Opening night of Iowa boys state swim championships hit the pool

Prelims in eight events set stage for big Saturday in the pool

Dana Becker | Feb 15, 2025

The boys state swimming championships conclude on Saturday from the campus of the University of Iowa. / Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK

The Iowa boys high school state swim championships dove head-first into the pool on Friday with preliminary heats in eight events.

Finals will begin Saturday from the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City at 12:30 p.m.

Preliminary races helped fill the eight-person A final in the 200 free, 200 individual medley, 50 free, 100 fly, 100 free, 500 free, 100 back and 100 breast. Those events will all have championship races on Saturday along with the 200 medley relay, 200 free para, 50 free para, 100 free para, 200 free relay, 100 back para, 100 breast para and 400 free relay.

Complete results from the prelim races can be found here.

Published Feb 15, 2025

DANA BECKER

Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in northcentral Iowa and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in 2022 focused on the state of Iowa. Along with providing coverage of football and wrestling, Dana also spotlights cross country, swimming, basketball, track and field, soccer, tennis, golf, baseball and softball. He began writing for High School on SI in 2023.