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STATE SWIMMING: Joplin concludes season at state meet

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SoMo Sports staff reports

ST. PETERS, Mo. — The Joplin High School boys swim team concluded the 2022 season at the 86th MSHSAA Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday at the St. Peters Rec-Plex.

Competing in the Class 2 preliminaries, the Eagles were unable to advance to the finals of their events. The top 16 in each event advanced to Friday’s finals.

Joplin sophomore Nathan Wardlow just missed advancing to the finals of the 500-yard freestyle. Wardlow finished 17th in the prelims with a time of 4:54.91. The 16th place finisher recorded a time of 4:54.86.

Wardlow also finished 28th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.

In other individual events, JHS senior Zane Newman finished 26th in the 50 free in 22.91 seconds and sophomore Parker Hinman finished 28th in the 100 backstroke in 58.55 seconds.

The Eagles competed in all three relays. 

Joplin’s 200 medley relay team of Hinman, Jackson Mordica, Ian Vermillion and Newman finished 18th in 1:47. 

The Eagles placed 24th in the 200 freestyle relay, as Newman, Vermillion, Isaiah Thom and Wardlow recorded a time of 1:37.

The JHS team of Newman, Vermillion, Hinman and Wardlow finished 25th in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:36.

The Class 1 prelims will begin on Friday afternoon. Webb City, Carthage and Monett will have athletes competing. 

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