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Ankeny Fanatic Prep of the Week: Rachel Rolow, Ankeny girls’ swimming

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Senior Rachel Rolow helped the Ankeny girls' swimming team to a ninth consecutive top-10 finish in the state meet on Friday and Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA. The Hawkettes finished in a tie for seventh place with 108 points. Rolow placed sixth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.59 seconds and took 11th in the 200 individual medley in 2:10.54. … [Read more...] about Ankeny Fanatic Prep of the Week: Rachel Rolow, Ankeny girls’ swimming

‘We have a lot of opportunities to score points’: AHS advances 4 girls in 7 events

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Four Ankeny swimmers qualified for the finals in a total of seven different events during the preliminaries of the girls' state meet on Friday at the Marshalltown YMCA. Anja Peck, Rachel Rolow and Caroline Walker each qualified in a pair of events. Gracie Lindaman qualified in the 50 freestyle and just missed qualifying in the 100 freestyle. "It was a … [Read more...] about ‘We have a lot of opportunities to score points’: AHS advances 4 girls in 7 events

With a chip on their shoulder, Hawkettes seek another top-10 finish at state

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The Ankeny girls' swimming team is seeking a ninth consecutive top-10 finish at the state meet. It won't be easy, however, as the sixth-ranked Hawkettes are projected to finish in 11th place based on where their qualifiers would finish according to their seedings. The state meet will be held on Friday and Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA, beginning with … [Read more...] about With a chip on their shoulder, Hawkettes seek another top-10 finish at state

Ankeny swimmers place 2nd at regional meet, qualify for state in every event

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The Ankeny girls' swimming team has qualified for the state meet in every event. The Hawkettes placed second in a regional meet on Saturday at Summit Middle School in Johnston. The host Dragons won the 10-team meet with 492 points, finishing 47 points ahead of Ankeny. "We had a lot of good swims," said Ankeny coach Justin Crouch. "I was really proud of … [Read more...] about Ankeny swimmers place 2nd at regional meet, qualify for state in every event

Ankeny swimmer Rolow commits to UNI, will reunite with 3 former teammates

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The swimming pipeline from Ankeny to Cedar Falls doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon. Ankeny senior Rachel Rolow has verbally committed to join the Northern Iowa women's swimming and diving program next year. She will follow in the footsteps of former teammates Scout Bergwall, Maddie Carleton and Erica Peters, who are already members of the Panthers' … [Read more...] about Ankeny swimmer Rolow commits to UNI, will reunite with 3 former teammates

Ankeny Fanatic announces its all-time Ankeny girls’ swimming team

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When the Ankeny girls' swimming program was launched in 1989, the Hawkettes suffered through some growing pains. Ankeny had three winless campaigns in its first seven seasons and went just 10-52 in dual meets through 1995. The Hawkettes had no state qualifiers in two of those years and placed no higher than 30th at the state meet during that … [Read more...] about Ankeny Fanatic announces its all-time Ankeny girls’ swimming team

Blimpie Sub of the Week: Rachel Rolow, Ankeny girls’ swimming

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Freshman Rachel Rolow has helped the fourth-ranked Ankeny girls' swimming team to a 5-2 dual-meet record. Rolow placed second in the 200 individual medley (2:20.19) and third in the 500 freestyle (5:35.27) during Tuesday's dual meet against No. 7 Johnston at Trail Point Aquatics Center. She helped the Hawkettes to a 104-82 victory. "We have moved … [Read more...] about Blimpie Sub of the Week: Rachel Rolow, Ankeny girls’ swimming