Manhattan High boys\u2019 swimming opened its season on Wednesday at the Topeka West Invitational, placing third while earning four state-level marks to set an early tone for the winter.<\/p>\n
Manhattan collected 329 team points, slotting behind first-place Olathe Northwest (514) and league rival Washburn Rural (501). The Indians, coming off a league title in 2024 and an eighth-place finish at state, earned automatic berths in two relays, qualifying in both the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle.<\/p>\n
Manhattan saw junior Jack Dunn secure an individual state cut in the 500-yard freestyle, while adding a consideration time in the 100 butterfly. Wallace King notched a consideration time in the 50 free.<\/p>\n
The relay success highlighted Manhattan\u2019s depth in its season debut. The 200 medley relay hit the state standard behind a balanced quartet, and the 200 free relay followed with another qualifying performance later in the meet.<\/p>\n
Dunn continued his strong postseason trajectory from last year with his 500 free swim at 5:15.54, which was good for first place and notched Manhattan\u2019s first individual automatic time of the season. King\u2019s second-place finish at 23.17 in the 50 free added to a productive sprint showing for the Indians.<\/p>\n
Manhattan\u2019s early-state qualifiers give the program a foundation to build on as it moves deeper into December competition. Up next, Manhattan heads to the Lansing Relay Meet on Saturday with events beginning at noon.<\/p>\n
Manhattan results<\/p>\n
200 medley relay: 3. Pfannenstiel, Jones, King, Kohl 1:49.83; 13. Casebeer, Brueseke, Peterman, Chen 2:10.76<\/p>\n
200 free: 6. Killian 2:19.31; 18. Giles-Alfonso 2:41.11; 20. Garren 2:49.03<\/p>\n
200 IM: 8. Pfannenstiel 2:22.40; 9. Bunger 2:24.11; 15. Casebeer 3:04.43<\/p>\n
50 free: 2. King 23.17; 4. Kohl 24.08; 15. Chen 26.17<\/p>\n
100 butterfly: 2. Dunn 57.82; 5. King 1:00.63<\/p>\n
100 free: 5. Kohl 55.99; 8. Jones 58.10; 13. Killian 1:00.94<\/p>\n
500 free: 1. Dunn 5:15.54; 12. Brueseke 7:01.44; 14. Casebeer 7:27.67<\/p>\n
200 free relay: 2. Bunger, Kohl, Dunn, King 1:37.40; 12. Giles-Alfonso, Peterman, Killian, Chen 1:53.41<\/p>\n
100 backstroke: 4. Pfannenstiel 1:02.19; 6. Bunger 1:04.51; 15. Giles-Alfonso 1:24.61<\/p>\n
100 breaststroke: 7. Jones 1:15.76; 11. Chen 1:19.67; 19. Brueseke 1:28.06<\/p>\n
400 free relay: 3. Bunger, Pfannenstiel, Jones, Dunn 3:51.77; 13. Casebeer, Killian, Giles-Alfonso, Brueseke 4:42.05<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan High boys\u2019 swimming opened its season on Wednesday at the Topeka West Invitational, placing third while earning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[32556,32555,25601,26041,26039,75,84,83,32551,9,24,63,32558,9225,4886,32552,32559,32553,11472,32557,32554],"class_list":["post-60959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-aquatics","tag-athletic-sports","tag-competition","tag-games-of-physical-skill","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-relay-races","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\/60959","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=60959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}