Washington Girls Swimming

Hughes wins 500; Warriors 3rd in regional swim

Washington sophomore Jackie Hughes won the 500-yard freestyle and led the Warriors to a third-place finish Saturday in the regional girls swimming meet at Washington.

Tenth-ranked Pleasant Valley surprised No. 5 Iowa City West by six points for the team title.

Hughes was Washington's only winner. Her winning time was 5 minutes, 15.61 seconds. She beat Pleasant Valley's Evan Hundley by four seconds.

Hughes also finished fifth in the 100 breaststroke.

Iowa City West and Pleasant Valley each won five events. Iowa City West held an 18-point lead over Pleasant Valley after Thursday's diving competition. Pleasant Valley won two relays to help make up the difference.

Washington's Maddie Dietz swam to a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke and was fourth in the individual medley. Jackie Allen was fourth in the 100 free and sixth in the 50 free.

The Warriors were second in the 200 free relay, and fourth in both the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay.

According to tentative cut-off times supplied by the state, the only Washington relay to qualify for next week's state meet was the 200 free relay.

Winners of each event plus the next 18 fastest times from across the state qualify for the state meet Saturday at Marshalltown.

Hughes qualified in the 500 and 100 breast, and Dietz in the 100 back.

REGIONAL MEET
At CR Washington

Teams -- 1. Pleasant Valley 474, 2. Iowa City West 468, 3. CR Washington 332.5, 4. Dubuque Wahlert 227, 5. Iowa City High 170, 6. Davenport Central 162, 7. Tipton 112.5, 8. Clinton 81, 9. Davenport North 79, 10. Davenport West 59

200 Medley Relay
1. Iowa City West (Lilian Zhu, Savannah Butler, Kathleen Bowman, Tereysa Lehnertz) 1:52.66, 2. Pleasant Valley 1:55.50, 3. Dubuque Wahlert 1:55.86, 4. CR Washington (Maddie Dietz, Jackie Hughes, Kaitlin Ackerman, Jackie Allen) 1:56.83, 5. Iowa City High 1:57.16, 6. Davenport Central 2:02.02

200 Free
1. Lilian Zhu (ICW) 1:55.74, 2. Evan Hundley (PV) 1:57.12, 3. Kathleen Bowman (ICW) 1:58.50, 4. Meredith Gorman (PV) 2:01.56, 5. Drew Waterman (PV) 2:02.18, 6. Maria Gannon (ICW) 2:02.84

200 IM
1. Tereysa Lehnertz (ICW) 2:15.63, 2. Kayla Kruse (PV) 2:19.18, 3. Savannah Butler (ICW) 2:19.34, 4. Maddie Dietz (CRW) 2:20.28, 5. Nicole Oppel (PV) 2:20.45, 6. Emily Schroeder (Wahlert) 2:20.78

50 Free
1. Ashton Ehrecke (PV) 24.45, 2. Allie Stecker (PV) 25.62, 3. Nicole Ehlers (ICH) 26.03, 4. Lydia Flores (PV) 26.05, 5. Sarah Becker (Tipton) 26.24, 6. Jackie Allen (CRW) 26.52

100 Butterfly
1. Lilian Zhu (ICW) 58.91, 2. Tereysa Lehnertz (ICW) 1:00.76, 3. Kathleen Bowman (ICW) 1:01.69, 4. Nicole Oppel (PV) 1:02.00, 5. Kayla Kruse (PV) 1:03.02, 6. Lauren Noel (Wahlert) 1:03.07

100 Free
1. Ashton Ehrecke (PV) 53.57, 2. Allie Stecker (PV) 56.83, 3. Drew Waterman (PV) 57.67, 4. Jackie Allen (CRW) 57.92, 5. Sean Kalb (Wahlert) 58.32, 6. Ava Vargason (ICH) 58.56

500 Free
1. Jackie Hughes (CRW) 5:15.61, 2. Evan Hundley (PV) 5:19.62, 3. Meredith Gorman (PV) 5:23.38, 4. Maria Gannon (ICW) 5:27.32, 5. Trisha Martin (PV) 5:28.43, 6. Jasmine Roghair (ICW) 5:29.92

200 Free Relay
1. Pleasant Valley (Ashton Ehrecke, Lydia Flores, Kayla Kruse, Evan Hundley) 1:40.66, 2. CR Washington (Gloria Campbell, Taylor Vogel, Jackie Allen, Maddie Dietz) 1:44.42, 3. Wahlert 1:45.90, 4. Iowa City West 1:46.72, 5. Tipton 1:47.57, 6. Iowa City High 1:47.68

100 Backstroke
1. Trisha Martin (PV) 1:01.44, 2. Maddie Dietz (CRW) 1:03.39, 3. Sophie Shoultz (ICW) 1:03.76, 4. Maddie Miller (ICW) 1:05.54, 5. Lauren Anderson (PV) 1:06.71, 6. Megan Buitendorp (ICW) 1:06.96

