The IGHSAU announced the girls’ swim & dive state championship will move to the University of Iowa this fall after 20 years at the Marshalltown Family YMCA. Archive photo via Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has announced its state swimming meet will move to the University of Iowa’s Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City, IA, beginning this fall. The university has played host to the boys’ state championship meet for several seasons, and will welcome its first girls’ championship from Nov. 14-15, 2025.
State meets are expected to remain at the University of Iowa through 2028, per the Southwest Iowa News Source. The girls’ state championship meet had been held at the Marshalltown Family YMCA for twenty years, since 2004. It’s approximately a 90-minute drive from the Marshalltown YMCA to the University of Iowa pool…