The 2016 Nebraska High School State Championships concluded today with the girls of Lincoln Southwest (455 points) and the boys of Creighton Prep (430 points) claiming the state titles for the 2015-16 season.<\/p>\n
Lincoln Southwest kickstarted finals with a first place finish in the 200 medley relay. The team of\u00a0Clara Walstad<\/strong> (25.78),\u00a0Dannie Dilsaver<\/strong> (28.07),\u00a0Kaitlyn Witt<\/strong> (25.50), and\u00a0Olivia\u00a0<\/strong>Calegan\u00a0<\/b>(22.04) posted a combined time of 1:41.39 to finish close to seven seconds ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n Alana Palmer<\/strong> of Lincoln Southwest turned in a final time of 1:50.66 to finish first in the 200 free, adding slightly to her prelims time of 1:50.04.\u00a0Jordan McCullough<\/strong> of Papillion-LaVista finished second with a time of 1:53.10, while Pius X’s\u00a0Caroline Theil\u00a0<\/strong>was third with a 1:53.26.<\/p>\n Palmer continued her mid-distance prowess by maintaining her top seed in the 500 free with a 5:03.50 finish for first. McCullough stayed at second with a 5:06.76.<\/p>\n Southwest teammates Calegan and Walstad finished 1-2 in the 50 free. Calegan dashed to a final time of 22.77, the only athlete under the 23-second mark, while Walstad posted a second-place finish of 23.67.<\/p>\n Calegan delivered another swift performance in the 100 free, stopping the clock at a 50.16. Teammate\u00a0Shelby Mullendore\u00a0<\/strong>finished second with a final time of 52.66, while Marian’s\u00a0Olivia Tate<\/strong> was third with a 53.02.<\/p>\n Dannie Dilsaver<\/strong> of Lincoln Southwest flirted with the possibility of a sub-two minute 200 IM, stopping the clock at a 2:00.57. Dilsaver lated added a win in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:02.24.<\/p>\n The relay team of\u00a0Caleb Piti<\/strong> (24.17),\u00a0Brian Magee<\/strong> (26.11),\u00a0Colin LaFave<\/strong> (22.33), and\u00a0William Tjaden\u00a0<\/strong>(20.98) from Creighton Prep grabbed first in the 200 medley relay with a final time of 1:33.59.<\/p>\n Creighton Prep’s\u00a0Brandon Abboud<\/strong> grabbed first in the 200 free with a time of 1:41.31, shaving 2.31 seconds ahead off his prelims time of 1:43.62. Norfolk’s\u00a0Cameron Carney<\/strong> finished second with a time of 1:43.32, and Lincoln East’s\u00a0Joshua Roh<\/strong> was third with a 1:44.54.<\/p>\n About claimed his second win of the night in the 500 free, posting a final time of 4:39.77. Elkhorn’s\u00a0Conner Funke\u00a0<\/strong>took second with a time of 4:41.99, while Roh finished third with a 4:50.21.<\/p>\n Lance Culjat\u00a0<\/strong>of Brownell\/Concord maintained his top seed in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke with top times in both. Culjat delivered a 1:52.44 in the IM, shaving just shy of two seconds off his prelims time of 1:54.37, while it was a 56.64 in the 100 breaststroke that earned Culjat first.<\/p>\n Grand Island’s\u00a0Matthew Novinski<\/strong> also kept his spot on the top of the podium in the 100 fly and 100 back. Novinski turned in a quick 50.75 in the 100 fly and a scorching 50.14 in the 100 back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2016 Nebraska High School State Championships concluded today with the girls of Lincoln Southwest (455 points) and the boys of Creighton Prep (430 points) claiming the state titles for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":48896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[67214],"class_list":["post-188167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-nebraska-high-school-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nBoys Championships:<\/h3>\n