Jefferson Boys Swimming

Late rally lifts Linn-Mar swimmers past Jeff

Jefferson won seven of 11 events Tuesday during its boys swimming meet against Linn-Mar, but the Lions got the wins when they needed them.

Linn-Mar swept the top three spots in the penultimate event, the 100 breaststroke, then won the 400 free relay to beat Jefferson, 88-82, at the Jefferson pool.

Jefferson held a 75-65 lead after the 100 backstroke. Nate Greve, Gabe Etzel and Jonathan Tripp finished 1-2-3 in the 100 breast to tie the meet at 78-78.

The Lions won the meet when its 400 free relay foursome of Kyle McNeal, Matt Ramsey, Carter Starr and Justin Arebaugh beat Jefferson by 3.18 seconds.

McNeal, Starr and Greve were the Lions' only winners of individual events. McNeal won the 100 free and Starr the 500 free.

Jefferson's Kristian Anderson and Lance Scallon were four-time winners. Anderson took the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly, and swam on the winning medley and 200 freestyle relays. Scallon swam on both relays and won the 50 free and 100 backstroke.

The J-Hawks' Alex Kleinheinz was a triple-winner. He was on both relays and won the 200 free.

The loss was the second straight heartbreaker for the J-Hawks, who were dumped by Kennedy 86-84 in a similar scenario in its last meet before the holiday break.

LINN-MAR 88, JEFFERSON 82

200 Medley Relay
1. Jefferson (Scallon, Kleinheinz, Anderson, Khorsand) 1:49.28
2. Linn-Mar (McNeal, N.Greve, Hendricks, Ramsey) 1:51.15
3. Linn-Mar (C.Greve, Decker, Peters, Low) 2:00.25

200 Freestyle
1. Alex Kleinheinz (CRJ) 2:00.55
2. Justin Arebaugh (LM) 2:01.24
3. Duggan Trenary (LM) 2:01.86

200 IM
1. Kristian Anderson (CRJ) 2:10.97
2. Nate Greve (LM) 2:15.60
3. Calvin Greve (LM) 2:27.10

50 Free
1. Lance Scallon (CRJ) 24.10
2. Carter Starr (LM) 24.82
3. Derek Myers (LM) 26.06

100 Fly
1. Anderson (CRJ) 58.50
2. Jake Inghram (CRJ) 1:01.83
3. Arebaugh (LM) 1:02.92

100 Free
1. Starr (LM) 55.18
2. Inghram (CRJ) 55.20
3. Matt Ramsey (LM) 55.21

500 Free
1. Kyle McNeal (LM) 5:28.29
2. Kleinheinz (CRJ) 5:38.04
3. Trenary (LM) 5:40.46

200 Free Relay
1. Jefferson (Anderson, Scallon, Inghram, Kleinheinz) 1:36.49
2. Linn-Mar (N.Greve, Hendricks, Starr, Arebaugh) 1:40.71
3. Jefferson (Myers, Munson, Franklin, Bennink) 1:44.81

100 Back
1. Scallon (CRJ) 59.61
2. McNeal (LM) 1:02.41
3. Wes Peters (LM) 1:06.27

100 Breast
1. N.Greve (LM) 1:07.61
2. Gabe Etzel (LM) 1:12.65
3. Jonathan Tripp (LM) 1:15.39

400 Free Relay
1. Linn-Mar (McNeal, Ramsey, Starr, Arebaugh) 3:39.56
2. Jefferson (Khorsand, Myers, Munson, Inghram) 3:43.38
3. Linn-Mar (Trenary, Peters, Roggendorf, Hendricks) 3:49.06

Cougar swimmers sneak by J-Hawks in final race

Jefferson won just about everything Tuesday night – except the swim meet.

Battling the Cougars at the Kennedy pool, the J-Hawks swept first place in 10 straight events. The Cougars nipped at their heels the whole night with a battery of second and third places, then raced to first and second place in the final relay to snatch an 86-84 victory.

“The moral of this story is that no matter where we’re at, we always have the mental strength to battle down, know what our strengths are, know what our weaknesses are, and make our strengths shine,” said Kennedy Coach Shawn Thomsen as his team celebrated its third win of the year.

Jefferson was led by its power pack of Kristian Anderson, Jake Inghram, Alex Kleinheinz and Lance Scallon, who won two individual events apiece and joined forces to take two of the three relays.

The J-Hawks led 68-56 late in the meet, but the Cougars churned on.

