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Ames women swimmer Alex Powers on the 2025 state meet
Ames women swimmer Alex Powers on her targets for the 2025 IGHSAU women state swimming and diving meet and it being coach Joe Fisher’s final meet.
Alex Powers was in shock through the first day of women swimming apply for the 2025 season on the Dan Flannery Pool in Ames.
Ames coach Joe Fisher, took over this system after Hall of Fame coach Dan Flannery’s premature passing in 2020, knowledgeable his women that this was going to be his final season as their coach.
Fisher has been of a part of 9 Ames state championships groups — eight as an assistant below Flannery earlier than guiding Ames to an inconceivable title run in his first season as coach through the 2020 COVID-19 yr.
Powers stated everybody on the group felt it was a merciless joke at first. Then they realized Fisher was critical.
“I remember the first day of practice, Joe telling us that, and we were all crying,” stated Powers. “He is such a pillar of this program.”
Powers and her teammates hope to offer Fisher yet another memorable run through the 2025 women state swimming and diving meet, which shall be held Nov. 13-14 on the University of Iowa Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City.
This would be the first yr the state meet is held in Iowa City after shifting away from its longtime residence in Marshalltown.
“It’s wonderful it’s in Iowa City,” stated Fisher. “I’m excited for that. It’ll be nice to go to a pool where they’ll be able to continue to swim fast. Going from a fast pool to a fast pool is awesome.”
Ames is just not anticipated to compete for one more group title.
The Little Cyclones completed fifth on the earlier two state meets. Defending champion Dowling Catholic, Cedar Falls and Waukee Northwest are the highest groups going into the meet.
“I think there will be some fast swimmers, and I think the best team we’re looking at in the state right now, from my perspective, is probably Dowling,” Fisher stated. “But Cedar Falls is a great team.”
Fisher simply needs to see the seems his swimmers give after attaining a career- or season-best time, or simply swimming a extremely robust race.
“We’re not in the trophy conversation, and that’s OK,” Fisher said. “I’m excited to get the kids over there and have a lot of fun.”
Ames does have an opportunity to deliver residence some medals although.
Sophomore Ellie McCorkle enters state with the quickest qualifying time within the 500-yard freestyle and the second-best 200 freestyle time.
Her qualifying time of 5 minutes, 0.48 seconds within the 500 freestyle is the quickest qualifying time within the state by 1.79 seconds over Sioux City West’s Natalee Patee. McCorkle got here in simply behind Patee within the 200 freestyle, swimming a 1:50.86 to Patee’s 1:50.80.
McCorkle needs to atone for final yr’s state meet. She was not glad with putting fourth within the 200 freestyle and seventh within the 100 freestyle on the 2024 state meet.
“Just to do better than I did last year,” stated McCorkle. “I was a little disappointed with my swims last year, so I’m just hoping to improve all of that.”
Powers can also be in competition to put excessive within the 100 butterfly at state. She enters state with the third-fastest qualifying time within the occasion at 1:04.83 behind Waterloo West’s Lucy Parson (1:02.54) and Linn-Mar’s Catie Schaffel (1:04.37).
Powers additionally certified for state individually within the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.60.
“My personal goal for state is to break 24 in the 50 free, break the school record for the 100 breaststroke,” Powers stated. “I know that’s shooting big, but you’ve got to reach high for big goals.”
Ames additionally has two relay groups with the potential to put within the prime 5 at state. The Little Cyclone 200 and 400-freestyle relay groups each swam the fourth-fastest qualifying occasions within the state.
The Ames 200 freestyle group of Powers, McCorkle, Jaylyn Light and Mady Hermsen swam a 1:38.97 on the regional meet in Ames on Nov. 8. McCorkle, Lily Van Der Linden, Miah Mogard and Light enter state with a qualifying time of three:38.15 within the 400 freestyle relay.
Ames could have not less than one swimmer compete in each occasion at state.
Van Der Linden and Light will be part of McCorkle within the 200 freestyle, Hermsen is swimming the 200 particular person medley, Addyson Binkowski and Mogard be part of Powers within the 500 freestyle and Aubrie Hanson and Binkowski certified within the 100 butterfly. Mogard is competing within the 100 freestyle, Van Der Linden joins McCorkle within the 500 freestyle, Light is within the 100 backstroke and Hermsen and Ali Doolittle be part of Powers within the 100 breaststroke.
The Ames 200 medley relay group of Binkowski, Powers, Hanson and Hermsen certified eleventh for state.
Ames can even have two divers competing within the state diving competitors on Nov. 13. Senior Lucy York recorded the Twentieth-best qualifying rating of 343.50 and sophomore Molly Engelman certified twenty first with a rating of 342.90.
Fisher stated it doesn’t matter what occurs on the 2025 state meet, his ultimate season at Ames has been one in every of pure pleasure.
“It’s been a fun journey,” Fisher stated. “A lot of good memories. This one has been one of the best. This group of kids is just incredible. Are they the best team we’ve ever had? No. But as far as a team goes, I’d put them right up there.”
Ames needs to make his ultimate meet a memorable one.
“We don’t know what it’ll be like next season,” Powers stated. “But whomever our coach will be has some pretty big shoes to fill.”
Joe Randleman covers highschool sports activities for the Ames Tribune. Contact him at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @JoeRandleman
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