Swimming Roundup: West High Rolls Past Hempstead in Season Opener
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After posting its best state meet finish in more than a decade last November the West High girls swim team appears to have picked up right where it left off.
West High won all 12 events on Tuesday in an impressive 151-35 dual victory over Dubuque Hempstead in its season opener at the Dubuque Aquatic Center.
The Women of Troy finished first and second in all three relays and had the top three finishers in six of nine individual events.
Seven different West High athletes won individual races on Tuesday led by senior Aurora Roghair and junior Ella Hochstetler who each won two.
Roghair broke her own school record in the 100 freestyle, winning in a time of 51.21 and added a first-place finish in the 200 freestyle in 1:49.65.
Hochstetler won the 50 freestyle and added a win in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.04.
Olivia Taeger won the 200 IM, Lauren Trent won the 500 freestyle and Samantha Klein won the diving competition for West High.
Scarlet Martin added a first-place finish in the 100 backstroke and Nola Femino won the 100 breaststroke in 1:17.88.
West High 151, Dubuque Hempstead 35
200 Medley Relay – 1. West High (Scarlet Martin, Jenny Geng, Ella Hochstetler, Lauren Trent) 1:54.49; 2. West High (Carlee Wilkins, Nola Femino, Jade Roghair, Makala Hajek) 2:00.28
200 Freestyle – 1. Aurora Roghair (ICW) 1:49.65; 2. Jade Roghair (ICW) 1:57.03; 3. Kolby Reese (ICW) 2:00.22.
200 IM – 1. Olivia Taeger (ICW) 2:12.84; 2. Makala Hajek (ICW) 2:16.88; 3. Jenny Geng (ICW) 2:20.5
50 Freestyle – 1. Ella Hochstetler (ICW) 25.52; 2. Lauren Trent (ICW) 26.47; 3. Hailey Noel (ICW) 26.55.
1 Meter Diving – 1. Samantha Klein (ICW) 230.15; 2. Ainsley Young (ICW) 206.85; 3. Aimee Varga (ICW) 179.3
100 Butterfly – 1. Ella Hochstetler (ICW) 1:00.04; 2. Jade Roghair (ICW) 1:02.18; 4. Karen Liu (ICW) 1:03.41
100 Freestyle – 1. Aurora Roghair (ICW) 51.21; 2. Scarlet Martin (ICW) 51.75; 3. Olivia Taeger (ICW) 54.79
500 Freestyle – 1. Lauren Trent (ICW) 5:24.17; 2. Makala Hajek (ICW) 5:26.24; 3. Jenny Geng (ICW) 5:32.35
200 Freestyle Relay – 1. West High (Olivia Taeger, Ella Hochstetler, Aurora Roghair, Makala Hajek) 1:41.05; 2. West High (Anna Reese, Mesarah Hnesh, Hailey Noel, Vivian Gibson) 1:50.19
100 Backstroke – 1. Scarlet Martin (ICW) 57.22; 3. Carlee Wilkins (ICW) 1:04.24; 4. Mesarah Hnesh (ICW) 1:07.16
100 Breaststroke – 1. Nola Femino (ICW) 1:17.88; 2. Margaret Liu (ICW) 1:19.66; 6. Anna Reese (ICW) 1:24.55
400 Freestyle Relay – 1. West High (Aurora Roghair, Olivia Taeger, Scarlet Martin, Jade Roghair) 3:36.17; 2. West High (Jenny Geng, Lauren Trent, Kolby Reese, Hailey Noel) 3:56.48
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