The Ames Little Cyclones sucked all the water out of the Marshalltown High School pool.
Ames dominated its Iowa Alliance Conference dual meet against the Marshalltown girls swimming team on Tuesday, defeating the Bobcats 141 to 45. The Little Cyclones won 11 of 12 events and took second place in all but two events, dominating the Bobcats with their top-tier field.
Ames, ranked No. 4 in the IGHSAU Power Rankings, also won three individual events.
Marshalltown’s lone win came from senior Kate Hauser, who won the diving competition with a score of 232.20 points.
The Bobcats, ranked 25th in the power rankings, had Emma Case take runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:13.82 and Leia Hernandez take runner-up in the 100-yard freestyle in 57.91.
Hernandez narrowly edged out Ames’ Suri Hanson at the wall to win in 57.43.
Taking third place were Marshalltown’s Drea Thelen in the 500 freestyle in 6:10.44, Hernandez in the 50 freestyle in 26.36 and Adele Beeck in the 100 breaststroke in 1:14.66, with all three swimmers in the Bobcat Relay placing third.
The Bobcats return to their home pool on Thursday to take on Indianola at 5:30 p.m.
Ames 141, Marshalltown 45
In Marshalltown
Event Results
(Winners and MHS Prize Winners)
200 Medley Relay — 1st AMES (Wright, Harmsen, Hanson, Mogard) 1:59.59; 3rd MHS (Bear, Boone, Hauser, Meyern) 2:28.46.
200-meter freestyle — 1st, Saylor Hollas, Ames, 2:05.32; 2nd, Emma Case, MHS, 2:13.82; 5th, Alex Laszak, MHS, 2:25.35.
200 individual medley — 1st Jaylin Wright, AMES, 2:27.10; 4th Maisy Gammart, MHS, 2:34.11; 5th Rachel Case, MHS, 2:44.30.
50 meter freestyle — 1st Andra Robertson, AMES, 25.95; 3rd Leia Hernandez, MHS, 26.36; 5th Libby Meyer, MHS, 28.06.
Diving — 1st, Kate Hauser, MHS, 232.20; 5th, Ella Demonte, MHS, 169.60.
100 butterfly — 1. Ellie McCorkle, AMES, 1:01.44; 4. Gammart, MHS, 1:12.36; 5. Adele Beeck, MHS, 1:17.68.
100 Freestyle — 1st Suri Hanson, AMES, 57.43; 2nd Hernandez, MHS, 57.91; 5th R. Case, MHS, 1:00.62.
500-meter freestyle — 1st McCorkle, Ames, 5:17.55; 3rd Drea Thelen, MHS, 6:10.44; 4th Meyer, MHS, 6:23.59.
200 Freestyle Relay — 1st AMES (Smith, Thompson, Snakenberg, Hollas) 1:47.85; 3rd MHS (R. Case, Hauser, Meyer, Thelen) 1:53.70.
100 backstroke — 1. Ky Thompson, AMES, 1:04.12; 4. E. Case, MHS, 1:10.82; 5. Lasack, MHS, 1:13.36.
100-meter breaststroke — 1st Alex Powers, Ames, 1:11.48; 3rd Beeck, MHS, 1:14.66; 5th Morgan Baer, MHS, 1:40.14.
400 Freestyle Relay — 1st AMES (Smith, Van Der Linden, Horace, McCorkle) 3:56.70; 3rd MHS (Hernandez, R. Case, E. Case, Gammart) 4:00.23.
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