A number of local athletes will compete at the MSHSAA Boys State Swimming & Diving Championships this week in St. Peters.
The Class 1 event begins on Thursday and concludes on Friday at the St. Peters Rec-Plex. The Class 2 meet begins on Friday and wraps up on Saturday.
CLASS 1
Webb City has 10 athletes attending the meet—seniors Carson Forcum, Ethan Shipley and Zion Wood, juniors Cody Herndon, Edgar Kramer, Judah Ritchie and Emiliano Vasquez and sophomores Micah Brouwer, Eric Keeling and Steve Kenlee.
The Cardinals will compete in the following events: 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle (Shipley), 200 individual medley (Brouwer), 200 freestyle relay, 100 breaststroke (Brouwer, Wood), 400 freestyle relay and diving (Forcum, Keeling).
Carthage has eight athletes attending—seniors Ezekiel Ramirez and Declan O’Brien, juniors Will Wallace, Landon White and Eli Cox, sophomores Noah Blackford and Kellen Frieling and freshman Braxton McBride.
The Tigers are entered in the following events: 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 100 backstroke (Frieling) and 400 free relay.
Monett is sending 11 athletes to state—seniors Jackson Dearing, Andrew Dixon, Turner Goodson, Andrew Kranz and Isaac Lindsey, juniors Matthew Fillinger and Lincoln Johnson, sophomores Ryan Goodson and Sandeep Maharjan and freshmen Jayden Apostal and Spencer Hurt.
The Cubs will compete in the 200 medley relay, 100 freestyle (Fillinger), 200 IM (Fillinger), 200 free relay and the 400 free relay.
CLASS 2
Joplin has six athletes attending in Class 2—senior Wyatt Satterlee, juniors Jacob Glenn and Zane Newman, sophomores Jackson Mordica and Ian Vermillion and freshman Nathan Wardlow.
The Eagles will compete in the 200 medley relay, 500 freestyle (Wardlow), 200 free relay and 400 free relay.
