Last week was another banner week for Iowa Olympic Sports. Postseason dominance, school records, and top ten times were aplenty across the Hawkeye sports roster.

Let's jump right in.

Iowa women's wrestling dominated last weekend's Region VII meet, sending all fifteen wrestlers to the meet finals and earning championships at all ten weight classes. Every Hawkeye qualified for the National Championships.

Sterling Dias claimed the upset win over fellow Hawkeye Rianne Murphy to win the 103 title, while Ava Bayless bested teammate Emilie Gonzalez at 110 to claim the regional championship. Brianna Gonzalez kept her perfect record going with a title at 117 and Cali Leng earned the 124 title with a 12-1 tech fall.

At 131, Emmily Patneaud picked up the title and her first ranked win of the season, and Nanea Estrella followed suit with a title at 138. Macey Kitley overcame fellow Hawkeye Reese Larramendy to win at 145 and Kennedy Blades cruised to a title at 160. The last two weight classes featured two more intrasquad matches with Kylie Welker besting Naomi Simon at 180 and Jaycee Foeller outscoring Alivia White at 207.

As a team, the Hawkeyes beat second-place Wartburg by 64 points and didn't concede a single match point until the semifinal matches. Blades led the tournament with four tech falls in 3:02, and Welker and Gonzalez each contributed three tech falls.

It's been a year of dominance for the Hawkeyes on the mat and the added pressure of the postseason did nothing to change that narrative. Iowa was in control throughout, finding more competition from their teammates than most of their opponents. They've got one more step before they can call themselves champions and expecting perfection is a tall order, but it's hard to set the bar any lower considering the success the Hawkeyes have had this season.

The Hawks will host the NCWWC Championships, which begin on March 7th.

The Iowa track and field team had another historic meet last weekend, with Daniela Wamokpego setting a new program record in the triple jump at home in Iowa City.

Wamokpego saved her best attempt for last when she hopped, skipped, and jumped a massive 13.51m to beat her own school record. The mark is 2nd-best in the Big Ten this season and 7th in the country.

Wamokpego's performance was one of many huge marks for the Hawkeyes over the weekend. Austin Kresley improved his career-best 60m time with a 6.62 mark, the 2nd-best in school history. He set a career-best in the prelims at 6.64 and found a way to go even lower in the finals.

Ethan Glyde earned the event title in high jump with a 2.08m jump and Sean Smith won the weight throw with a 21.16m throw.

The Hawkeyes have put together a monster regular season and look to be peaking just in time for next week's Big Ten Championships. Wamokpego and Smith are taking turns breaking their own school records seemingly every week and Kresley has put together huge performances for the Hawkeyes in the past and looks healthy and ready to do it again this season.

The conference championships will be hotly contested, but Iowa has an opportunity to come back with multiple conference titles. The meet will kick off on February 28th in Indianapolis.

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The Iowa gymnastics squad dropped a meet against Maryland last Friday, falling 195.70-194.725. Karina Munoz put together a standout performance, winning the all-around title with a 39.325. Aurelie Tran finished third in the all-around with a score of 38.100 and won the bars event with a score of 9.850.

Adeline Kenlin was strong again on beam, scoring 9.875 to finish 2nd, tied with Munoz in the event.

A few falls on the beam hurt the Hawkeyes, but Munoz, Tran, and Kenlin continued to look impressive on the mat. Munoz now ranks 7th in the Big Ten on bars and Tran ranks 6th in the Big Ten in the all-around. As a team, the Hawkeyes rank 19th nationally on vault.

The margin for error is so small at the college level and the Hawks will have to be cleaner to compete in the Big Ten. The inconsistency is part of having such a young team, not to mention a new head coach, and the hope is that as the season continues, the group will continue to improve.

Iowa will be back on the mat for the Big Four meet next Sunday, when they host Michigan State, Penn State, and Washington in coach Jen Llewellyn's first meet against her former school.

Hawkeye swimming and diving competed at the Big Ten championships, finishing 14th in a weekend that featured multiple top-10 times in school history.

The Hawks began competition on Wednesday and put up big marks from the jump. Annie Galvin, Olivia Swalley, Rachel Dildine, and Josie Hood put together a season-best time in the 200m medley relay, finishing in 1:40.15, the 9th-fastest time in school history.

Swalley made waves again on Friday, qualifying for the 400m IM and finishing 12th in the finals race (4:11.03). Dildine had a productive Friday as well, swimming 54.36 in the 100m fly, the 9th-fastest time in school history.

Saturday was Iowa's best day at the meet and featured four top-10 marks from the Hawks. Hope Schimming qualified for the 200m backstroke finals with Iowa's 6th-fastest time ever (1:57.41). She would place 23rd in the finals. Dildine put together another top-10 race, this time in the 100m free where she swam Iowa's 4th-best time ever (49.91). Josie Hood swam Iowa's 10th-fastest 200m butterfly in 2:02.17 and Alix O'Brien's career-best 16:40.7 in the 1650m free was the 9th-fastest in Iowa history.

The Hawkeyes will host the NCAA Zone Diving Championships beginning March 10th before the NCAA Championships begin March 19th.

Iowa baseball (3-3) won two of three last weekend, falling 2-1 to Notre Dame (5-1) 2-1 in 11 innings before bouncing back to shut out both Stetson (4-3) and UMBC (0-3).

