The Penn State women's swim team finished its dual meet season undefeated for the first time in school history Saturday, defeating Iowa 177-111 at the McCoy Natatorium.

Penn State finished in first place in 12 of the 16 events at the Senior Day meet. Senior diver Jaime Jaax won both the one and three meter diving competitions with final scores of 281.55 and 332.85, respectively.

Junior Alecia Kornacki won her races in the 100-yard backstroke (57.11) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:58.93), while junior Christina Frey won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.85) and was part of Penn State's winning 200-yard medley relay team (1:46.47).

Senior Katie Anderson won her 1000-yard freestyle event with a time of 10:05:58.

"Our relay pick-ups are on the mark and our turns are getting better," Penn State coach Bill Dorenkott said.

For Iowa, senior Stacey Wertz won the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.31) and was a part of Hawkeyes' victorious 400-yard freestyle relay team (3:31.39).

"I'm really pleased with how we swam," Iowa coach Garland O'Keeffe said. "I liked how our girls stood up and raced 100 percent (and) went out after it, regardless of the competition and how they may be feeling now."

The meet, while historic for Penn State finishing its season undefeated, was more important in preparation for the Big Ten Championships, which will take place February 15-17 at the University of Indiana.

"It (undefeated season)wasn't our focus," Dorenkott said. "It's nice, but it doesn't mean a whole lot."

Nevertheless, Senior Day was filled with emotion.

"Standing there I was thinking that this shouldn't be me," senior Megan Smith said. "I should be standing back there in line (with the underclassmen)."

Senior Brooke Gilliland was equally touched.

"I heard our names and just about nothing else," she said. "It was very emotional."

Despite the emotion of the day, Penn State tried to maintain a loose atmosphere, with many swimmers competing in different races, other than their specialty events.

A large crowd attended the meet, and the Nittany Lion even jumped into the pool.

The relaxed atmosphere helped Anderson have fun despite the emotion involved.

"It was all about the team, everyone being behind each other," she said. "It was low key, but fun too. I forgot that I was in tears before it started."