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The Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA will host the 2024 Iowa YMCA State Swimming Championships on March 2-3 at the Linda Bloom Natatorium. Swimmers from 22 YMCAs across the state will compete. This is a free event for the public to watch and is the 21st consecutive year the Marshalltown Y has hosted this event. Pictured above are the Marshalltown Y Blue Wave swimmers who will be competing as state qualifiers. Front row, from left: Zepplin McCulley, Henry Kell, Luis Manuel Calderon, Libby Meyer, Alex Lasack, Hattie Kell, Peter Seberger and Adele Beek; middle row: Joe Greazel, Eli Randall, Henley Piscitelli, Molly Lechnir, Cohen Nunn, Leia Hernandez, Addi Elmore and Rachel Case; back row: Thomas Stanley, Avery Behounek, Maisie Gummert, Kade Randall and Drea Ceren; not pictured: Kaden Case, Alayna Frederick, Dalton Hellyer, Jack Nelson, Sam Nelson, Asher DeSotel, Emma Case and Bella Gard.