Manhattan High girls\u2019 swimming captured its second consecutive Centennial League championship Thursday, finishing with 472 points behind six event wins.<\/p>\n
The Indians finished ahead of Washburn Rural (409) and Junction City (294), successfully defending last season\u2019s league crown.<\/p>\n
Manhattan opened the meet with one of its top performances of the season in the 200-yard medley relay. The quartet of Delaney Saucier, Caris Goering, Ava McKee and Ashtan Hansen placed first in 2:05.43, earning an automatic state qualifying time. A second Manhattan relay team added a third-place finish.<\/p>\n
The Indians continued to pile up points in the 200 freestyle, where Goering placed third with a state consideration time of 2:15.61. Goering added another consideration time in the breaststroke with a runner-up finish.<\/p>\n
McKee highlighted Manhattan\u2019s effort in the 200 individual medley, placing second with a\u00a0consideration time of 2:30.80. McKee added another individual victory in the 500 freestyle, placing first at 6:03.41 with a state consideration mark.<\/p>\n
Hansen paced Manhattan\u2019s sprint group with a league title and state consideration time in the 50 freestyle at 27.48, while Aubrey Niedermayer and Mary Brighton also added scoring swims.<\/p>\n
Saucier followed with another league title in the 100 butterfly, touching first in 1:12.52, while Copp added a third-place finish.<\/p>\n
In the 100 freestyle, Hansen captured another individual title with a state consideration time of 1:00.56. Brighton and Madilyn Powell added third- and fourth-place finishes.<\/p>\n
The Indians earned another win in the 200 freestyle relay, as the team of Niedermayer, Hansen, McKee and Goering placed first in 1:53.29. Manhattan\u2019s B relay added a third-place finish.<\/p>\n
In the backstroke, Saucier placed third with a time of 1:09.75, while Lyla Buser and Niedermayer added fourth- and sixth-place finishes.<\/p>\n
Manhattan closed the meet with a runner-up finish in the 400 freestyle relay behind the team of Niedermayer, Brighton, Buser and Saucier.<\/p>\n
Manhattan placed 10 swimmers on the All-Centennial League teams. Hansen, McKee, Saucier and Goering earned first-team honors, while Spencer, Copp, Powell, Inman, Brighton and Niedermayer were named second team.<\/p>\n
Up next for the Indians is the 6A state swim meet, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday at the Shawnee Mission Aquatic Center in Lenexa.<\/p>\n
Manhattan results<\/p>\n
200 medley relay: 1. Saucier, Goering, McKee, Hansen 2:05.43<\/p>\n
200 free: 3. Goering 2:15.61; 5. Inman 2:31.62; 6. Sanneman 2:38.35<\/p>\n
200 IM: 2. McKee 2:30.80; 3. Spencer 2:48.84; 5. Copp 3:00.22<\/p>\n
50 free: 1. Hansen 27.48; 5. Niedermayer 28.55; 8. Brighton 30.05<\/p>\n
100 butterfly: 1. Saucier 1:12.52; 3. Copp 1:25.49<\/p>\n
100 free: 1. Hansen 1:00.56; 3. Brighton 1:07.33; 4. Powell 1:07.71<\/p>\n
500 free: 1. McKee 6:03.41; 5. Inman 7:00.12; 7. Villoria 7:04.38<\/p>\n
200 free relay: 1. Niedermayer, Hansen, McKee, Goering 1:53.29; 3. Powell, Pecenka, Copp, Brighton 2:02.57<\/p>\n
100 backstroke: 3. Saucier 1:09.75; 4. Buser 1:15.67; 6. Niedermayer 1:18.85<\/p>\n
100 breaststroke: 2. Goering 1:18.22; 4. Spencer 1:23.61; 5. Powell 1:24.21<\/p>\n
400 free relay: 2. Niedermayer, Brighton, Buser, Saucier 4:29.99<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan High girls\u2019 swimming captured its second consecutive Centennial League championship Thursday, finishing with 472 points behind six…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[32556,32555,25601,83199,26039,75,84,83,32551,9,24,63,32558,9225,4886,32552,32553,11472,32557,32554],"class_list":["post-232867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-aquatics","tag-athletic-sports","tag-competition","tag-freestyle-swimming","tag-individual-sports","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-medley-swimming","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-outdoor-recreation-techniques","tag-outdoor-sports","tag-racing","tag-relay-race","tag-solo-activities","tag-swimming","tag-swimming-styles","tag-water-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}