2024 IHSAA Boys Swimming Districts – Dubuque
- February 3rd, 2024
- Dubuque, Iowa
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Team Scores
- Dubuque Hempstead – 412
- Pleasant Valley – 371
- Bettendorf – 326
- Dubuque Senior – 261
- Davenport Central – 189
- Muscatine – 136
- Davenport West – 115
- Clinton – 87
The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) held their District meets for boys swimming and diving this past weekend, which lead into the state meet this coming weekend. At the Dubuque District, we saw a longstanding IHSAA state record broken. Pleasant Valley HS senior Owen Chiles, also a University of Cincinnati recruit, threw down a huge new personal best of 47.97 to win the 100 back. Not only was that swim a best time by over a second for Chiles, he shattered the state record of 48.83, which had stood for 21 years.
Chiles was great outside of the 100 back as well, winning the 100 free in 44.26. That time was another personal best and he won the race by a huge margin of 3 seconds. He also led the 200 free relay off in 20.36, another personal best. That relay would go on to win in 1:24.31. Chiles helped the 400 free relay to victory (3:05.64). In addition to Pleasant Valley, Chiles swim club for Iowa Flyers.
Chiles had a very successful meet at the 2023 Speedo Winter Junior Championships in Westmont, IL, taking 14th in the 200 IM (1:48.66), 18th in the 200 free (1:37.80), and 24th in the 100 back (49.04).
Fellow Pleasant Valley senior Will Gorman also won two events on the day. Gorman first won the 200 free in 1:40.32, then went on to win the 500 free in 4:36.14. He took the 500 by nearly 19 seconds.
Davenport West junior Eric Ding was another double event winner, taking the 200 IM in 1:53.97 and the 100 breast in 57.41.
EVENT WINNERS
- 50 free: Kyle Powers (Dubuque Hempstead) – 21.55
- 100 fly: Ricky Zillmer (Bettendorf) – 51.18
- 200 medley relay: Dubuque Senior – 1:38.22
The IHSAA Boys Swimming State meet will be held this weekend, February 9th and 10th, at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
Boy wouldn’t it be wonderful if a great swimmer like that could go on to swim for an in- state school with amazing facilities…
I believe the old record belonged to Andrew VanMeter from Ames
Would be cool to mention whose record he broke from way back when
Andrew Van Meter
Thanks!
Sub 47 back in 1999!
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https://www.nfhs.org/RecordBook/Record-book-result.aspx?CategoryId=1321
Well those lists are quite inaccurate.
Yup. Surprising really.
I wonder if the NFHS creates a list of top ten fastest times ever swam.
If so I bet this swim would be close to that.
Swimming a 47 in the 100 back in high school is crazy!!!!!
They have all American times for high school and he is on there.
high schoolers go 45 on the 100 back now. 47 is good, not top-10 ever lol
Unlikely top 10. For example Ohio had three different boys go a 46 in the 100 backstroke last year during the HS season.
Alex Lim’s 46.82 in 1999 is legendary
Murphy went 45.34 12 years ago.
don’t let them be mean to you, Seth, 47.9 is really fast!