Meet Recap: Blazers win MV Short Course District-West Champs!
2022 MV Short Course District Champs - West
The Blazers dominated this year's Short Course Districts-West Championships in Topeka in both performance and team spirit! Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed and took KCB all the way to #1 with an overall team score of 3553 points! What a way to kick off Championship season!
Blazers in Top 3:
10 & Under:
Kiley Barikmo - 1st Place 50 Breast∙3rd Place 100 Breast
Vivian Hughes - 1st Place 50 Free & 100 Fly∙2nd Place 50 Fly
Claire Graham - 1st Place 50 Fly
Fletcher Gutierrez - 1st Place 50 Breast
Xiaoguo Wang - 1st Place 100 Free∙2nd Place 100 Breast
Kaleb Barikmo - 2nd Place 50 Breast∙3rd Place 100 Breast
Elsie Walker - 2nd Place 200 Free∙3rd Place 50 Back
Grant Hartman - 3rd Place 100 IM
Tobias Hauswald - 3rd Place 50 Back & 100 Back
Kauffman Hopkins - 3rd Place 50 Breast
Relays:
1st place - Boys 200 Medley ’A’ Relay: Christian White, Fletcher Gutierrez, Xiaoguo Wang & Blake Hughes
1st Place - Girls 200 Free ‘A’ Relay: Vivian Hughes, Sloane Bailey, Cate Clark & Elsie Walker
2nd Place - Girls 200 Medley ‘A’ Relay: Cate Clark, Kiley Barikmo, Vivian Hughes & Elsie Walker
3rd Place - Girls 200 Free ‘B’ Relay: Averil Crow, Charlotte Feingold, Claire Graham & Eloise Seeman
3rd Place - Girls 200 Medley ‘B’ Relay: Averil Crow, Eloise Seeman, Claire Graham & Sloane Bailey
3rd Place - Boys 200 Free ‘A’ Relay: Fletcher Gutierrez, Beckett Kirchner, Christian White & Blake Hughes
11 - 12:
Finley Glennon - 1st Place 100 Free∙100 Breast
Oliver Nelson - 1st Place 100 Free
Amber Stringer - 1st Place 200 IM∙2nd Place 100 Back∙3rd Place 50 Fly, 100 Free & 100 IM
Addie Clark - 2nd 500 Free
Ila Clark - 2nd Place 100 Fly
Hannah Chan - 2nd Place 50 & 100 Breast
Sarah Devkota - 2nd Place 200 Fly
Grant Peres - 2nd Place 50 Free∙3rd Place 200 Free
Maya Reid - 2nd Place 50 Fly
Jayden Snyder 3rd Place 100 Fly
Miles Tomsic - 2nd Place 50 Back & 100 Back
Relays:
1st Place - Boys 200 Free ‘A’ Relay: Grant Peres, Kaleb Barikmo, Ajay Nandula & Miles Tomsic
2nd Place - Boys 200 Free ‘B’ Relay: Lucas Tian, Caleb Bonnet, Davis Yu & Daniel Weisberg
2nd Place - Girls 200 Medley ‘A’ Relay: Jayden Snyder, Lily Wheeler, Amber Stringer & Cate Clark
2nd Place - Boys 200 Medley ‘A’ Relay: Daniel Weisberg, Ajay Nandula, Miles Tomsic & Grant Peres
2nd Place - Girls 200 Free ‘A’ Relay: Amber Stringer, Addie Clark, Jayden Snyder, & Hannah Chan
3rd Place - Boys 200 Medley ‘B’ Relay: Caleb Bonnema, Kaleb Barikmo, Matthew Wallace & Davis Yu
13 - 14:
Charlotte Barton - 1st Place 100 Free∙3rd Place 200 Back, 200 Free & 50 Free
Andrew Martin - 1st Place 200 Back
Declan Rydzel - 1st Place 100 Breast∙2nd Place 200 Breast
