ST. PETERS, Mo. — Carthage High School senior Madison Riley advanced to the championship finals in two events on Thursday on the opening day of the MSHSAA Class 2 Girls Swimming and Diving Championships at the St. Peters Rec-Plex.
In Thursday’s prelims, the top 16 swimmers in each event advance to Friday’s finals, with the top eight moving on to the championship finals.
Riley placed fifth in two events—the 100-yard butterfly in 57.2 seconds and the 100 freestyle in 53 seconds. With that, Riley has locked up state medalist honors in both events.
Overall, the Tigers will be competing in three events on Friday.
Carthage’s 200 medley relay team of Aubree Santillan, Olivia Manning, Riley and Joey Hettinger finished 10th with a time of 1:53, securing a spot in the consolation finals. The Tigers were seeded 19th in the event but moved up to 10th with a solid performance in the prelims.
Carthage’s 200 freestyle relay team of Riley, Manning, Kamryn Dininger and Hettinger finished 24th, while the team of Santillan, Manning, Dininger and Jekatorine Arnold finished 29th in the 400 freestyle relay.
Also on Thursday, Santillan finished 21st in the 100 backstroke and Manning was 21st in the 100 breaststroke.
The Class 2 finals are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on Friday.
The Class 1 prelims, featuring swimmers from Webb City, Carl Junction and Thomas Jefferson, are scheduled to begin at 4:30 on Friday.
