SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Local athletes performed well at the Springfield Invitational boys swim meet on Thursday.
Carthage finished second in the team standings with 192 points. Defending state champion Glendale took first with 271 points.
Webb City (139) and Joplin (133.5) finished fourth and fifth, respectively. There were 11 teams in attendance.
CARTHAGE RESULTS
Carthage won two events and finished second in three others.
The Tigers won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:46, with Kellen Frieling, Braxton McBride, William Wright and Eli Cox competing.
Frieling took first in the 100 backstroke in 57.79.
Carthage was second in the 400 free relay, as McBride, Cox, Frieling and Will Wallace recorded a time of 3:33.
McBride was the runner-up in the 50 free with a time of 23.41, and he placed third in the 100 free (52.09).
Wright took second in the 500 free (5:34), while Frieling finished third in the 200 freestyle in 1:58.
Finishing fifth in their events were Wallace (500 free), Wright (200 IM) and Cox (100 fly).
The Tigers were seventh in the 200 free relay, with Trey Nye, Landon White, Wallace and Wright swimming.
WEBB CITY RESULTS
Micah Brouwer placed second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05. Brouwer finished third in the 200 IM in 2:14.
Judah Ritchie placed fifth in the 100 backstroke in 1:03.
The Cardinals were fifth in the 200 medley relay, with Ritchie, Brouwer, Emiliano Vasquez and Cody Herndon competing.
Webb City’s 400 free relay finished fifth, with Kenlee, Adrien Black, Brouwer and Ritchie swimming.
The team of Vasquez, Kenlee, Aiden Patterson and Cody Herndon finished sixth in the 200 free relay.
Vasquez took sixth in the 50 free, while Steve Kenlee finished sixth in the 500 free and seventh in the 100 fly. Black was seventh in the 500 free.
JOPLIN RESULTS
Joplin’s Nathan Wardlow won a pair of individual events. He took first in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:10. Wardlow also won the 500 freestyle, clocking a time of 5:15.
Stump noted Wardlow swam state-consideration times in both events.
Zane Newman placed third in the 50 freestyle in 23.99 seconds, a state-consideration time. Newman finished ninth in the 100 butterfly.
Parker Hinman placed fourth in the 100 backstroke (1:01) and also finished sixth in the 200 IM (2:16), recording state-consideration times in both events.
The Eagles fared well in all three relays.
The team of Wardlow, Newman, Ian Vermillion and Hinman finished third in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:43.
Joplin’s 200 medley relay team of Wardlow, Hinman, Vermillion and Newman finished fourth with a time of 1:51.
The Eagles were eighth in the 200 freestyle relay, as Jordan Goins, Jackson Mordica, Isaiah Thom and Gideon Speer recorded a time of 2:01.
“We had noteworthy performances in multiple individual events,” Joplin coach Aaron Stump said. “Senior Jacob Glenn, one of our state qualifying swimmers from last year, is out with an injury. The guys are pushing themselves in practice and in the races to make it back to state this season. We already have consideration cuts in two out of three relays.”
Springfield Invitational
Team standings: Glendale 271, Carthage 192, Springfield Central 148, Webb City 139, Joplin 133.5, Camdenton 112.5, Ozark 100, Nevada 72, Greenwood 53, Republic 39, Hillcrest 26.
