Carthage High School hosted its annual All-Relays Meet on Thursday at the Fair Acres Family YMCA.
Joplin was among the teams competing.
“This meet is a fun one because every event is a relay and the new athletes aren’t quite as nervous learning the sequence of how a meet operates,” Joplin coach Juliana Hughes said.
Joplin finished second in four different events—the 200-yard backstroke yard relay, the 600 freestyle relay, the 400 medley relay and the 300 free relay.
Sophia Schwartz, Brooklyn Hiller, Lily Rakes and Mairi Beranek competed in the backstroke relay, while Schwartz, Hiller, Megan Walser and Allie Lawrence made up the 600 free relay. Swimming the medley relay were Taegen Smith, Rakes, Lawrence and Emma Langer.
Raelin Calderon, Avery Bermudez, Lanee Goodwin and Hiller saw the 300 free relay.
The Eagles also placed third in the 200 breaststroke relay (Smith, Hiller, Rakes, Langer), the 200 freestyle relay (Schwartz, Walser, Lawrence, Langer), the 500 freestyle relay (Lawrence, Beranek, Walser, Rakes), the 200 medley relay (Beranek, Smith, Lawrence, Langer) and the 400 freestyle relay.
“I’m excited to get the year started on such a positive note,” Hughes said. “Many of the girls swam their fastest times tonight based on their split. They will only progress from there, too.”
Thomas Jefferson won three events. The Cavaliers won the 200 breaststroke relay in 2:33, the 200 free relay in 1:57 and the 400 medley relay in 5:09. Sarah Mueller, Emalee Ro, Jenna Trimble and Natalie Carroll competed in all three events.
Thomas Jefferson was second in the 200 medley relay, with Carroll, Ro, Mueller and Trimble swimming.
Carthage won four events—the 400 medley relay, the 200 backstroke relay, the 200 butterfly relay and the 600 freestyle relay.
Ava Lacey, Cassidy Smith, Madison Riley and Hope Fultz made up the medley relay, while Joey Hettinger, Alexis Fosdick, Anne Kennedy and Lacey swam the backstroke relay.
Riley, Victoria Martinez, Molly O’Brien and Sydney Parks swam the fly relay and Riley, Smith, Lacey and Fultz were on the freestyle relay.
The Tigers were second in the 200 breaststroke relay, the 500 free relay and the 400 free relay.
Nevada’s Avery Morris, Avery Ogle, Chloe Morris and Abbi Baldwin won the 200 medley relay in 2:16.
