifth, diving to a score of 299.60 and Lehnert finished seventh, with a score of 280.90.

“We dove well in the prelims, and finished a little shy of those scores in the finals,” said UI diving coach Todd Waikel. “We’d like to see those numbers increase. All in all we did pretty well and I was happy with our girls.”

Sunday’s competition in the diving well will be off the platform, an opportunity Waikel wants the Hawkeyes to take advantage of.

“We don’t have a lot of opportunities to compete on the platform,” said Waikel. “In head-to-head meets we usually just dive off the 1 and 3-meter, so tomorrow is a great opportunity for our platform divers to perform well.”

Iowa currently sits in first place with 667.5 points, leading second-place Denver (425.5), Washington State (425.5), UW-Milwaukee (256), Notre Dame (127), Nebraska (36), and Iowa State (28).

The Hawkeyes conclude the three-day competition Sunday morning, beginning at 10 a.m. (CT).

Iowa Men’s Press Release

The University of Iowa men’s swimming and diving team swam to two school records, one NCAA `A’ cut time, and six NCAA `B’ cut times in day-two competition of the Hawkeye Invite on Saturday in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium.

The Hawkeyes stole the show early in the 100 fly taking four of the top five spots, and six of the top eight overall. Freshman Jerzy Twarowski led the pack touching in with an NCAA `B’ cut and school record-setting time of 46.70. Iowa’s top-four finishers — Twarowski, Jackson Allen (45.57), Kyle Patnode (48.27), and Chris Freeman (48.50) all recorded NCAA `B’ cut times.

Junior Roman Trussov had a strong showing in the 100 breaststroke swimming to a school record and an NCAA `B’ cut time. The Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, native finished second touching in with a time of 52.98.

UI senior Grant Betulius shined on senior night dominating in the 100 backstroke. The Naperville, Illinois, native — coming off of a record-setting and NCAA `A’ cut-performance in Friday night’s finals — took first place with an NCAA `A’ cut time of 45.60.

In the diving well the Hawkeyes landed two divers in the finals for the second-straight night. Sophomore Addison Boschult claimed a seventh place finish in the finals with score of 310.25 and junior Brandis Heffner’s 306.30 was good for eighth.

“Both men outperformed their preliminary scores when they dove in the finals, which was great,” said Waikel. “We like to see those numbers increase. All in all we did pretty well and I was happy with our performances tonight.”

Sunday’s competition in the diving well will be off the platform, an opportunity Waikel wants the Hawkeyes to take advantage of.

“In head-to-head meets we usually just dive off the 1 and 3-meter, so tomorrow is a great opportunity for our platform divers to perform well.”

Iowa currently sits in first place with 634.5 points, leading second-place Notre Dame (593), Denver 560.5), UW-Milwaukee (184), and Ohio State (111).

The Hawkeyes conclude the three-day competition Sunday morning, beginning at 10 a.m. (CT).

Results: Hawkeye Invitational, Day Two

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