Linn-Mar Girls Swimming

Sam Wagner ranked 2nd in state in diving

Linn-Mar senior Sam Wagner is ranked as one of the top divers in Iowa this season.

Wagner is ranked No. 2 in the six-dive competition with 262.8 points and is listed No. 4 in the 11-dive competition with 384.3 points, according to the IGHSAU website.

Linn-Mar senior Emilie Berg is ranked third in the state in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.93). The Lions are ranked third in the 200 freestyle relay (1:42.58) and fourth in the 200 medley relay (1:54.56).

Cedar Rapids Washington sophomore Jackie Hughes is ranked fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.63) and sixth in the 200 individual medley (2:13.27).

Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Lexi Scharmer is ranked 10th in the 100 butterfly (1:01.11). The Cougars are ranked fifth in the 200 freestyle relay (1:43.68), eighth in the 200 medley relay (1:55.96) and ninth in the 400 freestyle relay (3:49.01).

Linn-Mar is ranked seventh in the team standings. Kennedy is ninth, Washington 15th and Jefferson 28th.

The top 10 teams in the state are Ames, Cedar Falls, West Des Moines Valley, Iowa City West, Johnston, Dowling Catholic, Linn-Mar, Pleasant Valley, Kennedy and Waukee.

Wagner, Dunn, Berg win events for Linn-Mar

Sam Wagner, Alex Dunn and Emilie Berg won individual titles Tuesday for the Linn-Mar Lions in a Mississippi Valley Conference swim meet against Cedar Falls at the Coe pool.

Wagner captured the diving with 244.65 points. Dunn won the 100 freestyle in 56.41 seconds and Berg claimed the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.93.

Cedar Falls won the meet, 122-64, by taking nine of 12 events.

CEDAR FALLS 122, LINN-MAR 64

200 medley relay - 1. Cedar Falls 1:54.77; 2. Linn-Mar (Nicole Larsen, Lauren Dalecky, Emilie Berg, Alex Dunn) 1:55.27; 3. Cedar Falls 2:00.55.

200 freestyle - 1. Aftin Phyfe (CF) 1:58.22; 2. Alesha Rettenmeier (CF) 2:09.41; 3. Lexi Banwart (CF) 1:11.13.

200 IM - 1. Catherine Sell (CF) 2:16.96; 2. Montana Clasby (CF) 2:17.38; 3. Lauren Reynolds (LM) 2:26.00.

50 freestyle - 1. Kelsey Abbas (CF) 25.31; 2. Alex Dunn (LM) 25.61; 3. Emilie Berg (LM) 25.84.

Diving - 1. Sam Wagner (LM) 244.65; 2. Katie Mason (CF) 219.80; 3. Claire Baumgartner (CF) 204.45.

100 butterfly - 1. Kelsey Abbas (CF) 1:01.14; 2. Abbie Anderson (CF) 1:03.65; 3. Montana Clasby (CF) 1:04.72.

100 freestyle - 1. Alex Dunn (LM) 56.41; 2. Brittany Moffatt (CF) 56.49; 3. Martee Grainger (CF) 57.90.

500 freestyle - 1. Alesha Rettenmeier (CF) 5:33.03; 2. Diana Zarate (CF) 5:42.22; 3. Kelly Wingerson (LM) 6:17.13.

200 freestyle relay - 1. Cedar Falls 1:42.49; 2. Linn-Mar (Alex Dunn, Lauren Dalecky, Lizzie Adams, Emilie Berg) 1:42.58; 3. Cedar Falls 1:51.76.

100 backstroke - 1. Aftin Phyfe (CF) 1:00.83; 2. Nicole Larsen (LM) 1:04.26; 3. Brittany Moffatt (CF) 1:06.01.

100 breaststroke - 1. Emilie Berg (LM) 1:07.93; 2. Catherine Sell (CF) 1:11.72; 3. Natalie Shimp (CF) 1:13.37.

400 freestyle relay - 1. Cedar Falls 3:51.41; 2. Linn-Mar (Jessica Arebaugh, Alexa Klimes, Lauren Reynolds, Nicole Larsen) 3:59.80; 3. Cedar Falls 4:11.87.

Lions 3rd, Kennedy 4th in loaded Cougar swim meet

The Cougar Invitational featured five of the top 13 girls swimming teams in the state, and it was Cedar Falls that showed why it is top-ranked Saturday at the Kennedy pool.

Cedar Falls cruised to first place with 580 points and fifth-ranked Johnston easily took second with 470 points in a star-studded field of teams and individuals.

The real fun came from two Metro teams. No. 7 Linn-Mar and No. 9 Kennedy battled for third throughout the day.  Linn-Mar had a 12-point lead going into the final event of the day, the 400 freestyle relay.  Despite finishing fifth in the event, the Lions were able to hang onto third place by two points over the Cougars, who finished third in the relay.

The teams gave an indication of how close it would be when Linn-Mar took second to Kennedy’s third in the first event of the day, the 200 medley relay.

