Boone ladies’ swimming captures title at Grinnell – KWBG Radio

The Boone ladies’ swimming and diving crew received the crew championship Tuesday, September 1, on the Grinnell Invitational with 339 factors.  

Boone completed forward of Grinnell High School (282 factors), Oskaloosa High School (242), Williamsburg High School (111) and Centerville High School (12). 

“It was good to have our full roster able to compete tonight. Everyone got four races each, so it was a very busy night,” head coach Chris Mann stated. 

The Toreadors have been led by a number of particular person occasion victories.  

Avery Howie claimed the 200-yard freestyle title in 2:07.91 and later added one other first-place end within the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:09.38. 

Boone additionally dominated the gap freestyle race as Aleah Karolus received the five hundred freestyle in 5:35.12, ending greater than 26 seconds forward of the runner-up.  

Karolus later added a second-place end within the 100 breaststroke in 1:15.07. 

In the 100 backstroke, Claire Enabnit touched first in 1:07.36. 

Makenzie Klatt was second and Enabnit third within the 200 freestyle, giving Boone a sweep of the highest three spots within the occasion. 

The Toreadors additionally had a robust exhibiting within the 200 particular person medley, the place Quinn Houston completed second in 2:34.11, Houser was third in 2:38.40 and Lucy Enabnit positioned fifth in 2:40.55. 

“Just having this many athletes had made for a fun atmosphere, and there seems to always be someone in the water to cheer for,” Mann stated. “We just hit 26 practices, so to see some of these girls get a change to get after it and compete after all of that was fun.” 

Relay occasions additionally performed a significant position in Boone’s championship effort.  

The Toreadors positioned third within the 200 medley relay because the crew of Morgan Cox, Karolus, Ashlyn Burkhart and Harper Houston completed in 2:06.64. 

In the 200 freestyle relay, Boone took third and fourth place with its entries.  

The squad of Ellie Hughes, Harper Houston, Sara Gute and Howie completed third in 1:49.15, whereas Claire Enabnit, Cox, Kilee Hughes and Karolus have been fourth in 1:50.66. 

Boone closed the meet with a runner-up end within the 400 freestyle relay.  

The crew of Harper Houston, Burkhart, Gute and Howie completed second in 4:11.22, whereas one other Toreador relay consisting of Houser, Klatt, Hughes and Cali Hernandez positioned third in 4:12.28. 

Boone scored invaluable factors in diving as properly.  

Amaya Filipiak earned third place with a rating of 188.70, whereas teammate Chloey Williams completed fourth at 157.95. 

Complete outcomes have been beforehand posted to kwbg.com

“We also toyed with the lineup a bit and put some kids in events they may not typically swim and challenged them to just get up and compete – it doesn’t matter the race – just compete. And they did. I’m proud of that effort tonight,” Mann stated. 

The Toreadors are 9-1 total and can host Algona at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 8. 

Jill Lutz reporting