Iowa's pitching was on point against the Irish, as the two sides battled in a Friday pitcher's duel. Cade Obermueller put together another strong performance on the mound, striking out eight in 5.1 innings of work. As a group, the Hawkeyes would strike out 18 Notre Dame batters in the game. The game remained scoreless into the 4th inning when Miles Risley and Jaixen Frost hit a pair of doubles that gave Iowa the 1-0 lead. The Irish tied the game in the 6th and the game remained deadlocked until an 11th-inning solo home run gave the Irish the win.

The Hawkeyes needed more at the plate on Friday, but they bounced back in the weekend's remaining two games. Against Stetson, the Hawks again struck first, scoring in the 3rd off a Daniel Rogers RBI. Risley and Jackson Beaman each drove in a run in the 5th to push Iowa's lead to 3-0 and the Hawkeyes added three more in the 6th to break the game open. Aaron Savary was lockdown on the mound, allowing just one hit in 5.1 innings and the Hawkeye bullpen was solid. The pitchers combined to allow just three hits in the game.

Against the Retrievers, it was more of the same for Iowa, taking another early lead and shutting down the opposing offense. The Hawkeyes jumped out to a 2-0 lead after scoring in each of the first two innings and that proved more than enough for starter Reece Beuter. Beuter was stellar on the mound, throwing seven innings while allowing just one hit. Ben Wilmes drove in two runs in the 9th and a 3rd insurance run added insurance towards the Hawkeyes 6-0 win. UMBC managed just two hits in the game.

As is often the case early in the season, the arms appear to be ahead of the bats for both the Hawkeyes and their opponents. The pitching staff has been lights out early and given Iowa opportunities to win every game so far this season. The Hawks haven't suffered any of the demoralizing losses that have plagued them over the past few seasons, but these close early losses are missed opportunities that may loom large at the end of the season.

The Hawks will have a chance to add to the win streak next week when they take on Washington State (0-8) in a four-game series beginning on February 27th.

Iowa softball (10-3) picked up four wins last weekend, beating Lafayette (0-8) and FIU (9-7) twice each.

On Friday, the Hawkeyes started their weekend with a 2-0 win over Lafayette. Freshman Talia Tretton was lights out on the mound, pitching a complete game shutout and allowing only three hits. The game was scoreless until the 5th, when a Tory Bennett squeeze bunt scored Devin Simon to give Iowa a 1-0 lead. Jena Young would come around to score on an error and fielder's choice to give Iowa its 2-0 lead.

Later that evening, the Hawkeyes bested the FIU Panthers 4-1. The Panthers scored in the first inning, but Iowa answered back in a major way in the top of the 3rd. It was deja vu as another Bennett squeeze tied the game for the Hawks and Young again came around to score on an error. The Hawks would take advantage of a Panther error to add two more runs and that was more than enough for Jalen Adams on the mound. Adams pitched a complete game to earn her 5th win of the season.

Saturday was another successful day for the Hawkeyes. They started the day with a 6-3 win over FIU. The bats were alive early, as Iowa ambushed the Panthers for six runs in the top of the first inning. A bases-loaded walk gave Iowa a 1-0 lead and then Tretton helped her own cause with a bases-clearing triple. Alyssa Ramos followed with her first-career home run to give Iowa an early 6-0 lead. The Panthers answered with two in the bottom of the inning and one more in the 2nd, but Tretton and Adams settled in on the mound and held FIU scoreless for the remainder of the game.

Adams was back on the mound to begin the second game of the day, a rematch against Lafayette, and continued her strong weekend. Iowa scored four runs in the top of the 3rd to break the game open. The Hawks got the scoring started on a wild pitch and a dropped third strike before Tretton came up and cleared the bases with her second home run in as many games. The Leopards grabbed one back in the bottom of the inning, but an insurance RBI from Desiree Rivera in the 5th and a three-run 6th, put the game out of reach.

The weekend's games weren't the cleanest you'll ever see, but the Hawkeyes took advantage of errors from their opponents and were crisp on the mound to come away with four wins. Tretton's put together an impressive start to the season on the mound and her two home runs Saturday broke both games open. If she and Adams can continue to be successful on the mound, the team has a chance to continue racking up these early season wins.

They'll be back on the diamond Friday at the Wooo Pig Classic where they'll take on Missouri State (1-9) and Arkansas (14-1).

Iowa tennis (6-3) split their two matches last weekend, falling 4-3 to Kansas State (3-4) before besting Wichita State (4-5) 4-1 on Monday.

Against the Wildcats, the Hawks dropped the doubles point, before bouncing back to get wins from Daianne Hayashida on court 2 and Tereza Dejnozkova on court 1. KSU battled back to a 3-2 lead with wins on courts 3 and 4, but the Hawkeeys again tied the match when Pia Kranholdt won her match on court 5. The court 6 match went to a 2nd-set tiebreak, but the Hawkeyes fell just short to drop the match 4-3.

Monday's match was a strong response for the Hawkeyes as they beat the Shockers. Iowa won the doubles point and kept the momentum rolling into the singles matches. Hawkeyes Barbora Pokorna (court 4), Kranholdt (5), and Hayashida (2) all notched wins to clinch victory for the Hawkeyes.

The Hawks have put together a solid non-conference record and are ranked 51st in the country as of Monday. They'll take on a conference opponent in Michigan State
(8-2) on March 7th.