Puls set a new school record for the event and took first place.
He qualified for Friday s and Saturday s, May 19-20, Class 4A State Swimming Championships at the Eldora Pool and Ice Center in Fort Collins. Puls, a junior, entered the race with a clocking of 1 minute, 09.92 seconds, which he had hit three weeks ago. That record has been in the MCHS record books for nearly a decade. He led the race start to finish. He had a two-body length on everyone else at the finish.