Jadyn Mortenson @Jaydplant 

On Saturday Boone Swimming competed in their conference meet, this meet was the last meet for some of the swimmers, and only the beginning of championship meets for most of the team.” “I am so proud of this team! At the beginning of the year, I told them straight out, ‘We are not a team that can be good unless we work hard.’ And they bought in and worked hard and now it paid off” Says Coach Mann. Boone won the meet with a score of 492 with the closest team to them being Newton with a score of 466. 

This meet is the last home meet of the season, and the boys went out with a bang, Junior Mason Patterson had a 1.3 second time drop in the 100 free, and there were many more time drops like this such as freshman Ike Seeman, who dropped 1.2 seconds in the 100 free. 

There were also time drops from the boys who are continuing onto districts and hopefully state. Senior Reece Powell dropped 0.4 seconds in the 50 free, 1.0 in his 100 free split. Senior Cole Harper dropped 1.2 seconds in his 100 breaststroke. Senior Grant Hamilton cut 0.5 seconds off his time in the 50 freestyle, and Junior hunter Sherry dropped 2.5 seconds in the 200 breaststroke. 

​The boys are in their last two weeks of their season, and all the only meets they have left are districts, and a potential spot in the state meet at Iowa City. Catch the Boys Swim team in action next on February 3rd at Fort Dodge. 

​Jadyn Mortenson @Jaydplant 

On Thursday the Boys swim team went against rival Carroll and were looking for redemption. Boone found that redemption, with a final score of Boone 90-Carroll 80. At the last meet, Carroll won 102-68. “I knew that we swam our worst meet of the year when we went to Carroll in December (and they swam their best). The outcome of that meet was not what we wanted at all.” says coach Chris Mann. 

​Cole Harper had a two-second time drop in the 200 Free.  Coach Mann said of the meet, “swimming at home tonight we came out with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement.” That excitement showed with team captain  Reese Powell, who came out victorious in the 100 free, surpassing Carrol’s top sprinter, Sebastian Pek, with a time of 50.41. Freshman Ben Patterson was the anchor in the varsity B relay for the 400 free and out-touched the Carroll B relay. These close victories helped the Toreadors to capture the meet. 
    As the Boys swim season is wrapping up there are only a few meets left before the conference, district, and state meets. The boy’s next meet is Thursday, January 18. 

Correction: This article has been revised to correctly attribute a quote to Coach Chris Mann.