100 Breaststroke
1. Savannah Butler (ICW) 1:09.29, 2. Emma Shie (DavCent) 1:09.97, 3. Madelaine Thomas (Wahlert) 1:10.58, 4. Lizzie Brown (ICH) 1:10.63, 5. Jackie Hughes (CRW) 1:11.05, 6. Meredith Cullen (ICW) 1:13.88

400 Free Relay
1. Pleasant Valley (Evan Hundley, Allie Stecker, Meredith Gorman, Ashton Ehrecke) 3:36.71, 2. Iowa City West 3:39.81, 3. Wahlert 3:49.89, 4. CR Washington (McKenzie Asplund, Gloria Campbell, Andie Toledo, Jackie Hughes) 3:52.76, 5. Davenport Central 4:14.28, 6. Clinton 4:17.16

Unofficial Cut-Off Times

200 medley relay -- 1:56.82

200 free -- 2:01.94

200 IM -- 2:19.61

50 free -- 25.45

100 fly -- 1:02.00

100 free -- 55.56

500 free -- 5:28.57

200 free relay -- 1:44.42

100 back -- 1:03.67

100 breast -- 1:11.71

400 free relay -- 3:49.89

Osterberger wins; IC West takes lead

Dubuque Wahlert senior Betsy Osterberger won the regional diving title Thursday at the Cedar Rapids Washington pool.

Iowa City West, meanwhile, took a two-point lead over Wahlert heading into Saturday's swimming competition that begins at 12 p.m.

Osterberger's winning score of 405.35 was 7.05 points shy of her season-high score.

Pleasant Valley senior Nikki Deets finished second with 372.60 points. Iowa City West divers finished fourth, sixth and eighth.

Washington junior Amy Parker was ninth with 286.70 points.

REGIONAL MEET
At CR Washington

Team results (after 1 event) - 1. Iowa City West 39, 2. Dubuque Wahlert 37, 3. Davenport North 29, 4. Pleasant Valley 21, 5. Iowa City High 14, 6. CR Washington 9

Diving
1. Betsy Osterberger (Wahlert) 405.35, 2. Nikki Deets (PV) 372.60, 3. Hannah Guy (DN) 351.35, 4. Alex Aaberg (ICW) 347.40, 5. Jindae Suh (ICH) 343.30, 6. Jacintha Thomas (ICW) 330.15, 7. Rachael Schaefer (Wahlert) 328.40, 8. Riley Finer (ICW) 292.90, 9. Amy Parker (CRW) 286.70, 10. Rachel Jones (DN) 269.75, 11. Allison Jones (DN) 247.25, 12. Mallorey Leibold (Wahlert) 236.45, 13. Christina Olson (PV) 205.65

Hughes, Berg, Lions capture MVC swim titles

Jackie Hughes dominated her junior varsity races for the Cedar Rapids Washington swim team last year as a freshman, but it's not what she really wanted to do.

Hughes wanted to swim for the varsity last year, but couldn't due to Cedar Rapids Community School rules. She lives in the Kennedy school district and open-enrolled at Washington, so she had to compete at the sub-varsity level for a year.

Now she's making up for lost time.

Hughes captured the 500-yard freestyle in 5:18.70 at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet at the Jefferson High School pool Saturday afternoon.

That was the varsity title, not the JV title.

"It was fun, especially after not being able to swim it last year because I open-enrolled," she said. "It was fun to be able to race some girls who I know from club swimming. It was just a fun feeling."

Hughes and other top swimmers from the Metro area made their mark in the conference meet this year, winning four out of 12 events.

Linn-Mar won three events in the Super Meet. Emilie Berg captured the 100 breakstroke, Sam Wagner took the diving crown and the Lions prevailed in the 200 freestyle relay.

Cedar Falls won the team championship with 432.5 points. Iowa City West finished second with 371.5 markers.

Kennedy finished third in the standings with 290.5 points, collecting points in a variety of events. Linn-Mar was fourth (258), Washington eighth (143.5) and Jefferson 10th (87).

Hughes was a terror in junior varsity races a year ago. Her winning times in JV events were often better than the winning times in the same varsity races, but there's nothing she could do about that.

Hughes went to Franklin Middle School, which sends most of its students to Washington High School and some of its students to Kennedy. Her brother attends Washington and she wanted to become a Warrior as well.

Hughes had a price to pay, due to the rules, but now she's proven she's the top distance swimmer in the MVC and one of the top in Iowa, ranking fifth in the state in the 500.

Hughes likes competing in the 500-yard freestyle, which requires strength and endurance. "I feel like the 500 is an event that's for people who are tougher," she said.

