Brown, Prettyman earn a pair of state times at Topeka

By Andy Brown
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Updated: December 18, 2024

***Louisburg senior Colton Prettyman qualified for state in the 100 breatstroke and 50 freestyle last week at the Topeka-Hayden meet.***

It was just the second meet of the season, but the Louisburg boys swim team is already racking up state qualifying times.

After earning a state bid in the 200-yard medley relay to begin the season, a pair of Wildcat swimmers recorded two state times on Dec. 11 at the Topeka-Hayden Invitational.

Senior Colton Prettyman and junior Colin Brown officially earned spots at the state meet as each qualified in two events.

In the process, the Osawatomie-Paola-Louisburg-Spring Hill team finished third overall with 297 points out of nine teams. Washburn Rural won the meet with 488 points and Piper was second at 367.

Brown had three first place finishes on the day, including two individual events. He posted a state qualifying time of 1 minute and 54 seconds to win the 200 freestyle.

He later posted another state time of 59.74 seconds in the 100 backstroke to finish first. Brown also joined Noah Sharp, Spring Hill’s Nic Terblance and Paola’s Landen Terflinger to win the 400 freestyle relay in 3:50.

As for Prettyman, he secured a spot in the 100 breaststroke after winning with a time of 1:07.29. He also captured a state time in the 50 freestyle with a personal best of 23.36 seconds to take first.

Sharp put together a pair of strong performances of his own. The Louisburg sophomore earned state consideration times in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.

He finished second in the 100 butterfly in 1:02.97 and also took runner-up in the 100 backstroke in a personal best of 1:03.96.

Brown, Prettyman, Terblance and Terflinger finished second in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:42.

Terflinger earned a state qualifying time in the 100 freestyle as he took first in a personal best of 52.20. He also had a state consideration time in the 200 individual medley in 2:21.