Bulldog Boys Take Conference Swim and Dive

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The Kearney High School Boys Swim & Dive Team earned its 10th-consecutive conference championship on Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Gladstone Community Center.

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

Ray Weikal contributed to this story.