Several members of the Newton Colfax-Mingo Pella Aquagirls will compete at the 2024 Iowa Girls State Swimming and Diving Meet at the Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA this Friday and Saturday. NCMP Coach Nick Shelton says the team is ranked 12th overall in the state now. He expects the relays to do well, and hopes those swimmers can drop a little time and compete for top podium spots.

Five Aquagirls will be in individual events and three relays made the State Meet. Senior Addison Van Maanen competes in the 200-yard Individual Medley with a qualifying time of 2:17.51. She also qualified for the 100-yard Breaststroke in 1:08.62. Junior Harper Barton will swim in the 50-yard Freestyle and the 100-yard Breaststroke. Her 50-yard Freestyle qualifying time was 24.71, while she finished the 100-yard Breaststroke in 1:07.78. Senior Alex Riney will swim in the 50-yard Freestyle. She qualified for state with a time of 25.14. Senior Peyton Ray made state in the 100-yard Freestyle thanks to a qualifying time of 54.77. Junior Tori White is in the 100-yard Backstroke with a time of 1:02.41. 

The 200-yard Medley Relay and the 200-yard and 400-yard Freestyle Relay teams earned State spots. The 200-yard Medley Relay’s qualifying time was 1:54.29 (Tori White, Addison Van Maanen, Izzy Lane, Paige Benson), The 200-yard Freestyle Relay qualified in 1:40.34 (Peyton Ray, Tori White, Alex Riney, Harper Barton). The 400-yard Freestyle Relay team’s qualifying time was 3:41.74 (Peyton Ray, Alex Riney, Addison Van Maanen, Harper Barton).