Webb City claimed the team championship and Carthage finished second at the Parkview Valkyrie Invitational on Saturday in Springfield.
Webb City finished with 265 points and Carthage was next with 185.
Rounding out the top five teams were Lebanon (162), Central (135) and Rogersville (109). There were 16 teams in attendance.
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
Shawn Klosterman’s Cardinals won five events.
Webb City’s Sophia Whitesell won two individual events and was also part of two winning relays.
Whitesell took first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1 minute, 3 seconds and also won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:11.
The Cardinals won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:50, with Skylar Powell, Avery Mitchell, Olivia Honey and Whitesell swimming.
The WCHS team of Powell, Mitchell, Alix Davis and Whitesell took first in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:59.
Webb City’s 200 medley relay team finished sixth, with Davis, Hally Philpot, Honey and Allie Eggleston competing.
The Cardinals had four of the top five finishers in the 100 freestyle, as Davis took first in 59.47 seconds, Mitchell was second in 59.67, Powell was third in 59.77 and Honey took fifth with a time of 1:04.
Eggleston was the runner-up in the 200 freestyle in 2:26, while Mitchell and Powell finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 50 freestyle with their times of 26.5 and 26.67 seconds.
Also for the Cardinals, Davis took fifth in the 100 backstroke, Novely Lamont finished sixth in the 200 IM, Eggleston was sixth in the 500 free, Philpot was eighth in the 100 breaststroke and Hannah Ross was ninth in the 200 free
Webb City’s Kelli Tollefson and Kiera McDonald placed fourth and fifth in the 1-meter diving competition.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
The Tigers won three events.
Carthage’s Madison Riley won two individual events and also swam on a winning relay.
Riley took first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:22. Riley won the 200 individual medley in 2:13, with teammate Victoria Martinez third in the same event (2:44).
Carthage won the 200-yard medley relay in 2:01, with Aubree Santillan, Olivia Manning, Riley and Martinez competing.
The Tigers were second in the 400 free relay, with Riley, Santillan, Manning and Martinez recording a time of 4:06.
The CHS team of Joey Hettinger, Kamryn Dininger, Reese Lee and Madelyn Kennedy took sixth in the 200 freestyle relay.
Santillan was the runner-up in the 100 backstroke in 1:08, while Manning took third in the 100 breaststroke and fifth in the 100 freestyle.
Also for the Tigers, Dininger took sixth in the 100 fly, Kennedy was eighth in the 200 free, while Santillan and Hettinger finished eighth and ninth in the 50 free. Hettinger was also 10th in the 100 free.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Nevada’s Chloe Morris took third in the 200 freestyle, while teammate Avery Morris was fourth in the 100 backstroke and fifth in the 200 IM.
Monett’s Macey Flynt was second in the diving competition.
The Cubs finished fifth in the 400 freestyle relay, with Katie Geiss, Amelia Lucore, Emma Hunter and Grace Lee competing.