“We came out a little flat, but that speaks to the mental strength of this group,” Thomsen said of his team’s plucky performance. The Cougars went deep into their roster to score valuable points, sweeping second and third place in seven events.

“There’s lots of way to think about a dual meet, and a lot of times it’s those second, third, fourth, fifth-place swimmers that still score points, and it all adds up in the end,” said Thomsen, noting a few key role players in the Cougars’ exhilarating triumph.

“We had some fantastic swims. Dylan Casey stepped up and swam a solid 200 for the second time this year. Usually he swims the IM. Chandler Heisler swam all three relays, putting himself in a better position to help the team with relay points versus maybe a potential first-place individual finish.”

Heisler, who swam the fastest leg of the event-winning relay, was all smiles as he relaxed after a meet that was a nail-biter until the final lap.

“In the middle of the meet I was kind of nervous, but toward the end I knew we were going to get it. The team did well, so I’m happy.”

The Cougars couldn’t have made a better case that it takes a team to prevail over a cascade of sparkling individuals efforts.

KENNEDY 86, JEFFERSON 84

200 Medley Relay
1. Jefferson (Scanlon, Kleinheinz, Anderson, Inghram) 1:46.27; 2. Kennedy (Richardson, Holmes, Hanson, Heisler) 1:48.97; 3. Kennedy (Schantz, Green, Boomershine, Burstain) 1:55.40.

200 Free
1. Jake Inghram (CRJ) 2:00.15, 2. Dylan Casey (CRK) 2:02.36, 3. Zach Khorsand ((CRJ) 2:02.41.

200 IM
1. Alex Kleinheinz (CRJ) 2:16.05, 2. John Richardson (CRK) 2:21.02, 3. Jack Green (CRK) 2:21.23.

50 Free
1. Lance Scallon (CRJ) 24.00, 2. Harrison Moore (CRK) 24.11, 3. Brandon Holmes (CRK) 24.19.

100 Fly
1. Jake Inghram (CRJ) 1:03.51, 2. Alex Boomershine (CRK) 1:04.71, 3. Grant Batterson (CRK) 1:05.08.

100 Free
1. Kristian Anderson (CRJ) 50.14, 2. Chandler Heisler (CRK) 53.73, 3. Derek Myers (CRJ) 58.00.

500 Free
1. Alex Kleinheinz (CRJ) 5:42.36, 2. Zach Khorsand (CRJ) 5:42.93, 3. Evan Batterson (CRK) 6:02.96.

200 Free Relay
1. Jefferson (Inghram, Scallon, Kleinheinz, Anderson) 1:34.14, 2. Kennedy (Casey, Schantz, Heisler, Holmes) 1:36.15, 3. Kennedy (Green, Crippes, Boomershine, Batterson) 1:42.55.

100 Back
1. Lance Scallon (CRJ) 1:00.98, 2. John Richardson (CRK) 1:03.77, 3. Dylan Casey (CRK) 1:06.01.

100 Breast
1. Kristian Anderson (CRJ) 1:08.36, 2. Brandon Holmes (CRK) 1:13.07, 3. Jack Green (CRK) 1:14.06.

400 Free Relay
1. Kennedy (Batterson, Moore, Heisler, Casey) 3:41.81, 2. Kennedy (Richardson, Hanson, Schantz, Boomershine) 3:50.40, 3. Jefferson (Khorsand, Myers, Bennink, Munson) 3:53.02.

J-Hawks dunk Grinnell tankers

GRINNELL -- Kristian Anderson and Alex Kleinheinz won four events, and Jake Inghram and Lance Scallon were triple winners Thursday night for Jefferson in its 106-63 dunking of Grinnell.

Anderson won the 200-yard individual medley and 100 butterfly. He also swam on the winning 200 and 400 free relays.

Kleinheinz won the 200 and 100 freestyle events. He also swam on the 200 and 400 free relays.

Inghram won the 50 free and swam on the 200 medley and 400 free relays.

Scallon won the 100 back and swam on the medley and 400 free relays.

Zach Khorsand won the 500 for the J-Hawks, who won 10 of 11 events.

