Kennedy Girls Swimming

Cougars swim 5th at Iowa City meet

IOWA CITY - The Cedar Rapids Kennedy swim team finished fifth in a strong field at the 2011 Little Hawk Invitational in Iowa City Saturday.

Cedar Falls won the meet with 451.5 points, followed by West Des Moines Valley (402.5), Iowa City West (305.5), Dowling Catholic (304), Kennedy (213.5), Ankeny (169), Bettendorf (152) and Iowa City High (102).

Lexi Scharmer placed third in the 100 butterfly in 1:03.01 to lead the Cougars.

Winners

Diving - Ashlyn Clingman (Valley) 379.75.
200 medley relay - Cedar Falls 1:52.37.
200 freestyle - McKenna Lynch (Dowling) 1:56.69.
200 IM - Kelsey Abbas (Cedar Falls) 2:11.06.
50 freestyle - Aftin Phyfe (Cedar Falls) 25.03.
100 butterfly - Tereysa Lehnertz (IC West) 1:00.34.
100 freestyle - Aftin Phyfe (Cedar Falls) 54.24.
500 freestyle - McKenna Lynch (Dowling) 5:09.61.
200 freestyle relay - Cedar Falls 1:43.45.
100 backstroke - Kelsey Abbas (Cedar Falls) 58.84.
100 breaststroke - Savannah Butler (IC West) 1:09.70.
400 freestyle relay - Cedar Falls 3:46.92.

Kennedy Placement Finishers

Diving - Tori Spaulding (13th), 233.95.
200 medley relay - Sam Jacobsen, Amanda Jacobsen, Lexi Scharmer,   Hannah Botkin (5th), 1:56.96
200 freestyle - Jessica Schmeiser (7th), 2:04.44; Larkyn Aldrich (14th),   2:09.78; Carly Kenney (15th), 2:12.12.
200 IM - Rachel Brown (13th), 2:28.37; Amanda Jacobsen (14th), 2:28.81.
50 free - Hannah Botkin (4th) 26.34; Sam Jacobsen (15th) 27.37.
100 butterfly - Lexi Scharmer (3rd) 1:03.31; Sydney Hofferber (16th),   1:12.56.
100 freestyle - Jessica Schmeiser (6th) 57.18; Hannah Botkin (11th)   58.53.
500 freestyle - Larkyn Aldrich (9th) 5:43.10; Rachel Brown (16th) 5:57.48.
200 freestyle relay - Jessica Schmeiser, Megan Berst, Larkyn Aldrich, Amanda Jacobsen (5th) 1:46.35.
100 backstroke - Lexi Scharmer (5th) 1:04.68; Sam Jacobsen (8th) 1:05.49; Henna McCoy (13th) 1:07.44.
100 breaststroke - Amanda Jacobsen (11th) 1:16.81; Sydney Hofferber (13th) 1:18.70.
400 freestyle relay - Jessica Schmeiser, Sam Jacobsen, Lexi Scharmer,  Hannah Botkin (5th) 3:52.06.

She's a Saint in school, but a Warrior in pool

McKenzie Asplund lives in the Linn-Mar district, attends school at Xavier and swims for Washington.

"It's different," she acknowledged Tuesday.

It makes sense, once you know the story.

Xavier High School does not have a swim team this year, so that was not an option, but Xavier has an agreement with Cedar Rapids Community Schools that allows its students to swim for Kennedy, Washington or Jefferson if they want.

Xavier does not have an agreement with Linn-Mar High School, so Asplund could not swim for the Lions. And since she lives closer to Washington than Kennedy or Jefferson, she swims for the Warriors instead of the Cougars or J-Hawks.

Asplund wasn't exactly sure of all the rules and regulations, but her mother figured it out. "My mom told me I was swimming for Wash," she said. "It's good. I love it."

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Cougar tankers swamp Williamsburg, Vinton

WILLIAMSBURG -Kennedy won nine of 11 events and rolled past Williamsburg and Vinton-Shellsburg in a triangular girls swimming meet Tuesday night.

