2025 Kansas High School Boy’s 6A State Championships
- February 20th – 22nd
- Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center
- Lenexa, KS
- 25 Yards (SCY) Format
- Defending Champions: Overland Park-Blue Valley North (x2)
- Full Meet Schedule
- Meet Central
- 6A Full Results (PDF)
Overland Park-Blue Valley North won their third consecutive Kansas 6A state title on Saturday, bringing in a total of 302 points, 39 more than runners-up Shawnee Mission East.
Olathe East kicked things off with a victory in the 200 medley relay, with Corbin Bradwell (25.61), Skylar Jones (27.86), Adam Hagan (22.59), and Charlie Ross (20.42) combining for a time of 1:26.48, edging out Overland Park-Blue Valley West by 0.03. Ross’s split brought Olathe East back from a 2.04-second deficit at the 150-yard exchange. Ross would go on to place 5th in the 50 free with a time of 21.54.
Shawnee Mission-Northwest siblings Gabe Cavin and Max Cavin finished first and third in the 50 freestyle with Lawrence High’s Ryan Lane getting his hand on the wall for second place out of lane 1. The trio of Cavin, Lane, and Cavin touched in 21.01, 21.21, and 21.22, respectively. Gabe Cavin would go on to place 2nd in the 100 freestyle in 46.99, while Lane would place 3rd in 47.51. Max Cavin, meanwhile, picked up a third-place finish in the 100 fly in 52.14. The Cavin brothers would also place second in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:26.51, splitting 20.67 (Gabe) and 20.97 (Max).
Blue Valley-Northwest’s Micah Churchill and Maize’s Zachary Rife were both double champions with Churchill winning Swimmer of the Meet honors. Churchill won his third consecutive title in the 100 butterfly with a 49.27, just 0.06 off of his lifetime best from this same meet in 2023 when he was a sophomore. Churchill also won the 200 IM in 1:52.12, shaving 01.0 from his prelims time which itself was a new lifetime best by nearly two seconds, improving upon the mark he set at the 2024 edition of the KSHSAA 6A State Championships.
Rife, meanwhile, captured titles in the 100 and 200 freestyles, posting times of 46.10 and 1:40.60, respectively. Rife, a junior, had previously placed third in both the 100 and 200 freestyles both his freshman and sophomore seasons. Prior to Friday’s prelims, Rife had only broken 47 once in the 100 freestyle with a 46.97 recorded in December 2024. His 200 freestyle prelims performance of 1:40.02 was also a best time by o.62.
Blue Valley West senior Jack Punswick was honored with the Spirit of Sport award for his determination to continue with competitive swimming while fighting stage II Hodgkins lymphoma. Punswick earned two silver medals on Saturday, one in the 200 medley relay where he contributed a 27.23 breaststroke split for Overland Park-Blue Valley West, and another in the 100 breaststroke where he posted a 59.63.
Speaking to KCTV 5, Punswick said of the award “It is amazing, I mean one kid in the entire state of Kansas and I wouldn’t be here without the support that I’ve had from my parents, my amazing girlfriend, the team at Blue Valley West, my coaches who have been here every single day. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t them.” Punswick told KCTV 5 that he still plans to swim in college and that he will take a gap year to regain his health.
The 100 breaststroke was won by Lincoln Mainelli, a senior from Overland Park-Blue Valley in 58.68. Prior to the meet, Mainelli had never broken the 1-minute barrier in the 100 breaststroke, holding a lifetime best of 1:00.38 from his high school league championships. In prelims, Mainelli posted a 59.22 to earn the top seed going into Saturday’s finals. Mainelli also finished fifth in the 200 IM in 1:58.63, slightly off his lifetime best of 1:58.04 from earlier this month.
Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest’s John Christianson won the 100 backstroke in 51.33 and also placed second in the 200 freestyle in 1:42.25. For Christianson, the 100 backstroke was a 0.11 improvement from his prelims time which itself was a lifetime best of 0.66 seconds. The 200 freestyle was also a lifetime best–prior to Saturday, Christianson’s best time stood at 1:43.98 from November 2024.
Shawnee Mission East’s Cooper Kearns (22.08), Chase Kvapil (21.31), Luke Sinatra (21.68), and Jack McClelland (21.03) won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:26.10, edging out Shawnee Mission Northwest by 0.41. Overland Park-Blue Valley North ended their state title campaign with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:11.29 delivered by Henry Parisi (48.10), Noah Pratt (48.79), Connor Golding (47.22), and Wilson Riekhof (47.18).
Wichita Northwest’s Giani Benoit won the 1 meter diving with 475.90 points. His victory on the board accounted for all of Wichita Northwest’s 20 points at the meet.
Top-10 Team Scores
- Overland Park-Blue Valley North – 302 points
- Shawnee Mission East – 263 points
- Overland Park-Blue Valley West – 238 points
- Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest – 196 points
- Olathe East – 190 points
- Shawnee Mission Northwest – 131 points
- Maize – 128 points
- Manhattan – 112 points
- Olathe Northwest – 107 points
- Overland Park-Blue Valley – 84 points
