Martin, Roghair Lead West High to Fourth-place Finish at State Swimming Meet
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West High put the exclamation point on an impressive season at the state swimming and diving meet.
The Women of Troy capped a season that included a third consecutive unblemished dual record, a second straight conference title and a regional championship with its best state meet finish in more than a decade on Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA.
Sophomore Scarlet Martin and junior Aurora Roghair each won a pair of individual titles and West High had two relays finish in the top three on its way to a fourth-place team finish with 184.5 points.
The state runner-up each of the past two seasons, West Des Moines Dowling snapped a string of four consecutive titles for Ames by winning the team crown with 360 points.
Ames was second with 328 followed by Ankeny with 200.
City High had a strong state meet placing eighth with 114 points to finish behind fifth-place Waukee, Bettendorf and Cedar Falls in the top 10.
The fourth-place finish for West High matched best state finish for the Women of Troy since 2005.
Martin won the first two titles of her career on Saturday winning the 200 IM in 2:02.56 and setting a state record in the 100 butterfly winning the title by more than a second in a time of 53.41.
Roghair won the 200 freestyle in 1:48.85 and added a title in the 500 freestyle in 4:50.87.
Martin and Roghair teamed with sophomores Ella Hochstetler and Olivia Taeger to place third in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:35.89.
The West High 400 freestyle relay team of Jade Roghair, Aurora Roghair, Lily Ernst and Martin was runner-up to West Des Moines Dowling in a time of 3:28.64.
City High used a strong meets from seniors Olivia Masterson and Carly Weigel to secure a top-10 team finish.
Weigel and Masterson each posted a pair of top-10 individual finishes and were part of two Little Hawk top-10 relay performances.
Masterson finished third in the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.1 and added an eighth-place finish in the 100 butterfly in 57.98.
Weigel was third in the 100 freestyle in 52.17 and sixth in the 100 backstroke 57.35.
Masterson and Weigel joined senior Trinity Sadecky and junior Rika Yahashiri on the City High 200 medley relay team that placed fourth in 1:46.76.
The same Little Hawk foursome placed seventh in the 200 medley relay in 1:38.42.
State Swimming and Diving
At Marshalltown YMCA
Team scores – 1. West Des Moines Dowling 360; 2. Ames 328; 3. Ankeny 200; 4. West High 184.5; 5. Waukee 150; 6. Bettendorf 140; 7. Cedar Falls 127; 8. City High 114; 9. Johnston 99; 10. Des Moines Lincoln 71; 11. Dubuque Wahlert 68; 12. Linn-Mar 67; 13. Pleasant Valley 63.5; 14. Dubuque Senior 55; 15. Waterloo 47; 16. Sioux City 37; 17. Carroll 34; 17. Atlantic 34; 19. Decorah 30; 20. Fort Dodge 20; 21. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 19; 22. Des Moines Roosevelt 17; 23. West Des Moines Valley 15; 24. Newton 11; 25. Muscatine 10; 26. Marshalltown 7; 26. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 7; 28. Mason City 4; 28. Council Bluffs Lewis Central 4; 30. Cedar Rapids Washington 2
Individual results (Event winners; area competitors)
1-Meter diving – 1. Sydney Jorgensen (Ankeny) 513.2; 8. Samantha Klein (West High) 415.9; 15. Austyn Goodale (West High) 403.85;
200 Medley relay – 1. West Des Moines Dowling 1:42.54; 4. City High (Carly Weigel, Olivia Masterson, Trinity Sadecky, Rika Yahashiri) 1:46.76; 15. West High (Ella Hochstetler, Jenny Geng, Lily Ernst, Olivia Taeger) 1:52.39
200 Freestyle – 1. Aurora Roghair (West High) 1:48.85; 15. Jade Roghair (West High) 1:57.92; 16. Olivia Taeger (West High) 1:58.18
200 IM – 1. Scarlet Martin (West High) 2:02.56; 11. Lily Ernst (West High) 2:10.24; 25. Jenny Geng (West High) 2:15.96;
50 Freestyle – 1. Jasmine Rumley (Ankeny) 22.53; 16. Ella Hochstetler (West High) 25.03; 20. Rika Yahashiri (City High) 24.94; 26. Trinity Sadecky (City High) 25.1
100 Butterfly – 1. Scarlet Martin (West High) 53.41; 8. Olivia Masterson (City High) 57.98; 9. Lily Ernst (West High) 57.68
100 Freestyle – 1. Jasmine Rumley (Ankeny) 49.03; 3. Carly Weigel (City High) 52.17; 16. Rika Yahashiri (City High) 54.79; 18. Jade Roghair (West High) 54.5
500 Freestyle – 1. Aurora Roghair (West High) 4:50.87; 14. Trinity Sadecky (City High) 5:14.82; 15. Olivia Taeger (West High) 5:15.03; 17. Lauren Trent (West High) 5:15.29
200 Freestyle relay – 1. Ames 1:34.83; 3. West High (Ella Hochstetler, Olivia Taeger, Scarlet Martin, Aurora Roghair) 1:35.89; 7. City High (Carly Weigel, Olivia Masterson, Rika Yahashiri, Trinity Sadecky) 1:38.42
100 Backstroke – 1. Katie Broderick (West Des Moines Dowling) 55.53; 6. Carly Weigel (City High) 57.35; 16. Ella Hochstetler (West High) 1:00.43
100 Breaststroke – 1. Mary Martin (West Des Moines Dowling) 1:03.33; 3. Olivia Masterson (City High) 1:04.1
400 Freestyle relay – 1. West Des Moines Dowling 3:28.11; 2. West High (Jade Roghair, Aurora Roghair, Lily Ernst, Scarlet Martin) 3:28.64; 31. City High (Averi Loria, Jesse Hauskneckt-Brown, Julianne Berry-Stolzle, Grace Campion) 3:54.49
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