Published: September 24, 2008 10:17 am            

CHS swimmers fall

CLINTON — Clinton High School suffered its first conference loss, falling 130-56 to defending champion Bettendorf in girls swimming Tuesday night.

Libby Hess and Taylor Rippon posted the lone victories for the River Queens. Hess edged Caitlin Campbell by .34 of a second in winning the 200-yard individual medley in a quick 2 minutes, 19.65 seconds. Rippon won the 100 butterfly in 1:06.28.

Hess almost was a double winner, but she was edged by .12 in the 100 breaststroke. Rachael Shermer won that race in 1:10.30.

Bettendorf 130, Clinton 56

(Top three plus other Clinton placers)

200-yard medley relay — 1. Bettendorf (Sarah Thompson, Amanda Miller, Kat Vercillo, Hannah Bernston) 1:58.55; 2. Clinton (Larissa Wilden, Libby Hess, Taylor Rippon, Alyssa Erling) 2:00.39; 3. Bettendorf 2:12.31; 4. Clinton (Rachel Harden, Breezy Mussman, Kate Kaster, Katie Spooner) 2:26.01.

200 freestyle — 1. Kylie Hersberger (B) 2:08.46; 2. Rachael Shermer (B) 2:08.70; 3. Alves (B) 2:13.29; 4. Katie Stanley (C) 2:17.63; 5. Kendra Evers (C) 2:41.21; 6. Alyssa Wells (C) 2:51.06.

200 individual medley — 1. Hess (C) 2:19.65; 2. Caitlin Campbell (B) 2:19.99; 3. Sam Molsberry (B) 2:33.64; 5. Kaster (C) 2:44.47; 6. Emma Yahn (C) 3:33.34.

50 freestyle — 1. Thompson (B) 26.68; 2. Vercillo (B) 27.17; 3. Wilden (C) 27.39; 5. A. Erling (C) 30.17; 6. Harden (C) 32.25.

Diving — 1. Linnea Arndt (B) 164.60; 2. Spooner (C) 150.45; 3. Laura Callan (C) 145.65; 5. Natasha Kerr (C) 100.40.

100 butterfly — 1. Rippon (C) 1:06.28; 2. Alves (B) 1:11.82; 3. Nilson (B) 1:14.21; 5. Kendra Evers (C) 1:28.36.

100 freestyle — 1. Paula Coryn (B) 58.64; 2. Stanley (C) 1:01.13; 3. Molsberry (B) 1:04.58; 5. Spooner (C) 1:12.19; 6. Alyssa Wells (C) 1:13.82.

500 freestyle — 1. Margaret Barber (B) 5:29.79; 2. Thompson 5:48.47; 3. Kaster 6:13.29; 5. S. Erling 8:50.68; 6. Arvola (C) 9:34.01.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Bettendorf (Hersberger Alves, Bernston, Shermer) 1:47.42; 2. Clinton (Hess, Wilden, Stanley, Rippon) 1:47.65; 3. Bettendorf (Brein, Werley, Stahle, Nilson) 1:58.87; 4. Clinton (Spooner, Harden, Evers, Mussman) 2:11.04.

100 backstroke — 1. Coryn (B) 1:06.37; 2. Campbell (B) 1:08.36; 3. Vercillo (B) 1:08.84; 4. Wilden (C) 1:12.43; 5. A. Erling (C) 1:17.37; 6. Yahn (C) 1:38.90.

100 breaststroke — 1. Shermer (B) 1:10.30; 2. Hess (C) 1:10.42; 3. Miller (B) 1:17.94; 5. Mussman (C) 1:33.44; 6. Parker (C) 1:33.86.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Bettendorf (Vercillo, Campbell, Coryn, Barber) 3:54.86; 2. Bettendorf (Bernston, Hersberger, Werley, Brein) 4:10.59; 3. Clinton (Stanley, A. Erling, Kaster, Rippon) 4:29.14; 4. Clinton (Harden, Evers, Kerr, Wells) 5:05.14.

Junior varsity

Bettendorf 121, Clinton 37

(Clinton placewinners)

200 medley relay

3. Taylor Gutierrez, Kali Parker, Stevie Erling, Elaina Garrison 2:44.59; 4. Jenna Strait, Laura Callan, Katie Frandsen, Emily Arvola 3:15.44; 5. Sarah Kramer, Briana Bouchard, Serina Rippy, Madison Kenworthy 3:35.43. 200 freestyle — 3. Natasha Kerr (C) 2:44.48; 4. Meagan Machholz (C) 2:59.92. 50 freestyle — 4. S. Erling 35.08; 4. Sarah Kramer 40.93; 6. Reagen Waters 55.70. Diving — 1. Breezy Mussman 86.65. 100 butterfly — 4. Machholz 1:47.48. 100 freestyle — 4. Frandsen 1:27.28; 5. Strait 1:33.47; 6. Waters 2:21.80. 500 freestyle — 4. Rippy 9:41.03; 5. Bouchard 9:44.48. 200 freestyle relay — 4. Alyssa Wells, Gutierrez, Kerr, Machholz 2:17.97; 5. Emma Yahn, Parker, Frandsen, Garrison 2:21.59; 6. Kramer, Bouchard, trait, Waters 3:04.73. 100 backstroke — 2. Callan 1:31.70; 5. Rippy 2:04.51; 6. Waters 2:30.62. 100 breaststroke — 2. Frandsen 1:43.32; 4. Arvola 1:49.07; 6. Bouchard 2:33.96. 400 freestyle relay — 4. Yahn, Machholz, Callan, S. Erling 5:33.28; 5. Lela Bray, Rippy, Kramer, Arvola 6:53.31.

        

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