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The state swim and dive meet is this weekend in Lenexa. Here's what you need to know.

Topeka High sophomore diver Jaxon Cowdin qualified for the state meet.
Topeka High sophomore diver Jaxon Cowdin qualified for the state meet.

State tournament season for high school winter sports in Kansas has arrived.

Up first are the boys swimming and diving state championships taking place from Thursday to Saturday at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center in Lenexa.

Here's what you need to know.

This article was updated on 2/15 with schedule revisions from the Kansas State High School Activities Association

More:Topeka High's Jaxon Cowdin broke a 38-year diving record, 'I just wanted to not suck'

All classes will compete in Lenexa

All classes, 6-1A, will compete at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center at 17251 W. 87th Parkway, Lenexa, 66219.

On Feb. 16, gates will open at 9 a.m. with the first event beginning at 11:30 a.m. and on Feb. 17 and 18, gates will open at 8 a.m. with the first event beginning at 9 a.m.

If you can't make it in person, you can watch the National Federation of High School Sports broadcast here.

Tickets

General admission tickets will cost $10 with Pre-K age children admitted for free and can be purchased digitally via gofan.

Tickets can also be purchased in person at the aquatic center with cash or credit card.

Parking

Heading to the boys state swim and dive meet this weekend? Here's a parking guide.
Heading to the boys state swim and dive meet this weekend? Here's a parking guide.

Topeka-area athletes and teams competing at state

Topeka High (6A), Washburn Rural (6A), Hayden (5-1A) Seaman (5-1A), Shawnee Heights (5-1A) and Topeka West (5-1A) will be representing the Topeka-area schools.

Events are listed in order and in parenthesis next to the events are the times needed to qualify and be in consideration.

In parenthesis next to the Topeka-area swimmers and relay teams are their times in the event as well as where that puts them in terms of other qualifying and consideration times.

There are consideration times, meaning a time for an event that swimmers must be faster than in order to be considered for entry, and qualification times, how fast swimmers must swim an event prior to the state meet to be allowed to swim that event in the state meet.

As of Monday, here are the Topeka-are athletes heading to state.

6A

  • 200 medley relay (1:49.83 qualifying, 1:55.32 consideration)

    • Washburn Rural (1:45.18, 13th), qualified for state

  • 200 freestyle (1:54.12 qualifying, 1:59.82 consideration)

    • Brogan Meier, Washburn Rural (1:52.4, 19th), qualified for state

    • Will Powell, Washburn Rural (1:52.72), qualified for state

  • 50 freestyle (23.17 qualifying, 24.33 consideration)

    • Will Powell, Washburn Rural (22.9, 24th), qualified for state

  • 6 dive (190 qualifying and 10.7 dive difficulty)

    • Jaxon Cowdin, Topeka High (254.45, 8th), qualified for state

  • 11 dive (280 qualifying, 12.8 dive difficulty)

    • Jaxon Cowdin, Topeka High (470.60, 3rd), qualified for state

  • 100 butterfly (56.99 qualifying, 59.84 consideration)

    • Will Powell, Washburn Rural (54.53, 11th), qualified for state

    • Jack Miranda, Washburn Rural (56.39, 25th), qualified for state

  • 100 freestyle (51.22 qualifying, 53.78 consideration)

    • Brogan Meier, Washburn Rural (48.79, 6th), qualified for state

    • Jack Miranda, Washburn Rural (50.53, 24th), qualified for state

  • 500 freestyle (5:14.36 qualifying, 5:30.07 consideration)

    • Jack Miranda, Washburn Rural (4:51.93, 2nd), qualified for state

    • Brogan Meier, Washburn Rural (5:11.46, 20th), qualified for state

    • Will Powell, Washburn Rural (5:12.47, 23rd), qualified for state

  • 200 freestyle relay (1:36.7 qualifying, 1:41.54 consideration)

    • Washburn Rural (1:33.47, 10th), qualified for state

    • Topeka High (1:39.59, 25th)

  • 100 backstroke (58.86 qualifying, 1:01.8 consideration)

    • Brogan Meier, Washburn Rural (55.76, 10th), qualified for state

    • Luke Lemke, Washburn Rural (58.87, 25th)

  • 100 breaststroke (1:05.17 qualifying, 1:08.43 consideration

    • Cordell Dimick, Washburn Rural (1:04.86, 21st), qualified for state

  • 400 freestyle relay (3:35.15 qualifying, 3:46.96 consideration)

    • Washburn Rural (3:26.46, 11th), qualified for state

    • Topeka High (3:42.15, 21st)

5-1A

  • 200 medley relay (1:53.56 qualifying, 1:59.24 consideration)

    • Shawnee Heights (1:41.44, 5th), qualified for state

    • Hayden (1:49.31, 13th), qualified for state

    • Seaman (1:51.38, 16th), qualified for state

  • 200 freestyle (1:57.84 qualifying, 2:03.73 consideration)

    • Daniel Ramirez, Seaman (1:51.49, 11th), qualified for state

    • Riccardo Corazza, Shawnee Heights (1:55.39, 22nd), qualified for state

  • 200 IM (2:14.64 qualifying, 2:21.37 consideration)

    • Luke Perkins, Shawnee Heights (2:01.12, 6th), qualified for state

    • Colin O'Rourke, Seaman (2:06.81, 15th), qualified for state

    • Riccardo Corazza, Shawnee Heights (2:10.45, 25th), qualified for state

  • 50 freestyle (23.4 qualifying, 24.57 consideration)

    • Riccardo Corazza, Shawnee Heights (22.33, 9th), qualified for state

    • Tanner Zerger, Shawnee Heights (17th, 23.08), qualified for state

    • Dylan Gregg, Hayden (23.17, 21st), qualified for state

  • 6 dive (190 qualifying and 10.7 dive difficulty)

    • Robert Haag, Topeka West (143.05, 20th)

  • 100 butterfly (59.14 qualifying, 1:02.1 consideration)

    • Luke Perkins, Shawnee Heights (52.63, 3rd), qualified for state

    • Colin O'Rourke, Seaman (54.44, 7th), qualified for state

    • Riccardo Corraza, Shawnee Heights (57.62, 19th), qualified for state

  • 100 freestyle (52.53 qualifying, 55.16 consideration)

    • Riccardo Corraza, Shawnee Heights (49.58, 7th), qualified for state

  • 500 freestyle (5:28.8 qualifying, 5:45.24 consideration)

    • Daniel Ramirez, Seaman (5:23.08, 17th), qualified for state

    • Evan Hoobler, Shawneee Heights (5:25.53, 21st), qualified for state

  • 200 freestyle relay (1:38.63 qualifying, 1:43.56 consideration)

    • Shawnee Heights (1:33.47, 5th), qualified for state

    • Hayden (1:36.39, 15th), qualified for state

    • Seaman (1:37.77, 18th), qualified for state

  • 100 backstroke (1:00.61 qualifying, 1:03.64 consideration)

    • Luke Perkins, Shawnee Heights (56.01, 6th), qualified for state

    • Daniel Ramirez, Seaman (58.23, 15th), qualified for state

    • Truman Brede, Shawnee Heights (58.70, 17th), qualified for state

  • 400 freestyle relay (3:46 qualifying, 3:57.3 consideration)

    • Seaman (3:32.62, 9th), qualified for state

    • Shawnee Heights (3:33.04, 10th), qualified for state

    • Hayden (3:42.54, 17th), qualified for state

This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Topeka-area boys teams to be represented by 6 schools at state meet