Nebraska High School State Championships

By Sarah Eckersley

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 4. AT the Nebraska High School State Championships, Millard West and Creighton Prep walked away with state titles. On the girls' side, Millard West scored 286 points for first while Omaha Marian took second (226) and Omaha Duchesne Academy placed third (179). Meanwhile, the Creighton Prep boys tallied 404 points for first followed by Lincoln East (179) and Lincoln Southeast (110).

Girls Results
Millard West won all three relays. Erin Oeltjen, Karen Illg, Shannon Guy, and Julie Pengilly won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:46.97.

Guy had individual wins in the 100 butterfly (55.05) and the 100 breaststroke (1:04.37).

Omaha Marian's Kyra Lindholm was a dual event winner in the 200 IM (2:09.98) and the 100 backstroke (59.50).

Junior Emma O'Connell (Millard West) won the 100 freestyle in 52.04. She teamed up with Elizabeth McGinn, Guy and Pengilly for a win in the 200 freestyle relay (1:36.27).

Top finishers in the diving competition include Lilly Hinrichs (Lincoln Southeast) (450.90), Payton Michaud (Lincoln Northeast) (434.35), and Anna Filipcic (Omaha Burke (382.15).

Fawn Weihl, Illg, O'Connell, and McGinn had a first-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay (3:31.82).

Boys Results
Creighton Prep won all three relays. Andre Wilt (the 100 backstroke champ in 52.03), Stephen Hansen, Alexander Jacobsen, and Nicholas Bauwens set a state record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:33.12.

Sophomore Addison Boschult (Ralston/Gross) won the diving competition with 413 points. Kory Swarbrick of Bellevue West took second (391.35) and Erik Gustafson of Lincoln Southeast placed third (388.75).

William Schuermann (Creighton Prep) won the 100 freestyle with a time of 46.69. He teamed up with North, Bauwens and Patrick Militti for a win in the 200 freestyle relay (1:24.35). Militti also won the 200 freestyle in 1:41.46.

Other first-place finishers include William Raynor (Creighton Prep) in the 200 IM (1:53.29), Austin Webber (Bellevue East) in the 50 freestyle (21.47), Ryan Bubb (Lincoln East) in the 100 butterfly (49.25), Zachary Jacobsen (Creighton Prep) in the 500 freestyle (4:40.81), and Alexander Dayan (Papillion-La Vista) in the 100 breaststroke (58.43).

Schuermann, North, Militti, and Raynor set a state record in the 400 freestyle relay (3:05.49) to close the meet.

We intentionally post only two-three high school state championship recaps each day during championship seasons to make sure that each state gets its time to shine on our site. If you are waiting for a particular meet recap to show up, please be patient. Thank you for your understanding.

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