By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural junior Daniel Allen, a multiple event city and Centennial League individual and relay gold medalist. leads the city contingent for the state swimming championships Friday and Saturday at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatics Center.
Washburn Rural junior Daniel Allen is the top Class 6A seed for the 100 butterfly and the No. 2 seed for the 100 backstroke. [File photo/TSN]
Allen, a multiple Class 6A medalist as a freshman in 2024 before sitting out the '25 high school season, is the No. 1 seed for the 100-yard butterfly (51.39 seconds) and the No. 2 seed in the 100 backstroke (52.82).
City and Centennial League team champion Washburn Rural will be well-represented in the 6A state meet, with sophomore Thomas Appuhn (200 individual medley, 100 backstroke), junior Andres Morao-Jaspe (200 individual medley, 100 backstroke) and freshman Braeden Montgomery (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle) all qualifying in two individual events while sophomore Castle Wallace is qualified in the 100 breaststroke, sophomore Quenten Jessop is qualified in the 50 freestyle and freshman Benjamin Allen is qualified in the 100 butterfly.
Washburn Rural sophomore Thomas Appuhn is the No. 4 seed in Class 6A for the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 backstroke. [File photo/TSN]
Appuhn is the No. 4 seed in the 200-yard individual medley (2:01.27) and the No. 4 seed in the 100 backstroke (55.50).
The Junior Blues are also qualified in the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay.
Topeka High senior Will Stewart is qualified in the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle.
Seaman junior Kinser Barbosa is the No. 5 Class 5A-1A seed in the 100 freestyle and the No. 7 seed in the 50 freestyle. [File photo/TSN]
In 5A-1A Seaman junior Kinser Barbosa is the No. 5 seed in the 100 freestyle (49.23) and the No. 7 seed in the 50 free (22.41).
Hayden sophomore Patrick Luke is an individual qualifier in the 50 free while Seaman is qualified in the 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free relays and Hayden is qualified in the 400 free relay.
The three-day state meet will get under way with Thursday's diving prelims and semis, with the 5A-1A event at 10 a.m. and 6A at 4:30 p.m., but the city does not have a qualifier in either of those events.
The 5A-1A swimming preliminaries will start at 10 a.m. on Friday, with the 6A prelims following at 4 p.m.
Championship 5A-1A finals will get under way at 10 a.m. Saturday, followed by the 6A finals at 4 o'clock.
STATE SWIMMING/DIVING SCHEDULE
At Shawnee Mission School District Aquatics Center
THURSDAY
10 a.m. -- Class 5A-1A diving preliminaries and semifinals
4:30 p.m. -- Class 6A diving preliminaries and semifinals
FRIDAY
10 a.m. -- Class 5A-1A swimming preliminaries
4 p.m. -- Class 6A swimming preliminaries
SATURDAY
10 a.m. -- Class 5A-1A swimming and diving finals
4 p.m. -- Class 6A swimming and diving finals
CITY QUALIFIERS
Class 6A
Topeka High -- Will Stewart, sr. (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle).
Washburn Rural -- Benjamin Allen, fr. (100 butterfly); Daniel Allen, jr. (100 butterfly, 100 backstroke); Thomas Appuhn, so. (200 individual medley, 100 backstroke); Quenten Jessop, so. (50 freestyle); Braeden Montgomery, fr. (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle); Andres Morao-Jaspe, jr. (200 individual medley, 100 backstroke); Castle Wallace, so. (100 breaststroke); 200 medley relay; 200 free relay; 400 free relay.
CLASS 5A-1A
Hayden -- Patrick Luke, so. (50 freestyle); 400 free relay.
Seaman -- Kinser Barbosa, jr. (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle); 200 medley relay; 200 free relay; 400 free relay.
