Kennedy Girls Swimming

Kennedy girls swim by City High

IOWA CITY - Freshman MacKinzee Macho captured the 200 IM and 100 butterfly Tuesday as Kennedy dunked Iowa City High, 124-59, in the Mississippi Valley Conference opener at the Mercer Pool.

Kirsten Siebenga (50 free), Courtney Fisher (diving) and Maddie Bagby (100 free) also won individual events for Kennedy. The Cougars also claimed the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay.

The Cougars won 8 of 12 events overall.

KENNEDY 124, IOWA CITY HIGH 59

200 medley relay - Kennedy (Maddie Bagby, Brooke Timmerman, Taylor Golden, Kirsten Siebenga) 1:56.72

200 free - Taylor Pajunen (ICH) 2:08.83

200 IM - MacKinzee Macho (CRK) 2:20.87

50 free - Kirsten Siebenga (CRK) 25.68

Diving - Courtney Fisher (CRK) 213.05

100 fly - MacKinzee Macho (CRK) 1:06.74

100 free - Maddie Bagby (CRK) 57.37

500 free - Taylor Pajunen (ICH) 5:43.99

200 free relay - Kennedy (Brooke Harris, Brooke Timmerman, Darby Manternach, Lydia Young) 1:48.27

100 back - Alayna McCafferty (ICH) 1:05.40

100 breast - Lizzie Brown (ICH) 1:09.56

400 free relay - Kennedy (Maddie Bagby, Kirsten Siebenga, Lydia Yang, Taylor Golden) 3:56.75

Cougars, Jenks win regional swim titles

Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Jennifer Jenks were the big winners at the regional swimming meets on Saturday.

Kennedy trimmed Iowa City West, 432.5 to 424, for the team championship at the regional in Iowa City and qualified for the state meet in nine events.

Michele Wasta of Kennedy won the regional title in the 100 butterfly. The Cougars also claimed regional crowns in the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay.

Jenks, a freshman at Linn-Mar, captured the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle at the regional meet in Cedar Falls. Her time of 51.30 seconds in the 100 freestyle leads all qualifiers for the state meet.

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Kennedy swimmers trimmed by Senior

DUBUQUE — The eighth-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy swim team was edged by No.17 Dubuque Senior, 96-90, Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet in Dubuque.

Dubuque Senior won all 12 events, although some of the races were extremely close.

Kennedy finished second in 10 events. Brooke Timmerman placed second in the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke.

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Cougars swamp Wash swimmers

Hannah Botkin was a triple winner and Kennedy won 10 of 12 events to swamp Washington, 136-49, Tuesday in girls swimming at Kennedy.

Botkin won the 50 and 100 freestyle events, and swam a leg on the winning 200 free relay. Larkyn Aldrich also won two individual events, claiming the 200 free and 100 breaststroke for the Cougars.

Other Kennedy winners were Kirsten Siebenga (200 IM), Michele Wasta (100 butterfly) and Maddie Bagby (500 free).

Washington's Kaitlyn Nemickas won the 100 backstroke and swam on the winning 200 medley relay team.

Kennedy swept the top three spots in seven events.

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