GIRLS SWIMMING: Carthage wins Springfield invite

The Carthage High School girls swim team took first place at Tuesday’s Springfield Invitational.
The Tigers topped the final team standings with 295 points. Camdenton (226) and New Covenant Academy (176) were second and third, respectively. There were seven teams in attendance.
The Tigers won four events.
Carthage’s 200-yard medley relay team of Madison Riley, Aubree Santillan, Nadya Housh and Hope Fultz took first place with a time of 2 minutes, 6 seconds.
In other first place showings, Housh won the 100 butterfly in 1:06, Riley took first in the 100 freestyle in 57.94 and Ava Lacey won the 100 backstroke in 1:12.
The Tigers placed second in the 400 freestyle relay in 4:09, with Riley, Santillan, Housh and Fultz swimming.
Riley was the runner-up in the 50 freestyle, while Carthage’s Mackenzie Polley and Sydney Parks placed second and third in the 500 freestyle.
Santillan and Jacey Dixon placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 200 freestyle.
Housh, Santillan and Fultz finished third, fourth and fifth in the 100 breaststroke.
Fultz was fifth in the 100 free, while Elena Wright was fifth in the 100 backstroke.
The Tigers finished fifth in the 200 freestyle relay, with Leah Lambeth, Wright, Dixon and Polley competing.