In a meet that featured 22 teams, the Carl Junction Bulldogs took first place at the Ozarks Invitational on Saturday at the Foster Natatorium in Springfield.
Stephanie Miller’s Bulldogs topped the team standings with 258 points. Kickapoo (236), Glendale (226.5), Rogersville (193) and Ozark (178) finished second through fifth.
The Bulldogs recorded a top-six finish in nine of the 12 events.
Carl Junction’s 200-yard medley relay team of Skyler Sundy, Abigail Wilson, Madeleine Garoutte and Chloe Miller finished second with a state-consideration time of 1:57.
The Bulldogs were also second in the 200 freestyle relay, as Wilson, Sundy, Garoutte and Miller recorded a consideration time of 1:47.
Carl Junction’s 400 freestyle relay team of Elyanna Dogotch, Kennedy Johnson, Sophia Holcomb and Carsyn Smith finished sixth in a consideration time of 4:19.
Sophomore Chloe Miller placed third in two events — the 50 freestyle with a state-consideration time of 25.07 seconds and the 100 free in 57.61, also a consideration time.
Sundy took fourth in the 100 backstroke in a consideration time of 1:03, while Wilson placed fourth in both the 200 individual medley (2:39) and the 100 breaststroke (1:16, consideration time).
Garoutte finished fifth in two events — the 100 butterfly with a consideration time of 1:07 and the 100 breaststroke (1:18).
Also for the Bulldogs, Smith was seventh in the 100 backstroke and ninth in the 200 freestyle, while Johnson placed eighth in the 500 freestyle.
Sundy took ninth in the 50 free, while Dogotch finished 11th in the 500 free and 12th in the 100 backstroke.
The Bulldogs will compete at the COMO Invitational this weekend at the University of Missouri.
JOPLIN RESULTS
The Joplin Eagles finished 12th in the standings with 65 points.
The Eagles placed eighth in the 400-yard freestyle relay, as Emma Langer, Lily Rakes, Sophia Schwartz and Allie Lawrence recorded a time of 4:24.
Joplin was 10th in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:57, with Lawrence, Schwartz, Rakes and Langer competing.
The Eagles finished 12th in the 200 medley relay, with Schwartz, Langer, Lawrence and Rakes swimming.
Lawrence placed eighth in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:13, while Langer finished 12th in the 100 breaststroke and Rakes placed 14th in the 500 freestyle.
Megan Walser finished 14th in the 200 IM and 15th in the 500 free.
NOTES: Lamar’s Audrey Osterdyk finished eighth in the 100 breaststroke and 10th in the 500 freestyle. Kickapoo’s Lainey Adler and Monett’s Macey Flynt took first and second in the diving competition. Monett finished 10th in the 400 free relay, with Gwen Lesue, Grace Lee, Ruby George and Claire Nation competing. Kickapoo won all three relays.
Ozarks Invitational
Final team standings: Carl Junction 258, Kickapoo 236, Glendale 226.5, Rogersville 193, Ozark 178, Poplar Bluff 178, Central 153, New Covenant 141, Nixa 132, Lebanon 128, Winnetonka 90, Joplin 65, Francis Howell Central 57, Monett 47.5, Republic 40, Raytown 29, Bolivar 27, Lamar 16, Parkview 16, Camdenton 15, Greenwood 6, Waynesville 1.
