Kennedy Boys Swimming

Moore, Richardson pace Kennedy swimmers

WATERLOO -- Harrison Moore and John Richardson won three events Thursday night as Cedar Rapids Kennedy defeated Waterloo East and Decorah in a double-dual swimming meet in Waterloo.

Moore won the 200 freestyle and swam on the triumphant 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay. Richardson captured the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke and swam on the victorious 200 freestyle relay.

Dylan Casey, Andy Hanson and Chandler Heisler were double winners for the Cougars.

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Kennedy swimmers take 2nd at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN - The Kennedy Cougars won two events and placed second in the team standings at the Bobcat Invitational swimming meet Saturday in Marshalltown.

Chandler Heisler participated in both victories for Kennedy. He teamed with Stefan Kitsos to win the 400 medley relay, and he joined Dylan Casey, John Richardson and Brennan Urbi on the victorious 400 freestyle relay.

All of the events in the meet were relays. Some of them were two-man relays and some were four-man relays.

West Des Moines Valley won the four-team invitational.

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Kennedy capsized by Iowa City West

Kennedy's John Richardson was a double winner Tuesday night in the Cougars' 96-74 loss to Iowa City West in a boys swimming meet at the Kennedy pool.

Kennedy won three events. Richardson won the 100 backstroke and swam a leg on the Cougars' winning 200 medley relay.

Kennedy's Chandler Heisler won the 100 butterfly for the Cougars' other victory.

Iowa City West freshman Mark McGlaughlin recorded torrid early season times in the 200 free (1:46.42) and 500 free (4:53.06). He and fellow frosh Aidan Keen were quadruple winners.

IOWA CITY WEST 96, KENNEDY 74

200 Medley Relay
1. Kennedy (Richardson, Kitsos, Hanson, Moore) 1:46.26
2. Iowa City West 1:48.92
3. Iowa City West 1:53.48

200 Free
1. Mark McGlaughlin (ICW) 1:46.42
2. Zachary Hingtgen (ICW) 2:03.29
3. Mason Weibel (ICW) 2:03.38

200 IM
1. Carson Miller (ICW) 2:08.00
2. Chandler Heisler (CRK) 2:14.17
3. John Richardson (CRK) 2:19.13

50 Free
1. Aidan Keen (ICW) 22.57
2. Brennan Urbi (CRK) 23.93
3. Harrison Moore (CRK) 23.99

100 Fly
1. Chandler Heisler (CRK) 57.89
2. James Riley (ICW) 1:03.31
3. Zachary Hingtgen (ICW) 1:03.34

100 Free
1. Aidan Keen (ICW) 48.63
2. Stefan Kitsos (CRK) 52.38
3. Mason Weibel (ICW) 54.10


500 Free
1. Mark McGlaughlin (ICW) 4:53.06
2. Jack Green (CRK) 5:35.88
3. William Scott (ICW) 5:51.12

200 Free Relay
1. Iowa City West (Keen, Druivenga, Hingtgen, McGlaughlin) 1:31.34
2. Kennedy (Heisler, Moore, D.Casey, Urbi) 1:32.55
3. Kennedy (Green, Hanson, Batterson, Ruzicka) 1:42.69

100 Back
1. John Richardson (CRK) 59.22
2. Dylan Casey (CRK) 1:00.78
3. Ross McCurdy (ICW) 1:05.68

100 Breast
1. Carson Miiller (ICW) 1:05.44
2. Stefan Kitsos (CRK) 1:07.17
3. James Riley (ICW) 1:07.98

400 Free Relay
1. Iowa City West (Weibel, Keen, McGlaughlin, Miller) 3:24.01
2. Kennedy (Urbi, Richardson, Kitsos, Heisler) 3:32.53
3. Iowa City West 3:45.57

JV score - Iowa City West 96, Kennedy 71

Swimmers enjoy unusual J-Hawk Relays

Dylan Casey of Kennedy swam 100 yards Saturday with his eye goggles around his nose, but was able to laugh about it later.

For one thing, the Cougars set a record in the 300-yard backstroke relay with Casey swimming the anchor leg. And for another, the annual J-Hawk Relays are a fun meet with a variety of different events that you don't see anywhere else.

"It's a fun event to come to," said Casey. "It's a lot less stress. You can enjoy yourself while you're swimming. If you drop times, it's great. It you don't, it's no big deal."

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