Hughes also enjoys the 100 breaststroke and finished third in the event Saturday.

Berg swam the opening leg on the championship 200 freestyle relay for Linn-Mar and won the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.18. Lizzie Adams, Lauren Dalecky and Alex Dunn joined Berg on the triumphant relay that finished in 1:41.98.

Berg ranks third in the state in the 100 breaststroke and Linn-Mar's 200 freestyle relay ranks fifth. She's hoping to compete for high finishes at the state meet in Marshalltown Nov. 4-5.

"It's my senior year," she said. "I really want to go out with a bang."

Berg plans to swim in college and hopes to make a decision by January. "I love swimming," she said. "I can't get enough."

Kennedy did not have any champions or runners-up Saturday, but the Cougars piled up points in eight events. Lexi Scharmer finished third in the 100 butterfly, third in the 100 backstroke, third in the 200 medley relay and fourth in the 400 freestyle relay to help spark the Cougars.

Jessica Schmeiser piled up points for Kennedy by placing third in the 200 freestyle, third in the 200 freestyle relay, fourth in the 400 freestyle relay and fifth in the 100 freestyle.

Sam Jacobsen and Jordan Muir also placed in four events for the Cougars.

Wagner won the diving title for Linn-Mar Thursday night at Jefferson. Dunn finished third in the 50 freestyle for the Lions.

MVC SUPER MEET
At Jefferson

Team Standings
1. Cedar Falls 432.5; 2. Iowa City West 371.5; 3. Kennedy 290.5; 4. Linn-Mar 258; 5. Dubuque Senior 172; 6. Waterloo West 157; 7. Hempstead 150, 8. Washington 143.5, 9. Wahlert 89; 10. Jefferson 87; 11. Iowa City High 72; 12. Waterloo East 22.

200 Medley Relay
1. Cedar Falls 1:51.46 (MVC record); 2. Iowa City West 1:54.29; 3. Kennedy 1:55.72 (Sam Jacobsen, Amanda Jacobsen, Lexi Scharmer, Hannah Botkin); 4. Linn-Mar 1:56.10 (Nicole Larsen, Lauren Dalecky, Emilie Berg, Lizzie Adams); 5. Waterloo West 1:57.75; 6. Hempstead 1:57.87.

200 Freestyle
1. Kathleen Bowman, Iowa City West, 2:00.83; 2. Brittany Moffatt, Cedar Falls, 2:01.03; 3. Jessica Schmeiser, Kennedy, 2:02.76; 4. Maria Gannon, Iowa City West, 2:03.23; 5. Jordan Muir, Kennedy, 2:04.70; 6. Taylor Pherigo, Waterloo West, 2:06.52.

200 IM
1. Lilian Zhu, Iowa City West, 2:11.61; 2. Aftin Phyfe, Cedar Falls, 2:13.79; 3. Autumn Roepsch, Dub Senior, 2:16.59; 4. Catherine Sell, Cedar Falls, 2:19.35; 5. Sophie Shoultz, Iowa City West, 2:21.23; 6. Savannah Butler, Iowa City West, 2:21.54.

50 Freestyle
1. Molly Lembezeder, Dub Senior, 24.43 (MVC record); Tereysa Lehnertz, Iowa City West, 24.84; Alex Dunn, Linn-Mar, 25.59; 4. Shelby Cline, Waterloo West, 25.74; 5. Emilie Berg, Linn-Mar, 25.85; 6. Lizzie Adams, Linn-Mar, 26.03.

100 Butterfly
1. Tereysa Lehnertz, Iowa City West, 1:00.09; 2. Aftin Phyfe, Cedar Falls, 1:00.28; 3. Lexi Scharmer, Kennedy, 1:00.87; 4. Jordan Muir, Kennedy, 1:02.01; 5. Taylor Pherigo, Waterloo West, 1:02.84; 6. Kathleen Bowman, Iowa City West, 1:02.93.

100 Freestyle
1. Kelsey Abbas, Cedar Falls, 54.01; 2. Molly Lembezeder, Dub Senior, 54.16; 3. Lilian Zhu, Iowa City West, 54.21; 4. Autumn Roepsch, Dub Senior, 55.91; 5. Jessica Schmeiser, CR Kennedy, 56.51; 6. Alex Dunn, Linn-Mar, 56.92.

500 Freestyle
1. Jackie Hughes, Washington, 5:18.70; 2. Clare Slagel, Hempstead, 5:20.08; 3. Brittany Moffatt, Cedar Falls, 5:24.54; 4. Maria Gannon, Iowa City West, 5:24.59; 5. Jasmine Roghair, Iowa City West, 5:33.83; 6. Sam Jacobsen, Kennedy, 5:34.42.

