Jefferson won seven of 11 events Tuesday during its boys swimming meet against Linn-Mar, but the Lions got the wins when they needed them.

Linn-Mar swept the top three spots in the penultimate event, the 100 breaststroke, then won the 400 free relay to beat Jefferson, 88-82, at the Jefferson pool.

Jefferson held a 75-65 lead after the 100 backstroke. Nate Greve, Gabe Etzel and Jonathan Tripp finished 1-2-3 in the 100 breast to tie the meet at 78-78.

The Lions won the meet when its 400 free relay foursome of Kyle McNeal, Matt Ramsey, Carter Starr and Justin Arebaugh beat Jefferson by 3.18 seconds.

McNeal, Starr and Greve were the Lions' only winners of individual events. McNeal won the 100 free and Starr the 500 free.

Jefferson's Kristian Anderson and Lance Scallon were four-time winners. Anderson took the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly, and swam on the winning medley and 200 freestyle relays. Scallon swam on both relays and won the 50 free and 100 backstroke.

The J-Hawks' Alex Kleinheinz was a triple-winner. He was on both relays and won the 200 free.

The loss was the second straight heartbreaker for the J-Hawks, who were dumped by Kennedy 86-84 in a similar scenario in its last meet before the holiday break.

LINN-MAR 88, JEFFERSON 82

200 Medley Relay
1. Jefferson (Scallon, Kleinheinz, Anderson, Khorsand) 1:49.28
2. Linn-Mar (McNeal, N.Greve, Hendricks, Ramsey) 1:51.15
3. Linn-Mar (C.Greve, Decker, Peters, Low) 2:00.25

200 Freestyle
1. Alex Kleinheinz (CRJ) 2:00.55
2. Justin Arebaugh (LM) 2:01.24
3. Duggan Trenary (LM) 2:01.86

200 IM
1. Kristian Anderson (CRJ) 2:10.97
2. Nate Greve (LM) 2:15.60
3. Calvin Greve (LM) 2:27.10

50 Free
1. Lance Scallon (CRJ) 24.10
2. Carter Starr (LM) 24.82
3. Derek Myers (LM) 26.06

100 Fly
1. Anderson (CRJ) 58.50
2. Jake Inghram (CRJ) 1:01.83
3. Arebaugh (LM) 1:02.92

100 Free
1. Starr (LM) 55.18
2. Inghram (CRJ) 55.20
3. Matt Ramsey (LM) 55.21

500 Free
1. Kyle McNeal (LM) 5:28.29
2. Kleinheinz (CRJ) 5:38.04
3. Trenary (LM) 5:40.46

200 Free Relay
1. Jefferson (Anderson, Scallon, Inghram, Kleinheinz) 1:36.49
2. Linn-Mar (N.Greve, Hendricks, Starr, Arebaugh) 1:40.71
3. Jefferson (Myers, Munson, Franklin, Bennink) 1:44.81

100 Back
1. Scallon (CRJ) 59.61
2. McNeal (LM) 1:02.41
3. Wes Peters (LM) 1:06.27

100 Breast
1. N.Greve (LM) 1:07.61
2. Gabe Etzel (LM) 1:12.65
3. Jonathan Tripp (LM) 1:15.39

400 Free Relay
1. Linn-Mar (McNeal, Ramsey, Starr, Arebaugh) 3:39.56
2. Jefferson (Khorsand, Myers, Munson, Inghram) 3:43.38
3. Linn-Mar (Trenary, Peters, Roggendorf, Hendricks) 3:49.06