Kennedy amassed 313 points to outdistance Williamsburg (156) and Vinton-Shellsburg (125).

Jessica Schmeiser was the only Cougar with two individual event victories. She won the 200 free and 100 free and swam on the winning 200 free relay. Hannah Botkin (50 free), Amanda Jacobsen (500 fee), Lexi Scharmer (100 back) and Sydney Hofferber (100 breast) also won individual events. The Cougars won all three relay events.

Kennedy finished 1-2-3 in five events, including the 400 free relay.

WILLIAMSBURG TRIANGULAR

Teams - 1. Kennedy 313, 2. Williamsburg 156, 3. Vinton-Shellsburg 126

200 medley relay - 1. Kennedy (Henna McCoy, Sydney Hofferber, Lexi Scharmer, Hanna Botkin) 2:02.93, 2. Williamsburg 2:08.32, 3. Kennedy (Raechal Brown, Larkin Aldrich, Megan Berst, Kelsi Carney) 2:11.50

200 free - 1. Jessica Schmeiser (CRK) 2:08.75, 2. Sam Jacobsen (CRK) 2:14.95, 3. Katie Ferguson (CRK) 2:18.74

200 IM - 1.Mallory Neubauer (W) 2:26.80, 2. Larkin Aldrich (CRK) 2:34.04, 3. Madison Elwick (VS) 2:40.78

50 free - 1. Hannah Botkin (CRK) 27.05, 2. Amanda Jacobsen (CRK) 27.57, 3. Henna McCoy (CRK) 28.18

100 fly - 1. Mallory Neubauer (W) 1:04.89, 2. Sydney Hofferber (CRK) 1:12.31, 3. Megan Berst (CRK) 1:13.00

100 free - 1. Jessica Schmeiser (CRK) 58.20, 2. Lexi Scharmer (CRK) 59.59, 3. Carly Miller (W) 1:02.20

500 free - 1. Amanda Jacobsen (CRK) 5:56.57, 2. Raechel Brown (CRK) 6:02.78, 3. Katie King (VS) 6:38.97

200 free relay - 1. Kennedy (Jessica Schmeiser, Sydney Hofferber, Kelsi Carney, Amanda Jacobsen) 1:50.64, 2. Kennedy (Myah McCoy, Megan Berst, Larkin Aldrich, Sam Jacobsen) 1:51.72, 3. Williamsburg 1:56.45

100 back - 1. Lexi Scharmer (CRK) 1:04.87, 2. Hannah Botkin (CRK) 1:06.91, 3. Henna McCoy (CRK) 1:08.87

100 breast - 1. Sydney Hofferber (CRK) 1:18.52, 2. Larkin Aldrich (CRK) 1:20.99, 3. Carly Kenney (CRK) 1:22.75

400 free relay - 1. Kennedy (Lexi Scharmer, Amanda Jacobsen, Henna McCoy, Hannah Botkin) 3:57.52, 2. Kennedy (Jessica Schmeiser, Sam Jacobsen, Myah McCoy, Megan Berst) 4:05.90, 3. Kennedy (Katie Ferguson, Raechal Brown, Kelsi Carney, Carly Kenney) 4:19.50

JV score - 1. Kennedy 345, 2. Williamsburg 100, 3. Vinton-Shellsburg 15

Kennedy too strong for Jeff/Prairie swimmers

Jefferson and Prairie are rivals in numerous varsity sports, but there's a new spirit of friendship in girls swimming this season.

The girls from Jefferson and Prairie are swimming on the same team under the Jefferson banner, and from all accounts it's going well.

"I think it was a really good decision to combine and see how it would work out," said Hailey Sullivan, one of 14 Prairie students on the combined team. "So far it's been going really great."

The Jefferson and Prairie girls swam together against Kennedy Tuesday night at the Jefferson pool, but the visiting Cougars were too strong and posted a 122-64 victory.

Prairie swam with Williamsburg High School last year, but it required a 45-minute drive and took a lot of time. Now the Prairie girls have a much shorter drive and have made a bunch of new friends.