Sophia Taghizadeh - 1st Place 100 Breast & 200 Breast∙3rd Place 200 IM
Lauren Bullins - 2nd Place 1000 Free
Harris Stevens - 2nd place 100 Breast & 200 Back∙3rd Place 200 Breast
Elyse Yung - 2nd Place 200 Breast∙3rd Place 100 Breast
Alexandria Ago - 3rd Place 200 Breast
Anne Bowser - 3rd Place 100 Fly
Garner Darling - 3rd Place 200 IM
Maggie McCauley - 3rd Place 100 Free
15 & Over:
Emerson Barrett - 1st Place 200 Back
Peighton Ireland - 1st Place 100 Breast∙2nd Place 200 Breast
Tyler Sproull - 1st Place 50 Free∙3rd Place 100 Fly, 100 Breast & 200 Free
Adam Conrad - 2nd Place 200 Back, 200 IM & 400 IM
Suzette Donovan - 2nd Place 1000 Free
Gretchen Schmierer Knust - 2nd Place 200 Back
Sophia Lindberg - 3rd Place 100 Breast & 200 Breast
Relays:
1st Place - 13 & Over Boys 200 Medley ‘A’ Relay: Adam Conrad, Declan Rydzel, Tyler Sproull & Garner Darling
2nd Place - 13 & Over Girls 200 Medley ‘B’ Relay: Gretchen Schmierer Knust, Sophia Taghizadeh, Sophia Boshart & Isabelle Makarov
3rd Place - 13 & Over Girls 200 Medley ‘A’ Relay: Emerson Barrett, Peighton Ireland, Darya Sandomirsky & Veronica Makarov
3rd Place - 13 & Over Boys 200 Medley ‘B’ Relay: Andrew Martin, Brady Mallot, Colton Poe & Harris Stevens
1st Place - 13 & Over Boys 200 Free ‘A’ Relay: Garner Darling, Adam Conrad, Harris Stevens & Tyler Sproull
2nd Place - 13 & Over Girls 200 Free ‘A’ Relay: Suzette Donovan, Emerson Barrett, Isabelle Makarov & Veronica Makarov
3rd Place - 13 & Over Girls 200 Free ‘B’ Relay: Maggie McCauley, Charlotte Barton, Maya Devkota & Anne Bowser
New Champs Cuts Achieved:
Kiley Barikmo - 50 Breast
Emmy Barrett - 200 Back
Lauren Bullins - 400 IM∙1000 Free
Hannah Chan - 50 Breast
Ila Clark - 100 Fly
Suzette Donovan - 1000 Free
Neo Glennon - 100 Free∙100 Breast
Claire Graham - 50 Fly
Tobias Hauswald - 100 Back
Vivian Hughes - 100 Fly∙50 Back
Brady Mallot - 200 Breast
Oliver Nelson - 50 Free∙50 Breast
Maya Reid - 50 Fly
Declan Rydzel - 100 Breast∙200 Breast
Gretchen Schmierer Knust - 200 Back
Jayden Snyder - 200 Back
Amber Stringer - 100 Free∙100 Back∙200 IM
Sophia Taghizadeh - 100 Breast∙200 IM∙200 Breast
Elsie Walker - 100 Free∙50 Back
Xiaoguo Wang - 100 Breast
Elyse Yung - 100 Breast
Auto Qualifiers - Swimmers who place 1st or 2nd get a spot at Champs!
Kaleb Barikmo - 50 Breast
Charlotte Barton - 100 Free
Josie Butler - 500 Free
Hannah Chan - 100 Breast
Addie Clark - 500 Free
Adam Conrad - 200 Back∙200 IM∙400 IM
Sarah Devkota - 200 Fly
Fletcher Gutierrez - 50 Breast
Vivian Hughes - 50 Fly
Peighton Ireland - 100 Breast∙200 Breast
Andrew Martin - 200 Back
Oliver Nelson - 100 Free
Grant Peres - 50 Free
Tyler Sproull - 50 Free∙100 Free
Harris Stevens - 100 Breast∙200 Back
Miles Tomsic - 50 Back∙100 Back
Xiaoguo Wang - 100 Free
Elyse Yung - 200 Breast
Way to go, Blazers!
