By Todd Fertig
TopSports.news
The Seaman boys swim team placed third in the top-heavy United Kansas Conference boys championship meet at Capitol Federal Natatorium Tuesday.
Lansing placed first in all three relays and took first in four of the nine individual events on the night to rack up 264 points. Basehor-Linwood came in second with 227. De Soto finished in fifth but took home three of the individual medals.
Shawnee Heights senior Truman Brede was the lone city gold medalist in Tuesday's UKC swimming championships. [File photo/TSN]
That left just one first-place medal in the Capital City. Shawnee Heights senior Truman Brede took home the gold in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 56.59.
"I’m a little disappointed on the time,” Brede said. “I took first in the city meet with a (55.83), so I kind of added a little bit. I knew the kid from Lansing is tough competition. He beat me in this meet last year, so I was really focused on beating him this year.”
Brede finished 10th in Class 5A state in the backstroke as a sophomore, then moved up to ninth as a junior. He said he is ranked fourth in the state currently. He said the UKC meet is good preparation for the state meet.
“It’s really about facing the teams that I know are going to be up there, Lansing being a big one. They have a lot of top swimmers coming to state,” Brede said. “The only thing we don’t get with the league meet is the Wichita schools. Wichita schools are also a lot of top placers.”
Peyton Holmes helped lead Seaman to a city-best third-place team finish in Tuesday's UKC swimming championships. [File photo/TSN]
City champ in the 50 yard freestyle, Peyton Holmes, shaved .31 seconds off his time from the city meet to finish second at the UKC meet.
“I still think I can go faster,” said Holmes. “This is a really tough meet. I’m happy with second for now.
“Getting third (in the UKC) is cool. We got third at city and there was less competition there. So third here is a lot better than what we did at city. We kind of redeemed it a little bit.”
“Lansing and Basehor-Linwood are great programs, so we feel good about taking third,” Seaman coach Bernie Tuck said. “We’ve had some challenges this season, so making it to this point is exciting. The guys can be self-reflective on their performance. That’s always good to give you an eye-opener going into the state meet.”
In a poll of league coaches, Tuck was voted UKC co-ocach of the Year.
“It’s always nice to be recognized for the work,” Tuck said. “I know I’m not the only coach that, you know, works seven days a week, so it’s good to be in a great community of the coaches who I admire and look up to.”
UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE SWIMMING
TEAM SCORES
Lansing 264, Basehor-Linwood 227, Seaman 162, Piper 152, De Soto 142, Shawnee Heights 107, Leavenworth 99, Topeka West 81, Kansas City-Turner 42
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
200 medley relay — 1. Lansing (Yedlinsky, Murphy, Mendez, DePaolis), 1:47.20; 2. Seaman (Barbosa, Moylan, Holmes, Carlson), 1:48.56.09; 3. De Soto (Hurley, Van Allen, Smith, Porter), 1:49.31.
200 freestyle — 1. Hurley, De Soto, 1:50.38; 2. Gibson, Lansing, 1:50.59; 3. Brede, Shawnee Heights, 1:56.22.
200 individual medley — 1. Mendez, Lansing, 1:53.15; 2. Kimmins, Basehor-Linwood, 2:22.69; 3. Trowbrige, Basehor-Linwood, 2:33.22.
50 freestyle — 1. Kobs, Lansing, 22.37; 2. Holmes, Seaman, 22.64; 3. Theno, Basehor-Linwood, 22.65.
1-meter diving — 1. Grammer, De Soto, 465.30; 2. Lara, Topeka West, 198.30.
100 butterfly — 1. Mendez, Lansing, 51.87; 2. Smith, De Soto, 55.66; 3. Barbosa, Seaman, 58.62.
100 freestyle — 1. Kobs, Lansing, 49.10; 2. Holmes, Seaman, 51.03; 3. Trowbridge, Basehor-Linwood, 53.77.
500 freestyle — 1. Hurley, De Soto, 5:09.10; 2. Murphy, Lansing, 5:26.38; 3. Nguyen, Piper, 5:27.06.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Lansing (DePaolis, Mendez, Gibson, Kobs), 1:32.64; 2. Basehor-Linwood (Grantham, Djukic, Trowbridge, Theno), 1:35.32; 3. Seaman (Barbosa, Moylan, Carlson, Holmes), 1:37.60.
100 backstroke — 1. Brede, Shawnee Heights, 56.59; 2. Gibson, Lansing, 56.73; 3. Yedlinsky, Lansing, 1:01.99.
100 breaststroke — 1. Theno, Basehor-Linwood, 1:04.39; 2. Hoobler, Shawnee Heights, 1:05.73; 3. Barbosa, Seaman, 1:07.29.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Lansing (Kobs, Murphy, Yedlinsky, Gibson), 3:32.24; 2. De Soto (Smith, Porter, Van Allen, Hurley), 3:41.39; 3. Piper (Nguyen, Jeffries, Scruggs, Lockamy), 3:48.97.
