Jan 23, 2016
EVANSTON, Ill. The University of Iowa women’s swimming and diving team dropped a 190.5-109.5 Big Ten Conference dual at Northwestern on Saturday afternoon at the Norris Aquatics Center. The Hawkeyes won four events in the dual.
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“We had some solid individual performances, but overall it’s a disappointing loss.” said head coach Marc Long. “We need to stay focused and work hard towards the Championship Season.”
Iowa opened the day with a victory in the 200-medley relay. The quartet of senior Allie Orvis, junior Emma Sougstad, freshman Kelly McNamara, and junior Taylor Flummerfelt finished with a time of 1:42.97.
Sougstad swam to two individual first-place finishes, taking first in both breastroke competitions. She won the 100 breast with a time of 1:03.44 and was victorious in the 200 breast in 2:16.89. Sophomore Shea Hoyt swam to a third place showing in the 100 breast, touching in at 1:05.38.
Orvis backed her way into a runner-up finish in the 100 back in 56.35 seconds, while sophomore Meghan Lavelle took third in the 200-back, backing into a time of 2:03.36.
Freshman Abbey Schneider took third in the distance free, posting a time of 10:18.16 in the 1,000.
Junior sprinter Serena Wanasek was the runner-up in the 200 free, finishing in 1:52.09, while senior Olivia Kabacinski followed up with a third place showing in 1:52.21.
Kabacinski also was the runner-up in the 50 free, posting a time of 23.64. Sophomore Nikol Lagodzinska swam to a third place finish in the 100 free, sprinting to a time of 52.15.
In the butterfly events, McNamara swam to a victory in the 100 fly in 56.02 seconds, while sophomore Tereysa Lehnertz flew to a runner-up showing in the 200 fly in 2:03.93.
The Hawkeyes closed out the day in the pool with a second place finish in the 400-free relay. The crew of Kabacinski, Sougstad, Lagodzinska, and Flummerfelt touched in at 3:25.84.
In the diving well, sophomore Morgan Rafferty was the runner-up off the 3-meter, posting a score of 281.18.
The Hawkeyes return to action Jan. 29-30, heading to South Bend, Indiana, for the Shamrock Invitational.
