2024 OSSAA 6A State Championships
Feb. 16-17, 2024
Jenks Aquatic Heart
SCY (25 yards)
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Ladies Staff Scores
Bartlesville – 405.5
Jenks – 300
Edmond North – 277
Ponca Metropolis – 161
Edmond Memorial – 160
Bartlesville sophomore Addie Howze lowered the Oklahoma highschool report within the 100-yard backstroke to guide her ladies squad to its sixth state title up to now 10 seasons on the OSSAA 6A State Championships final month.
Howze clocked a profitable time of 54.76 within the 100 again, knocking greater than half a second off the Oklahoma highschool report of 55.39 set final yr by Shawnee’s Piper McNeil. McNeil, a present Missouri freshman, additionally owned the earlier 6A report at 55.67 from 2021. Howze had by no means been below 58 seconds earlier than this season, dropping nearly two seconds off her previous-best 56.62 from regionals earlier in February.
Howze picked up one other particular person victory within the 200 IM with a personal-best 2:03.79, taking nearly two seconds off her earlier finest (2:05.72) from final March. She added a 25.01 fly cut up on Bartlesville’s profitable 200 medley relay (1:47.96) and a personal-best 51.65 main off the triumphant 400 free relay (3:29.54) to assist her crew end with 405.5 factors in complete — greater than 100 factors forward of runner-up Jenks (300).
The longer term is shiny for Bartlesville as freshman Anna Younger swept the gap freestyle occasions along with her invaluable relay contributions. She dropped greater than two seconds within the 200 free (1:51.58) earlier than slicing one other half a second off her lifetime finest two weeks later (1:51.08). Younger lowered her finest 500 free time from regionals (5:02.06) by a second down to five:01.05 on her method to the win. She additionally cut up 23.64 on Bartlesville’s victorious 200 free relay (1:37.34) and 52.17 on the 400 free relay.
Stillwater senior Avery Littlefield made it a four-peat within the 50 free with a profitable time of 23.14, simply off her mark from final yr (23.09). The LSU commit additionally triumphed within the 50 free (50.46), a pair tenths shy of her personal-best 50.22 from final March. Littlefield ends her highschool profession with a outstanding 4 50 free titles and three 100 free crowns, solely dropping one particular person race throughout 4 state meets.
A pair of Ponca Metropolis ladies received particular person titles with big time drops to assist their crew earn 4th place within the crew standings only one level forward of Edmond Memorial. Senior Sarah Dingus shaved greater than two seconds off her earlier finest from regionals (57.43) to take the 100 fly crown in 55.41. Junior teammate Jessalyn Carpenter switched up her occasion lineup from the 100 free (fifth place) and 200 free (eighth) final yr to the 100 breast and 200 IM this yr, and the transfer paid off in an enormous approach. She dropped nearly two seconds off her finest 100 breast time from regionals (1:06.32) en path to the victory in 1:04.51 whereas additionally putting sixth within the 200 IM.
Boys Recap
Staff Scores
Jenks – 419
Bartlesville – 305
Edmond North – 280
Ponca Metropolis – 145
Deer Creek – 137
Jenks returned to the highest after having a four-year profitable streak snapped by one level final yr, totaling 419 factors to cruise previous Bartlesville (305) and Edmond North (280) for the OSSAA 6A title by greater than 100 factors. It was Jenks’ fifth crew championship in six years and twenty second total.
Jenks dominated due to its depth because the crew boasted only one particular person champion in sophomore Reece Pangburn, who captured the 100 breast crown in 57.62. That was nearly two seconds quicker than his previous-best 59.28 from November. Pangburn additionally positioned 4th within the 100 fly (50.67) and cut up 22.38 swimming the fly leg of Jenks’ profitable 200 medley relay (1:35.16).
Norman sophomore JD Thumann emerged victorious from a stacked 100 fly discipline that includes Bartlesville senior Griffin Craig and Edmond North junior Jack Starrett together with Pangburn. Thumann reached the wall in a personal-best 47.86, nearly half a second forward of Craig (48.37). Starrett additionally broke 50 seconds at 49.89.
Thumann additionally received the 50 free with a personal-best 20.15, taking .12 seconds off his earlier finest from December (20.27). Final yr, he received the 200 free (1:40.70) and 100 fly (49.55) as a freshman. He nonetheless has a pair years to chase Aiden Hayes‘s state information within the 50 free (19.20) and 100 fly (45.47) if he chooses to maintain the identical lineup as an upperclassman.
Craig defended his title within the 100 again (48.90), only a hundredth off his finest time from regionals. Final yr, the Missouri commit received in 49.66.
Starrett additionally got here away with a person title within the 200 free (1:40.28), dropping half a second off his previous-best 1:40.86 that positioned him 2nd on this race final yr behind Thumann. He additionally contributed a 20.96 cut up on Edmond North’s triumphant 200 medley relay (1:25.48) and a personal-best 46.01 leadoff on the victorious 400 free relay (3:08.84) — quicker than the profitable time within the particular person 100 free closing.
Two of Starrett’s Edmond North teammates additionally captured particular person crowns for his or her Third-place squad. Junior Garrett Levendofsky touched first within the 100 IM (1:54.14) and earned a runner-up end within the 100 free (46.62), each in lifetime bests. He knocked greater than a second off his finest 200 IM time from final March (1:55.42) and greater than half a second off his finest 100 free time from final March (47.39). Levendofsky additionally anchored Edmond North’s profitable 400 free relay (3:08.84) with a 46.52 cut up.
Edmond North senior Riley Conway posted a personal-best 46.51 to clinch the 100 free title after putting 2nd final yr (previous-best 47.84). He couldn’t defend his 50 free title in opposition to Thumann, however he did get below 21 seconds for the primary time with a runner-up end in 20.95. Conway additionally anchored Edmond North’s victorious 200 free relay (1:25.48) with a 20.78 cut up. 20.78
The opposite particular person champion on the boys facet was Edmond Memorial sophomore Max Spory, who had an enormous time drop to clinch the five hundred free title in 4:37.13. His earlier finest stood at 4:45.08 from regionals, which means he knocked nearly eight seconds off his lifetime finest from only a couple weeks prior.