JEFFERSON 106, GRINNELL 63

200 Medley Relay
1. Jefferson (Scallon, Munson, Ingrham, Franklin) 1:54.13

200 Freestyle
1. Alex Kleinheinz (CRJ) 1:57.23
2. Lance Scallon (CRJ) 2:08.13

200 IM
1. Kristian Anderson (CRJ) 2:09.88

50 Free
1. Jake Ingrham (CRJ) 23.89
2. Derek Myers (CRJ) 26.13

100 Fly
1. Anderson (CRJ) 56.53
3. Michael Munson (CRJ) 1:10.71

100 Free
1. Kleinheinz (CRJ) 53.12
2. Inghram (CRJ) 53.53

500 Free
1. Zach Khorsand (CRJ) 5:38.61
3. Nick Stark (CRJ) 6:29.41

200 Free Relay
1. Jefferson (Anderson, Franklin, Khorsand, Kleinheinz) 1:38.66
3. Jefferson (Myers, Munson, Loboda, Bennink) 1:45.00

100 Back
1. Scallon (CRJ) 1:01.11
3. Dan Nguyen (CRJ) 1:14.96

100 Breast
1. Ian Baumann (G) 1:15.46
2. Michael Munson (CRJ) 1:15.52

400 Free Relay
1. Jefferson (Scallon, Anderson, Inghram, Kleinheinz) 3:33.06
3. Jefferson (Khorsand, Myers, Loboda, Nguyen) 4:04.56

Anderson claims crown for Jeff swimmers

CEDAR FALLS -- Kristian Anderson won the 100 freestyle and was second in the 50 to highlight Jefferson performances Saturday at the Marcussen Invitational boys swimming meet.

Jefferson finished fifth in the seven-team meet. West Des Moines Dowling won with 507.33 points. Cedar Falls was second with 441.33 and Muscatine was third with 432.

Anderson won the 100 freestyle in 50.56 seconds, beating Decorah's Jason Orvis by .19 seconds. Anderson finished second in the 50 with a 22.69-second clocking.

Jefferson's 200 free relay of Anderson, Jake Inghram, Lance Scallon and Alex Kleinheinz swam to a fourth-place finish. The same quartet finished fifth in the 400 free relay.

MARCUSSEN INVITATIONAL

Teams
1. WDM Dowling 507.33
2. Cedar Falls 441.33
3. Muscatine 432
4. Mason City 247
5. CR Jefferson 218.33
6. Decorah 212
7. Waterloo East 39

200 Medley Relay
1. Cedar Falls (Clements, Sund, B.Stern, N.Stern) 1:42.68
2. WDM Dowling 1:44.20
3. Muscatine 1:45.48

200 Free
1. Trent Jackson (Musc) 1:44.87
2. Ben Severino (WDMD) 1:51.34
3. Gabe Langner (CF) 1:52.95
9. Jake Inghram (CRJ) 2:01.40
10. Zach Khorsand (CRJ) 2:04.42

200 IM
1. Travis Greenwald (Musc) 2:00.18
2. Joe Bott (WDMD) 2:03.34
3. Jake Sund (CF) 2:06.40

50 Free
1. Tate Jackson (Musc) 22.29
2. Kristian Anderson (CRJ) 22.69
3. Jason Orvis (Dec) 23.47
7. Alex Kleinheinz (CRJ) 24.27
9. Lance Scallon (CRJ) 24.39

100 Fly
1. Wyatt Rowe (MC) 57.36
2. Ben Severino (WDMD) 57.38
3. Brady Stern (CF) 58.70
10. Jake Inghram (CRJ) 1:08.69

100 Free
1. Kristian Anderson (CRJ) 50.56
2. Jason Orvis (Dec) 50.75
3. Conner Clements (CF) 50.96

500 Free
1. Trent Jackson (Musc) 4:52.26
2. Joe Bott (WDMD) 4:54.89
3. Spencer Clark (WDMD) 5:03.37
11. Zach Khorsand (CRJ) 5:47.51

200 Free Relay
1. Dowling (Severino, McEntee, Root, Tystahl) 1:31.52
2. Muscatine 1:31.63
3. Cedar Falls 1:34.07
4. Jefferson (Anderson, Inghram, Scallon, Kleinheinz) 1:35.30
9. Jefferson (Michael Munson, Quinn Franklin, Derek Myers, Khorsand) 1:44.32

100 Back
1. Conner Clements (CF) 54.58
2. David Ruzicka (WDMD) 58.16
3. Brady Stern (CF) 59.93
6. Lance Scallon (CRJ) 1:01.05

100 Breast
1. Jake Sund (CF) 1:04.73
2. Michael Sovers (Musc) 1:05.40
3. Geoff Root (WDMD) 1:05.75

400 Free Relay
1. Muscatine (Tr. Jackson, Halstead, Ta. Jackson, Krueger) 3:23.78
2. Cedar Falls 3:25.66
3. Dowling 3:25.73
5. Jefferson (Anderson, Inghram, Scallon, Kleinheinz) 3:33.45