Louisburg swim returns 4 state medalists; relay posts state time at Lansing

By Andy Brown
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Updated: December 11, 2024

***Louisburg senior Colton Prettyman, along with Colin Brown, Andrew Jamison and Noah Sharp posted a state qualifying time in the 200-yard medley relay Saturday at the Lansing Relays.***

The Louisburg boys swim team certainly has high hopes for the 2024-25 season and for good reason.

After medaling in five events at state last season, the Wildcats return everyone back as they gear up for another run at the state podium.

The Wildcats were able to get off to a great start Saturday at the Lansing Relays. The Osawatomie-Paola-Louisburg-Spring Hill team recorded their highest ever finish at the Lansing meet as it took second overall with 110 points, which was 35 points behind the champion, Manhattan.

“The coaching staff is simply thrilled with our Lansing outing this season,” coach Mary Argeropoulos said. “For the first meet of the year we had tons of personal best times, everyone completing their piece of the puzzle successfully, clean starts, finishes, exchanges, and fast swims made for a super fun day. We were so proud to bring home that second place plaque.”

The Louisburg 200-yard medley relay of Colin Brown, Andrew Jamison, Colton Prettyman and Noah Sharp, which medaled at state a year ago, picked up right where they left off.

The Wildcat quartet took first overall with a time of 1 minute and 43.68 seconds and earned a state qualifying time in the process.

All four swimmers return to lead the charge again for the Wildcats this season. Brown and Jamison each won a pair of state medals a year ago, while Prettyman returns after qualifying in the 100 breaststroke.

Brown, a junior, took fourth place in the 100 butterfly last season and was fifth in the 100 backstroke. As for Jamison, he also returns after a strong sophomore campaign after he took fifth at state in the 200 IM and sixth in the 100 breaststroke.

Sophomore Brock Delmez returns to the team as he was a state alternate a year ago. The Wildcats will also have a pair of new swimmers in senior Nathaniel Phillis and freshman Bennett Mendez.

“We are totally pumped to have all our swimmers from Louisburg returning for another year of success,” Argeropoulos said. “We are adding a couple of new swimmers this season in senior Nathaniel and Bennett. Our returners have all put a lot of work in during the off season and have come back stronger and faster than they ended last season.

“We are expecting our state individualists to quickly qualify their events again this season and put themselves in a great position to fight for top medals at the state meet. They truly are picking up where they left off and making that their new floor as they move forward into the 2024-25 season.”

At Lansing, the Miami County team came away with several other medals, including a first place finish in the 4×100 IM Relay. Jamison, Prettyman, Brown and Paola’s Landen Terflinger took the top spot in 4:01.31.

The group of Prettyman, Terflinger, Sharp and Brown finished second in the 200 butterfly relay, while Prettyman, Terflinger, Jamison and Osawatmie’s LJ Kerr were second in the 200 breaststroke relay.

Brown, Sharp and Spring HIll’s Tag Solberg and Nic Terblance medaled third in the 200 backstroke relay.