The Perry High School swim team traveled to Ames Saturday to compete in the Ames Invitational. The diving portion of the meet was held in the morning, with the swimming portion of the meet starting at noon.
The host team, Ames High School, came in first with 659 points. Second place went to Linn-Mar with 445 points, and third place was captured by Cedar Rapids Kennedy with 436 points. Pleasant Valley placed fourth with 389 points, and Perry took fifth place with 186 points. Perry did not complete in the diving portion of the meet. Sixth place went to Des Moines Roosevelt with 151 points, and Grinnell finished the day with 44 points, having competed only in the morning’s diving portion of the meet.
The Jayettes set two season best relay times, and six PHS swimmers set personal best times in individual events and two personal best times as lead-off legs on relays. Senior Aleah Karolus pre-qualified again for state swimming in the 100 Freestyle.
Medley Relay
Kilee Hughes, Ellie Hughes, Cali Hernandez Aleah Karolus, 6th place, 2:02.12, which was a season best relay time. Kilee Hughes had a personal best time on the backstroke leg of the relay, of 34.49, dropping -1.57 seconds.
Harper Peterson, Malia Jacobsen, Lauren Riley, Sofia Pineda, 12th place, 2:23.18. Harper Peterson had a personal best time on the backstroke leg of the relay, dropping -0.01 seconds
200 Individual Medley
Kilee Hughes, 11th place, 2:45.79
Malia Jacobsen, 12th place, 2:48.51, personal best time, dropping -0.76 seconds.
50 Freestyle
Aleah Karolus, 1st place, 24.22, personal best time, dropping -0.31 seconds, lowering her pre-qualifying time for the state meet in November.
Harper Peterson, 14th place, 30.24
Sofia Pineda, 17th place, 34.09, personal best time, dropping -0.82
100 Butterfly
Cali Hernandez, 8th place, 1:11.12
100 Freestyle
Aleah Karolus, 1st place, 54.45, this time pre-qualifies her in the 100 freestyle for state competition in November.
Lauren Riley, 12th place, 1:05.78, personal best time, dropping -2.64 seconds
Kennedee Cromwell, 18th place, 1:17.18
500 Freestyle
Ellie Hughes, 10th place, 5:45.33, personal best time, dropping -2.92 seconds
200 Freestyle Relay
Lauren Riley, Kennedee Cromwell, Malia Jacobsen, Kilee Hughes, 8th place, 2:04.47
100 Backstroke
Harper Petersen, 14th place, 1:17.22
Cali Hernandez, 15th place, 1:17.75
100 Breaststroke
Ellie Hughes, 4th place, 1:13.46, personal best time, dropping -0.63 seconds
Malia Jacobsen, 14th place, 1:28.14
400 Freestyle Relay
Aleah Karolus, Cali Hernandez, Lauren Riley, Ellie Hughes, 5th place, 4:08.81, with a season best relay time, dropping -4.11 seconds overall. Aleah Karolus lowered her pre-qualifying time in the opening relay leg with a split of 54.04 seconds, dropping an additional -0.41 seconds
The Jayettes’ next swim meet is Tuesday, Oct. 7, when they travel to Grinnell to swim against Vinton-Shellsburg and Grinnell. The contest begins at 7 p.m.