"At first I thought it was going to be hard, because we're rivals," Prairie junior Gabrille Armstrong said. "But the girls are really nice and it's working out really well."

Jefferson Coach Ryan York welcomed the 14 new members to his team, giving the J-Hawks additional depth.

"We've really had a great time working with each one of them," York said. "We've learned a lot about them, and they've learned a lot about us."

Prairie does not have its own pool and has to share with other schools. The Williamsburg coach retired after last season, and York said it seemed like a good time for Prairie to make the switch and join Jefferson.

"I said we're all for it," York remarked. "It's totally one team. They don't see a separation between Jefferson and Prairie. They're all one Jefferson team.

"So it's been a fun time, getting them to know our team and getting to know them. We wait for them to show up for practice and we do everything together."

The Jefferson and Prairie swimmers wore the same uniforms Tuesday night, but Kennedy beat them to the finish line. The Cougars won 10 of 12 events in the lopsided victory.

Lexi Scharmer participated in four victories for the Cougars in the 200 medley relay, 200 IM, 100 fly and 400 freestyle relay. Sam Jacobsen, Amanda Jacobsen and Jessica Schmeiser were triple winners for Kennedy. Larkin Aldrich and Hannah Botkin picked up two wins apiece, while Megan Berst and Myah McCoy won events.

Kailey Drake and Mo Groe collected victories for Jefferson.

KENNEDY 122, JEFFERSON 64

200 medley relay - 1. Kennedy (Sam Jacobsen, Amanda Jacobsen, Lexi Scharmer, Jessica Schmeiser) 1:56.62; 2. Jefferson (Erin Kibby, Leah Groe, Kylie Steimer, Kailey Drake) 2:02.19; 3. Kennedy (Raechal Brown, Sydney Hofferber, Myah McCoy, Megan Berst) 2:07.27.

200 free - 1. Larkin Aldrich (K) 2:10.99; 2. Hannah Botkin (K) 2:11.76; 3. Carly Kenney (K) 2:16.42.

200 IM - 1. Lexi Scharmer (K) 2:25.40; 2. Amanda Jacobsen (K) 2:28.49; 3. Hailey Sullivan (J) 2:45.51.

Diving - 1. Mo Groe (J) 162.55; 2. Justine Wiesner (J) 156.15; 3. Lucy Schneekloth (J) 144.20.

100 fly - 1. Lexi Scharmer (K) 1:03.88; 2. Kylie Steimer (J) 1:08.42; 3. Myah McCoy (K) 1:17.74.

100 free - 1. Jessica Schmeiser (K) 57.88; 2. Kailey Drake (J) 58.15; 3. Hannah Botkin (K) 59.74.

500 free - 1. Larkin Aldrich (K) 5:53.79; 2. Katie Ferguson (K) 5:59.12; 3. Carly Kenney (K) 6:03.84.

200 free relay - 1. Kennedy (Hannah Botkin, Megan Berst, Myah McCoy, Amanda Jacobsen) 1:46.62; 2. Jefferson (Emily Ritchie, Erin Kibby, Kylie Steimer, Kailey Drake) 1:48.10; 3. Jefferson (Hailey Sullivan, Michelle Wharton, Megan Kibby, Jourdan McChesney) 1:58.68.

100 back - 1. Sam Jacobsen (K) 1:05.91; 2. Erin Kibby (J) 1:10.70; 3. Henna McCoy (K) 1:11.84.

100 breast - 1. Amanda Jacobsen (K) 1:16.79; 2. Sydney Hofferber (K) 1:17.53; 3. Leah Beman (K) 1:22.39.

400 free relay - 1. Kennedy (Jessica Schmeiser, Sam Jacobsen, Hannah Botkin, Lexi Scharmer) 3:55.83; 2. Kennedy (Henna McCoy, Carly Kenney, Larkin Aldrich, Katie
Ferguson) 4:09.01; 3. Jefferson (Megan Kibby, Gabrille Armstrong, Brittany Rains, Jourdan McChesney) 4:23.76.