The Kansas High School Boy’s 5-1A State Championships was an intense battle for second behind 3-time the defending champions Andover. Stock photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
2026 KSHSAA 6A Boy’s State Swimming & Diving Championships
- February 19 – 21, 2026
- Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center
- Lenexa, KS
- 25 Yard (SCY) Format
- Defending Champions: Andover (x3)
The Kansas High School Boy’s 5-1A State Championships was an intense battle for second behind 3-time the defending champions Andover, who would ultimately prevail by a margin of more than 150 points. A small team representing Louisburg made a great deal of noise and topped the podium five times with three individual and two relay wins. Alongside Louisburg, Wichita’s Kapaun Mt. Carmel and Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest demonstrated excellent depth to make the battle for second very interesting.
Casey Carpenter-Ross of Louisburg won both the 50 and 100 freestyles, posting times of 20.95 and 45.81, respectively. This represents Carpenter-Ross’s second time under 21 in the 50 free with his first coming in prelims with a 21.98, and prior to that his lifetime best stood at 21.10 from November. He achieved a similar milestone in the 100, breaking 46 for the first time as his previous lifetime best stood at 46.25, also from November.
Carpenter-Ross was also on two champion relays. First, on the 200 medley relay, Carpenter-Ross split 20.74 as the anchor, contributing to Louisburg’s total time of 1:34.87, undercutting the State Record from 2019 set by Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege. Colin Brown led off the relay with a 24.31 on backstroke, followed by Andrew Jamison with a 26.74 on breaststroke, and then a 23.08 butterfly split from Noah Sharp. The same quartet would go on to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:26.60. Brown led off in 21.81, followed by Sharp with a 21.92, then Jamison in 22.07, and capped off by Carpenter-Ross with a 20.80…