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Spencer Girls Swim Team Takes Top 15 at State Championships

Spencer Girls Swim Team Takes Top 15 at State Championships

Photo: Saga Communications/Amie Lawrence


Spencer Girls Swimming Results at the 2026 IGHSAU State Swimming Championships in Iowa City:

Team Scores (33 Scoring Teams)
1-Dowling Catholic (WDM) 294
2-Cedar Falls 209
T3-Northwest (Wk) 181
T3-Bettendorf 181
5-Ames 150

15-Spencer 64

200y Medley Relay (Wittrock, Sears, Paterson, McFarland) 9th 1:49.65

200y Individual Medley (Halle Sears) 4th 2:06.85

100y Butterfly (Halle Sears) 5th 57.05

100y Butterfly (Aubrey Paterson) 15th 59.24

200y Freestyle Relay (McFarland, Vogt, Paterson, Sears) 13th 1:41.11

100y Backstroke (Emerson Wittrock) 10th 59.39

400y Freestyle Relay (McFarland, Vogt, Wittrock, Paterson) 3:45.2Spencer Girls Swimming Results at the 2026 IGHSAU State Swimming Championships in Iowa City:

Team Scores (33 Scoring Teams)
1-Dowling Catholic (WDM) 294
2-Cedar Falls 209
T3-Northwest (Wk) 181
T3-Bettendorf 181
5-Ames 150

15-Spencer 64

200y Medley Relay (Wittrock, Sears, Paterson, McFarland) 9th 1:49.65

200y Individual Medley (Halle Sears) 4th 2:06.85

100y Butterfly (Halle Sears) 5th 57.05

100y Butterfly (Aubrey Paterson) 15th 59.24

200y Freestyle Relay (McFarland, Vogt, Paterson, Sears) 13th 1:41.11

100y Backstroke (Emerson Wittrock) 10th 59.39

400y Freestyle Relay (McFarland, Vogt, Wittrock, Paterson) 3:45.2

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