Free State High's Melissa Naff comes off the blocks in the 200 freestyle. Free State cruised at a quad Tuesday at FSHS.

Though Free State High’s girls swimming and diving squad couldn’t pull off a complete sweep of first-place finishes in all 12 events of its home quad Tuesday, it at least had a top-three finisher in all of the events.

The strong showing propelled FSHS to 421 points and a first-place finish over Shawnee Mission South (306), Shawnee Mission Northwest (305) and Lawrence High (280).

“We had some positive steps, but everybody stayed right about where they were last week, which is normal at this time of the season,” FSHS coach Jama Crady said.

The Firebirds’ 200-yard medley relay team of Kelsi Mishler, Sarah Clark, Becca Glass and Ashley Robinson won the day’s first event, starting a Free State run of four straight victories.

Lawrence’s Meredith West brought an end to the streak with a victory in diving.

“It was kind of surprising, because I wasn’t as focused, probably, as I wanted to be. But it feels good to win,” West said.

Robinson and Glass followed up their relay victory by claiming the top spot in their first individual events. Robinson won the 200 freestyle, and Glass won the 200 individual medley.

Lawrence High junior Raychele Freeman works her strokes in the 50 yard freestyle Tuesday afternoon at FSHS as part of a quad meet.

“Becca and Robi are both year-round swimmers, and they know how to compete. Even when they’re tired – and this is our third meet in seven days. They’re tired, but they know how to do it,” Crady said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s their first meet, third meet or 10th meet, they’ll give it everything they’ve got every time.”

Free State’s Whitley Jackson took won the 100 back and qualified for state.

“That was a surprise. She’ll normally get it, but it’s usually later on in the season. So that was nice to get that out of the way,” Crady said.

LHS had its share of top-three finishes, with five second-place finishers to go with West’s victory.

Kristi Rudman was second in the IM, but she fell short of the state qualifying time.

“Kristi’s so close to making state in the 200 IM, she’s only seven-hundredths of a second off – seven-hundredths, that’s like a fingernail,” LHS coach Ryan Adams said. “So we’re hoping she’ll get that.”