Tigers season ends at Linn-Mar Regional

Tipton senior Zoe Stonebraker swims in the 400-yard freestyle relay at the Linn-Mar Regional swimming meet on November 7. Stonebraker placed third in the 50-yard freestyle, earning the Tigers top individual finisher at the meet. Stonebraker broke the 26-second mark for the first time this season to place third in a season best time of 25.96. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.

  MARION — The Tipton swimming team suffered a heartbreaking end to their ne swimming season on Saturday, November 7. The Tigers went to the meet looking for their third straight year of sending at least one event to the state swimming meet in Marshalltown. The Tigers best chance came in the relay events and two individual events. The Tigers would medal in all three relay events and Zoe Stonebraker and Rhyan Hoefler each would medal in individual events.
 Iowa City West won the Regional meet with a team score of 528 points. Linn-Mar was sec- ond with 433 and Cedar Rapids Washington was third with 278 points. The Trojans won nine of the individual events at the meet.
 The first event of the meet saw the Tigers place 5th in the Medley relay. The Tigers swam to a season best time of 1:58.20 with the team of Avary Calonder, Zoe Stonebraker, Rhyan Hoefler, and Maddie Swick. The Tigers previous best time this season was 2:02.80. The time moved THS to 24th statewide, up from 35th coming into the regional meet. However, the time was not enough to reach the state meet. The Tigers were heart- broken as they missed qualifying for the state meet in the event by 0.01.
 The Tigers best relay finish at the meet came in the 200-yard freestyle relay where they placed fifth in 1:45.55. The team of Avary Calonder, Maddie Swick, Zoe Stonebraker, and Rhyan Hoefler were fast in the pool. Tipton’s time helped them move up from 35th to 18th in the state before statewide best times are known to qualify for the state meet.
 Tipton finished o the regional meet by shattering their season best time in the 400-yard free- style relay and placing 6th to medal in the event. The Tigers swam to a finish of 3:55.93 with Maddie Swick, Avary Calonder, Rhyan Hoefler, and Zoe Stonebraker. At the time, it brought the Tigers from 36th to 25th in the state.
 The Tigers had three swimmers take season best times in individual events. Tipton senior Zoe Stonebraker raced to a third place nish in the 50-freestyle. Stonebraker’s finish was the highest for a THS individual swimmer at the meet. Her time of 25.96 is a season best and her first time under 26 seconds in the event in 2020. Her previous best time was her seed time of 26.63. Tipton senior Maddie Swick placed 7th in the 100-yard butter y in a season best time of 1:02.52. Swick qualified individually last season for the state meet in the event.
 The Tigers claimed a school record at the meet in the 200-yard freestyle. Junior Rhyan Hoe er placed 6th to medal in the event, winning her heat in a time of 2:03.54. That time set a new school record in the event breaking the previous record set in 1998 in 2:04.4. Hoe er’s previous best time this season was 2:09.95.  Also in individual events, Tipton senior Kayley Clark swam to a season best, and career best time in the 500-yard freestyle. Clark finished in a time of 6:13.76. That time shattered her season best time of 6:24.29. The Tigers had two swimmers in the 100-yard freestyle. Bree Lemburg swam to a time of 1:14.85, and Alicia Beranek to a time of 1:09.56. In the 200-yard IM, Meghan Vandergaast placed third in her heat in 2:56.77. That time was a season best. Her previous best was 3:03.43. Two Tigers swimming in the 100-yard breast- stroke. Both turned in their best times. Corrine Vandergaast in 1:36.66, and Kayley Clark in 1:22.74. Vandergaast’s previous best was 1:37.49 while Clark’s was 1:24.59.
 The Tigers will say goodbye to three seniors that will be remembered for a long time. Graduating from this year’s team are Zoe Stonebraker, Maddie Swick, and Kayley Clark. The trio left their calling card of hard work, outworking their foes in the pool to reach back-to-back state swimming meets in 2018 and 2019. The Tigers will return junior Rhyan Hoefler, freshman Avary Calonder and a lot of swimmers to build around them next year as THS looks to keep making waves in future seasons.

