Last year The Independent School sent one swimmer to the boys state championships in Topeka.
This year, all seven boys on the Independent team have qualified for the state meet this weekend: Christian Kilgore, Michael Patton, Phillip Zimmerman, Misha Yakubovich, Colin McMaster, Andrew Parker and Ahmad Yaffine.
Independent's small team has been an underdog in every meet this season, because other schools almost always have much larger teams.
"I told them before the season we weren't going to win meets but we would just improve," said Maureen Hansen, who is in her first year as a high school swim coach. "And we've far surpassed that. They were so determined. They wanted to make it to state so bad. And they did."
Hansen also will coach the girls team this spring. She expects to have 16 girls, about double the number Independent had a year ago.
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