By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural's girls swimming team won six events and posted top-three finishes in eight of 12 events in Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational on the way to winning the team championship in the 15-school meet by a 458.5-299 margin over Bishop Miege at the Capitol Federal Natatorium.
Washburn Rural's Makenna Pritchard captured a pair of individual wins and was also part of two winning relays in Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural's Audrey Appuhn posted two individual wins and added a relay victory in Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman was third with 222 points while Shawnee Heights tied for fourth with 199 points, Hayden was seventh with 131 points, Topeka High ninth with 112.5 points and Topeka West 13th with 17 points..
Washburn Rural's Audrey Appuhn picked up individual victories in the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 15.01 seconds) and the 500 freestyle (5:22.08) while Makenna Pritchard added individual wins in the 50 freestyle (25.21) and the 100 freestyle (55.60).
Appuhn and Pritchard teamed with Genevieve Miranda and Sophie Heinen to win the 400 free relay (3:56.10) while Pritchard teamed with Kiersten Harris, Ella Bombardier and Mara Bare to win the 200 free relay (1:47.96).
Seaman's Avery Walz won the 200-yard freestyle and the 100 breaststroke in Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman got wins from Avery Walz in the 200 freestyle (1:59.99) and the 100 breaststroke (1:08.98) while Tauren Walz picked up a win in the 100 butterfly (1:02.58).
Topeka High's Brianna Devlin won the one-meter diving title with a score of 269.65 points.
TOPEKA WEST INVITATIONAL
Team scores
Washburn Rural 458.5, Bishop Miege 299, Seaman 222, Salina Central 199, Shawnee Heights 199, Salina South 156, Hayden 131, Osawatomie/Paola/Pittsburg 115, Topeka High 112.5, Southeast-Saline 34, Andover 27, Derby 26, Topeka West 17, Andover Central 7, Kapaun Mt. Carmel 6.
Individual results
200 medley relay — 1. Bishop Miege (McCauley, Winklhofer, Walsh, Grant), 2:00.57; 2. Seaman (A. Walz, Grace, T. Walz, Samuelson), 2:00.83; 3. Washburn Rural (Miranda, Harris, Knutson, O'Brien), 2:07.94.
200 freestyle — 1. A. Walz, Seaman, 1:59.99; 2. Brenneman, Salina South, 2:18.75; 3. Ostazewsha, Shawnee Heights, 2:19.84.
200 individual medley — 1. Appuhn, Washburn Rural, 2:15.01; 2. T. Walz, Seaman, 2:19.57; 3. Del Castillo, Topeka High, 2:32.58.
50 freestyle — 1. Pritchard, Washburn Rural, 25.21; 2. Grant, Bishop Miege, 25.98; 3. Ebel, Salina Central, 26.37.
One-meter diving — 1. Devlin, Topeka High, 269.65; 2. Todd, Andover, 2:27.90; 3. Fields, Salina Central, 203.80.
100 butterfly — 1. T. Walz, Seaman, 1:02.58; 2. Richardson, Southeast-Saline, 1:03.00; 3. Peckham, Salina Central, 1:06.43.
100 freestyle — 1. Pritchard, Washburn Rural, 55.60; 2. Grace, Seaman, 57.58; 3. Miranda, Washburn Rural, 59.22.
500 freestyle — 1. Appuhn, Washburn Rural, 5:22.08; 2. Richardson, Southeast-Saline, 5:54.03; 3. Ebel, Salina Central, 5:59.23.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Washburn Rural (Harris, Bombardier, Bare, Pritchard), 1:47.96; 2. Bishop Miege (Grant, Winklhofer, Pepin, Walsh), 1:49.94; 3. Shawnee Heights (Fernandez, Cole, Ostazewsha, Cole, Landry), 1:55.65.
100 backstroke — 1. Peckham, Salina Central, 1:05.74; 2. McCauley, Bishop Miege, 1:06.24; 3. Del Castillo, Topeka High, 1:08.70.
100 breaststroke — 1. A. Walz, Seaman, 1:08.98; 2. Grace, Seaman, 1:13.61; 3. Harris, Washburn Rural, 1:15.19.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Washburn Rural (Miranda, Heinen, Appuhn, Pritchard), 3:56.10; 2. Seaman (T. Walz, Lopez, Grace, A. Walz), 4:01.27; 3. Bishop Miege (Grant, Pepin, Wicker, McCauley), 4:05.46.
