Mike Condon

Linn-Mar, fresh off a big win at last week's district meet, enters the Iowa high school boys’ state swim meet at No. 4 in the power rankings. Defending champion Waukee is ranked first, just ahead of West Des Moines Valley and Bettendorf.

Linn-Mar dominated the team race at Saturday’s boys’ swimming district meet, but Cedar Rapids Washington’s Andrew Seifert broke a record held by late coach Chris Cruise.

Linn-Mar swimmer Parker Macho’s trajectory has continued in his sophomore season. He enters Saturday’s district meet at Linn-Mar Aquatic Center with the state’s best time in the 200 individual medley (1:52.55) and is third in the 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly.

Linn-Mar held a one-point lead over Cedar Falls entering the 400-yard freestyle relay at Saturday's Mississippi Valley Conference meet at the Linn-Mar Aquatics Center. The Lions finished well in front of the Tigers in that race to defend their title with 364 points.

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.