DMPS Well Represented at 2012 Iowa State Swimming & Diving Meet

Emilie Skartvedt of Lincoln is one of several DMPS students who qualified for the 2012 Iowa State Swimming & Diving championship meet.

Des Moines Public Schools will be well represented at the 2012 Iowa State Swimming & Diving championship meet as student-athletes from Hoover, Lincoln, North and Roosevelt qualified to pursue state titles.

Among competitors from DMPS are Katherine Ross of North, who set a new state record in the 100 yard breaststroke at last weekend’s regional meet, and Brittany Purscell of Lincoln, the defending state champion in the same event. The Roosevelt Roughriders will have the most competitors in the pool, qualifying for a total of seven individual and relay events.

The State Swimming & Diving meet is November 2-3 at the Marshalltown Community Y, located at 108 Washington Street in Marshalltown. The diving portion of the state meet is on Friday beginning at 5:00 PM; the swimming events get underway on Saturday at Noon. Additional information is available at the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The following is a list of individual and relay events in which DMPS student-athletes will be competing at the state meet:

1 Meter Diving
Emilie Skartvedt , Lincoln

50 Yard Freestyle
Kerigan Torres, Hoover

100 Yard Backstroke
Claire Michelson, Roosevelt
Katherine Bening, Roosevelt

100 Yard Breaststroke
Katherine Ross, North
Brittany Purscell, Lincoln
Moriah Ross, North
Emma Gaer, Roosevelt

100 Yard Freestyle
Kerigan Torres, Hoover

200 Yard Freestyle
Anna Burriola, Hoover

200 Yard IM
Katherine Ross, North
Moriah Ross, North
Emma Gaer, Roosevelt

500 Yard Freestyle
Jordan Summers, Roosevelt
Anna Burriola, Hoover

200 Yard Freestyle Relay
Roosevelt
Hoover

200 Yard Medley Relay
Roosevelt
North
Lincoln

400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Roosevelt
Hoover