The event was one of three top three finishes for Kennedy senior Lexi Scharmer, who got the only individual win for a Metro individual by besting teammate Jordan Muir in the 100 butterfly. Scharmer anchored an intense 400 freestyle relay to close out the day.

“I usually don’t anchor that race,” Scharmer said. “I am good friends with Linn-Mar’s anchor (Alex Dunn) so I wanted to beat her.”

Scharmer was able to beat Dunn and the Lions in the final race of the day, but it was not enough to overcome what the Lions and Dunn had done earlier in the day.

“We swam terrific, I was real pleased with the effort to be so close to a great team like Linn-Mar,” Kennedy Coach John Ross said. “It should be fun at the end of the year.”

Dunn led the Lions with a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle, second-place finish in the 100 freestyle, and led off the Lions' victorious 200 freestyle relay.

The Lions had top six finishes in nine of the 11 events. Freshman Lizzie Adams was second in the 50 freestyle, and senior Emilie Berg was third in the 100 backstroke and sixth in the 100 butterfly.  The Lions' consistency racked up enough points to capture third place.

“The competition was great, our team swam well,” Linn-Mar Coach Chad Derlein said. “We had good, we had bad. Third is good but it is not what I wanted.”

Jefferson also was entered in the nine-team field. The stacked field of ranked teams was too much for the J-Hawks to make a splash and they finished seventh.

“It was a good meet overall,” Jefferson Coach Ryan York said. “The competition creates challenges along the way.”

Jefferson managed just one top six finish. Senior Kailey Drake took sixth in the 50 freestyle. The meet gave the J-Hawks a chance to see what they need to work on for next month's stretch run.

“(Our) starts and turns will be a huge focus over the next couple weeks,” York said.

Kennedy's Ross didn't put a whole lot of stock in what happened Saturday. The are still six weeks until the state meet is held Nov. 5 at Marshallltown.

“Swimming is unique in that everything we do is geared for the last meet,” Ross said. “Today was a glorified practice.”

COUGAR INVITATIONAL

Teams
1. Cedar Falls 580
2. Johnston 470
3. Linn-Mar 379
4. CR Kennedy 377
5. Decorah 218
6. Dubuque Wahlert 127
7. CR Jefferson 110
8. Williamsburg 51
9. Davenport North 11

200 Medley Relay
1. Cedar Falls A (Abbas, Clasby, Anderson, Phyfe) 1:53.68
2. Linn-Mar (Nicole Larsen, Lauren Dalecky, Emilie Berg, Lizzie Adams) 1:54.71
3. Kennedy (Sam Jacobsen, Amanda Jacobsen, Lexi Scharmer, Hannah Botkin) 1:55.96
4. Cedar Falls B 1:58.13
5. Johnston 1:58.66
6. Jefferson (Erin Kibby, Emily Ritchie, Kylie Steimer, Kailey Drake) 2:01.66

200 Freestyle
1. Brittany Moffatt (CF) 2:01.07
2. Nicole Davis (Johnston) 2:03.83
3. Alex Dunn (Linn-Mar) 2:06.67
4. Alesha Rettenmeier (CF) 2:07.17
5. Lexi Banwart (CF) 2:09.21
6. Larkyn Aldrich (CRK) 2:09.44

200 IM
1. Allison Orvis (Decorah) 2:11.29
2. Kelsey Abbas (CF) 2:14.30
3. Catherine Sell (CF) 2:19.68
4. Victoria Trost (Johnston) 2:25.07
5. Emily Schroeder (Wahlert) 2:26.18
6. Lauren Reynolds (Linn-Mar) 2:26.46

50 Freestyle
1. Astin Phyfe (CF) 25.58
2. Lizzie Adams (Linn-Mar) 25.70
3. Hannah Botkin (CRK) 26.34
4. Emilly Merritt (Johnston) 26.39
5. Caylee Shank (Johnston) 26.42
6. Kailey Drake (CRJ) 26.45

100 Butterfly
1. Lexi Scharmer (CRK) 1:01.71
2. Jordan Muir (CRK) 1:03.02
3. Montana Clasby (CF) 1:03.79
4. Carmen Vajgert (Johnston) 1:03.95
5. Abbie Anderson (CF) 1:05.07
6. Emilie Berg (CF) 1:05.09

100 Freestyle
1. Aftin Phyfe (CF) 55.44
2. Alex Dunn (Linn-Mar) 56.62
3. Caylee Shank (Johnston) 57.37
4. Mollie Greenwood (Johnston) 57.54
5. Martee Grainger (CF) 58.35
6. Lexi Banwart (CF) 58.67

500 Frestyle
1. Brittany Moffatt (CF) 5:26.81
2. Alesha Rettenmeier (CF) 5:29.39
3. Nicole Davis (Johnston) 5:34.50
4. Diana Zarate (CF) 5:46.47
5. Larkyn Aldrich (CRK) 5:47.50
6. Kelly Cherrier (Johnston) 5:48.59

