By winning nine of 11 events, the Carthage High School boys swim team captured the championship at the Springfield Invitational on Tuesday.
The Tigers finished with 404 points, while Marshfield was a distant second with 259. Hillcrest (106), Parkview (26) and Seymour (25) also competed.
Carthage won two of three relays.
The team of Kellen Frieling, Braxton McBride, Will Wallace and Ezekiel Ramirez won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:59. The Tigers were also second in the medley relay in 2:16, with Noah Blackford, Ryan Steinbach, Trey Nye and Aydan Nye competing.
The Tigers won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:03, with Ramirez, Frieling, Wallace and McBride competing.
Carthage was second in the 200 freestyle relay in 2:02, with Landon White, Aydan Nye, Daryl Martin and Steinbach swimming. Marshfield took first in 1:47.
Braxton McBride and Will Wallace won two events apiece for the Tigers.
McBride took first in the 200 IM (2:30) and the 100 breaststroke (1:14), while Wallace was the champion in the 500 freestyle (6:11) and the 200 free (2:07).
Other individual event winners for Carthage were Ramirez (50 free), Frieling (100 free) and Noah Blackford (100 backstroke).
Second-place finishers were White (100 butterfly) and Ramirez (500 free). Finishing third in their events were White (200 free) and Frieling (500 free).
Taking fourth were Steinbach (200 IM and 100 breaststroke), Nye (100 fly) and Caleb Waynick (100 free).
Fifth-place finishers were Nye (200 free), Declan O’Brien (200 IM), Blackford (100 fly), Angel Guzman (100 free), Daryl Martin (100 backstroke) and Ben Rogers (100 breaststroke).
The Tigers will be among the teams competing at the Webb City Invitational on Oct. 9.
