MONETT, Mo. — Girls swim teams from Joplin, Carthage and Thomas Jefferson fared well alongside the host Cubs at the Monett Invitational on Tuesday night.
JOPLIN HIGHLIGHTS
Joplin’s 200-yard medley and 200 freestyle relays both finished second. And both recorded state-consideration times.
“The girls swam strong tonight,” Joplin coach Juliana Hughes said. “It is exciting to start out the season with two state consideration times for two out of the three relays. We have a few swimmers close to state times in their individual events, as well.”
Recording a time of 2:02 on the medley relay were senior Lily Rakes, freshman Brylea Smith, junior Kiki Thom and senior Megan Walser. The freestyle relay, which consists of Thom, senior Brooklyn Hiller, Rakes and Walser, finished in 2:00.
Also for the Eagles, Walser took first in the 500 freestyle (6:52) and was fourth in the 200 free.
Rakes placed second in the 100 backstroke and finished third in the 200 free.
Thom was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly and also took third in the 200 IM.
Joplin’s 400 freestyle relay team of sophomore Gwen Zamanzadeh, senior Allysun Higdon, Hiller, and sophomore Izzy Zamanzadeh took fourth.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
The Tigers won six events.
Carthage’s 200 medley relay team of Aubree Santillan, Olivia Manning, Madison Riley and Joey Hettinger took first in 2:02.
The Tigers were first in the 200 free relay in 1:50, with Riley, Santillan, Manning and Hettinger competing.
Carthage’s 400 free relay took second and featured Kamryn Dininger, Brianna Dawson, Alexis Fosdick and Madelyn Kennedy.
Riley won the 200 freestyle in 2:03 and also took first in the 100 butterfly in 1:01.
Santillan took first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:12.
Manning and Victoria Martinez placed first and second in the 200 IM.
Hettinger was the runner-up in both the 50 free and the 100 free, while Manning took second in the 100 breaststroke. Anne Kennedy was third in the 100 fly.
CAROL LEADS CAVALIERS
Thomas Jefferson’s Natalie Carol won two events— the 50 freestyle in 27.49 seconds and the 100 breaststroke in 1:18.
Megan Mueller placed third in the 100 breaststroke.
MONETT HIGHLIGHTS
Monett’s Sonnie Winfrey won the 100 freestyle in 1:03. Winfrey was the runner-up in the 200 freestyle and Grace Lee took second in the 500 free.
Emma Parrigon was third in the 50 free, Ruby George took third in the 100 free and Katie Geiss placed third in the 100 backstroke.
The Cubs won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:30, with Geiss, Winfrey, Jenna Herald and Elizabeth Snarey competing.
