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Manhattan High Boys Swim gets Second at Emporia

Manhattan High Boys Swim gets Second at Emporia

Alejandra Parma, Staff Writer February 15, 2024

The Manhattan High boys swim team placed second out of nine teams at the Emporia meet on Jan. 27, their fourth meet in the month of January.  MHS earned 409 points as a team, coming in behind Washburn...

Boys Swim Season off to a Promising Start

Boys Swim Season off to a Promising Start

Isabela Villoria, Staff Writer November 15, 2023

The season started off with a splash as the Manhattan High School boys swim team placed second at the first meet in Topeka and won the second meet which took place in Lansing. Both meets began with Manhattan...

Junior Mitchell Burger swims for Manhattan High during the boys State tournament on Feb. 19 in Topeka.

Boys swim and dive close season at State

Avery Inman, Staff Writer February 21, 2022

Closing out the 2021-2022 Varsity Boys swim and dive season, seven members of the MHS team competed at State in Topeka Feb. 17-19. The team took 13th place overall.  For senior Zeke Kohl this was...

Boys take third at league

Boys take third at league

Avery Inman, Staff Writer February 11, 2022

On Thursday the Manhattan High Boys swim and dive team competed in Topeka at the Centennial League meet. This is one of the biggest meets of the season and the last of the season for most of the team....

Manhattan takes third in Topeka

Manhattan takes third in Topeka

Avery Inman, Staff Writer January 31, 2022

The Manhattan High School boys swim team competed at the Emporia swim meet in Topeka on Saturday. As one of the final meets before preparing for League and State, there was a lot of pressure on the swimmers...

Boys swim faces tough competition

Boys swim faces tough competition

Avery Inman, Staff Writer January 23, 2022

The Manhattan High boys swim team competed in Lenexa on Saturday and faced some of the fastest athletes in the state.  “It was a fast environment,” junior Mitchell Bunger said. “It was good...

Boys swim compete in back-to-back meets

Boys swim compete in back-to-back meets

Avery Inman, Staff Writer January 16, 2022

Kicking off their swim meets of 2022 the boys team competed in Topeka on Tuesday and in Lawrence on Wednesday. The lack of rest between meets led to some tough challenges. The team took third in Topeka...

Swim and dive start season off strong

Swim and dive start season off strong

Avery Inman, Sports Editor December 7, 2021

Kicking off the season with two meets last week, the boys swim team earned a third and a second-place finish. The team headed into the first meet at Topeka on Wednesday with hopes for some high individual...

Boys swim and dive hopeful for 2021 season

Boys swim and dive hopeful for 2021 season

Avery Inman, Staff Writer November 7, 2021

Manhattan High boys swim and dive will kick off their season on Nov. 15. With the 2020 season having its fair share of curveballs, the team is looking forward to more consistency. “We’re looking...

Swimming places 10th at state

John Ostermann, Online Editor-in-Chief March 1, 2018

Crossing the finish line, senior Preston Harrison knew that he had just accomplished something extraordinary. Harrison dove off the block knowing he was in a good position to win it all in the 100-yard...

Harrison sets league record, leads Indians to third place finish

John Ostermann, Online Editor-in-Chief February 12, 2018

Records don’t get broken often, they are set and stand for a long time before being beat. Senior Preston Harrison was one a the few people that was able to set a record for the school’s swim team in...

Swim and Dive completes regular season

John Ostermann, Online Editor-in-Chief February 6, 2018

Manhattan swim and dive finished their regular season this weekend with a third place at the Manhattan Invitational. Friday, the diving team hosted the last diving meet, and the swim meet followed on Saturday. The...

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