The Boone swim team placed 5^th at the North Central conference meet on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Grinnell. 

Newton-Colfax-Mingo-Pella won the meet with 387 points. 

Avery Howie was conference champion in the 100 back, winning the event in 1:01.35. 

Howie also was 4^th in the 50 free in 26.06. 

Brooke Lile was runner-up in the 2^nd 200 IM with a time of 2:30.74. 

Lile also took 8^th in the 100 breast in 1:18.99. 

Claire Enabnit placed 5^th in 2 events, the 200 free in 2:17.77 and the 100 butterfly in 1:09.60. 

Dani Goudie ended in 8^th place in the 500 free in 6:26.59, and Tessa Gute was 9^th in the 100 free in 1:04.83. 

Hailey Olson placed 3^rd in 1-meter diving with a score of 292.25. 

The top Toreador relay was the 200 medley of Howie, Lile, Enabnit, Tessa Gute, finishing 4^th in 2:01.81. 

The 400 free relay of Sara Gute, Tessa Gute, Lile, Avery Overland placed 5^th in 4:19.88, while the 200 free relay of Howie, Enabnit, Tessa Gute, Sara Gute placed 6^th in 1:51.78. 

Teams competing at the meet were Newton-Colfax-Mingo-Pella, Grinnell, Oskaloosa, Decorah, Boone, Williamsburg and Vinton-Shellsburg. 

Boone will swim at the regional meet on Saturday, Nov. 9, at noon at Ames. 

Jill Lutz reporting