MARSHALLTOWN -- Linn-Mar senior Sam Wagner finished seventh and Adelia Clark 12th in the state diving competition Friday night at the Marshalltown YMCA.

Linn-Mar is tied with Decorah for third place with 17 points apiece.

Ames freshman Maggie James won the diving and senior teammate Sarah Kemp was second.

West Des Moines Valley divers Julie Dickinson, Ashlyn Clingman and Morgan Rafferty finished 3-5-6 to give the Tigers a six-point lead over second-place Ames heading into Saturday's swimming competition, which starts at noon.

Linn-Mar qualified three divers to the state meet. Freshman Alyssa Deuso failed to advance beyond the preliminary round.

The seventh-place finish was the best for Wagner in four years of qualifying for the state meet. She finished ninth as a junior, 14th as a sophomore and 11th as a freshman.

Most of Friday's scores were shy of the marks recorded by each diver during last weekend's regional qualifying. Wagner's score of 393.00 was 16.2 points lower than 16.2 points shy of her seed score. Clark, however, exceeded her seed score by 20.6 points, recording a 368.95.

STATE SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Team totals (after one event) - 1. WDM Valley 43, 2. Ames 37, 3. (tie) Linn-Mar and Decorah 17, 5. SE Polk 11, 6. Cedar Falls 9, 7. (tie) Dubuque Wahlert and WDM Dowling 7, 9. Johnston 6, 10. Waukee 1.

Friday's Results

Diving

1. Maggie James (Ames)     447.80
2. Sarah Kemp (Ames)        443.10
3. Julie Dickinson (WDM Valley)  413.35
4. Marea Holkesvik (Decorah)     411.60
5. Ashlyn Clingman (WDM Valley) 407.50
6. Morgan Rafferty (WDM Valley)  398.00
7. Sam Wagner (Linn-Mar)    393.00
8. Rylee Ames (SE Polk)       389.15
9. Hannah Brummel (Cedar Falls)  379.15
10. Betsy Osterberger (Wahlert)  371.50
11. Emma Billerbeck (Johnston)   369.90
12. Adelia Clark (Linn-Mar)     368.95
13. Natalie Wodniak (WDM Dowling)363.20
14. Brittney Engel (WDM Dowling) 356.65
15. Laura Francois (Decorah)     354.55
16. Limay Vong (Waukee)      353.20