Lawrence High freshman Morgan Jones competes in the 100 yard butterfly event during a swim meet at LHS on Tuesday afternoon.

Before the season started, Lawrence High girls swimming and diving coach Kent McDonald didn’t know what to expect out of the team’s freshmen. He just didn’t know much about them.

A group of six freshmen have made themselves known in a big way, leading the Lions to first place in the six-team LHS Invitational on Tuesday. The Lions won nine of the 12 events, including all three relays.

Freshmen Morgan Jones (200-yard freestyle), Maddie Dean (200 individual medley and 100 backstroke) and Emily Guo (50 and 100 freestyle) won their races, and senior diver Ashley Ammann was champion in the one-meter dive, qualifying for state by scoring 215.75 points.

Along with the race winners, freshman Jamie Abernathy was third in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle, freshman Jillian Wilson was fourth in the 100 backstroke, and freshman Brooke Wroten was sixth in the 50 freestyle.

“They’re really doing well,” McDonald said of the freshmen. “They like to compete. They are a lot of fun.”

But it’s more than just freshmen. The Lions lost most of their point scorers from placing eighth at state last year, but return junior Mary Reed-Weston, who helped win two relays on Tuesday and was runner-up in the 100 breaststroke.

Junior Christa Griffin was on the winning 200 freestyle relay, junior Kimberly Myers was third in the 500 freestyle, and juniors Chandler Sells and Eleanor Matheis and sophomore Chisato Kimura also scored points in individual events.

The Lions are proud of their strong start to the season, but of course, tough competition is ahead in the next few meets.

“Right now, they kind of start to think they are good,” McDonald said. “They are but they need to be better. There’s another level and they need to see that.”

The Lions will travel to Shawnee Mission South for a meet at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Lawrence High Invitational

Tuesday at LHS

Team scores: Lawrence 388, Lansing 257, Shawnee Mission West 245, De Soto 152, Shawnee Mission North 123, Piper 116.

LHS results

200 medley relay — 1. Maddie Dean, Mary Reed-Weston, Morgan Jones, Jamie Abernathy, 2:02.69; 5. Chandler Sells, Chisato Kimura, Brooke Wroten, Christa Griffin, 2:17.85; 9. Jillian Wilson, Eleanor Matheis, Abbie Treff, Alicia Ruder, 2:23.33.

200 freestyle — 1. Morgan Jones, 2:06.27; 6. Taylor Schoepf, 2:37.83; 12. Naomi Dale, 2:55.22.

200 individual medley — 1. Maddie Dean, 2:23.89.

50 freestyle — 1. Emily Guo, 26.00; 3. Jamie Abernathy, 27.66; Brooke Wroten, 29.13; 15. Chandler Sells, 30.10; 16. Christa Griffin, 30.67; 17. Chisato Kimura, 31.27; 18. Meg Peterson, 31.36; 22. Meredith Von Feldt, 31.69; 24. Lillian Wilson-Lewis, 31.86; 26. Alicia Ruder, 31.96; 29. Kimberly Myers, 32.72; 31. Kendra Yergey, 33.09; 38. Rachel Nikolov, 34.42; 39. Eleanor Matheis, 34.44; 43. Skylar Steichen, 34.74; 43. Naomi Dale, 34.74; 46. Abbie Treff, 35.03; 50. Taylor Nation, 35.65; 57. Eliana Seidner, 36.34; 58. Emily Kruse, 36.48; 61. Sherry Hajiarbabi, 36.93; 62. Emily Johnson, 37.57; 64. Ana Lopez, 37.72; 70. Nicole Aqui, 38.81; 75. Kinsey Taylor, 42.33; 76. Sydney Pritchard, 42.56; 85. Caitlynn Kliem, 49.84; 88. Sufia Shariff, 52.10; 89. Cielo Lopez, 54.86; 92. Allison Arnold, 1:07.10.

One-meter diving — 1. Ashley Ammann, 215.75; 2. Eden Kingery, 166.15.

100 butterfly — 3. Morgan Jones, 1:09.00; 6. Mary Reed-Weston, 1:13.52.

100 freestyle — 1. Emily Guo, 57.22; 3. Jamie Abernathy, 1:01.56; 10. Jillian Wilson, 1:07.75.

500 freestyle — 3. Kimberly Myers, 7:12.97; 6. Taylor Schoepf, 7:23.10; 9. Abbie Treff, 8:07.47.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Christa Griffin, Brooke Wroten, Mary Reed-Weston, Emily Guo, 1:52.11; 7. Meg Peterson, Meredith Von Feldt, Alicia Ruder, Chisato Kimura, 2:05.15; 11. Kendra Yergey, Rachel Nikolov, Kimberly Myers, Naomi Dale, 2:18.06; 13. Lillian Wilson-Lewis, Skylar Steichen, Tyalor Nation, Eleanor Matheis, 2:20.66; 15. Sherry Hajiarbabi, Emily Kruse, Abbie Treff, Eliana Seidner, 2:23.61; 19. Allison Ramaley, Nicole Aqui, Eden Kingery, Ashley Ammann, 2:42.39; 21. Emily Johnson, Ana Lopez, Caitlynn Kliem, Sydney Pritchard, 2:48.61; 23. Taylor Kinsey, Allison Arnold, Cielo Lopez, Sufia Shariff, 3:38.55.

100 backstroke — 1. Maddie Dean, 1:04.75; 4. Jillian Wilson, 1:11.94; 9. Chandler Sells, 1:22.86.

100 breaststroke — 2. Mary Reed-Weston, 1:14.90; 8. Eleanor Matheis, 1:32.98; 9. Chisato Kimura, 1:33.09.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Maddie Dean, Jamie Abernathy, Morgan Jones, Emily Guo, 3:57.98; 5. Christa Griffin, Brooke Wroten, Chandler Sells, Jillian Wilson, 4:37.88; 7. Kimberly Myers, Lillian Wilson-Lewis, Taylor Schoepf, Meredith Von Feldt, 5:02.12.