The Bulldogs won the 2024 conference title by 250 points and won every single event.

“All season long the boys have been focused on closing out and finishing this decade of dominance,” Head Coach Trevor Woehman said. “My staff and I are incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication these boys have given to this team and this program.”

The postseason includes Districts for diving on Saturday, Nov. 9, and the Class 1 State Meet on Nov. 15-16 in St. Louis.

200 Medley Relay – Conference Champs

• Whitaker Steward
• Bennett Freeman
• Parker Bartlett
• Parker Mendel

200 Freestyle

• Parker Bartlett – Conference champ & PR
• Parker Mendel – 2nd-place finish & PR
• Patrick McNellis – 4th-place finish & PR

200 IM

• Whitaker Steward – Conference champ & season best

50 Freestyle

• Bennett Freeman – Conference champ & PR
• Chase Hoover – 2nd-place finish & PR
• Jake Zwick – PR
• Brayden Peck – PR

Diving

• Isaac Clayton – Conference champ
• Nathan Watson – 2nd-place finish

100 Butterfly

• Whitaker Steward – Conference champ & season best
• Braeden Mallonnee – 2nd-place finish & PR
• Landon Morrill – 4th place finish and a new PR

100 Freestyle

• Parker Mendel – Conference champ & PR
• Brayden Peck – 5th-place finish & PR
• Jake Zwick – PR
• Peter Jensen – PR

500 Freestyle

• Parker Bartlett – Conference champ

200 Freestyle Relay – Conference champs & season best

• Braeden Mallonnee
• Bennett Freeman
• Landon Morrill
• Chase Hoover

100 Backstroke

• Braeden Mallonnee – Conference champ & PR
• Chase Hoover – 5th-place finish & PR
• Patrick McNellis – 6th-place & PR

100 Breaststroke

• Bennett Freeman – Conference champ & PR
• Landon Morrill – 3rd-place finish & PR
• Peter Jensen – 5th-place finish & PR

400 Freestyle Relay -Conference Champs

• Parker Mendel
• Parker Bartlett
• Braeden Mallonnee
• Whitaker Steward

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Kearney, Mo., January 10, 2023: Kearney High School’s Boys Swim and Dive team capped an outstanding season by finishing 14th out of 57 teams at the 2023 Missouri State High School Activities Association on Nov. 9-10 in St. Louis.

There were superb performances across the board by all seven Bulldogs who earned spots at state, according to Head Coach Trevor Woehrman. Meet highlights included the fact that KHS was the only team from the Kansas City region that had more than one relay make it back to the finals on Friday, plus Whitaker Steward’s two individual championships.

“What a way to end the season,” Coach Woehrman said. “We are so proud of all of these boys and the growth they’ve shown both in and out of the pool is tremendous.”

200 Medley Relay

These Bulldogs finished in 32nd place. Each of them had lifetime-best splits in their legs of the relay.

• Isaac Clayton
• Bennett Freeman
• Parker Mendel
• Finn Simmons

200 Freestyle

During preliminaries on Thursday morning, Whitaker Steward secured the top seed heading into finals with a lifetime best of 1:40.18. On Friday, he then took home the state title as he beat his lifetime best from the day before, broke the school record, and set the Class 1 record with a 1:39.11. This lightning-fast time also put him into consideration for being an All American in this event, according to Woehrman.

200 IM

Competing at the state level for the first time in an individual event, Parker Bartlett swam the 200 IM and narrowly missed his lifetime best by posting a time of 2:10.40 and coming in 26th place.

50 Freestyle

Freshman Reid Salmonson also competed at the state level for the first time and posted a time of 23.18. Reid’s performance was enough for a 26th-place finish.

Diving

In his first year of diving, and the KHS Boys team’s first diver since 2017, Isaac Clayton competed at the state level. He had his best meet of the season when it mattered the most and came home in 17th place, just 6 points shy of moving on to finals.

100 Freestyle

In his second individual event, Mr. Salmonson swam just shy of his lifetime best and posted a time of 51.07 to finish in 25th place.

500 Freestyle

On Thursday during preliminaries, Mr. Steward shattered the school record by nearly two seconds and secured the top seed heading into finals with a lifetime best of 4:28.11. During finals, he again broke his own record from the day before, beat his closest competitor by nearly 10 seconds, came home with his second state title of the day – he is now a back-to-back champion of this event – and another Class 1 record with an outstanding time of 4:26.14. This performance was enough to solidify his status as an All-American.

In his second individual event, Mr. Bartlett finished very close to his lifetime best. He finished in 24th place with a time of 5:12.15.

200 Freestyle Relay

Heading into the meet, the Bulldogs were seeded to finish in 20th place in this event. They snuck into finals with the 16th seed during the prelims by dropping over a second with a time of 1:34.29. During finals on Friday, they dropped over a second again with a time of 1:32.94 to move into 13th place.

