{"id":414462,"date":"2020-02-08T08:43:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=414462"},"modified":"2020-02-08T08:43:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T15:43:02","slug":"kansas-leads-iowa-state-after-day-1-of-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-leads-iowa-state-after-day-1-of-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Leads Iowa State After Day 1 of Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Iowa State Hawkeyes played host to the Kansas Jayhawks this Friday, February 7th. The competition marked the first of a two-day affair between the Big 12 rivals. This meet is the last competition for each of the teams before the conference championships later in the month. At the end of day, one, the visiting Jayhawks lead the home Cyclones.<\/p>\n

SCORES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kansas – 105, ISU – 63<\/p>\n

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Kansas Press Release<\/span><\/p>\n

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AMES, Iowa \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Kansas swimming and diving has a productive first day of the Iowa State dual meet as they head into day two with a 105-63 lead over the Cyclones.<\/p>\n

KU opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay behind the work of senior Carly straight, junior Manon Manning and sophomores Kaitlyn Witt and Kate Steward who put together a final time of 1:43.36. The Jayhawks would then go on to claim another six first-place finishes in a possible nine events.<\/p>\n

Freshman Jiayu Chen continued her dominant work on the boards with a top finish in the 1-meter event finishing with a 301.87 total score. The finish gives her 15 straight first-place finishes on the year combined between the one and 3-meter events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Today was a solid start. We set up this meet to replicate Big 12s and we did well in the first session.”<\/p>\n

HEAD COACH CLARK CAMPBELL<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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KEY RACE RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n