MONETT, Mo. — Swimmers from Joplin, Webb City and Carthage performed well at the Monett Invitational swim meet on Tuesday at the Monett Area YMCA.
JOPLIN HIGHLIGHTS
Joplin’s Nathan Wardlow won two individual events, the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2 minutes, 10 seconds and the 500 freestyle in 5:09.
Zane Newman took first in the 50 freestyle in 23.72 seconds.
Parker Hinman was the runner-up in the 100 backstroke, while Newman placed third in the 100 freestyle, Ian Vermillion was third in the 200 freestyle and Jackson Mordica took third in the 100 breaststroke.
The Eagles won the 400 freestyle relay in 3:43, with Isaiah Thom, Newman, Hinman and Wardlow swimming.
Joplin’s 200-yard medley relay team of Hinman, Wardlow, Vermillion and Newman finished second in 1:50.
The Eagles were sixth in the 200 free relay, with Gideon Speer, Jordan Goins, Mordica and Vermillion competing.
“The boys had a great meet and improved their best times in many events,” Eagles coach Aaron Stump said. “Our ‘A’ relay improved their state-consideration time in both the 200 medley relay and the 400 free relay. Nathan Wardlow cut .14 seconds off of his consideration time in the 200 IM and nearly two seconds off of his 500 free. Zane Newman dropped his consideration time in the 50 free by .21 seconds and in the 100 free by .02 seconds. Parker Hinman improved his consideration time in the 100 backstroke by nearly two seconds as well. We also had strong showings from Ian Vermilion and Isaiah Thom, who each swam on an A relay this meet. Ian got his best time of the season in his 100 free, shaving over 1.5 seconds off his time, and Isaiah knocked off over 11 seconds in his 100 fly.”
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
Webb City’s Micah Brouwer won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.
Brouwer was the runner-up in the 200 IM with a time of 2:13, while Steve Kenlee took second in the 100 fly in 1:04.
Judah Ritchie placed third in the 100 backstroke and Aiden Patterson was fourth in the 200 free.
The Cardinals finished fourth in the 200 medley relay (Ritchie, Brouwer, Kenlee, Adrien Black).
Webb City’s 200 freestyle relay took fifth, with Tristan Spencer, Logan Ragsdale, Dalton Spence and Patterson competing.
The 400 freestyle relay team of Kenlee, Black, Ritchie and Brouwer finished fifth.
In the diving competition, Webb City’s Landon Sharon and Maddox Wood finished first and second, respectively.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Carthage won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:48, with William Wright, Kellen Frieling, Braxton McBride and Eli Cox competing.
The Tigers finished second in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:43.6, with McBride, Cox, Frieling and Will Wallace swimming.
Carthage was fourth in the 200 freestyle relay, with Trey Nye, Landon White, Daryl Martin and Ben Rogers competing.
Cox won the 100 butterfly in 1:04.
Frieling was the runner-up in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:05, while McBride took second in the 50 freestyle in 23.93 seconds and Wright placed second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:30.
Wright and Wallace finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 individual medley. Nye and White finished third and fourth in the 100 fly.
McBride took fourth in the 100 freestyle.
