AMES - Josh Hughes won three events to lead Washington at the Ames Invitational boys swimming meet Saturday at Ames High School.

Hughes won the 200 and 500 freestyle and also swam on the winning 400 free relay. He also swam a leg on the second-place 200 free relay.

Washington's Jared Thorson won the 50 free and swam the anchor leg on the 400 free relay. He also swam on the 200 free relay and was second in the 100 butterfly.

Nick Saulnier was second in the 100 breaststroke for the Warriors.

AMES INVITATIONAL

No team scores

200 Medley Relay

1. Johnston 1:40.17 (Tyler Cracraft, Justin Winnett, Reed Molander, Cody Carlson)
2. Ankeny 1:43.17 (Alek Martin, Jameson Spitzig, Hunter Haws, Chandler Cox)
3. Cedar Falls 1:44.08 (Connor Clements, Jake Sund, Cole Plumber, Nick Michels)
4. CR Washington 1:45.31 (Nick Saulnier, Sami Scheetz, Nick Durin, Ryo Ueno)

200 Free

1. Josh Hughes (CRW) 1:48.21
2. Chandler Cox (Ank) 1:49.38
3. Chris Merchant (Ames) 1:51.58
4. Alex Clark (Jon) 1:51.64
7. Ryo Ueno (CRW) 1:57.00
16. Eric Roush (CRW) 2:03.52

200 IM

1. Winnett (Jon) 1:59.00
2. Sund (CF) 2:06.61
3. Max Ward (DMR) 2:07.71
4. Saulnier (CRW) 2:08.00
8. Matt Jackson (CRW) 2:15.36
9. Ian McElree (CRW) 2:15.58

50 Free

1. Jared Thorson (CRW) 22.55
2. Martin (Ank) 23.05
3. Stjepan Fiolic (Jon) 23.29
4. Nick Durin (CRW) 23.57
5. Jakob Kehoe (CRW) 23.61

100 Fly

1. Ward (DMR) 52.41
2. Thorson (CRW) 54.70
3. Molander (Jon) 54.71
11. Zach Weston (CRW) 1:01.96

100 Free

1. Tyler Cracraft (Jon) 48.22
2. Merchant (Ames) 50.46
3. Martin (Ank) 52.00
4. Jared Ingebrand (Jon) 52.41
5. Ueno (CRW) 52.51
10. Scheetz (CRW) 53.24
11. Durin (CRW) 53.29

500 Free

1. Hughes (CRW) 4:53.08
2. Cox (Ank) 4:53.62
3. Adric Sorensen (Ank) 5:07.00
4. Corbin Fadley (DMH) 5:07.83
13. Eric Roush (CRW) 5:32.33
14. Ian Hoover-Girnde (CRW) 5:40.97   

200 Free Relay

1. Johnston 1:31.17 (Cracraft, Wieland, Winnett, Carlson)
2. CR Washington 1:31.97 (Scheetz, Durin, Hughes, Thorson)
3. Ames 1:33.57 (Wyatt Rasmussen, Marios Tringides, Alex Pyle, Chris Merchant)
4. DM Roosevelt 1:33.68 (Jackson Murphy, James McKee, Connor Gillette, Ward)

100 Back

1. Cracraft (Jon) 55.36
2. Saulnier (CRW) 56.56
3. Daniel Reinert (CF) 58.42
4. Cole Plumber (CF) 58.61
7. Ian McElree (CRW) 1:00.53
10. Cameron Bentley (CRW) 1:01.69

100 Breast

1. Winnett (Jon) 1:00.11
2. Sund (CF) 1:04.58
3. Carlson (Jon) 1:04.66
4. Spitzig (Ank) 1:06.64
7. Scheetz (CRW) 1:07.22
8. Kopec (CRW) 1:08.00
11. Matt Jackson (CRW) 1:10.21

400 Free Relay

1. CR Washington 3:23.29 (Saulnier, Ueno, Hughes, Thorson)
2. Ames  3:25.82 (Rasmussen, Tringides, Pyle, Merchant)
3. Johnston 3:25.88 (Clark, Ingebrand, Molander, Wieland)
4. Ankeny 3:27.81 (Martin, Haws, Casey Shumaker, Cox)