Mike Condon

The Iowa Flyers club attracts top Cedar Rapids and Iowa City swimmers and works in harmony with high school programs, helping them reach new national and regional heights.

A vote last November in the College Community School District will likely change the high school swimming landscape in Cedar Rapids very soon.

A look at some of the top Gazette-area teams and swimmers in the 2023-24 Iowa high school boys’ swimming season. Iowa City High and West will be among best teams in Eastern Iowa.

New Linn-Mar boys’ swimming coach Ian Hoover-Grinde has a talented roster to work with and a philosophy for success.

In a state meet where Waukee dominated the team race, Iowa City High's Grace Hoeper was one of the individual stars.

A junior at Iowa City Liberty, Kamila Swanson competes for Iowa City West. After spending six years as a gymnast, she turned her attention to diving and has quickly become one of Iowa's best prep performers.

Two-time defending state champion Waukee has the top qualifier in six events and is second in three others for the Iowa high school girls’ state swimming meet, set for this Friday and Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA. The IGHSAU has posted a full list of tentative state qualifiers.

Trailing by as many as six points in the third set of Wednesday's Class 1A state volleyball semifinal against No. 2 Boyden-Hull, third-ranked Fort Madison Holy Trinity stayed the course and stormed back strong to complete the sweep.

Tough serving is a trademark of Hinton volleyball. Grundy Center got a heavy dose of it during Wednesday’s Class 2A state semifinal at Xtream Arena.

Try as they might, the Union Community Knights could not recreate the magic. Reigning Class 2A state champion Western Christian has shown that moving up a class hasn't been a problem. The third-ranked Wolfpack controlled Wednesday's semifinal from start to finish.

In a match filled with runs from both teams, Indianola had a key 4-0 surge in the decisive fifth set which proved to be the difference in a 23-25, 25-18, 25-18, 21-25, 15-10 triumph over Lewis Central in a Class 4A state volleyball semifinal match on Wednesday at Xtream Arena.

An epic five-set victory over No. 2 Ankeny Centennial put No. 3 Waukee Northwest into the Class 5A state volleyball title match in just its third year as a school.

Those attending Saturday’s girls’ state qualifying swim meet at the Linn-Mar Aquatics Center will have the opportunity to see one of the best girls’ swim programs in recent Iowa history. Top-ranked Waukee is one of nine teams assigned to compete at Linn-Mar.

Defending Class 1A state volleyball champion Ankeny Christian showed it could handle adversity in its opening round match with unranked Newell-Fonda.

Even after dropping the third set, BCLUW was not about to be denied. It came on strong in the final two sets to complete an 18-25, 29-27, 20-25, 25-16, 15-11 victory over Saint Ansgar in the Class 1A state volleyball quarterfinals.