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BOYS SWIMMING: Joplin takes 2nd at Parkview invite, Eagles swim consideration times

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SoMo Sports staff reports

 

Joplin’s boys swim team finished second in the final standings at the Parkview Invitational on Tuesday in Springfield. 

Kickapoo was the top team with 278 points. Joplin was the runner-up with 231 points, while Nixa took third with 219.

Rounding out the team standings were Lebanon (170), Greenwood (115), Hillcrest (101) and Parkview (60).

The Eagles had several noteworthy performances at the meet.

Nathan Wardlow swam state-consideration times in two events, the 200-yard freestyle (1:59) and the 100 backstroke (59.48). Wardlow won the 200 free and finished second in the 100 backstroke. 

Zane Newman won the 100-yard freestyle in 53.15 seconds, a state-consideration time. 

Newman finished second in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.93, improving his state-consideration time in the event. 

Joplin’s 200 freestyle relay team of Wardlow, Newman, Ian Vermillion and Parker Hinman took first place with a consideration time of 1:39. 

The Eagles have now recorded consideration times in all three relays. 

Joplin’s team of Jordan Goins, Isaiah Thom, Gideon Speer and Jackson Mordica took second in the 400 freestyle relay in 4:33.

The Eagles finished third in the 200 medley relay, as Wardlow, Hinman, Vermillion and Newman recorded a time of 1:52. 

Vermillion was the runner-up in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:23. He was also fifth in the 100 butterfly. 

Thom placed third in the 500 freestyle, while Hinman and Mordica finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 100 breaststroke. 

Joplin coach Aaron Stump noted the Eagles have been making steady progress.

“The guys did a nice job returning to the pool after a long weekend,” Stump said. “I look forward to having a week of practice to make some adjustments for our next meet in Monett. We plan to work on relay starts and rearrange our 200 medley relay to see how that impacts our time in that event.”

Joplin will compete in Monett on Sept. 13.

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