Vanderbilt vs. University of Iowa Dual Match
- October 28, 2023
- Centennial Sportsplex, Nashville, Tennessee
- Short Course Yard (SCY)
- MeetMobile Results: “Iowa vs. Vanderbilt”
- All match results (PDF)
- final score
- Vanderbilt – 138
- Iowa – 124
In the battle of women’s only programs, Vanderbilt narrowly defeated Iowa in its home pool. This is the second time the two teams have met, with the first meeting last season ending in a draw.
The Commodores outran Iowa in the 200-meter medley relay and took an early lead.team of Sophia Kostolos, faith nelson, Kyria Utleyand abby francis They finished in 1:42.21, just 0.4 seconds behind Iowa’s top team.
After winning as a member of the relay, Utley became Vanderbilt’s only multiple event winner of the day, sweeping the butterfly event.
Utley’s first individual title came in the 200 fly, which the junior won by nearly three seconds. Utley touched in 2:00.67, well ahead of Iowa State’s Scarlett Martin’s 2:03.21. The pair would then meet again in the 100 fly, with Utley narrowly taking the top spot. Utley took his second win with a score of 54.84, just 0.03 points behind Martin. Utley currently holds the National Invitational Championship (NIC) B standard in both butterfly events, becoming the first team member to achieve two such events this season.
Iowa State almost dominated the 1000 free, taking the top two spots. The person who took first place was alix O’Brien, taking the lead by a wide margin with a time of 10:22.04.She was followed by her teammates. olivia flatumwho touched at 10:30.34.
The Hawkeyes got their second win of the day with the freshmen one game later. jenna carr This was the first of two wins on the day.In a slow battle with Vanderbilt Ellie Taliaferro, Kerr secured first place with a time of 1:50.40. Facing a field that included O’Brien, Flatum and Taliaferro, Kerr took his second win later in the day in the 500 free. The freshman took first place by more than a second, recording a time of 4:57.49.
Vanderbilt won the tournament in the 100 back with Kostros touching in with a score of 55.75.
Here are Iowa State’s best performances of the day: olivia sworley, won three individual events. Her first win was in her chest 100 meters, where she ran a time of 1:02.16, almost giving her a second lead. She followed up that performance with wins in both the 200m chest (2:17.41) and the 200m chest (2:03.26).
In addition to his three individual championships, Swaley added his name to the Hawkeye record books in both breaststroke events. In the 100 breast, she is her ninth-fastest swimmer of all time in this event, and in the 200 breast, she is her seventh-fastest swimmer at the school.
Vanderbilt dominates sprint events, Megan Cesak and abby francis They won the 50 and 100 freestyle respectively. Chesak won the 50 meters in 23.83 seconds and Francis won the 100 meters in 51.54 seconds.
The Commodores won another event title in the 200 back. Grace Charamitaro He took first place with a time of 2:00.54.
Iowa State closed out the meet with a win in Kerr’s 400-meter free relay. Sabina Kupkova, josie hood and scarlett martin They finished the tournament with a combined time of 3 minutes 23.72 seconds.