Minnesota v. Iowa
- October 10, 2026
- Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, MN
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Final Score: Minnesota 178, Iowa 122
The Minnesota women opened their 2026-27 campaign at home with an in-conference win over Iowa on Saturday, 178-122.
Minnesota took 11 of the 16 event wins, helping propel the Golden Gophers in the pool and on the boards.
Katie McCarthy won two events for Minnesota, taking an early win in the 1000 free before securing the 200 IM in the meet’s final individual race in 2:02.69, beating Iowa’s Olivia Swalley by just two tenths of a second (2:03.89).
Rachel Conley led the Gophers to the top of the 200 fly in 2:00.55, with her teammate Claire Reinke finishing just over a second behind in 2:01.65 to complete the 1-2 finish for the Gophers.
Minnesota dominated the 100 free, with Kamdyn Periat (51.18), Mina Kaljevic (51.37), and Livi Wanner (51.40) sweeping the event and bringing in big points for the Gophers.
Anja Kaljevic (5:01.26) won the 500 free, two tenths ahead of her teammate Mia Thomas (5:01.46).
Reinke and Morgan Thomas continued the scoring flurry for the Gophers, touching 1-2 in 54.53 and 54.67.
Elna Widerstrom led the Gophers in both 1-meter and 3-meter, adding two more wins with scores of 305.63 and 264.60, respectively.
Iowa brought home five wins on the road. Payton Flowers topped the 50 free, beating three Minnesota swimmers in 22.57. Klare Pilger notched a lifetime best in the 100 back in 56.34, with fellow Hawkeye Elizabeth Beam in 56.48. Beam later won the 200 back, touching in 2:02.21.
Emilie Mosner clocked the meet’s fastest 100 breast in 1:04.00. She added the 200 breast to her win totals in 2:19.66; Swalley was just over a second back in 2:20.74, earning a 2nd-place finish.
