Warriors capture division title at MVC meet
IOWA CITY – Surprising Washington claimed the Mississippi Division title and finished third overall Saturday in the Mississippi Valley Conference Boys Swimming Championships at Mercer Park Aquatic Center.
Linn-Mar finished fourth in the Mississippi Division and seventh overall, Kennedy was sixth in the Mississippi Division and ninth overall, and Jefferson was fourth in the Valley Division and 10th overall.
Top-ranked Cedar Falls won the Valley Division and was the overall champion.
Washington, ranked eighth in the state power rankings, enjoyed an afternoon filled with strong individual and team efforts that earned multiple spots on the podium. Morgan Barnes finished second in the 200-yard freestyle and Ian Ford finished third in the 200 individual medley.
Mo Green also made a huge contribution, finishing fourth in the 100 butterfly and swimming the butterfly leg on the second-place 200 medley relay.
Green was pleased with the overall result and praised his teammates’ efforts.
“We had time drops pretty much everywhere on the board," Green said. "In some events we didn’t expect to score a lot of points, (yet) we made the podium and furthered our lead against City High.”
Green and the rest of the Warriors hope to build off their success and carry their momentum into their last two meets -- districts in two weeks and the state meet Feb. 12 at Marshalltown.
“We want to win every meet from now on,” he said.
Last Updated on Sunday, 23 January 2011 01:56
