LHS boys swim dominates Lawrence Invitational, BSA sophomore wins 2 events

Lawrence High’s boys swim and dive team claimed eight event victories en route to a first-place finish its own swim meet on Thursday at LHS.

The Lions scored 404 points as a team, which was 66 points more than runner-up Olathe North. Bishop Seabury’s swim team finished sixth out of as many squads with 32 total points but managed to win two of the 12 events.

Lawrence finished first in all three relay races en route to the team victory. Christopher Oral won two individual crowns, finishing first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.95 and the 100 freestyle with a mark of 55.81.

Tyler Jones won the 200 IM with a time of 2:13.89, while Maxwell Cowardin placed first in the 500 freestyle with a mark of 5:27.03. Salvador Good also netted first in the diving competition by scoring 198.30 points for the Lions.

Sophomore Ian Blake took home two individual victories to lead the way for Bishop Seabury. Blake finished first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:57.35, and he then clocked a time of 1:04.79 to win the 100 breaststroke.

Lawrence Invitational

Team scores: 1. Lawrence High 404; 2. Olathe North 338; 3. Topeka High 236; 4. Bishop Miege 223; 5. Topeka West 85; 6. Bishop Seabury 32.

LHS/BSA results

200 medley relay: 1. Lawrence (Giuliano Lule-Paredes, Giovanni Lule-Paredes, Maximilian Whittaker, Christopher Oral), 1:51.99.

200 freestyle: 1. Ian Blake, BSA, 1:57.35; 2. Ryan Christian, LHS, 1:59.54; 3. Maxwell Cowardin, LHS, 1:59.61; 9. Trenton Snyder, LHS, 2:16.51.

200 IM: 1. Tyler Jones, LHS, 2:13.89; 2. Giuliano Lule-Paredes, LHS, 2:15.17.

50 freestyle: 1. Christopher Oral, LHS, 23.95; 5. Jake Signor, LHS, 26.30; 7. Jack Morse, LHS, 26.66; 14. Chase Reed, LHS, 28.65; 19. Drake Khatib, LHS, 30.70.

Diving: 1. Salvador Good, LHS, 198.30; 2. Keyan Crawford, LHS, 189.75; 9. Donnavan Dillon, LHS, 109.55.

100 butterfly: 2. Maximilian Whittaker, LHS, 1:00.09; 4. Tyler Jones, LHS, 1:00.43; 6. Giovanni Lule-Paredes, LHS, 1:10.00.

100 freestyle: 1. Christopher Oral, LHS, 55.81; 6. Andrew Augustine, LHS, 58.07; 10. Jack Morse, LHS, 1:01.84.

500 freestyle: 1. Maxwell Cowardin, LHS, 5:27.03; 2. Ryan Christian, LHS, 5:29.35.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Lawrence (Christopher Oral, Andrew Augustine, Tyler Jones, Maximilian Whittaker), 1:38.63.

100 backstroke: 2. Giuliano Lule-Paredes, LHS, 1:02.41; 4. Jake Signor, LHS, 1:14.08; 10. Owen Stafford, LHS, 1:35.75.

100 breaststroke: 1. Ian Blake, BSA, 1:04.79; 6. Giovanni Lule-Paredes, LHS, 1:18.89; 8. JJ Smith, LHS, 1:21.48; 13. Chase Reed, LHS, 1:25.86.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Lawrence (Tyler Jones, Maxwell Cowardin, Ryan Christian, Maximilian Whittaker), 3:40.91.

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