Jefferson Girls Swimming

Drake, Chung make big splash at Jeff

Maybe it was a cloud of chlorine from the near-by Stoney Point YMCA that settled in their blood at an early age and turned Kelsey Drake and Jaylee Chung into swimming phenoms.

The two 15-year-old Jefferson High School freshmen live next door to each other and grew up together just a ways away from the Y. And in the first three weeks of their first high school swim season, they've already made their mark in the pool.

Multiple winners in every meet so far, each has been on only one losing relay team. Chung finished second in one individual race in the season opener. Drake has yet to be beaten.

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Drake sets fly record in pair of routs

Freshman Kelsey Drake set a Jefferson school record in the 100 butterfly and won four events Tuesday to lead the J-Hawks to a pair of dual meet girls swimming wins at Jefferson.

The J-Hawks won all but one event and routed Williamsburg, 124.5-47.5, and Vinton-Shellsburg, 118-51.

Drake shattered the school mark in the butterfly by more than two seconds, churning to 57.14 clocking. The old mark of 59.33 was set by Whitney Gorsegner in 2006.

Drake also won the 50 freestyle and swam on the winning 200 and 400 free relays.

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Drake, Chung help J-Hawks sink Wash

Kelsey Drake and Jaylee Chung won four events apiece Tuesday night as Cedar Rapids Jefferson clipped Cedar Rapids Washington, 98-82, in a Mississippi Valley Conference swimming meet at Washington.

Drake won the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke titles. She also swam on the victorious 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay.

Chung claimed the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly. She also swam on the triumphant 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay.

Olivia Northrup was a triple winner for the J-Hawks in the 200 medley relay, 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle relay. Hailey Sullivan and Ashley Anderson were double-winners for Jefferson.

Kaitlyn Nemickas captured the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke for Washington.

Jefferson won 9 of 12 events.

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Drake, Chung shine for J-Hawks in losses

CORALVILLE - The Jefferson girls swimming team lost a pair of meets Tuesday night to open the season at the Coralville Recreation Center.

But the J-Hawks got some fine swims from freshmen Kelsey Drake and Jaylee Chung in losses to Iowa City West and Dubuque Wahlert. The J-Hawks were beaten by West, 112-57, and by Wahlert, 88-79.

Drake won the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle, and swam on the winning 200 free relay. Chung won the 200 free and also swam on the 200 free relay.

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