High school students from Hempstead and Dubuque Senior recently returned from an impressive showing at the 2026 IHSAA Boys State Swimming Championship.
Congratulations to the following students on these honors:
State Finishers
HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL – 7th Place
200-Yard Freestyle Relay – 2nd Place
- Caden Stickney
- Logan Westhoff
- Henry Gilbertson
- Jake Dolphin
200-Yard Individual Medley
- Abd Ul-Haq | 3rd Place
- Jake Dolphin | 6th Place
50-Yard Freestyle
- Caden Stickney | 7th Place
400-Yard Freestyle Relay – 7th Place
- Logan Westoff
- Henry Gilbertson
- Abd Ul-Haq
- Jake Dolphin
DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Para 50-Yard Freestyle
- Max Heiar | STATE CHAMPION
Para 100-Yard Backstroke
- Max Heiar | STATE CHAMPION
100-Yard Butterfly
- Jonah Fry | 4th Place
- William Fry | 7th Place
200-Yard Medley Relay – 7th Place
- Duncan Freund
- Jonah Fry
- William Fry
- Rowan Fry
100-Yard Backstroke
- William Fry | 8th Place
State Qualifiers
HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL
50-Yard Freestyle
- Henry Gilbertson
- Jacob Godel
100-Yard Backstroke
- Jake Dolphin
- Nolan Page
100-Yard Breaststroke
- Caden Stickney
100-Yard Butterfly
- Calvin Stickney
- Gavin Wolbers
100-Yard Freestyle
- Logan Westoff
- Jacob Godel
- Henry Gilbertson
200-Yard Freestyle
- Logan Westhoff
- Nile Connely
200-Yard Medley Relay
- Calvin Stickney
- Adb Ul-Haq
- Caden Stickney
- Jacob Godel
500-Yard Freestyle
- Nolan Page
- Owen Mason
- Calvin Stickney
Alternates
- JP Auer
- Jackson Lampe
- Lucas Westhoff
DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
50-Yard Freestyle
- Duncan Freund
100-Yard Backstroke
- Jonah Fry
100-Yard Breaststroke
- Duncan Freund
100-Yard Butterfly
- Caleb Shol
100-Yard Freestyle
- Rowan Fry
200-Yard Individual Relay
- Rowan Fry
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
- Duncan Freund
- Rowan Fry
- Caleb Shol
- Cole Marshall
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
- Jonah Fry
- William Fry
- Caleb Shol
- Cole Marshall
Alternates
- Joey Hoffman
- Ben Hohmann
- Grady Kroger
- Will McNamara
- Traenor Noel