June 2025

Wavemakers results

Results for Lindsborg Wavemakers at the swim meet Saturday in Solomon. Boys 9-10 100-yard freestyle 1 Rhett Crowther 1:42.52 2 Mason Crawford 1:46.28 Girls 11-12 100-yard freestyle 4 Vivienn Abdullayev 1:41.65 6 Ava Chrisman 1:44.57 Girls 13-14 100-yard freestyle 3 Josie Charvat 1:26.92 Girls 15-18 100-yard freestyle 5 Roxy Riedel 1:23.38 Girls 8 & under 100-yard medley relay 1 Lindsborg 'A' 2:29.97 1) Clara Peterson 2) Madi King 3) Saylor Francisco 4) Kennedy Britt Boys 8 & under 100-yard medley relay 2 Lindsborg 'A' 2:44.57 1) Jaxon Cahill 7 2) Jackson Crowther 3) Layne Miller 4) William Chrisman Girls 9-10 100-yard medley relay 1 Lindsborg 'A' 2:05.35 1) Adilynn Prater 2) Kylan Weibert 3) Harper Aldrete 3 Lindsborg 'B' 2:47.96 1) Emmarie Radatz 2) Hattie Abdullayev 3) Remy Hecker 4) Kate Bozarth Boys 9-10 100-yard medley relay 1 Lindsborg 'A' 1:46.86 1) Noah Barber 2) Rhett Crowther 3) Mason Crawford 4) Easton Crawford Girls 11-12 200-yard medley relay 2 Lindsborg 'A' 3:47.33 1) Arianna Anderson 2) Ava Chrisman 3) Vivienn Abdullayev Boys 13-14 200-yard medley relay 2 Lindsborg 'A' 4:21.04 1) Kysomme Kindlesparger 2) Brody Mattox 3) Grayson Hecker 4) Levi Straight Girls 15-18 200-yard medley relay 3 Lindsborg 'A' 3:07.61 1) 2) Kennedy Hecker 3) Roxy Riedel 4) Josie Charvat Girls 8 & under 25-yard butterfly 3 Remy Hecker 37.49 4 Kennedy Britt 37.71 5 Saylor Francisco 38.63 Boys 8 & under 25-yard butterfly 1 Jackson Crowther 26.64 5 Layne Miller 41.61 Girls 9-10 25-yard butterfly 4 Harper Aldrete 31.40 5 Hattie Abdullayev 42.61 Boys 9-10 25-yard butterfly 2 Noah Barber 28.28 4 Mason Crawford 31.91 Girls 11-12 50-yard butterfly 5 Vivienn Abdullayev 58.70 6 Arianna Anderson 1:06.90 Girls 15-18 50-yard butterfly 1 Roxy Riedel 39.62 Girls 8 & under 25-yard backstroke 1 Saylor Francisco 29.99 6 Madi King 38.98 8 Remy Hecker 39.52 Boys 8 & under 25-yard backstroke 3 Jaxon Cahill 35.93 4 Jackson Crowther 37.70 9 Jaxon Crawford 43.89 Girls 9-10 25-yard backstroke 1 Kylan Weibert 25.23 2 Hattie Abdullayev 26.86 6 Adilynn Prater 28.95 Boys 9-10 25-yard backstroke 1 Noah Barber 23.76 3 Rhett Crowther 27.51 4 Easton Crawford 30.83 Girls 11-12 50-yard backstroke 2 Arianna Anderson 56.20 Boys 11-12 50-yard backstroke 3 Grayson Hecker 56.08 4 Levi Straight 59.91 Girls 13-14 50-yard backstroke 3 Kennedy Hecker 48.35 Boys 13-14 50-yard backstroke 5 Kysomme Kindlesparger 1:07.71 Girls 15-18 50-yard backstroke 2 Roxy Riedel 44.14 Girls 8 & under 25-yard freestyle 3 Saylor Francisco 25.74 6 Remy Hecker 30.67 7 Kennedy Britt 31.10 8 Clara Peterson 31.38 9 Madi King 34.74 14 Emmarie Radatz 50.60 Boys 8 & under 25-yard freestyle 1 Jackson Crowther 20.14 3 Layne Miller 25.00 7 Jaxon Cahill 36.28 11 Jaxon Crawford 44.93 12 William Chrisman 46.48 13 Luther Peterson 49.46 Girls 9-10 25-yard freestyle 3 Kylan Weibert 20.99 5 Adilynn Prater 23.65 6 Hattie Abdullayev 23.92 7 Harper Aldrete 