Overland Park-Blue Valley North gained their third consecutive Kansas 6A state title on Saturday, bringing in a complete of 302 factors, 39 greater than runners-up Shawnee Mission East.
Olathe East kicked issues off with a victory within the 200 medley relay, with Corbin Bradwell (25.61), Skylar Jones (27.86), Adam Hagan (22.59), and Charlie Ross (20.42) combining for a time of 1:26.48, edging out Overland Park-Blue Valley West by 0.03. Ross’s break up introduced Olathe East again from a 2.04-second deficit on the 150-yard trade. Ross would go on to position fifth within the 50 free with a time of 21.54.
Shawnee Mission-Northwest siblings Gabe Cavin and Max Cavin completed first and third within the 50 freestyle with Lawrence Excessive’s Ryan Lane getting his hand on the wall for second place out of lane 1. The trio of Cavin, Lane, and Cavin touched in 21.01, 21.21, and 21.22, respectively. Gabe Cavin would go on to position 2nd within the 100 freestyle in 46.99, whereas Lane would place third in 47.51. Max Cavin, in the meantime, picked up a third-place end within the 100 fly in 52.14. The Cavin brothers would additionally place second within the 200 freestyle relay in 1:26.51, splitting 20.67 (Gabe) and 20.97 (Max).
Blue Valley-Northwest’s Micah Churchill and Maize’s Zachary Rife have been each double champions with Churchill profitable Swimmer of the Meet honors. Churchill gained his third consecutive title within the 100 butterfly with a 49.27, simply 0.06 off of his lifetime finest from this identical meet in 2023 when he was a sophomore. Churchill additionally gained the 200 IM in 1:52.12, shaving 01.0 from his prelims time which itself was a brand new lifetime finest by almost two seconds, bettering upon the mark he set on the 2024 version of the KSHSAA 6A State Championships.
Rife, in the meantime, captured titles within the 100 and 200 freestyles, posting instances of 46.10 and 1:40.60, respectively. Rife, a junior, had beforehand positioned third in each the 100 and 200 freestyles each his freshman and sophomore seasons. Previous to Friday’s prelims, Rife had solely damaged 47 as soon as within the 100 freestyle with a 46.97 recorded in December 2024. His 200 freestyle prelims efficiency of 1:40.02 was additionally a finest time by o.62.
Blue Valley West senior Jack Punswick was honored with the Spirit of Sport award for his willpower to proceed with aggressive swimming whereas combating stage II Hodgkins lymphoma. Punswick earned two silver medals on Saturday, one within the 200 medley relay the place he contributed a 27.23 breaststroke break up for Overland Park-Blue Valley West, and one other within the 100 breaststroke the place he posted a 59.63.
Chatting with KCTV 5, Punswick stated of the award “It’s wonderful, I imply one child in the complete state of Kansas and I wouldn’t be right here with out the assist that I’ve had from my mother and father, my wonderful girlfriend, the workforce at Blue Valley West, my coaches who’ve been right here each single day. I wouldn’t be right here if it weren’t them.” Punswick instructed KCTV 5 that he nonetheless plans to swim in faculty and that he’ll take a spot yr to regain his well being.
The 100 breaststroke was gained by Lincoln Mainelli, a senior from Overland Park-Blue Valley in 58.68. Previous to the meet, Mainelli had by no means damaged the 1-minute barrier within the 100 breaststroke, holding a lifetime better of 1:00.38 from his highschool league championships. In prelims, Mainelli posted a 59.22 to earn the highest seed going into Saturday’s finals. Mainelli additionally completed fifth within the 200 IM in 1:58.63, barely off his lifetime better of 1:58.04 from earlier this month.
Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest’s John Christianson gained the 100 backstroke in 51.33 and in addition positioned second within the 200 freestyle in 1:42.25. For Christianson, the 100 backstroke was a 0.11 enchancment from his prelims time which itself was a lifetime better of 0.66 seconds. The 200 freestyle was additionally a lifetime finest–previous to Saturday, Christianson’s finest time stood at 1:43.98 from November 2024.
Shawnee Mission East’s Cooper Kearns (22.08), Chase Kvapil (21.31), Luke Sinatra (21.68), and Jack McClelland (21.03) gained the 200 freestyle relay in 1:26.10, edging out Shawnee Mission Northwest by 0.41. Overland Park-Blue Valley North ended their state title marketing campaign with a victory within the 400 freestyle relay with a time of three:11.29 delivered by Henry Parisi (48.10), Noah Pratt (48.79), Connor Golding (47.22), and Wilson Riekhof (47.18).
Wichita Northwest’s Giani Benoit gained the 1 meter diving with 475.90 factors. His victory on the board accounted for all of Wichita Northwest’s 20 factors on the meet.
Prime-10 Group Scores
- Overland Park-Blue Valley North – 302 factors
- Shawnee Mission East – 263 factors
- Overland Park-Blue Valley West – 238 factors
- Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest – 196 factors
- Olathe East – 190 factors
- Shawnee Mission Northwest – 131 factors
- Maize – 128 factors
- Manhattan – 112 factors
- Olathe Northwest – 107 factors
- Overland Park-Blue Valley – 84 factors