Iowa City West Duo Shines At State Meet  

 MARSHALLTOWN — The meet champs at the Linn-Mar Regional meet, Iowa City West Trojans, had a pair of stars and they came out in force at the state swimming meet on Saturday, November 14. Aurora Roghair and Scarlet Mar- tin are the two swimmers. Martin set two individual state records and Roghair set one and both were part of a record setting 400-yard freestyle relay. The duo helped the Trojans to a runner-up nish in the team race at state with 277.5 points. The Ames Little Cyclones won the state title with 303 points. The runner-up team at the Linn-Mar Regional, the Linn-Mar Lions, placed eighth at state with 83 points.
 Martin, a junior who has committed to swim at the University of Florida out of the Southeastern Conference, was named the most outstanding swimmer at the state meet. She broke the 100- yard butter y and 100-yard backstroke state re- cords in 53.01 and 54.14. Aurora Roghair, who signed with Stanford University out of the Pac- 12, and set the state record in the 500-yard free- style in a time of 4:45.78.
 The Trojans 400-yard freestyle relay team of Martin, Jade Roghair, Olivia Taeger and Aurora Roghair broke the state record in the event in a time of 3:23.73.
 

Linn-Mar Regional Swimming Meet
Saturday, November 7
Marion, IA
Team Scores: 1. Iowa City West 528, 2. Linn-Mar 433, 3. Cedar Rapids Washington 278, 4. Iowa City, City High 261, 5. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 201, 6. Williamsburg 150, 7. Tipton 147, 8. Keokuk 83.

Individual Event Results (Top-3 and THS Re- sults):
200-medley relay: 1. Iowa City West (Wilkins,

Hajek, Hochstetler, Taeger) 1:49.89, 2. Linn-Mar (Wagner, Kimmel, Geelan, Haars) 1:50.39, 3. Iowa City, City High (Berry-Stoelzle, Yahashiri, Stalk eet, Loria) 1:53.24, 5. Tipton (Avary Calo- nder, Zoe Stonebraker, Maddie Swick, Rhyan Hoe er) 1:58.20.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Aurora Roghair (ICW) 1:49.49, 2. Jade Roghair (ICW) 1:55.34, 3. Lauren Williams (CRJ) 1:56.59, 7. Rhyan Hoe er (TIP) 2:03.54.

200-yard IM: 1. Hayley Kimmel (LM) 2:08.64, 2. Makala Hajek (ICW) 2:10.84, 3. Olivia Tager (ICW) 2:13.17, 15. Megan Vandergaast (TIP) 2:56.77. 50-yard freestyle: 1. Ella Hochstetler (ICW) 24.34, 2. Rika Yahashiri (ICH) 24.72, 3. Zoe Stonebraker (TIP) 25.96.

100-yard butter y: 1. Scarlet Martin (ICW) 54.11, 2. Heidi Stalk eet (ICH) 58.33, 3. Ella Hochstetler (ICW) 58.81, 6. Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:02.52. 100-yard freestyle: 1. Olivia Taeger (ICW) 53.59, 2. Lauren Williams (CRJ) 53.88, 3. Lucy Haars (LM) 54.55, 20. Alicia Beranek (TIP) 1:09.56, 22. Bree Lemburg (TIP) 1:14.85.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Aurora Roghair (ICW) 4:54.35, 2. Heidi Stalk eet (ICH) 5:05.27, 3. Jade Roghair (ICW) 5:10.01, 10. Kayley Clark (TIP) 6:13.76.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Iowa City West (Hochstetler, Roghair, Roghair, Martin) 1:36.89, 2. LInn-Mar (Kimmel, Haars, Wagner, Haars) 1:39.32, 3. Cedar Rapids Washington (Sorg, Pfab, Lenzer, Thompson) 1:44.19, 5. Tipton (Mad- die Swick, Avary Calonder, Rhyan Hoe er, Zoe Stonebraker) 1:45.65.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Scarlet Martin (ICW) 55.85, 2. Carlee Wilkins (ICW) 58.68, 3. Sydney Jones (CRW) 59.79, 6. Avary Calonder (TIP) 1:05.91.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Hayley Kimmel (LM) 1:05.55, 2. Rika Yahashiri (ICH) 1:10.68, 3. Abby Jones (CRW) 1:11.28, 15. Kayley Clark (TIP) 1:22.79, 19. Corrine Vandergaast (TIP) 1:36.66. 400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Iowa City West (Roghair, Taeger, Roghair, Martin) 3:30.84, 2. Iowa City, City High (Stalk eet, Loria, Seaton, Yahashi- ri) 3:45.16, 3. Linn-Mar (Haars, Geelan, Bren- nom, Haars) 3:46.91, 6. Tipton (Maddie Swick, Avary Calonder, Rhyan Hoe er, Zoe Stonebraker) 3:49.05.