MARION — Solon’s Avery Feuerbach won the junior varsity (JV) 100-yard backstroke in 1:18.78 Tuesday, Sept. 23 as the Iowa City High Little Hawks took on the Linn-Mar Lions in Marion. Feuerbach, Madelyn...
CEDAR RAPIDS — The varsity Little Hawks placed third in Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Cougar swimming invitational Saturday, Sept. 27 with 294 points behind champion Iowa City West High/Liberty High’s...
Aidan C. Wirtz, For the Solon Economist
• September 25, 2025
IOWA CITY — The Mercer Park Aquatic Center falls quiet. Unsettlingly quiet. Every cough, every camera shutter, seems louder than it should. The announcer’s voice breaks the noise.
“Next up on...
DUBUQUE — City High Little Hawk swimmers fell 97-86 Tuesday, Sept. 9 at Hempstead HS in Dubuque.
Solon freshman Avery Feuerbach defeated fellow Little Hawk Lolita Hurlbutt, a senior, 2:33.57 – 2:43.15...
DUBUQUE — City High’s girls swimming and diving team picked up their first win of the season Tuesday, Sept. 2 as they splashed the Wahlert Catholic Golden Eagles 94-87 in Dubuque on a night when...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Iowa City High’s junior varsity (JV) and varsity girls swimming and diving team opened the 2025 season Tuesday, August 26 at Cedar Rapids Kennedy falling 103-83.
Solon’s Maddie...
IOWA CITY — The Iowa City High School Little Hawks girls swimming and diving team lost eight seniors to graduation in May including multiple state championship winner, and Solon High School grad, Grace...
WEST DES MOINES — The Board of Directors of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) approved the University of Iowa’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center as the new home of the Iowa...
CEDAR FALLS — City High’s boys swim team traveled to Holmes Jr. High School in Cedar Falls Tuesday, Jan. 7 to face the Cedar Falls Tigers and fell 137-30. Solon’s Elliot Hamm and William Thomsen...
IOWA CITY — The City High varsity boys swim team opened the 2024-25 season with a home win Tuesday, Dec. 3 as they splashed the Wahawks of Waterloo West 93-76. Solon freshmen Elliott Hamm and William...
MARSHALLTOWN — Grace Hoeper, the Solon senior swimming for the Iowa City High School Little Hawks (with sophomores Madelyn Elkins and Ella Pressler, and freshman Nora Bumsted), brought home a pair of...
Jami Martin-Trainor, Executive Editor for The Daily Iowan
• November 12, 2024
MARION — The few seconds right before swimmers dive into the pool before a race begins is eerily quiet.
It’s only a few seconds, but anticipation is thick in the air. The line of swimmers adjust...
