By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Shawnee Heights senior Luke Perkins capped his star-studded high school swimming career with four Class 5A-1A state medals on Saturday at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center, running his four-year career medal haul to 12.
Shawnee Heights senior star Luke Perkins finished his high school career with 12 Class 5A-1A state state medals, including four medals on Saturday. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural junior Jack Miranda posted a pair of individual third-place state finishes in Saturday's Class 6A meet and added a third state medal in a relay. [File photo/TSN]
Perkins, who earned four state medals for the second straight season, posted a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly in 52.45 seconds and a fourth-place finish in the 200 individual medley in 1:59.14 and teamed with sophomore Evan Hoobler, senior Riccardo Corazza and senior Tanner Zerger to post a fourth-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:40.48) and a sixth-place showing in the 200 free relay (1:31.53).
Washburn Rural's Jack Miranda capped an outstanding junior season with three medals in the 6A state meet, including a pair of third-place individual finishes.
Miranda finished third in the 6A 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.71 and third in the 500 free in 4:55.31 and teamed with junior Will Powell, sophomore Luke Lemke and junior Brogan Meier to post a seventh-place finish in the 400 free relay (3:22.37).
Other city highlights:
• Seaman senior Colin O'Rourke finished fifth in the 5A-1A 100 butterfly (53.32).
• Viking senior Daniel Ramirez took seventh in the 5A-1A 500 freestyle (5:04.56) and eighth in the 200 freestyle (1:50.66).
• Heights' Corazza added an individual medal to his two relay medals, finishing eighth in the 5A-1A 100 free (49.94).
• Rural's Meier earned a 6A individual medal for the second straight year, taking eighth in the 100 free (49.00).
• Topeka High sophomore Jaxon Cowdin finished 10th in the 6A one-meter diving event, posting a final score of 375.70.
• Shawnee Heights finished ninth in the 5A-1A team standings with 123 points while Seaman finished 11th with 73 points and Hayden 22nd (17).
• Washburn Rural finished 12th in the 6A team standings with 87 points while Topeka High finished 22nd with seven points.
