IOWA CITY — All four Solon High School swimmers saw action with the City High Little Hawks last Tuesday (Sept. 24) as Mississippi Valley Conference foe LinnMar visited the Mercer Park Aquatic Center. The Lions splashed the Little Hawks 110-76 dropping City High to 2-3 in the MVC and 3-7 overall on the season while improving the Lions’ record to 2-1 MVC and 10-11.

Senior Grace Hoeper picked up two more wins taking the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.52 and the 200-yard Individual Medley (IM) in 2:11.29. As of Thursday, Sept. 26, Hoeper had automatically qualified for the 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard IM, 100-yard butterfly, 500-yard freestyle, and 50-yard freestyle events in the 2024 State Meet, which is scheduled for Nov. 15 and 16.

Sophomore Madelyn Elkins took second in the 50-freestyle (27.40) and was third in the 100-freestyle (1:02.26). Freshman Nora Bumsted took tenth in the 100-freestyle in 1:18.99 and was 11th in the 100-backstroke in 1:39.21. Sophomore Ella Pressler placed 11th in the 1-meter dive with 83.65.