2025 SMSD Invitational
- January 24 (Diving Prelims) – January 25 (Swimming & Diving Finals)
- Shawnee Mission College District Aquatic Heart
- Lenexa, KS
- 25 Yards Format
- Full Outcomes
On Saturday, Lansing Excessive College senior Zach Mendez, who’s dedicated to swim at Missouri State College within the fall, posted near-lifetime bests on the 2025 SMSD Invitational and even eclipsed the acknowledged State Information within the 200 and 500 freestyles.
Mendez is the 2024 5-1A (small colleges) KSHSAA state champion within the 200 and 500 freestyles, and is the 5-1A State File holder within the 500, which he set within the prelims of the 2024 meet with a 4:32.58.
Saturday, Mendez swam a 1:38.81 within the 200 freestyle and a 4:29.36 within the 500 freestyle. Based on the Kansas State Excessive College Actions Affiliation (KSHSAA), the present State Information in these occasions are 1:39.92 within the 200 free, set by Wichita Collegiate’s Adam Sandid in 2022, in addition to Mendez’s personal 4:32.58 set in 2024 throughout prelims. KSHSAA has confirmed that it doesn’t acknowledge these swims as official State Information and that the State Information mirrored on the web site had been all completely carried out on the State Championships through the years. For reference, KSHSAA held an all-classes state championship meet till splitting the competitors right into a 6A Championships and a 5-1A Championships in 2010.
Although Mendez’s outcomes from Saturday won’t be acknowledged as official KSHSAA data, he’s set as much as doubtlessly obliterate the data at present on the books on the 5-1A State Championships, scheduled for February twenty first and twenty second on the SMSD Aquatic Heart, the place he swam Saturday.
It’s also noteworthy that Mendez’s efficiency within the 200 on Saturday almost eclipsed the present 6A State File (large colleges) within the race, which stands at 1:38.58 (Connor O’Grady, 2024), and was simply underneath the 6A mark within the 500 freestyle, which stands at 4:31.92 (Ben Bravence, 2011), respectively.
Mendez swam properly on the 2024 Winter Junior Championships – West in December, posting lifetime bests of 1:38.79 within the 200 free and 4:28.15 within the 500. Mendez swimming this near his greatest occasions is a promising signal for what he could possibly do in February.
In December, Mendez break up 48.76/50.03 in his 200 free. On Saturday, he break up 48.35/50.46, displaying extra velocity on the primary 100. Within the 500, Mendez was markedly quicker on the primary 100 and fifth 100 versus his lifetime greatest from December, solely falling off the tempo within the center 300 yard of the race.
| December 2024 | January 2025 |
| 51.61 | 52.12 |
| 54.42 | 54.86 |
| 54.64 | 55.25 |
| 54.53 | 55.05 |
| 52.95 | 52.08 |
| 4:28.15 | 4:29.36 |
