WEST PLAINS, Mo. — In a stellar start to the 2022 season, the Carthage High School boys swim team won the Zizzer Invitational on Saturday at the West Plains Aquatic Center’s outdoor pool.
Carthage topped the team standings with 453 points. West Plains took second with 343, while Poplar Bluff was third with 270 points.
Rounding out the team standings were Camdenton (186), Monett (179), Greenwood (167), Hillcrest (118) and Parkview (92).
In a superb showing, the Tigers won three events, took second in three others and also recorded state-qualifying times in eight events at the first meet of the season.
Carthage’s 200 medley relay team of Kellen Frieling, Braxton McBride, Will Wallace and Eli Cox placed first in a state-qualifying time of 2:01.06.
The Tigers took second in the 400 freestyle relay, as McBride, Cox, Frieling and Wallace recorded a qualifying time of 4:03.
Carthage finished fifth in the 200 freestyle relay, with Trey Nye, Daryl Martin, Landon White and William Wright recording a qualifying time of 2:03.
McBride won the 50 freestyle in a state-qualifying time of 26.36 seconds. McBride also took second in the 100 freestyle in 57.77 seconds, another qualifying time.
Frieling finished first in the 100 backstroke with a state-qualifying and pool record time of 1:04.23. Frieling placed third in the 200 freestyle with a state-qualifying time of 2:10.14.
Wright, Wallace and Aydan Nye finished second, third and fourth in the 400 freestyle. Wright (2:31) and Wallace (2:33) finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 individual medley. Both had state-qualifying times.
Cox and Noah Blackford finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 100 backstroke.
Finishing fifth in their events were Blackford (200 IM), Trey Nye (50 free) and Cox (100 butterfly). White was sixth in the 100 fly.
Monett’s Matthew Fillinger placed second in the 100 butterfly with a state-qualifying time of 1:03.64. He was second in the 200 free in 2:08, another qualifying time.
Monett’s Jayden Apostol finished second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:19.
The Cubs were third in the 200 freestyle relay with a qualifying time of 1:56.
Carthage is hosting an invite on Tuesday at the Fair Acres Family YMCA. The meet begins at 5 p.m.
