Jefferson Girls Swimming

Thompson, Langel spark Jeff swimmers

Josie Thompson and Taylor Langel were triple-winners Tuesday night as Jefferson trimmed Iowa City High, 94-82, in a Mississippi Valley Conference swim meet at Jefferson.

Thompson claimed the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly and swam on the triumphant 200 freestyle relay.

Langel captured the 100 freestyle and swam on the victorious 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay.

JEFFERSON 94, IOWA CITY HIGH 82

200 medley relay - Iowa City High 2:07.16

200 free - Devan O'Rourke, ICH, 2:11.52

200 IM - Alix Sharp, IC High, 2:26.31

50 free - Josie Thompson, Jefferson, 27.56

Diving - Skylar Meyers, Jefferson, 180.00

100 fly - Josie Thompson, Jefferson, 1:06.01

100 free - Taylor Langel, Jefferson, 1:01.34

500 free - Devan O'Rourke, IC High, 5:50.50

200 free relay - Jefferson (Taylor Langel, Josie Thompson,

Mika McChesney, Hannah Eckley) 1:50.87

100 back - Edie Knoop, IC High, 1:12.58

100 breast - Annie Hartley, IC High, 1:16.62

400 free relay - Jefferson (Emily Wallace, Taylor Langel,

Hannah Eckley, Samantha Wesbrook) 4:18.81

Cougars take 3rd at CF swim meet

CEDAR FALLS - The Kennedy Cougars gave Cedar Falls and Waukesha South a good battle at the Marcussen Invitational swimming meet in Cedar Falls Saturday before settling for third place in the 11-team tournament.

Cedar Falls won the title with 458 points, following closely by Waukesha South (446) and Kennedy (444.5).

Washington finished in ninth place and Jefferson was 11th.

Kennedy piled up points in the diving competition with Courtney Fisher winning the event, Jayden Lovell placing second and Carolyn Simon taking fourth.

Kirsten Siebenga placed second in the 50 free and Sam Jacobsen took second in the 100 backstroke for Kennedy. The Cougars placed third in the 400 freestyle relay with Jacobsen, Maddie Bagby, Darby Manternach and Lydia Yang.

Washington and Jefferson did not have anyone finish in the top-six in any event.

Team Standings

1. Cedar Falls 458, 2. Waukesha South 446, 3. Kennedy 444.5, 4. Decorah 187, 5. Dubuque Senior 162, 6. Lewis central 157, 7. Mason City 138.5, 8. Wahlert 120, 9. Washington 98, 10. Waterloo West 74.5, 11. Jefferson 18.5.

Havertape helps Warriors sink J-Hawks

Lauren Havertape was a triple-winner Tuesday night as Washington defeated Jefferson, 100-65, in a Mississippi Valley Conference swim meet at Jefferson.

Havertape captured the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke and swam on the victorious 200 medley relay.

Kaitlyn Nemickas, Caitlin Sievers, Rhiannon Smeby, Emily Nelson and Logan Eckhardt were double-winners for the Warriors. Nelson captured the 200 IM and 100 butterfly.

Katelyn Canby won the diving for Jefferson. The J-Hawks also won the 400 freestyle relay.

WASHINGTON 100, JEFFERSON 65

200 medley relay - Washington (Kaitlyn Nemickas, Caitlin Sievers, Lauren Havertape, Lucy Ernst) 2:01.11

200 free - Rhiannon Smeby, Washington, 2:14.94

200 IM - Emily Nelson, Washington, 2:30.72

50 free - Logan Eckhardt, Washington, 26.81

Diving - Katelyn Canby, Jefferson, 204.85

100 fly - Emily Nelson, Washington, 1:08.35

100 free - Lauren Havertape, Washington, 59.01

500 free - Alyssa Harris, Washington, 5:51.15

200 free relay - Washington (Hannah Williams, Kaitlyn Nemickas, Rhiannon Smeby, Logan Eckhardt) 1:51.16

100 back - Lauren Havertape, Washington, 1:07.83

100 breast - Caitlin Sievers, Washington, 1:13.94

400 free relay - Jefferson (Josie Thompson, Taylor Langel, Hannah Eckley, Mika McChesney) 4:07.06

Canby wins diving for J-Hawks

CEDAR FALLS - Katelyn Canby of Jefferson won the diving competition Tuesday night at a Mississippi Valley Conference swimming against the Cedar Falls Tigers in Cedar Falls.

Canby scored 217.90 points to top the competition.

Cedar Falls won 11 of 12 events and captured the meet, 143-39.