The Carthage High School boys swim team tied for seventh in the final team standings at the North Kansas City Invitational on Saturday.
There were 28 teams competing at the event.
Park Hill South took first with 311 points, while Rockhurst (298), Lee’s Summit West (253), Rock Bridge (237) and Liberty (150) rounded out the top five.
Staley was sixth with 138 points, while Carthage and Liberty North tied for seventh with 100 points apiece. Monett was 15th with 55 points.
Carthage’s Kellen Frieling finished fifth in the 100-yard backstroke with a personal best time of 56.68.
The Tigers recorded a top-eight finish in all three relays.
Carthage’s 200-yard medley relay team of Frieling, Braxton McBride, William Wright and Eli Cox finished seventh with a time of 1:46.
The Tigers were also seventh in the 200 freestyle relay, as McBride, Frieling, Cox and Will Wallace recorded a time of 1:36.
Carthage was eighth in the 400 free relay in 3:33, with McBride, Cox, Frieling and Wallace competing.
McBride placed eighth in the 100-yard freestyle in 51.63 seconds.
Wright finished 13th in the 500 free (5:24) and he was also 15th in the 200 IM (2:10).
Carthage will compete at the Monett Invitational on Saturday.
