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The Ames women swimming and diving despatched retiring coach Joe Fisher out on a excessive notice with a fourth-place end on Nov. 13-14 on the University of Iowa Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.
The Little Cyclone women scored 155 factors in the course of the meet. Dowling Catholic repeated as women state workforce champion with 340 factors, Cedar Falls was second with 264 and Waukee Northwest positioned third out of 30 groups with a rating of 250.
It was the ultimate state meet for Fisher, who’s retiring after having been part of 9 Ames women state championship groups both as an assistant below Hall of Fame coach Dan Flannery or as head coach.
Ames has unofficially completed within the high 5 at state as a workforce 18 years in a row.
“At the beginning of the year if you asked me if I thought we’d be a top-five team I would’ve been surprised to know that we’d end up there,” stated Fisher. “I am beyond excited for these girls. So proud of all of them for such a great week and a great season.”
Alex Powers and Ellie McCorkle led the way in which individually for Ames. Powers positioned third within the 100-yard breaststroke and McCorkle took fourth within the 200 freestyle and fifth within the 500 freestyle.
Powers swam the breaststroke last in a single minute, 3.84 seconds on Nov. 14, which was practically a full second sooner than her prelim time of 1:04.82 on Nov. 13. Waterloo West’s Lucy Parsons gained the race in 1:02.69 and Bettendorf’s Jaya Stacy simply edged out Powers for second with a 1:03.72 displaying.
“Alex had a great breaststroke to finish up our individual events,” Fisher stated.
McCorkle clocked in at 1:51.08 within the 200 freestyle finals. She got here in behind Sioux City West’s Natalie Patee (1:49.66), Dubuque Senior’s Annie Gilligan (1:50.40) and Dowling’s Charlotte Qualley (1:50.42).
In the five hundred freestyle, McCorkle touched the wall in 5:06.54. Patee gained in 4:55.89, Dowling’s Mary Honkamp took second in 4:56.23, Dowling’s Sassy Hassett positioned third in in 5:01.21 and Pleasant Valley’s Camryn Steining was fourth in 5:06.38.
McCorkle broke the varsity report within the 200 and he or she earned All-American consideration within the 500.
“I know she would’ve liked the finals to turn out a little bit different than they did, but she’s a sophomore and she’s one of the top swimmers in the state,” Fisher stated. “I’m just so proud of her for all her hard work and dedication. I look forward to seeing the incredible things that Ellie is going to do in the future.”
Ames positioned fifth within the 400 freestyle relay and tied for sixth within the 200 freestyle relay.
McCorkle, Lily Van Der Linden, Miah Mogard and Powers swam the 400 freestyle in 3:35.09. Dowling gained the 400 freestyle relay in 3:27.78.
Powers, McCorkle, Jaylyn Light and Mady Hermsen completed the 200 freestyle in 1:38.74 to tie Sioux City West for sixth. Waukee Northwest gained in 1:35.12.
The Ames 200 medley relay workforce of Light, Hermsen, Aubrie Hanson and Mogard swam a 1:52.42 to position ninth. Cedar Falls gained in 1:44.99.
“Our relays just swam outstanding,” Fisher stated. “Jaylyn had some great senior swims at this meet and Lily killed it all weekend. We had great swims from our younger swimmers. Mady and Miah both did fantastic.”
Van Der Linden positioned eighth within the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:08.95, and he or she additionally earned factors within the 200 freestyle. Powers earned factors within the 50 freestyle with an Eleventh-place end, Hermsen completed Eleventh within the breaststroke and Light picked up factors within the 100 backstroke after coming in thirteenth.
Senior Lucy York gave Ames a top-10 particular person efficiency within the 1-meter diving competitors. York positioned tenth within the finals with a rating of 355.20 over 11 dives on Nov. 13.
Molly Engelman positioned nineteenth within the diving semifinals for Ames. The sophomore completed with a rating of 252.20.
Grinnell’s Camryn Russell gained the diving state title with a rating of 465.50.
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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