Topeka High School's 2nd year coach - Jason Filbeck

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Bill Arnold has 18 yrs. 'under his belt" as Hayden High's football head coach.

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Jason Swift, Shawnee Heights' head coach, is a 22-year veteran.

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Trey Parker starts his 3rd year as Topeka West High School's head coach.

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Zach Watkins wins his 1st game as Washburn University's head coach.

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Seaman High School's 5th year head coach, Jared Swafford.

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Steve Buhler is in his 13th season as Washburn Rural High School's head coach.

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Rossville High's head coach, Derick Hammes, as a career record of 114-28.

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Jermaine Monroe, Highland Park head coach, is going for his team's 4th season with a winning record.

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Logan Pegram is the Silver Lake Eagles' 4th year head coach.

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Cair Paravel Latin School, under head coach Doug Bonura, begins its 2nd year of 11-man football.

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By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn Rural juniors Audrey Appuhn and Rhiannon Good and Seaman senior Joslynn Grace will all take lofty top-four qualifying marks into Saturday's final day of the Class 6A and 5A swimming and diving championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium.

The 6A finals will get under way at 9 a.m., followed by the 5A-1A finals at 4 p.m.

AudreyAppuhn2025Centennial 9Washburn Rural junior Audrey Appuhn has been a multi-event Class 6A state medalist the past two seasons and posted two top-four qualifying performances for Saturday's state finals. [File photo/TSN] 

Appuhn, a multi-event state medalist the past two seasons, qualifed third for the finals in the 200-yard freestyle in a preliminary time of 1 minute, 56.79 seconds and came back later to earn the No. 4 qualifying spot in the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.99.

Good is sitting in the third spot in the one-meter diving standings after the preliminary and semifinal rounds, posting a score of 277.45. The diving finals will kick off the 6A championship finals at 9 o'clock.

Washburn Rural senior Genevieve Miranda garnered the eighth and final spot in the championship finals for the 100 butterfly in 1:02.03 and will be the top seed for the 'B' finals in the 100 backstroke after a preliminary time of 1:03.76.

JoslynnGrace2025 5Seaman senior Joslynn Grace qualified in the top four Friday for a pair of Class 5A-1A state swimming finals. [File photo/TSN]

Seaman's Grace, a returning multi-event state medalist, qualified No. 3 in the 5A 200 individual medley in 2:10.17 and No. 4 in the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.56.

Hayden senior Kaylee Gregg and sophomore Maddie Gregg qualified sixth and ninth for the 5A-1A one-meter diving finals, which will begin at 4 p.m.

Kaylee Gregg has a score of 267.25 after the semifinals while Maddie Gregg has a score of 209.40.

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