CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage and Joplin were the top two teams at the Carthage invitational swim meet on Tuesday at the Fair Acres YMCA.
Carthage finished with 304 points, while Joplin took second with 294.
Kickapoo (240), Nevada (221), Lebanon (215), Camdenton (210) and Nixa (134) rounded out the team standings.
CARTHAGE RESULTS
The Tigers placed third in the 200-yard medley relay, with Kellen Frieling, Ezekiel Ramirez, Landon White and Eli Cox competing.
The Tigers were fourth in the 400 freestyle relay and fifth in the 200 freestyle relay.
Will Wallace placed third in the 500 freestyle, with teammates Gibson Huelat and Declan O’Brien fifth and sixth, respectively.
Ramirez was fourth in the 100 breaststroke, while Frieling and Cox finished fourth and fifth in the 100 backstroke.
Dariel Gonzalez was fifth in the 50 free and Cox took sixth in the 100 butterfly.
Carthage recognized its two seniors, Huelat and Aaron Vang.
JOPLIN RESULTS
The Eagles had one event winner, as Zane Newman took first in the 200 freestyle in 1:48.
Joplin took second in the 200 medley relay in 1:53, with Zane Reavley, Ben Wardlow, Newman and Jonah Hensley swimming.
The Eagles were also second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:38. Reavley, Hensley, Newman and Wardlow compete. Kickapoo edged the Eagles for first.
Wardlow took second in the 50 free (23.65), as Camdenton’s Gavin Schulte was first (23.26). Colin Vermillion was sixth in the same event.
Wardlow also finished third in the 100 freestyle, while Jacob Glenn placed third in the 100 backstroke.
Jackson Mordica was fourth in the 500 free, Ian Vermillion finished fifth in the 200 free, Reavley was fifth in the 100 butterfly and sixth in the 200 IM and Newman placed sixth in the 100 free.
LEUNG WINS TWO EVENTS
Nevada’s Cody Leung took first in both the 100 butterfly (55.19) and the 100 backstroke (58.62).
Karter Evans of Nevada was the runner-up in the 100 breaststroke.