• Reid Salmonson
• Parker Bartlett
• Parker Mendel
• Whitaker Steward

400 Freestyle Relay

The Bulldogs again earned a spot in the finals by securing the 16th seed in preliminaries with a 3:26.67. During finals on Friday, they dropped 2.5 seconds and moved up several spots to finish in 13th place.

• Reid Salmonson
• Parker Bartlett
• Parker Mendel
• Whitaker Steward

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Kearney, Mo, November 17, 2022: The Kearney High School Boys Swim team had a wave of outstanding results during the 2022 MSHSAA Class 1 State Swim Meet on Nov. 11-12 in St. Peters.

The KHS contingent included Jake Zingerman, Zach Pickle, Tanner Mayfield, Lane Austin, Parker Bartlett, Parker Mendel and Whitaker Steward. Together, they finished 18th out of 40 teams.

Freshman Whitaker Steward made his name known during prelims when he dropped over 8 seconds to earn the top seed in the 500 freestyle going into finals. While his competitors fought hard to chase him down, Whitaker dug deep to drop 3 more seconds and finish as the State Champion (First Team All State Honors) with a 4:34.41.

With only one event between his races, Whitaker got right back in the pool for the 100 backstroke. In prelims, Whitaker threw down an amazing time of 53.27, which broke the previous KHS record of 53.61 that was set in 2017 by Vaughn Sloan. In the finals, finished seventh overall in the state, earning him First Team All State honors in the 100 backstroke. The new KHS record in the 100 backstroke is a 53.16. 

“All the boys swam extremely well, earning them personal best times and podium finishes!” Coach Jessa Hahn said. “They worked hard all season and were continually improving. I’m proud of them and excited to see what our returning students will achieve next year.”

Other Highlights:

• The 200 medley relay team (Lane Austin, Jake Zingerman, Whitaker Steward and Parker Bartlett) competed hard to hold their position of 13th overall, earning them All State Honorable Mention honors. 
• For the 50 freestyle, Lane Austin finished 14th overall with a time of 22:54, earning All State Honorable Mention honors.
• The 200 freestyle relay team (Jake Zingerman, Parker Mendel, Zach Pickle and Parker Bartlett) finished 26th overall. 
• Lane Austin also competed in the 100 backstroke and a finish of 19th overall.
• Jake Zingerman competed in the 100 breaststroke and earned a personal best time of 1:04.78 and 29th overall.
• The 400 freestyle relay team (Lane Austin, Parker Bartlett, Jake Zingerman and Whitaker Steward) finished 19th overall with a time of 3:29.29.

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Adam Hoffman and Scott Droll garner individual bronzes

Kearney, Mo., November 15, 2021: The Kearney High School swim team boys earned sixth place in the Missouri Class 1 State Championships on Nov. 11-12 in St. Peters.

KHS swimmers at state included Adam Hoffman, Scott Doll, Ridge McBride, Peter Moore, Lane Austin, Braden Tonks, Jake Zingerman and Jack Haley. Each of them either matched or beat their entry times.

The Bulldogs had 11 lifetime-best races and seven appearances on the awards podium, according to coach Jessa Hahn. Within a two-week window, the team came from behind to win the varsity conference meet and then turned around quickly with an outstanding performance at state.

“I could not be prouder of the 2021 Bulldog Swim and Dive Team,” coach Hahn said. “This team perseveres through difficulties to still be a strong, competitive force in the water. The level of comradery, sportsmanship, and dedication this group of young men demonstrates is amazing and exciting to watch.”

State Meet Highlights:

• Adam Hoffman took third in the 50 freestyle with a 21.82 time
• Adam also finished fifth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.39
• Scott Doll earned third in the 500 freestyle and had a lifetime best time of 4:41.08
• The Bulldog 200 Medley Relay, consisting of Peter Moore, Scott Doll, Ridge McBride and Adam Hoffman, finished seventh with a season’s best time of 1:40.43
• Ridge McBride earned sixth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:44.98
• Ridge also finished sixth in the 100 freestyle
• The Bulldog 200 Freestyle Relay, consisting of Scott Doll, Lane Austin, Ridge McBride and Adam Hoffman, finished seventh
• Lane Austin also competed in the 100 backstroke, his first individual state appearance in his high school swim career, and tied his personal best time of 59.91 to earn 30th
• Peter Moore also competed in the 100 backstroke and swam a lifetime best of 57.29, earning him 15th
• Scott Doll finished his meet with a 13th-place finish in the 100 breaststroke
• The Bulldog 400 Freestyle Relay, consisting of Lane Austin, Jake Zingerman, Braden Tonks and Peter Moore, swam a time of 3:37.82 and earned 29th

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