IOWA CITY — Grace Hoeper took the board for her final race (of the night) on senior night.
Calm, cool and collected, Hoeper took a deep breath before making her splash. Competing for the Iowa City High School Little Hawks, Hoeper had a standout night for her final showing at a regular season meet. City High’s varsity fell to Cedar Falls 129-57, while the junior varsity held on to get the win 87-78 over Cedar Falls Tuesday, October 8 at the Mercer Park Aquatic Center.
Hoeper, before getting to her final event of the evening, the 100 yard breaststroke (1:09:00), placed first in the 4×50 yard free relay (1:44.87), the 100 yard fly (56.83), and took second in the 4×50 yard medley relay (1:57:67). Once the night came to a close, Hoeper had secured three first place finishes and one second place finish. Hoeper’s largest win on the night was during the 100 yard fly as she beat out her second place competition by roughly 13 seconds while in the 100 yard breaststroke she won by a margin of only 5 seconds.
Sophomore Madelyn Elkins competed in both relays alongside Hoeper on the night. Elkins placed fourth in the 200 yard individual medley (2:43:29), sixth in the 100 yard freestyle, along with first in the 4×50 yard free relay (1:44.87), and second in the 4×50 yard medley relay (1:57:67).
While competing for the Junior Varsity Team, freshman Nora Bumsted placed fifth in both the 50 yard freestyle (00:33:31) and the 100 yard backstroke (1:33.25). She finished fourth in the 4×50 yard freestyle relay. Sophomore Ella Pressler competed in the 1 meter Junior Varsity diving competition and placed third (95.00)
Hoeper among Automatic Qualifiers for State Tour nament in six events
- 200-yard freestyle – 1, Grace Hoeper, 1:53.712
- 200-yard Individual Medley – 3, Hoeper, 2:10.83
- 50-yard freestyle – 1, Hoeper, 23.31
- 100-yard butterfly – 1, Hoeper, 56.39
- 100-yard freestyle – 1, Hoeper, 51.11
- 500-yard freestyle – 4, Hoeper, 5:11.43