![Washington teammates Josh Hughes (foreground) and Morgan Barnes check the scoreboard for their times after the 500 freestyle Saturday at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet at Waterloo. Hughes beat Barnes by 12-hundredths of a second to win the event. The Warriors edged Dubuque Senior by two points to win the meet. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)](/images/resized/images/photos/washington/bswimming/1_200_143.jpg)
Warriors by a whisker at MVC meet
WATERLOO - Ian Ford says he stands 6-foot-4 1/2 inches tall, and that extra half-inch is important.
It helped Cedar Rapids Washington win the Mississippi Valley Conference swim meet Saturday afternoon by a fingertip at the Waterloo Central Middle School pool.
The Warriors edged Dubuque Senior, 383-381, for the title, partially because Ford won the 100-yard backstroke by one-hundredth of a second to give Washington three extra points in the team standings.
If Ford had finished second in that race - if he had been just two-hundredths of a second slower - the Warriors would have finished second in the team standings by a single point.
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