200 Freestyle Relay
1. Linn-Mar (Alex Dunn, Lauren Dalecky, Lizzie Adams, Emilie Berg) 1:42.63
2. Cedar Falls A 1:42.83
3. Decorah 1:44.34
4. Johnston 1:45.08
5. Kennedy (Megan Berst, Amanda Jacobsen, Larkyn Aldrich, Jordan Muir) 1:46.96
6. Cedar Falls B 1:49.14

100 Backstroke
1. Kelsey Abbas (CF) 58.68
2. Allison Orvis (Decorah) 1:00.81
3. Emilie Berg (Linn-Mar) 1:01.89
4. Victoria Trost (Johnston) 1:02.53
5. Sam Jacobsen (CRK) 1:03.53
6. Nicole Larsen (Linn-Mar) 1:04.45

100 Breaststroke
1. Montana Clasby (CF) 1:10.78
2. Carmen Vajgert (Johnston) 1:11.98
3. Catherine Sell (CF) 1:12.94
4. Natalie Shimp (CF) 1:13.20
5. Lauren Dalecky (Linn-Mar) 1:13.56
6. Amanda Jacobsen (CRK) 1:15.54

400 Freestyle Relay
1. Johnston (Trost, Greenwood, Davis, Shank) 3:46.63
2. Cedar Falls 3:49.20
3. Kennedy (Hannah Botkin, Sam Jacobsen, Carly Kenney, Lexi Scharmer) 3:53.77
4. Decorah 3:54.32
5. Linn-Mar (Nicole Larsen, Samantha Fitzgerald, Jessica Arebaugh, Alex Dunn) 3:54.76
6. Johnston B 4:04.11

Dunn's 4 wins lead Linn-Mar swimmers past Washington

Alex Dunn's four wins led Linn-Mar past Washington, 114-71, Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls swimming meet at Washington.

Dunn won the 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle and swam on the winning 200 and 400 freestyle relays.

Emilie Berg and Nicole Larsen were triple winners for the Lions. Berg won the 500 free and swam on the winning 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays. Larsen won the 100 backstroke and swam on the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays.

Linn-Mar's Sam Wagner won the diving.

Jackie Hughes won two individual events for Washington. She was the winner in the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke. The Warriors' McKenzie Asplund won the 200 individual medley and Hannah Saulnier the 500 freestyle.

LINN-MAR 114, WASHINGTON 71

200 medley relay - 1. Linn-Mar (Nicole Larsen, Lauren Dalecky, Emilie Berg, Samantha Fitzgerald) 1:56.26, 2. Washington (McKenzie Asplund, Jackie Hughes, Maddie Dietz, Gloria Campbell) 2:03.16, 3. Linn-Mar (Caitlin Gearhart, Lauren Reynolds, Kortlan Ollinger, Alexa Klimes) 2:05.56

200 free - 1. Alex Dunn (LM) 2:07.26, 2. Jessica Arebaugh (LM) 2:10.08, 3. Gloria Campbell (W) 2:10.41

200 IM - 1. McKenzie Asplund (W) 2:21.78, 2. Maddie Dietz (W) 2:25.52, 3. Samantha Fitzgerald (LM) 2:27.28

50 free - 1. Emilie Berg (LM) 25.96, 2. Lizzie Adams (LM) 26.25, 3. Jackie Allen (W) 27.23

Diving - 1. Sam Wagner (LM) 206.65, 2. Sophie Granger (LM) 172.25, 3. Amy Parker (W) 167.85

100 fly - 1. Jackie Hughes (W) 1:04.23, 2. Lauren Reynolds (LM) 1:07.93, 3. Madeline Turner (LM) 1:10.15

100 free - 1. Alex Dunn (LM) 56.62, 2. Lizzie Adams (LM) 59.40, 3. Nicole Larsen (LM) 1:00.15

500 free - 1. Hannah Saulnier (W) 5:51.98, 2. Gloria Campbell (W) 5:54.91, 3. Jessica Arebaugh (LM) 5:56.75

200 free relay - 1. Linn-Mar (Alex Dunn, Lauren Dalecky, Lizzie Adams, Emilie Berg) 1:43.22, 2. Washington (Jackie Hughes, Jackie Allen, Gloria Campbell, Andie Toledo) 1:48.30, 3. Linn-Mar (Alexa Klimes, Kortlan Ollinger, Samantha Fitzgerald, Jessica Arebaugh) 1:48.43

100 back - 1. Nicole Larsen (LM) 1:05.31, 2. Maddie Dietz (W) 1:06.92, 3. McKenzie Asplund (W) 1:10.39

100 breast - 1. Jackie Hughes (W) 1:08.99, 2. Emilie Berg (LM) 1:09.05, 3. Lauren Dalecky (LM) 1:15.43

400 free relay - 1. Linn-Mar (Nicole Larsen, Lizzie Adams, Jessica Arebaugh, Alex Dunn) 3:54.19, 2. Washington (McKenzie Asplund, Jackie Allen, Andie Toledo, Maddie Dietz) 3:57.64, 3. Linn-Mar (Kelly Wingerson, Caitlin Gearhart, Regan Sippy, Alexa Klimes) 4:18.47

JV score - Linn-Mar 101, Washington 82