MONETT, Mo. — Webb City captured the team championship at the Monett Invitational swim meet on Saturday at the Monett Area YMCA.
The Cardinals finished on top of the team standings with 346 points, while Carthage (276) Marshfield (266), and Nevada (252) finished second, third and fourth, respectively. There were nine teams in attendance.
“We were short a couple of key guys so I was pleased that we were still able to take the win,” Webb City coach Shawn Klosterman said.
Webb City’s team of Ethan Shipley, Micah Brouwer, Steve Kenlee and Cody Herndon won the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3 minutes, 59 seconds.
The Cardinals finished fourth in the 200 medley relay, as Judah Ritchie, Zion Wood, Brouwer and Shipley competed. Webb City was sixth in the 200 freestyle relay, with Steve Kenlee, Jonathan Kenlee, Herndon and Wood swimmings.
Shipley placed second in the 100 freestyle and third in the 200 freestyle, while Jonathan Kenlee finished second in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:08, with Steve Kenlee fifth in the same event (1:11).
Steve Kenlee took fourth in the 500 free, with Aiden Patterson eighth. Brouwer was fourth in the 200 individual medley and Wood was seventh. Herndon finished fifth in the 100 free.
Brouwer and Wood were fourth and fifth in the 100 breaststroke, while Ritchie finished seventh in the backstroke.
Webb City’s Carson Forcum and Logan Thibault finished first and second, respectively, in the 1-meter diving competition.
CARTHAGE RESULTS
Carthage’s Ezekiel Ramirez finished second in the 200 freestyle, while Kellen Frieling and Eli Cox placed third and fourth in the backstroke.
Cox and Landon White were third and fourth in the 100 butterfly.
Will Wallace finished fifth in the 200 IM, with Frieling sixth. Wallace was also fifth in the 500 free, while Aaron Vang was fifth in the 50 free.
Gibson Huelat and Ramirez finished sixth and seventh in the breaststroke.
The Tigers placed third in the 200 medley relay, with Frieling, Ramirez, White and Cox competing.
Carthage was also third in the 200 freestyle relay, with Ramirez, Frieling, Cox and White swimming.
MONETT RESULTS
Monett’s Matthew Fillinger won the 200 individual medley in 2:16, while Andrew Kranz took first in the 100 freestyle (55.23). The Cubs were second in the 200 medley relay.
NEVADA RESULTS
Nevada standout Ben Hines won the 100 butterfly in 56.76, while Cody Leung won both the 200 freestyle (1:52) and the 100 breaststroke (1:03).
Nevada won both the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relays. Karter Evans was second in the 50 free.
Monett Invitational
Team standings: Webb City 346, Carthage 276, Marshfield 266, Nevada 252, West Plains 231, Monett 194, Waynesville 161, Hillcrest 43, Parkview 9.
