Kennedy Girls Swimming

No.4 Lions swim by No.8 Cougars

It's hard to find a weakness on the Linn-Mar girls swim team.

The Lions have superstars, good depth and a determination to succeed. Now all they have to do is peak at the right time and they could be in line for high honors at the Mississippi Valley Conference, district and state meets.

The fourth-ranked Lions won 11 of 12 events Tuesday night and topped No. 8 Kennedy, 103-83, at the Linn-Mar Aquatic Center.

The Lions actually captured all 12 events, but their medley relay team was disqualified when one of the Linn-Mar swimmers jumped into the pool a little too soon.

Linn-Mar is ranked seventh or higher in the state in every single event, thanks in great part to super sophs Kelsey Drake and Jenn Jenks. The Lions also have two of the top divers in the state and three strong relay squads.

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Kennedy swimmers fall to No.3 Tigers

The third-ranked Cedar Falls Tigers defeated No.8 Kennedy, 104-82, in a Mississippi Valley Conference swim meet at Kennedy Tuesday night.

Courtney Fisher won the diving for Kennedy. The Cougars also got a victory from Maddie Bagby in the 100 freestyle.

Cedar Falls won 10 of 12 events.

CEDAR FALLS 104, KENNEDY 82

200 medley relay - Cedar Falls 1:53.89

200 free - Brittany Moffatt, Cedar Falls, 2:00.18

200 IM - Olivia Clark, Cedar Falls, 2:17.16

50 free - Madison Hall, Cedar Falls, 25.25

Diving - Courtney Fisher, Kennedy, 219.50

100 fly - Meghan Hackett, Cedar Falls, 1:00.50

100 free - Maddie Bagby, Kennedy, 55.85

500 free - Brittany Moffatt, Cedar Falls, 5:23.23

200 free relay - Cedar Falls 1:42.11

100 back - Sammi Hall, Cedar Falls, 1:02.86

100 breast - Olivia Clark, Cedar Falls, 1:11.89

400 free relay - Cedar Falls 3:46.11

Cougars take 3rd at CF swim meet

CEDAR FALLS - The Kennedy Cougars gave Cedar Falls and Waukesha South a good battle at the Marcussen Invitational swimming meet in Cedar Falls Saturday before settling for third place in the 11-team tournament.

Cedar Falls won the title with 458 points, following closely by Waukesha South (446) and Kennedy (444.5).

Washington finished in ninth place and Jefferson was 11th.

Kennedy piled up points in the diving competition with Courtney Fisher winning the event, Jayden Lovell placing second and Carolyn Simon taking fourth.

Kirsten Siebenga placed second in the 50 free and Sam Jacobsen took second in the 100 backstroke for Kennedy. The Cougars placed third in the 400 freestyle relay with Jacobsen, Maddie Bagby, Darby Manternach and Lydia Yang.

Washington and Jefferson did not have anyone finish in the top-six in any event.

Team Standings

1. Cedar Falls 458, 2. Waukesha South 446, 3. Kennedy 444.5, 4. Decorah 187, 5. Dubuque Senior 162, 6. Lewis central 157, 7. Mason City 138.5, 8. Wahlert 120, 9. Washington 98, 10. Waterloo West 74.5, 11. Jefferson 18.5.

Kennedy swimmers sweep Williamsburg

The Kennedy girls swim team won all 12 events Tuesday night and dunked Williamsburg, 149-31, at the Kennedy pool.

Brooke Harris and Maddie Bagby were triple-winners for the Cougars. Harris captured the 50 freestyle and swam on two relay teams. Bagby took the 100 fly and 100 back and swam on the 200 freestyle relay.

Brooke Timmerman claimed the 200 free and 500 free. Taylor Golden won the 200 IM and 100 breastroke.

KENNEDY 149, WILLIAMSBURG 31

200 medley relay - Kennedy (Jessica Williams, Raquel Green, Kelsey Lempka, Brooke Harris) 2:02.58

200 free - Brooke Timmerman, Kennedy, 2:08.52

200 IM - Taylor Golden, Kennedy, 2:26.82

50 free - Brooke Harris, Kennedy, 26.81

Diving - Carolyn Simon, Kennedy, 218.60

100 fly - Maddie Bagby, Kennedy, 1:07.38

100 free - Sam Jacobsen, Kennedy, 58.69

500 free - Brooke Timmerman, Kennedy, 5:41.59

200 free relay - Kennedy (Darby Manternach, Maddie Bagby, Raquel Green, MacKinzee Macho) 1:46.15

100 back - Maddie Bagby, Kennedy, 1:08.01

100 breast - Taylor Golden, Kennedy, 1:16.38

400 free relay - Kennedy (Lydia Yang, Brooke Harris, Sam Jacobsen, Alicia Miltner) 3:57.21