Notre Dame Press Release
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- The University of Notre Dame swimming and diving program earned victories against Big Ten neighbors Iowa and Illinois in the first dual meet of the year. The men scored a victory over Iowa 191-- 106 and the women topped Illinois 210 -- 87 and Iowa 180 -- 117.
Iowa Press Release
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The University of Iowa swimming and diving team produced four individual victories -- three in the pool and one in the diving well -- Friday in its first competition of 2017 at the Rolfs Aquatics Center at Notre Dame.
The Hawkeye women split a pair of duals, posting a Big Ten Conference victory over Illinois and falling to the Fighting Irish. The UI men fell to 21st-ranked Notre Dame.
Senior Emma Sougstad produced two of Iowa's victories by swimming to event titles in the 100 breast (1:02.09) and 200 IM (2:03.46). They were the Forest City, Iowa, native's 10th and 11th individual wins this season.
Sougstad also finished as runner-up in two additional events, placing second in the 200 breast (2:16.93) and as a member of the 200-medley relay (1:42.53). She was joined on the relay by juniors Meghan Lavelle and Mekenna Scheitlin and freshman Hannah Burvill.
The Hawkeyes' third and fourth wins came from a junior and freshman. Junior Jerzy Twarowski posted the men's lone victory, swimming to a first-place finish in the 200 fly (1:49.34), while freshman Thelma Strandberg placed first off the 1-meter springboard with a career-best score of 291.45.
Twarowski also finished second in the 100 fly in 48.28 seconds.
Lavelle added to her second-place finish in the 200-medley relay by posting a pair of top-three finishes in the two backstroke events. She was the runner-up in the 200 back in 2:01.24 and third in the 100 back in 55.58.
The Hawkeye women also got runner-up finishes from Burvill in the 200 free (1:49.95), junior Tereysa Lehnertz in the 100 fly (55.53) and 200 fly (2:01.74), and Scheitlin in the 50 free (23.50). Iowa's 400-free relay of Burvill, Allyssa Fluit, Carly O'Brien, and Amelia Armstrong-Grant closed out the dual with a second-place showing in the 200-free relay in 3:27.92.
The freshmen were the story for the Iowa men.
Michael Tenney produced a pair of runner-up finishes in the distance free events, placing second in both the 500 free (4:32.82) and 1,000 free (9:30.51). The 1,000 free time is the best by a Hawkeye this season.
Freshman Joe Myhre swam to three second-place finishes. He touched in 1:40.14 in the 200 free, 45.10 in the 100 free, and was a member of the runner-up 400-free relay (2:59.80) that swam the team's second-best time of the season. He was joined on the relay by sophomore Jack Smith, freshman Will Scott, and senior Jackson Halsmer.
Iowa also got runner-up showings from sophomore Kenneth Mende in the 100 back (49.92) and senior Brandis Heffner off the 3-meter springboard (323.55).
