Valley swimmers sprint past Warriors
WEST DES MOINES --West Des Moines Valley swimmers swept the top three spots in the 50 freestyle to build a 12-point lead and sprinted past Cedar Rapids Washington, 105-65, Saturday afternoon in a battle of top ranked boys teams at Valley.
Washington's Morgan Barnes and Ian Ford won two events apiece. Barnes won the 200 free and 500 free, and Ford won the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke.
Valley swimmers won the other seven events, including all three relays.
Washington's Josh Hughes was second to Barnes in the 200 free, then came in third in the 100 free, losing the race by 11 hundredths of a second.
Freshman Jared Thorson had a pair of second-place finishes for the Warriors.
Valley was ranked fourth and Washington seventh in the latest state power rankings.
WDM VALLEY 105, WASHINGTON 65
200 Medley Relay
1. WDM Valley (Coner Elliott, Jaden VanDike, Stephen Davick, Alex Bodin) 1:40.49
2. Washington (Ford, Scheetz, L.Barnes, Allison) 1:42.95
200 Free
1. Morgan Barnes (CRW) 1:45.79
2. Josh Hughes (CRW) 1:46.12
3. David Merriman (WDMV) 1:52.62
200 IM
1. Ian Ford (CRW) 2:00.63
2. Derek Yu (WDMV) 2:03.83
3. Jaden VanDike (WDMV) 2:10.45
50 Free
1. Nate Harris (WDMV) 22.35
2. Alex Bodin (WDMV) 22.80
3. Stephen Davick (WDMV) 23.39
100 Fly
1. Davick (WDMV) 54.41
2. Jared Thorson (CRW) 56.30
3. Coner Elliott (WDMV) 57.71
100 Free
1. Bodin (WDMV) 49.40
2. Harris (WDMV) 49.48
3. Hughes (CRW) 49.51
500 Free
1. M.Barnes (CRW) 4:57.95
2. Merriman (WDMV) 5:01.43
3. Tom Weible (WDMV) 5:12.17
200 Free Relay
1. Valley (Yu, Casey White, VanDike, Merriman) 1:31.05
2. Washington (Allison, Thorson, M.Barnes, Hughes) 1:31.56
100 Back
1. Elliott (WDMV) 56.53
2. Thorson (CRW) 56.68
3. Yu (WDMV) 57.09
100 Breast
1. Ford (CRW) 1:02.68
2. VanDike (WDMV) 1:02.98
3. Bill Fletcher (WDMV) 1:03.49
400 Free Relay
1. Valley (Yu, White, Bodin, Harris) 3:20.10
2. Washington (Hughes, Thorson, M.Barnes, Ford) 3:20.68