Lawrence High's Mallory Neet swims the breast stroke in the 200 medley relay Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Free State High School.

Free State's Cassandra Barrett swims the back stroke in the 200 medley relay Thursday, April 28, 2011 at FSHS.

Free State High swimming and diving coach Annette McDonald was having a tough time choosing her favorite part of Thursday’s quadrangular.

After the afternoon the Firebirds enjoyed, it would be hard to blame her.

FSHS won the quad with 441.5 points — besting Shawnee Mission North (312), Lawrence High (273) and Olathe South (270.50) — with many notable performances and impressive times.

But it was also Senior Night at the Indoor Aquatic Center, and perhaps the loudest cheers of the evening were for McDonald’s seven seniors: Cassandra Barrett, Rebekah Clouse, Kara Mishler, Reilly Moore, Claire Murphy-Beach, Liesel Reussner and Katy Thellman.

“It was special,” McDonald said of the senior celebration.

Moore cruised to victories in her two individual events, the 50 free and 100 breaststroke.

“It was really nice to see all the fans out here,” Moore said. “I think that helped motivate me today.”

Moore also swam on Free State’s state-qualifying 200 medley relay team (with Hana Arch, Kate McCurdy and Mishler) that won, and the 200 free relay team (with Mishler, Caroline King and Morgan Miller), which qualified for state with a winning time of 1:49.57.

Miller won the 200 free (2:09.51), McCurdy took second in the 200 IM (2:29.65) and first in the 500 free (5:40.16), and Mishler won the 100 fly (1:01.71) to pace the Firebirds.

Free State’s 400 free relay team (Miller, Mishler, King, McCurdy) won in 4:06.95.

The Lions, while still looking to qualify for state in a few more events, dropped their times considerably in a number of events.

In addition to guiding Lawrence’s 200 medley relay team and 400 free relay team to second-place finishes, Miranda Rohn won 200 IM at 2:22.73 and was second in the 100 fly at 1:05.38.

“I was expecting to get the (200 IM) cut today, but I’ll get it next time for sure,” Rohn said.

Among the other standouts for LHS: Annie Odrowski won the 100 free and was second in the 100 backstroke; Rachel Buchner won the 100 backstroke; and Mallory Neet took second in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 200 IM.