When Alex Heckman and Stephen Johnson joined the Lawrence High boys swimming team during their freshmen year, they were two of the three freshmen on the entire squad.

During the Lawrence Invitational on Wednesday, they had a chance to celebrate Senior Night with eight other teammates as their class only grew throughout their careers.

In their final home meet — their only home meet this season — Johnson took first place in the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly, while Heckman was first in the 50 freestyle and third in the 100 freestyle. Heckman dropped time in both races, but was “kind of disappointed” with his placing in the 100 freestyle.

The Lions took third in the seven-team meet with 290 points. McPherson won the team title with 401 points and Bishop Miege was second with 306.

“We did better this meet than our last meet probably because it was at home, home crowd, Senior Night,” Lawrence coach Kent McDonald said. “Every year it seems like we do pretty good here, even though got third. I don’t remember getting beat here before, but the two teams who beat us are pretty good.”

Beyond the event winners, Lawrence senior Treyton Trujillo was proud that he earned a state consideration time in the 100 fly. He took sixth in a personal-best 1:00.24, the first time he’s made a time in an individual race where he could qualify for state.

Trujillo started swimming for LHS during his sophomore season after running cross country. McDonald praised him for his work in the offseason to put himself in a position to qualify for state.

“Honestly, I was kind of disappointed that it wasn’t as big of a drop as I wanted,” Trujillo said of his reaction. “But then I realized I got my cut and I was content because this isn’t as fast of a pool. I did probably as best as I could have given the circumstances.”

Heckman, Johnson and Trujillo teamed up with juniors Andrew Severn and Braden Augustine to take second place in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. Heckman, who swam the anchor leg in both races, wished he could’ve finished the last race better, but felt fatigue from earlier races.

“I’m a sprinter. That’s what I like to do,” Heckman said. “Fifty free is like prime yardage, I guess. Anything after that is when I drop off. That’s just how I am.”

Freshman Salvador Good was runner-up in the one-meter diving, freshman Tyler Jones was second in the 500 freestyle and fourth in the 200 individual medley, and senior Dylan Bierschbach 100 breaststroke.

For at least one senior — in a group that included Trevor Blackbourn, Brian Camarena, Keifer Smith, Jordan Schoepf, Patrick Steinbach — it didn’t set in that it was his last home meet until afterward.

“Now that you reminded me, I guess it is kind of bittersweet,” Trujillo said.

Lawrence Invitational

Thursday at Lawrence

Team scores: McPherson 401, Bishop Miege 306, Lawrence 290, Olathe North 192, Topeka 116, Topeka West 39, Shawnee Heights 27.

LHS results

200 medley relay — 6. Braden Augustine, Dylan Bierschbach, Tyler Jones, Andrew Severn, 1:56.38; 8. Ike Phillips, Logan Grose, Sam Phillips, Zimmer Bellemere, 2:03.05; 13. Daniel Sikes, Reed Pfeifer, Giovani Lule-Paredes, Alexander Arnone, 2:14.94.

200 freestyle — 1. Stephen Johnson, 1:47.27; 5. Treyton Trujillo, 2:05.57; 12. Nathan Stoddard, 2:22.87.

200 individual medley — 4. Tyler Jones, 2:21.65; 8. Giovani Lule-Paredes, 2:27.33; 9. Zimmer Bellemere, 2:39.00.

50 freestyle — 1. Alex Heckman, 22.81; 9. Braden Augustine, 25.72; 12. Dylan Bierschbach, 26.42; 13. Andrew Severn, 26.95; 15. Alexander Arnone, 27.21; 22. Logan Grose, 27.72; 26. Trevor Blackbourn, 28.07; 28. JJ Smith, 28.45; 29. Ike Phillips, 28.48; 31. Will Damron, 29.30; 36. Reed Pfeifer, 29.98; 38. Brian Camarena, 30.70; 39. Davis Reed, 30.80; 40. Daniel Sikes, 30.83; 41. Keifer Smith, 30.87; 42. Jack Morse, 31.00; 45. Chase Reed, 31.54; 47. Andrew Augustine, 31.83; 50. Aaron Reed, 33.36; 51. Aaron Steinle, 33.60; 53. Trenton Snyder, 40.00; 54. Nolan Smith, 42.56; 55. Tristan May, 46.00.

One-meter diving — 2. Salvador Good, 168.30; 5. Hamund Christensen, 132.70; 6. Patrick Steinbach, 126.85.

100 butterfly — 1. Stephen Johnson, 53.90; 6. Treyton Trujillo, 1:00.24; 14. Sam Phillips, 1:11.37.

100 freestyle — 3. Alex Heckman, 50.27; 11. Giovani Lule-Paredes, 1:01.65; 12. Andrew Severn, 1:01.74.

500 freestyle — 2. Tyler Jones, 5:17.24; 9. Nathan Stoddard, 6:27.89; 13. JJ Smith, 6:56.89.

200 freestyle relay — 2. Stephen Johnson, Treyton Trujillo, Andrew Severn, Alex Heckman, 1:38.28; 7. Dylan Bierschbach, Zimmer Bellemere, Logan Grose, Giovani Lule-Paredes, 1:48.17; 8. Alexander Arnone, JJ Smith, Sam Phillips, Nathan Stoddard, 1:49.95; 15. Davis Reed, Keifer Smith, Trenton Snyder, Brian Camarena, 2:04.72; 18. Jack Morse, Chase Reed, Aaron Reed, Aaron Steinle, 2:10.76; 19. Nolan Smith, Tristan May, Salvador Good, Patrick Steinbach, 2:35.10.

100 backstroke — 8. Braden Augustine, 1:08.13; 10. Ike Phillips, 1:12.38; 18. Daniel Sikes, 1:32.28.

100 breaststroke — 5. Dylan Bierschbach, 1:14.10; 8. Logan Grose, 1:19.47; 11. Keifer Smith, 1:21.09.

400 freestyle relay — 2. Stephen Johnson, Treyton Trujillo, Braden Augustine, Alex Heckman, 3:31.36; 7. Tyler Jones, Zimmer Bellemere, Nathan Stoddard, Ike Phillips, 4:10.41; 12. Alexander Arnone, JJ Smith, Will Damron, Andrew Augustine, 4:31.22.