FSHS boys swim wins Shawnee Mission Northwest Invite; LHS places 3rd

Free State’s boys swim team took home another win.

The Firebirds scored 506 points to place first out of six teams at the Shawnee Mission Northwest Invite on Monday. It is their second win in as many meets to start the 2020 portion of their schedule. Lawrence High placed third by scoring 353 points as a team.

FSHS finished first in four events, including a winning-time of 1:41.90 in the 200-yard medley relay by Benjamin Vorthmann, Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Reilley Moore and Brady Flynn. Vorthmann won the 200 free (1:49.36), Moore finished first in the 100 butterfly (51.59) and Sirimongkhon-Dyck was victorious in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.64) for the Firebirds.

Free State also netted five runner-up finishes to win the meet by 59 points. Tyler Jones led the way for LHS by claiming second in the 500 freestyle. He finished with a time of 5:29.20 in the individual event.

Both teams will be in action at home for the first time in 2020. Free State hosts a meet this Thursday, while Lawrence High will host a meet on Thursday, Jan. 23.

Shawnee Mission Northwest Invite

Team scores: 1. Free State 506; 2. Washburn Rural 447; 3. Lawrence High 353; 4. SM Northwest 297; 5. SM North 261; 6. SM West 231.

200-yard medley relay: 1. Free State (Benjamin Vorthmann, Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Reilley Moore, Brady Flynn), 1:41.90; 6. Lawrence (Giuliano Lule-Paredes, Giovani Lule-Paredes, Maximilian Whittaker, Christopher Oral), 1:55.02.

200 freestyle: 1. Benjamin Vorthmann, FS, 1:49.36; 3. Maxwell Cowardin, LHS, 2:01.93; 8. Trenton Snyder, LHS, 2:16.15; 9. Nicholas Burket, FS, 2:17.41; 10. Gabe Clark, FS, 2:25.08; 11. Niels Braaten, FS, 2:26.74.

200 IM: 3. Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, FS, 2:08.04; 4. Tyler Jones, LHS, 2:13.14; 7. Giuliano Lule-Paredes, LHS, 2:17.91; 8. Ryan Christian, LHS, 2:21.71; 10. Max Bates, FS, 2:29.83; 11. Viet Nguyen, FS, 2:32.44; 15. Chase Reed, LHS, 2:50.70.

50 freestyle: 2. Reilley Moore, FS, 21.74; 6. Brady Flynn, FS, 23.37; 9. Christopher Oral, LHS, 24.70; 12. Alexander Moore, FS, 25.36; 13. Andrew Augustine, LHS, 25.75; 14. John Kelley, FS, 25.82; 15. Jake Signor, LHS, 26.16.

100 butterfly: 1. Reilley Moore, FS, 51.59; 5. Maximilian Whittaker, LHS, 1:01.00; 7. Matthew Reimer, FS, 1:02.83; 8. Jacob Heinz, FS, 1:03.56; 11. Andrew Augustine, LHS, 1:08.01.

100 free: 2. Benjamin Vorthmann, FS, 47.71; 4. Finn VanDyke, FS, 51.87; 7. Maxwell Cowardin, LHS, 57.41; 13. Giovani Lule-Paredes, LHS, 1:00.61; 15. Jack Morse, LHS, 1:02.16; 19. Gabe Clark, FS, 1:02.64.

500 freestyle: 2. Tyler Jones, LHS, 5:29.20; 3. Ryan Christian, LHS, 5:40.90; 4. Jacob Heinz, FS, 5:47.64; 5. John Kelley, FS, 6:06.01; 7. Trenton Snyder, LHS, 6:11.17; 9. Nicholas Burket, FS, 6:38.15.

200 freestyle relay: 2. Free State (Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Matthew Reimer, Brady Flynn, Reilley Moore), 1:34.50; 4. Lawrence (Maximilian Whittaker, Christopher Oral, Andrew Augustine, Tyler Jones), 1:38.90.

100 backstroke: 2. Finn VanDyke, FS, 1:00.36; 3. Giuliano Lule-Paredes, LHS, 1:02.59; 5. Max Bates, FS, 1:04.38; 7. Alexander Moore, FS, 1:04.45; 11. Matthew Reimer, FS, 1:12.48; 14. Jake Signor, LHS, 1:14.96.

100 breaststroke: 1. Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, FS, 1:04.64; 8. Giovani Lule-Paredes, LHS, 1:17.34; 11. Gabe Thompson, FS, 1:20.79; 12. Owen Polson, FS, 1:21.14.

400 freestyle relay: 2. Free State (Finn VanDyke, Alexander Moore, Jacob Heinz, Benjamin Vorthmann), 3:38.91; 3. Lawrence (Tyler Jones, Maxwell Cowardin, Ryan Christian, Maximilian Whittaker), 3:39.14.

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