The Boone girls’ swimming and diving team won a triangular meet Tuesday, October 13, at Boone High School.
The Toreadors defeated Carroll, 59-42 and beat Newton, 61-40.
Boone opened the meet by taking first and second in the 200-yard medley relay.
The quartet of Avery Howie, Harper Houston, Finley Houser and Quinn Houston won in 2:00.48, while Boone’s second relay team of Lilli Lucht, Aleah Karolus, Cali Hernandez and Ellie Hughes followed closely in 2:01.87.
In the 200 freestyle relay, where the Toreadors’ “B” team of Howie, Quinn Houston, Houser and Hughes won the race in 1:45.49, and Boone’s “A” team of Karolus, Harper Houston, Makenzie Klatt and Claire Enabnit finished third in 1:47.65.
“Sometimes it’s a little tough coming off a big meet like Saturday, but the girls handled themselves well,” head coach Chris Mann said. “I thought the team atmosphere was off the charts, and they had a lot of fun tonight.”
The Toreadors swept the diving competition as Amaya Filipiak claimed first place with 202.60 points and Chloey Williams finished second with 159.20 points.
In the pool, Ellie Hughes captured the 200-yard individual medley title with a winning time of 2:27.39, holding off Carroll’s Brylie Behrens.
Individually, Aleah Karolus narrowly missed a victory in the 100 butterfly, finishing second in 1:03.79, just behind Carroll’s Behrens.
Harper Houston added a runner-up finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:17.95.
Claire Enabnit placed second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:09.55 and third in the 500 freestyle in 5:53.48.
The Toreadors also received third-place finishes from Howie in the 200 freestyle (2:11.28), Quinn Houston in the 200 IM (2:33.06) and Lucy Enabnit in the 500 freestyle (6:11.47).
Kilee Hughes added a fourth-place finish in the 100 freestyle in 58.80 and took fifth in the backstroke (1:12.55).
Harper Houston placed fourth in the 50 freestyle.
“It was also great to have the opportunity to get to honor Jack Ver Helst in his retirement after 60+ years of serving our swim program,” Mann said.
Complete results were previously posted to kwbg.com
The Toreadors have an overall record of 32-5 and a dual record of 7-0.
Boone will host Indianola (4-13) for a dual meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 15.
Jill Lutz reporting
About the Author
