The Jefferson swim team competed Saturday in the Iowa West Swim Conference meet at Guthrie Center.
Jefferson had many strong performances but couldn’t pull out the win against a very strong Carroll team. Jefferson took second place edging Perry, who finished a strong third. Team scores were Carroll 312, Jefferson 227.5, Perry 213, Guthrie Center 197, Denison 153, Sac City 121.5, Coon Rapids 120, Manning 54, Lake City 52, and Glidden 44.
Jefferson had three relays finish first:
9-10 boys medley relay team of Cody Allen, Gavin Scheuermann, Nathan Ausberger and Jack Hansen.
13-14 girls medley relay and free relay teams of Ellie Madson, Sophie Havens, Megan Doran and Julia Saul. These relays finished the season undefeated and set many records along the way.
Two individuals take home gold in the individual events.
Gabe Schroeder dominated the field winning the free, back, breast and long free in the 8 and younger division. He also set the conference record in the long free (33.14), crushing the old record of 34.68. This is Gabe’s second season sweeping his events at the conference meet.
Nick Schroeder continued his six season winning streak by crushing his opponents. He dominated the field in the 50 free, back, individual medley and 100 free.
Second place finishers:
- 9-10 boys free relay: Cody Allen, Brent Dennhardt, Gavin Scheuermann, Jack Hansen
- 11-12 girls free relay: Lizzy Allen, Lucy Dudley, Paige Teeples, Peyton Whipple
- 11-12 boys medley relay: Nathan Black, Logan Woodruff, Shane Carlson, McKinley Robbins
- 11-12 boys free relay: Black, Carlson, Kole Teeples, Robbins
- 15-18 girls medley relay: Kenna Marquardt, Maddie Schroeder, Ashley Hunter, Sophia Ausberger
- 15-18 boys free relay: Ethan Woodruff, Mason Osborne, Lucas Ausberger, Nick Schroeder
- 9-10 boys free- Jack Hansen
- 9-10 boys breast- Gavin Scheuermann- breast
- 9-10 boys back, long free- Cody Allen
- 13-14 girls back- Ellie Madson
Third place finishers:
- 9-10 girls free relay: Chanlyn Cunningham, Kyann Fowler, Taylor Kaufman, Kaylee Stalder
- 11-12 girls medley relay: Allen, Dudley, Whipple, Teeples
- 11-12 boys back, IM- Nathan Black
- 11-12 boys breast- Logan Woodruff
- 11-12 boys long free- Shane Carlson
- 13-14 girls breast- Sophie Havens
- 13-14 girls fly- Megan Doran
- 13-14 girls IM, long free- Ellie Madson
- 15-18 girls breast- Maddie Schroeder
- 15-19 girls back, IM- Kenna Marquardt
Peyton Whipple
