Boys Swim Team Wins Linn-Mar’s First District Title

The week could not have ended on a higher note for the Linn-Mar Boys Swim Team.

Saturday, the team beat the odds by winning the Mississippi Valley Conference Boys’ District Title at Coe College after the event was moved from the Aquatic Center just hours before the meet was scheduled to take place.

Cedar Rapids Washington had laid claim to the District Title for 53 years – since 1957.  Linn-Mar won two individual events with Brycen Snell winning the 100 freestyle and the team of Matt Peng, Brycen Snell, Matthew Mather, and Hogan Myers winning the 200-freestyle relay.

The Lions edged out the Warriors 380-373.5 to earn the District Title.

It was just over a week ago the team took first place at the MVC Boys’ Varsity Swimming SuperMeet (also a first in school history) at home at the Aquatic Center.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association Boys’ State High School Swimming Meet is scheduled for Saturday, February 11, 2017, at 12:30 PM at the Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA. For details, visit the IHSSA website.

Congratulations to the Linn-Mar Swim Team and Coaching Staff on this monumental achievement.

Event results:

Team Standings

1. Linn-Mar 380, 2. Cedar Rapids Washington 373.5, 3. Dubuque Senior 277, 4. Dubuque Hempstead 272.5, 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 272, 6. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 145, 7. Decorah 124, 8. Keokuk 73, 9. Vinton-Shellsburg 67

Events

200 medley relay — 1. C.R. Washington (Kaleb Donels, George Durin, Zach Kolker, James Breitbart), 1:38.88; 2. Dubuque Senior, 1:39.44; 3. C.R. Kennedy (Spencer Davis, Carter Kramer, Cade Schoenaur, Dawson Gibbons), 1:40.28

200 free — 1. Cameron Kelley (CRW), 1:42.78; 2. Brycen Snell (LM), 1:45.57; 3. Chris Duehr (DH), 1:45.60

200 IM — 1. Kaleb Donels (CRW), 2:01.97; 2. Noah Faldet (DEC), 2:03.35; 3. Dylan Jones (KEO), 2:06.32

50 free — 1. George Durin (CRW), 22.00; 2. Matt Peng (LM), 22.02; 3. Matthew Mather (LM), 22.13

100 fly — 1. Ca. Schoenauer (CRK), 51.60; 2. Peng (LM), 51.71; 3. Duehr (DH), 53.84

100 free — 1. Brycen Snell (LM), 47.53; 2. Tom Poggemiller (DH), 48.56; 3. Mather (LM), 49.09

500 free — 1. Cameron Kelley (CRW), 4:42.62; 2. Jeremy Throndson (CRW), 4:45.96; 3. Hogan Myers (LM), 4:46.38

200 free relay — 1. Linn-Mar (Matt Peng, Brycen Snell, Matthew Mather, Hogan Myers), 1:28.05; 2. C.R. Kennedy (Kramer, Gibbons, Ca. Schoenauer, Sean Casey), 1:28.37; 3. C.R. Washington (Breitbart, Ethan Ford, Throndson, Kelley), 1:29.49

100 back — 1. Kaleb Donels (CRW), 52.87; 2. Will Colin (DS), 54.51; 3. Ford (CRW), 55.32

100 breaststroke — 1. Paul Hummell (CRJ), 59.27; 2. Faldet (DEC), 59.96; 3. Brandon Yuan (DS), 1:02.15

400 free relay — 1. C.R. Washington (George Durin, Jeremy Throndson, Kaleb Donels, Cameron Kelley), 3:12.43; 2. Linn-Mar (Peng, Mather, Myers, Snell), 3:12.60; 3. Dubuque Senior, 3:19.46.