University’s Nolan Barger makes backstroke “B” final

Posted By: Richie Hall February 20, 2026

The REPORTER

University’s Nolan Barger qualified for the sectional finals of the backstroke at Thursday’s Lawrence Central sectional preliminaries.

Barger finished 14^th in the prelims, so he swam Saturday in the “B” heat of that event.

Complete University results now follow.

200 freestyle: 21. Cael Head 2:16.96.

50 freestyle: 34. Isaiah Hoffman 37.27.

100 butterfly: 17. Head 1:09.68.

100 freestyle: 18. Nolan Barger 58.14, 36. Hoffman 1:26.38.

100 backstroke: 14. Barger 1:09.15.