WEBB CITY, Mo. — Led by seven event wins, the hosts captured the team championship at the Red Bird Invitational girls swim meet on Saturday.
Webb City topped the team standings with 397 points. Carl Junction was the runner-up with 300 points and Joplin took third with 151.
There were nine teams in attendance.
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
The Cardinals won seven of the 12 events, including all three relays.
Webb City’s 200-yard medley relay team of Norah Klosterman, Sophia Whitesell, Camryn Klosterman and Olivia Honey took first with a time of 2:05.
Webb City’s 200 freestyle relay team of Skylar Powell, Alix Davis, Honey and Avery Mitchell recorded a winning time of 1:50.
The 400 freestyle relay team of Powell, Mitchell, Davis and Whitesell won with a time of 4:02.
Whitsell won a pair of individual events — the 200 IM and the 500 freestyle.
Hally Philpot took first in the 100 breaststroke, while Kelli Tollefson was the top performer in the 1-meter diving competition.
Finishing second in their individual events were Norah Klosterman (200 free, 500 free), Powell (100) and Kiera McDonald (diving).
Taking third place in their respective events were Allie Eggleston (200 free, 500 free), Camryn Klosterman (200 IM, 100 butterfly) and Davis (100 free, 100 backstroke).
Finishing fourth were Honey (200 free) and Mitchell (50 free, 100 free). Powell finished fifth in the 50 free.
CARL JUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS
The Bulldogs won four events.
Chloe Miller won two events for the Bulldogs — the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.44 seconds and the 100 freestyle in 58.4 seconds.
Madeleine Garoutte took first in the 100 butterfly in 1:06, while Skyler Sundy won the 100 backstroke in 1:06.
Carl Junction took second in five events, including all three relays.
The 200 medley relay team of Sundy, Abigail Holcomb, Sophia Holcomb and Kennedy Johnson took second in 2:09.
The Bulldogs were second in the 200 free relay, with Garoutte, Elyanna Dogotch, Avari Fifer and Sydney Ward finishing in 1:54.
CJ’s 400 free relay team of Garoutte, Dogotch, Sundy and Sophia Holcomb finished second in 4:08.
Taking second in their individual events were Garoutte (200 IM) and Abigail Holcomb (100 breaststroke).
Sundy was third in the 50 free and Johnson placed fourth in the 500 free, while Abigail Holcomb and Sophia Holcomb were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 200 IM.
Finishing fifth in their events were Fifer (200 free), Sophia Holcomb (100 fly), Dogotch (100 free) and Ward (100 breaststroke).
JOPLIN HIGHLIGHTS
Joplin’s 200 medley relay team of Lily Rakes, Taegen Smith, Kiki Thom and Megan Walser finished third.
The JHS 400 freestyle relay team of Thom, Lydia Barwick, Walser and Rakes took third.
The Eagles placed sixth in the 200 freestyle relay, with Barwick, Brooklyn Hiller, Allysun Higdon and Gwen Zamanzadeh competing.
Also for the Eagles, Rakes finished fourth in the 100 backstroke, Thom placed fourth in the 100 butterfly and Smith was fourth in the 100 breaststroke.
Walser and Rakes were fifth and sixth in the 500 freestyle.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Thomas Jefferson’s Natalie Carroll finished second in two events — the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke.
TJ’s Meghan Mueller finished third in the 100 breaststroke.
Greenwood’s Reese Moore won the 200 freestyle. It was the only event that wasn’t won by Webb City or Carl Junction.
Red Bird Invitational
Team standings: Webb City 397, Carl Junction 300, Joplin 151, Marshfield 114, Bolivar 89, Hillcrest 79, Thomas Jefferson 39, Seymour 29, Greenwood 29.
