CARTHAGE, Mo. — The host Tigers were the top team at the Carthage girls swimming invitational on Tuesday night at the Fair Acres Family YMCA.
Carthage finished with 496 points, while Joplin was second with 351. Lamar (294) and Nevada (288) finished third and fourth.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Carthage won six events.
The Tigers had the top three finishers in the 200-yard individual medley, as Madison Riley took first in 2:25, Aubree Santillan took second (2:37) and Karsen Dininger was third (2:50).
Riley also won the 100 butterfly in 1:02.
Cassidy Smith won the 100 freestyle in 59.89 and teammate Hope Fultz took second (1:01). Smith also took first place in the 100 breaststroke (1:20).
The Tigers won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:18, with Nadya Housh, Santillan, Dininger and Riley swimming.
The team of Riley, Santillan, Housh and Olivia Wright finished second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:07.
The Tigers placed fourth in the 200 freestyle relay, with Mackenzie Polley, Hadley McBride, Olivia Wright and Elena Wright competing.
Santillan won the 100 backstroke in 1:08, while Housh finisehd second in the 500 freestyle, with Elena Wright third in the same event.
Fultz took second in the 200 freestyle, Dininger was third in the 100 backstroke, while Housh finished fourth in the 100 fly and Victoria Martinez was fifth.
Polley was third in the 100 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 fly, while Elena Wright finished fourth in the 200 free.
McBride finished fifth in the 500 freestyle and Leah Lambeth took seventh in the 50 free.
JOPLIN HIGHLIGHTS
The Joplin Eagles also had a strong showing.
Joplin’s Mya Johnson finished second in the 50 freestyle in 30.03 seconds.
Joplin’s 200 medley relay team of Sophia Schwartz, Taegen Smith, Allie Lawrence and Johnson took third in 2:23.
The Eagles were also third in the 400 freestyle relay, with Sophia Schwartz, Lilly Mills, Ava Perrin and Lily Rakes swimming.
Joplin finished third in the 200 freestyle relay, with Lawrence, Smith, Perrin and Johnson competing.
Lawrence was fourth in both the 50 free and the 100 free, while Rakes finished fourth in the 500 free and fifth in the 200 free.
Sophia Schwartz finished fourth in the 100 backstroke and Perrin was fifth in the 200 IM.
Kennedy Schwartz, Smith and Perrin finished fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 100 breaststroke.
Smith placed sixth in the 200 IM, Sophia Schwartz took sixth in the 100 fly, Johnson placed sixth in the 100 free, Megan Walser was sixth in the 500 free and seventh in the 200 free and Kennedy Schwartz finished seventh in the 200 IM.
LAMAR, NEVADA HIGHLIGHTS
Lamar won the 200 medley relay in 2:07 and the 200 freestyle relay took first in 1:58.
Lamar’s Kaitlyn Davis won the 200 freestyle in 2:16, Emma Tennal won the 50 free in 29.94 and took second in the 100 breaststroke. Meghan Watson took first in the 500 free and was second in the 100 fly.
Nevada’s Emma Leisure finished third in the 100 fly, teammate Avery Morris placed third in the 100 freestyle and the Tigers were second in the 200 freestyle relay.
