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Andrew Seifert, Hayden Hakes earn top boys’ state swimming seeds
Washington junior and West senior were top qualifiers out of Saturday’s district meets
Mike Condon
Feb. 9, 2025 10:57 am
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IOWA CITY — Cedar Rapids Washington's Andrew Seifert and Iowa City West's Hayden Hakes will be top seeds for this weekend's boys’ state swimming meet at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center at the University of Iowa.
Seifert, a junior, has the top qualifying times in the 200-yard individual medley (1:49.85) and the 100 breaststroke (55.36). Hakes, a senior, has the top entry time in the 500 freestyle (4:34.95). He also is seeded second in the 200 freestyle.
West also has the top seeds in the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays.
The state meet begins on Friday with preliminaries at 5 p.m. Finals in all 11 events begin at noon on Saturday
Boys Swimming State Qualifiers
(Top Qualifier and Gazette-area athletes)
200-yard medley relay: 1. Iowa City West 1:33.06, 3. Linn-Mar 1:35.47, 10. CR Washington 1:37.70, 17. Iowa City High 1:41.70, 24. CR Kennedy 1:43.73.
200 freestyle: 1. Teagen Renze (Carroll) 1:38.79, 2. Hayden Hakes (IC West) 1:41.00, 3. Hudson Huberg (LM) 1:41.30, 16. Rylee Sieren (LM) 1:45.98, 20 Braydon Calonder (IC High) 1:46.69, 25. Peter Wittnebel (CRW) 1:47.78.
200 individual medley: 1. Andrew Seifert (CR Wash) 1:49.85, 3. Parker Macho (LM) 1:54.23, 12. Owen Sieren (LM) 1:59.24, 21. Nikolai Paulson (IC West) 2:01.93, 32. Jack Tunwall (IC West) 2:07.12.
50 freestyle: 1. Finn Martin (Newton) 20.46, 5. Oliver Mikulski (IC West) 21.35, 23. Maxwell Macho (LM) 22.26.
100 butterfly: 1. Dylan Alt (Waukee NW) 49.03, 3. Parker Macho (LM) 49.21, 5. Winston Fan (IC West) 50.36, 14. Ethan Landon (IC West) 52.70, 21. Carter Byers (LM) 53.62.
100 freestyle: 1. Finn Martin (Newton) 45.23, 3. Philip Berry-Stoelzle (IC High) 46.52, 4. Hudson Huberg (LM) 46.66, 20. Braydon Calonder (IC High) 48.65, 29. AJ Miller (CR Kennedy) 49.58.
500 freestyle: 1. Hayden Hakes (IC West) 4:34.95, 18. Rylee Sieren (LM) 4:55.26, 21. Tyler Brekke (CR Kennedy) 4:56.17, 24. Nikolai Paulson (IC West) 4:59.41, 25. Remy Barton (CR Wash) 5:00.32, 30. Carter Below (CR Kennedy) 5:02.28, 31. Evan Staber (IC West) 5:02.74.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Cedar Falls 1:26.07, 6. CR Washington 1:27.67, 9. Linn-Mar 1:28.30, 23. Decorah 1:32.25.
100 backstroke: 1. Teagen Renze (Carroll) 49.71, 3. Ethan Landon (IC West) 51.33, 11. Oliver Mikulski (IC West) 53.53, 12. Gavin Lucas (CR Wash) 53.93, 14. Maxwell Macho (LM) 54.08, 29. Brody Lamos (CR Kennedy) 56.62.
100 breaststroke: 1. Andrew Seifert (CR Wash) 55.36, 5. Winston Fan (IC West) 57.35, 11. Owen Sieren (LM) 59.14, 16. Jack Tunwall (IC West) 1:00.29.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Iowa City West 3:08.20, 3. Linn-Mar 3:10.81, 13. CR Washington 3:18.70, 22. CR Kennedy 3:21.32.