WEST PLAINS, Mo. — The Carthage High School boys swimming team repeated as Zizzer Invitational champions on Saturday.
The Tigers compiled 406 points at the outdoor event, with host West Plains second (306) and Poplar Bluff third (276).
Rounding out the team standings were Monett (261), Camdenton (219), Hillcrest (167), Greenwood (166) and Parkview (23).
Braden McBride’s Tigers won four events.
Carthage’s 200-yard medley relay team of Kellen Frieling, Braxton McBride, Will Wright and Maveric Allphin took first with a meet record time of 2:01.06.
The Tigers were second in the 400 freestyle relay, as McBride, Wright, Frieling and Aydan Nye recorded a time of 4:02.
Wright won two individual events, the 200 IM with a time of 2:26 and the 400 freestyle in 4:47.
Frieling took first in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.
Frieling and Nye finished second and fourth, respectively, in the 200 freestyle. Nye was also the runner-up to his teammate in the 400 free.
Braxton McBride finished second in the 100 freestyle and also took fourth in the 50 freestyle, with Allphin sixth in the same event.
Also for the Tigers, Allphin and Dylan Evans finished fourth and fifth in the 100 breaststroke, Daryl Martin placed fifth in the 100 freestyle, Ben Rogers took sixth in the 400 free and Ryan Steinbach finished seventh in the 200 IM.
The team of Martin, Rogers, Nye and Allphin finished fifth in the 200 freestyle relay.
Also of note, Monett’s Jayden Apostol won the 100-yard breaststroke with a meet and pool record time of 1:15.58. Apostol was the runner-up in the 200 IM.
The Tigers will host the Carthage Relays on Tuesday at the Fair Acres Family YMCA.
