Kennedy Boys Swimming

Kitsos wins Metro Spotlight Award

Stefan Kitsos of Cedar Rapids Kennedy is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Kitsos, a senior, turned in an exceptional performance for Kennedy at the state swimming meet in Marshalltown on Saturday and helped the Cougars finish 11th in the team standings.

Kitsos placed second in the 100 breaststroke in 57.50 seconds and finished fourth in the 50 freestyle in 21.22 seconds. In addition, he helped the Cougars place sixth in the 200 medley relay (1:37.08) and place 11th in the 200 freestyle relay (1:27.75).

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Kennedy boys dunk City High

The Kennedy boys swimming team won 10 of 11 events and beat Iowa City High, 116-42, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Tuesday at Kennedy.

Brady Gibson won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly for the Cougars. Cade Schoenauer took the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle, Stefan Kitsos captured the 500 freestyle and 100 backstroke, and Dawson Gibbons won the 50 freestyle.

Kennedy also won the 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays.

KENNEDY 116, IOWA CITY HIGH 42
200 medley relay – Kennedy (Brady Gibson, Stefan Kitsos, Alec Hanson, Reece Linder) 1:47.56.
200 freestyle – Gibson (K) 1:59.83.
200 individual medley – Cade Schoenauer (K) 2:14.23.
50 freestyle – Dawson Gibbons (K) 24.73.
100 butterfly – Gibson (K) 59.76.
100 freestyle – Schoenauer (K) 51.26.
500 freestyle – Kitsos (K) 5:23.28.
200 freestyle relay – Kennedy (Schoenauer, Clark Montover, Spencer Davis, Gibbons) 1:37.69.
100 backstroke – Kitsos (K) 56.77.
100 breaststroke – Nate Katalanich (C) 1:05.23.
400 freestyle relay – Kennedy (Schoenauer, Linder, Gibson, Kitsos) 3:32.12.

Kitsos leads Cougars at SE Polk swim

RUNNELLS - Stefan Kitsos of Kennedy captured the 100 breaststroke at the Southeast Polk Invitational swim meet Saturday in Runnells.

Kitsos was clocked in 1:00.57, beating Zach Linder of Waukee to the wall by 64-hundredths of a second.

Waukee won all the other events and claimed the championship with 443 points. Kennedy finished second out of eight schools with 261 points.

The Cougars got second-place finishes from Cade Schoenauer in the 200 free, Kitsos in the 100 free and the 200 medley relay. The Cougars got third-place showings from Reece Linder in the 200 IM, Schoenauer in the 100 fly and Clark Montover in the 200 free and 500 free.

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Schoenauer, Kitsos lead Kennedy swimmers

DUBUQUE - Cade Schoenauer and Stefan Kitsos paced the Cedar Rapids Kennedy boys swimming team at the Mustang Invitational in Dubuque Saturday.

Schoenauer finished second in the 100 fly in 56.39 seconds. Kitsos placed third in the 100 free (50.30) and the 100 breaststroke (1:01.72).

Dubuque Senior topped Bettendorf for the title. Kennedy finished third out of eight teams.

MUSTANG INVITATIONAL

Team Standings

1. Dubuque Senior 487.5, 2. Bettendorf 440, 3. Kennedy 331.5, 4. Hempstead 280, 5. Freeport Pretzels 101, 6. Platteville/Lancaster 74, 7. Davenport North 64, 8. Davenport West 40.

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