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Kelley, Saulnier, Thorson pace Wash swimmers

Wed - 26 Nov Written by Metro Sports Report

Cameron Kelley, Nick Saulnier and Jared Thorson were double-winners Tuesday in the Metro swim meet at Washington High School.

Kelley captured the 200 free and 500 free, Saulnier won the 200 IM and the 100 back, and Thorson claimed the 50 free and 100 fly.

Brennan Urbi of Kennedy took the 100 free and Paul Hummell of Jefferson won the 100 breaststroke. Linn-Mar won the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay. Kennedy took the 400 freestyle relay.

No team scores were kept.

200 medley relay - Linn-Mar (Calvin Greve, Justin Arebaugh, Zach Hendricks, Brock Fischer) 1:43.65

200 free - Cameron Kelley (CRW) 1:49.34

200 IM - Nick Saulnier (CRW) 1:58.46

50 free - Jared Thorson (CRW) 21.87

100 fly - Jared Thorson (CRW) 54.01

100 free - Brennan Urbi (CRK) 50.23

500 free - Cameron Kelley (CRW) 4:52.23

200 free relay - Calvin Greve, Noah Decker, Brock Fischer, Justin Arebaugh) 1:35.20

100 back - Nick Saulnier (CRW) 53.29

100 breast - Paul Hummell (CRJ) 1:04.10

400 free relay - Kennedy (Stefan Kitsos, Alec Hanson, Brennan Urbi, Reece Linder) 3:38.64

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Linn-Mar sophomore Kelsey Drake is filled with emotion after setting a state record in the 100 butterfly during a regional meet at Linn-Mar Saturday. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion).

Cougars win title; Drake sets record

Sat - 01 Nov Written by Mike Condon

Not even a state-record performance from Linn-Mar's Kelsey Drake could overshadow a dominant team effort from Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

Drake, the Lions' super sophomore, set an all-time Iowa best in winning the 100-yard butterfly in Saturday's district meet at the Linn-Mar Aquatics Center. While Drake was the individual star, Kennedy was the team turning in good swim after good swim.

For one of the few times this season, veteran Cougars Coach John Ross was able to look on the deck and see his team at full strength. They responded by winning five events and had at least three top-six finishers in four events to take the team title.

Kennedy finished with 485 points to outdistance Metro rivals Linn-Mar (430) and Cedar Rapids Washington (307). All champions from the six districts around the state along with the next-best 18 finishers qualified for the state meet next Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA.

"I can't tell you how happy I am with the way we swam today," Ross said. "This is what swimming is about to me. We swam as a team and we had so many people swim so well today.

"We have battled health issues all season," he continued. "This was the meet for us this year. Winning this was our goal."

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PV Spartans rule Kennedy swim

Sat - 27 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

The Pleasant Valley Spartans won 11 of 12 events Saturday and dominated the Kennedy Invitational swim meet.

The host Cougars placed second out of seven teams. Sam Jacobson finished second in the 100 backstroke for Kennedy and Brooke Timmerman was second in the 100 breaststroke.

The Cougars also took second in the 200 medley relay.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 27 September 2014 19:43

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Urbi is busy guy for Kennedy swimmers

Thu - 16 Jan Written by Jim Ecker

Don't be alarmed if you see Brennan Urbi dashing from one end of Kennedy High School to the other. And then back again.

He might be hustling to swimming practice. Or racing to show choir rehearsals. Or joining the speech club for improv. Or tying to squeeze in a few minutes for homework.

"The north end of our building, the south end of our building, he's a very talented young man," Kennedy swim coach Shawn Thomsen said Thursday night.

Urbi won three events Thursday and helped the Cougars slip by Jefferson, 92-75, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Kennedy. He graciously had time for a quick interview before heading to his next activity ... or perhaps a nap.

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