Hawkeyes Complete UCLA Quad

LOS ANGELES – University of Iowa swimming and diving completed its quad meet against UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and Utah on Saturday afternoon in the Spieker Aquatics Center.

The Hawkeyes beat Utah, 122.50-117.50. Iowa fell to UC Santa Barbara (112-109) and UCLA (164-73).

Iowa started the meet strong in the 200 free relay. The team made up of underclassmen Payton Flowers, Rachel Dildine, Ella Jean Kelly and Audrey Olen took home bronze in the event, touching the wall 1:34.16. 

Flowers continued the momentum throughout the meet. In the 50 butterfly, she placed second in 24.70. Flowers then won the 50 freestyle skins race, touching the wall in 23.35. 

Sophomore Nora Kemp tallied points for Iowa in the 800 freestyle. She finished third overall with a final time of 8:16.66. 

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH NATHAN MUNDT
“We had a non-traditional meet today, which provided us an opportunity to mix things up and try some different events. Overall, we learned a lot about how to challenge ourselves against three very good programs. We’ve had a great trip out on the West Coast for the first time in program history.”

In the 150 freestyle, junior Jenna Kerr placed second. She finished the race in 1:20.77. Fellow Hawkeye Audrey Olen placed right behind her in third in 1:21.00.

Junior Olivia Swalley collected points for the Hawkeyes as well throughout the meet. In the 300 IM, Swalley finished in 3:13.97 to place second overall. Swalley claimed silver in the 100 IM skins race as well, finishing in 58.71. 

During the 150 butterfly event, junior Josie Hood scored for Iowa. Finishing in third place, Hood completed the race in 1:30.83. 

Senior diver Geneva Pauly was the Hawkeyes’ top diver on Saturday afternoon. In the 3-meter preliminary round, Pauly totaled 259.50 to move on in fourth place. Pauly qualified for the finals, where she finished 14th with a total of 506.20 points for the day. 

Up Next: Geneva Pauly will compete from the platform on Sunday.

HAWKEYE RESULTS
50 Butterfly
2. Payton Flowers - 24.70
T-10. Rachel Dildine - 25.77
18. Olivia Asay - 26.98
19. Mallory Kell - 27.56

50 Breaststroke
4. Ella Jean Kelly - 29.71
6. Olivia Swalley - 30.07
7. Emilie Mosner - 30.18
10. Willa Hage - 30.49

50 Backstroke
6. Audrey Olen - 26.84
10. Addie Crain - 27.31
11. Elizabeth Beam - 27.50
12. Hannah Cousins - 27.66
16. Hope Schimming - 28.11
19. Olivia Asay - 28.75

50 Freestyle Skins
1. Payton Flowers - 23.35
4. Rachel Dildine - 24.00

100 IM Skins
2. Olivia Swalley - 58.71
7. Rachel Dildine - 1:00.67

150 Backstroke
5. Elizabeth Beam - 1:30.97
7. Hope Schimming - 1:31.38
9. Addie Crain - 1:33.30
14. Hannah Cousins - 1:34.77

150 Breaststroke
7. Olivia Swalley - 1:42.87
9. Willa Hage - 1:43.61
10. Emilie Mosner - 1:43.69
13. Ella Jean Kelly - 1:44.91

150 Freestyle
2. Jenna Kerr - 1:20.77
3. Audrey Olen - 1:21.00
5. Nora Kemp - 1:22.28
6. Josie Hood - 1:22.31
22. Meredith O’Malley - 1:28.04

150 Butterfly
3. Josie Hood - 1:30.83
12. Olivia Asay - 1:36.79
14. Meredith O’Malley - 1:39.82

300 IM
2. Olivia Swalley - 3:13.97
9. Willa Hage - 3:21.13
12. Olivia Frantum - 3:26.04
13. Mallory Kell - 3:27.14

800 Freestyle
3. Nora Kemp - 8:16.66
5. Jenna Kerr - 8:17.62
7. Olivia Frantum - 8:19.05
18. Meredith O’Malley - 8:50.44

200 Free Relay
3. Flowers, Dildine, Kelly, Olen  - 1:34.16
6. Kerr, Kemp, Hood, Swalley - 1:37.51
9. Beam, Cousins, Crain, Schimming - 1:39.38

200 Medley Relay
5. Flowers, Kelly, Dildine, Olen - 1:45.29
7. Crain, Mosner, Hood, Kerr - 1:45.63

3-Meter Diving Prelims
4. Geneva Pauly - 259.50
7. Lainey Woodward - 216.35
8. Zita Bernatsky - 202.20

3-Meter Diving Finals
14. Geneva Pauly - 506.20