200 Freestyle Relay
1. Linn-Mar 1:41.98 (Emilie Berg, Lizzie Adams, Lauren Dalecky, Alex Dunn); 2. Cedar Falls 1:42.64; 3. Kennedy (Hannah Botkin, Jordan Muir, Amanda Jacobsen, Jessica Schmeiser); 4. Dubuque Senior 1:44.99; 5. Iowa City West 1:47.18; 6. Jefferson 1:48.25 (Erin Kibby, Emily Ritchie, Kylie Steimer, Kailey Drake).

100 Backstroke
1. Kelsey Abbas, Cedar Falls, 58.65 (MVC record); 2. Clare Slagel, Hempstead, 59.31; 3. Lexi Scharmer, Kennedy, 1:04.08; Sam Jacobsen, Kennedy, 1:04.37; 5. Nicole Larsen, Linn-Mar, 1:04.99; 6. Sophie Shoultz, Iowa City West, 1:05.01.

100 Breaststroke
1. Emilie Berg, Linn-Mar, 1:08.18; 2. Savannah Butler, Iowa City West, 1:10.02; 3. (tie) Jackie Hughes, Washington, 1:10.84; Montana Clasby, Cedar Falls, 1:10.84; 5. Natalie Shimp, Cedar Falls, 1:12.54; 6. Payton Augustine, Waterloo West, 1:13.11.

400 Freestyle Relay
1. Iowa City West 3:43.00; 2. Cedar Falls 3:45.27; 3. Dubuque Senior 3:48.70; 4. Kennedy 3:48.96 (Jordan Muir, Sam Jacobsen, Lexi Scharmer, Jessica Schmeiser); 5. Hempstead
3:53.58; 6. Linn-Mar 3:54.86 (Nicole Larsen, Alexa Klimes, Jessica Arebaugh, Alex Dunn).

Warrior tankers drub Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG - Cedar Rapids Washington won all but one event and dunked Williamsburg, 121-48, Tuesday night in a girls swimming meet.

Jackie Hughes, Maddie Dietz and McKenzie Asplund all were quadruple winners for the Warriors. All three swam on the 200 medley relay. Hughes and Dietz also swam on the 400 free relay and Asplund the 200 free relay.

Hughes won the 50 free and 100 breaststroke, Dietz the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke, and Asplund the 200 and 500 freestyle.

Washington's Hannah Saulnier won the 100 freestyle.

Mallory Neubauer was Williamsburg's lone winner. She took the 100 butterfly.

WASHINGTON 121, WILLIAMSBURG 48

200 medley relay - 1. Washington (Jackie Hughes, Maddie Dietz, McKenzie Asplund, Jackie Allen) 2:07.12, 2. Williamsburg 2:08.32, 3. Washington (Gloria Campbell, Olivia Altemeier, Alex McFarland, Taylor Vogel) 2:08.47

200 free - 1. McKenzie Asplund (CRW) 2:10.29, 2. Molly Snow CRW) 2:24.89, 3. Sara Belay (CRW) 2:26.18

200 IM - 1. Maddie Dietz (CRW) 2:23.06, 2. Mallory Neubauer (W) 2:25.22, 3. Hannah Saulnier (CRW) 2:30.50

50 free - 1. Jackie Hughes (CRW) 26.88, 2. Jackie Allen (CRW) 27.68, 3. Carly Miller (W) 28.05

100 fly - 1. Mallory Neubauer (W) 1:04.70, 2. Kaitlin Ackerman (CRW) 1:09.49, 3. Alex McFarland (CRW) 1:12.71

100 free - 1. Hannah Saulnier (CRW) 1:00.92, 2. Carly Miller (W) 1:01.35, 3. Joslyn McAlpin (W) 1:04.46

500 free - 1. McKenzie Asplund (CRW) 5:45.00, 2. Jackie Allen (CRW) 6:15.37, 3. Tessa McRoberts (W) 6:27.93

200 free relay - 1. Washington (Gloria Campbell, Andie Toledo, Taylor Vogel, McKenzie Asplund) 1:51.22, 2. Williamsburg 1:54.44, 3. Washington (Hannah Saulnier, Madeline Walker, Molly Snow, Olivia Altemeier) 1:55.52

100 back - 1. Maddie Dietz (CRW) 1:06.12, 2. Gloria Campbell (CRW) 1:10.43, 3. Andie Toledo (CRW) 1:13.54

100 breast - 1. Jackie Hughes (CRW) 1:11.29, 2. Emily Adam (W) 1:24.22, 3. Olivia Altemeier (CRW) 1:24.61

400 free relay - 1. Washington (Maddie Dietz, Hannah Saulnier, Jackie Allen, Jackie Hughes) 4:02.53, 2. Washington (Madeline Walker, Molly Snow, Sara Belay, Andie Toledo) 4:20.17, 3. Williamsburg 4:41.19

JV score - Washington 123, Williamsburg 33