26.97 9 Kate Bozarth 38.48 Boys 9-10 25-yard freestyle 1 Mason Crawford 20.01 4 Noah Barber 21.38 6 Easton Crawford 25.28 10 Hunter Mattox 35.95 Girls 11-12 50-yard freestyle 5 Ava Chrisman 43.31 8 Vivienn Abdullayev 45.36 11 Arianna Anderson 53.40 Boys 11-12 50-yard freestyle 4 Grayson Hecker 48.11 5 Levi Straight 52.06 7 Brody Mattox 1:03.45 Girls 13-14 50-yard freestyle 3 Josie Charvat 38.29 4 Kennedy Hecker 39.50 Girls 15-18 50-yard freestyle 3 Roxy Riedel 35.97 Girls 8 & under 25-yard breaststroke 5 Saylor Francisco 42.48 6 Madi King 42.68 7 Remy Hecker 43.29 Boys 8 & under 25-yard breaststroke 2 Jackson Crowther 33.00 6 Layne Miller 46.14 Girls 9-10 25-yard breaststroke 3 Kylan Weibert 30.47 6 Hattie Abdullayev 41.26 Boys 9-10 25-yard breaststroke 1 Rhett Crowther 25.15 5 Noah Barber 42.13 7 Easton Crawford 42.98 Girls 11-12 50-yard breaststroke 3 Ava Chrisman 56.91 7 Vivienn Abdullayev 1:07.25 Boys 11-12 50-yard breaststroke 2 Grayson Hecker 58.08 4 Brody Mattox 1:16.39 Girls 13-14 50-yard breaststroke 5 Kennedy Hecker 52.51 6 Josie Charvat 54.45 Girls 8 & under 100-yard freestyle relay 3 Lindsborg 'A' 2:24.99 1) Madi King 2) Kennedy Britt 3) Emmarie Radatz 4) Clara Peterson Boys 8 & under 100-yard freestyle relay 3 Lindsborg 'B' 2:18.38 1) Layne Miller 2) William Chrisman 3) Jaxon Crawford 4) 4 Lindsborg 'A' 2:26.00 1) Jackson Crowther 2) Luther Peterson 3) Jaxon Cahill 4) Girls 9-10 100-yard freestyle relay 1 Lindsborg 'A' 1:35.49 1) Kylan Weibert 2) Adilynn Prater 3) Saylor Francisco 3 Lindsborg 'B' 2:10.20 1) Hattie Abdullayev 2) Kate Bozarth 3) Harper Aldrete 4) Remy Hecker Boys 9-10 100-yard freestyle relay 2 Lindsborg 'A' 1:35.82 1) Rhett Crowther 2) Hunter Mattox 3) Noah Barber 4) Mason Crawford Boys 13-14 200-yard freestyle relay 2 Lindsborg 'A' 3:47.67 1) Levi Straight 2) Brody Mattox 3) Kysomme Kindlesparger 4) Grayson Hecker Girls 15-18 200-yard freestyle relay 3 Lindsborg 'A' 2:33.86 1) Kennedy Hecker 2) 3) Josie Charvat 4) Roxy Riedel Girls 9-10 100-yard IM 2 Kylan Weibert 2:20.76 Boys 9-10 100-yard IM 1 Rhett Crowther 2:10.57 2 Mason Crawford 2:13.01 Girls 11-12 100-yard IM 3 Ava Chrisman 2:12.52 Boys 11-12 100-yard IM 2 Grayson Hecker 1:56.67 Girls 13-14 100-yard IM 2 Josie Charvat 1:40.27 3 Kennedy Hecker 1:48.20 Girls 15-18 100-yard IM 4 Roxy Riedel 1:37.40 .

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Careful what you wish for

The front-page story about housing in McPherson County presents an argument for more homes to serve workers of industries that want to grow, and the claim that without growth a community will wither. I won’t say that more homes aren’t needed in this county.

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Our leaders are hurting our students

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Crash test sculpture

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IN BRIEF

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