Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Swick swims in the 100-yard butterfly event at state meet



THS junior Maddie Swick makes the turn on her butterfly leg of the 200-yard medley relay at the state meet last Saturday in Marshall- town. Swick qualified for four events at state, three relays and the 100-yard butterfly. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker. 

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor

MARSHALLTOWN — Tipton junior Maddie Swick became the first Tipton individual swimmer to compete at the Iowa Girls state swimming meet since 2008 last Satur- day. Swick, the current school record holder in the event, qualified out of the Linn-Mar Regional meet. Swick set the school record at 1:00.81. At state, Swick would finish 31st in the state in a time of 1:01.77. It was the second straight meet that Swick broke 1:02, after setting her season best time at home in a dual with Fair eld on October 21.

Swick swam Friday, November 8 in the preliminary round of swims at the state meet. Also swimming events that night were the 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard Individual medley, the 50-yard freestyle, the 100- yard freestyle, the 500-yard freestyle, the 100-yard backstroke, and the 100-yard breaststroke. Swick was in the rst heat of prelims. In her heat, Maci Greenley from Bettendorf won it in a time of 1:00.50 to place 23rd overall in the event.

At the Regional qualifying meet, her time nearly got her to state reaching the automatic qualifying standard time of 59.90 as her time was almost a second behind. However, Swick earned a spot at state for having the next fastest time statewide in the event. That time set a new Tipton school record in the event. The previous record was set in 2007 by Alex Proctor in a time of 1:01.61. The time also set Swick’s time in the event as a new season-best. Her previous best time this season was 1:03.25.

Swick’s time would have won her a state title in 1971-1975. During those years the state champion had a time of 1:02.0 or greater. Since 1976, there have been only two champions with a time slower than 1:00. Iowa City West sophomore Scarlet Martin denied Dowling Catholic senior Berit Quass a three-peat, winning the state title in 53.41. Quass won the state title in 2017 in 54.38 and last year in 54.16. This year she was second in 54.71. She would have joined only two others with three titles in the history of state swimming, Emma Sougstad from Mason City and Georganne Peterseon from Glenwood.

State Meet Results:
100-yard butterfly:

A FINAL - 1. Scarlet Martin (IC West) 53.41, 2. Berit Quass (Dowling) 54.71, 3. Carley Caughron (Waterloo) 56.73, 4. Hope Cvrk (SC Metro) 57.02, 5. Mia Moulden (Ames) 57.37, 6. Anna Ham- ling (Waukee) 57.72, 7. Scout Bergwall (Ankeny) 57.75, 8. Olivia Masterso (City High) 57.98.

B FINAL - 9. Lily Ernst (IC West) 57.68, 10. Julia Sweetman (Dowling) 58.42, 11. Cassie Rounds (Dowling) 58.58, 12. Melea Axman (Carroll) 58.91, 13. Abby McCorkle (Ames) 58.92, 14. Hannah Nedder (Newton) 58.96, 15. Jordon Kloth (Ames) 59.17, 16. Mallory Kell (Waukee) 59.25.

Preliminaries:
17. Chloe Marquis (DM Lincoln) 59.0, 18. Brooklyn Kaste (Johnston) 59.28, 19. Victoria Michel (Wahlert) 59.25, 20. Megan Greenley (Bettendorf) 59.44, 21. Kendall Mallaro (Cedar Falls) 59.47, 22. Eve Wiltse (Waukee) 59.56, 23. Maci Greenley (Bettendorf) 59.75, 24. Ava Zaugg (DM Lincoln) 1:00.0, 25. Emily Voyna (Decorah) 1:00.10, 26. Zoe Heiar (Wahlert) 1:00.13, 27. CC Lau (Cedar Falls) 1:00.85, 28. Samantha Fish (Hempstead) 1:00.86, 29. Mariel Castillo (WDM Valley) 1:01.15, 30. Nia Litterer (Mason City) 1:01.43, 31. Maddie Swick (Tipton) 1:01.77, 32. Ella Wagner (Linn-Mar) 1:02.09.

2019 Tipton 100-yard butterfly Results
August 2019
Clinton Duals (August 29) - 1st - 1. Mad- die Swick (T) 1:03.25

September 2019
Williamsburg (September 3) - 1st - 1. Rhyan Hoe er 1:03.78.
Muskie Invitational (September 7) - 1st - 1. Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:03.33
Clinton Invitational (September 14) - 2nd - Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:03.61 Williamsburg Duals (September 16) - 1st - Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:05.61
Linn-Mar (September 19) - 2nd - Mad- die Swick (TIP) 1:03.58
Davenport Central (September 23) - 1st - Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:03.65
Fairfield (September 30) - 1st - 1. Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:03.91

October 2019
Davenport North (October 3) - 1st - 1. Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:03.75
Cedar Rapids Washington (October 12) - 3rd - Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:04.38 Williamsburg (October 14) - 1st - 1. Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:03.91
Fairfield (October 21) - 1st - 1. Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:03.16

November 2019
Regionals - Linn-Mar (November 2) - 5th - Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:00.81
State Meet - Marshalltown (November 9) - 31st - Maddie Swick (Tipton) 1:01.77

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