ST. PETERS, Mo. — The Joplin High School boys swim team concluded the 2021 season at the MSHSAA Class 2 Swimming & Diving Championships on Friday at the St. Peters Rec-Plex.
In Friday’s prelims, the top 16 in each swimming event advanced to Saturday’s finals. None of Joplin’s entries were able to advance to the finals.
Joplin’s 200-yard medley relay team of Nathan Wardlow, Wyatt Satterlee, Zane Newman and Jacob Glenn finished 26th with a time of 1:51.
The Eagles also placed 26th in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:40, with Glenn, Ian Vermillion, Wardlow and Newman competing. The Eagles were DQ’d in the 200 freestyle relay.
Also, Wardlow finished 31st in the 500 freestyle in 5:18.
The Eagles will return all but one of their state qualifiers next season. Satterlee is the lone senior of the group. Newman and Glenn are juniors, while Vermillion is a sophomore and Wardlow is a freshman.
