Blue Valley North High’s varsity swimmers took home a state championship title last weekend.
The boys’ varsity team won the Kansas Class 6A boys swimming team title — the team’s first state title since 2014.
That moment when you win 6A STATE SWIM! pic.twitter.com/b5FAeqVYpV
— Kelli Kurle (@TheKurle) February 18, 2023
The team scored 268 points in total
- Initially, Blue Valley Northwest High came out in the top slot after the 200-yard relay race.
- By the end of the 12th race — the 400-yard freestyle relay — Blue Valley North surpassed Blue Valley Northwest’s score by 43 points.
- In the final 200-yard individual medley swim-off, Blue Valley North junior Klein McGraw also beat his opponent at Topeka-Washburn Rural High.
Individual BV North swimmers scored highly too
- The team’s total 268 included combined points from all races.
- BV North senior Michael Mayo came in first for the 400-yard freestyle relay race.
- This was the race that pushed the team past Shawnee Mission East.
Other Blue Valley area schools took home high scores
- Shawnee Mission East High came in second with 252 points.
- Blue Valley Northwest High took third with 225 points.
- The top five ultimately included three Blue Valley high schools, with Blue Valley West High coming in fifth with 193 points.
