With plenty of solid performances, Carl Junction and Carthage finished third and fifth, respectively, in the team standings at the Ozarks Invitational girls swim meet on Saturday in Springfield.
Kickapoo won the meet with 277 points, followed by Glendale (248), Carl Junction (240), Springfield Central (202) and Carthage (188).
There were 25 teams in attendance, including Joplin, Webb City and Thomas Jefferson.
CARL JUNCTION RESULTS
The Bulldogs won three events and finished second in three others.
Carl Junction’s 200-yard medley relay team of Skyler Sundy, Abigail Wilson, Chloe Miller and Emma Lacey took first with a state-qualifying time of 1 minute, 57 seconds.
Carl Junction’s 200 freestyle relay team of Sundy, Alanza Montez, Lacey and Miller placed second with a qualifying time of 1:45.
The Bulldogs finished eighth in the 400 free relay, with Montez, Carsyn Smith, Bryn Neria and Wilson competing.
A freshman, Miller won two individual events. Miller took first in the 200 freestyle in 2:03 and also touched the wall first in the 500 free with a time of 5:36.
Sundy was the runner-up in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:03, while Lacey took second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.
Lacey placed third in the 50 free, with Montez seventh in the same event. Smith placed fifth in the 100 backstroke and Wilson was sixth in the 100 breaststroke.
Also for the Bulldogs, Wilson finished 11th in the 200 IM, Kennedy Johnson took 12th in the 500 free, Abigail Holcomb was 14th in the 500 free, Montez was 16th in the 100 free and Adelyn Whisman was 17th in the 100 backstroke.
CARTHAGE RESULTS
The Tigers finished had five top-three finishes, with a pair of runner-up finishes and three third-place showings.
Carthage’s Madison Riley, Cassidy Smith, Nadya Housh and Hope Fultz finished second in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a state-consideration time of 3:56.
The Tigers placed third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:02, with Riley, Smith, Housh and Fultz competing.
Carthage was also third in the 200 freestyle relay, with Riley, Smith, Housh and Fultz swimming.
Riley was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly with a state-qualifying time of 59.94. Tigers coach Braden McBride said Riley’s time is a new school record.
Aubree Santillan took third in the 100 backstroke in 1:05. Santillan and Housh placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 200 IM, while teammate Victoria Martinez took 12th.
Smith was sixth in the 100 freestyle. Fultz finished 12th in the 200 freestyle, Karsen Dininger was 12th in the 100 backstroke, while Olivia Wright finished 15th in the 500 freestyle.
JOPLIN RESULTS
The Eagles were 14th in the 200 medley relay, with Lily Rakes, Kennedy Schwartz, Allie Lawrence and Mya Johnson competing.
Joplin finished 15th in the 200 freestyle relay, with Johnson, Sophia Schwartz, Taegen Smith and Lawrence swimming.
The team of Rakes, Brooklyn Hiller, Kennedy Schwartz and Sophia Schwartz placed 16th in the 400 freestyle relay.
Lawrence finished 17th in the 50 freestyle and 27th in the 100 free, while Megan Walser finished 17th in the 500 freestyle.
Smith and Kennedy Schwartz finished 20th and 21st, respectively, in the 100 breaststroke.
WEBB CITY RESULTS
Webb City’s Nikki Hensley and Kyndie Crockett finished fifth and seventh, respectively, in the 1-meter diving competition.
The diving competition was the only event the Cardinals competed in at the meet.
AREA HIGHLIGHTS
Lamar’s Meghan Watson placed fourth in both the 100 fly and the 100 backstroke, while teammate Kaitlyn Davis took seventh in the 100 free. Emma Tennal of Lamar finished eighth in the 100 breaststroke.
Thomas Jefferson’s Sarah Mueller finished 10th in the 100 breaststroke and 13th in the 200 IM.
Nevada’s Emma Leisure placed ninth in the 100 fly and 11th in the 100 backstroke. Nevada’s 200 free relay team of Abbi Baldwin, Hadley Fletchall, Delaney Hope and Chloe Morris finished 10th.
Monett’s Faith Drewianka was eighth in the 100 free, while the Cubs (Gwen Lesue, Ava Fritts, Claire Nation and Drewianka) were fifth in the 200 free relay and sixth in the 400 free relay (Lesue, Ashton Prine, Frittz, Drewianka).
