MONETT, Mo. — Athletes from Joplin, Webb City and Carthage fared well at the Monett Invitational boys swim meet on Tuesday.
JOPLIN RESULTS
Joplin’s Nathan Wardlow won two individual events, the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:10 and the 100 backstroke in 57.23 seconds.
Joplin’s 200-yard medley relay team of Wardlow, Jackson Mordica, Parker Hinman and Ian Vermillion took second in 1:49.
The Eagles were also second in the 400 freestyle relay, with Isaiah Thom, Vermillion, Hinman and Wardlow competing.
Joplin’s 200 freestyle relay team of Owen Mordica, Jordan Goins, Jackson Mordica and Thom took fourth.
Hinman was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly and also placed third in the 100 backstroke.
Thom took third in the 100 freestyle and Vermillion and Thom placed third and fourth in the 50 freestyle.
Jackson Mordica finished fourth in the 100 backstroke, fifth in the 100 breaststroke and eighth in the 200 free.
WEBB CITY RESULTS
Webb City’s 200 medley relay team of Cole Dalton, Micah Brouwer, Steve Kenlee and Adrien Black placed third in 1:53.
The Cardinals were third in the 400 free relay, with Kenlee, Dalton, Aiden Patterson and Black recording a time of 3:51.
Black was the runner-up in the 500 freestyle, while Dalton Spence finished third in the 200 IM and Brouwer took third in the 100 butterfly.
Webb City’s Black, Kenlee and Patterson finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 200 freestyle.
Brouwer took fourth in the 100 breaststroke, Patterson was fourth in the 500 free, Cole took fifth in the 100 backstroke and Spence was sixth in the 100 breaststroke.
Dagan Chacon was seventh in the 100 free and eighth in the 50 free.
The Cardinals were fifth in the 200 free relay (Brouwer, Chacon, Spence, Patterson).
Webb City’s Grant Humphrey, Landon Sharon and Derrick Crook were the top three finishers in the diving competition.
CARTHAGE RESULTS
Carthage’s Kellen Frieling won two individual events, the 200 IM in 2:12 and the 100 butterfly in 59.88.
Braxton McBride took first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.14 seconds and also won the 100 freestyle in 50.87 seconds.
Carthage’s 200 medley relay team of Frieling, McBride, Will Wright and Maveric Allphin took first in 1:47.
The Tigers were second in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:35, with Frieling, Wright, Allphin and McBride competing.
Carthage finished fourth in the 400 free relay, with Daryl Martin, Aydan Nye, Ben Rogers and Noah Blackford competing.
Wright was the runner-up in both the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, while Allphin finished fourth in the 100 free.
Blackford finished fourth in the 100 fly, while Nye, Carter Yost and Dylan Evans took fifth through seventh in the 200 IM.
Ryan Steinbach placed fifth in the 500 free and Daryl Martin finished sixth in the 100 backstroke.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Monett’s Jayden Apostol won the 100 breaststroke (1:06) and teammate Ryan Goodson was the runner-up in the 50 free.
Nevada’s Kolton Evans took second in the 100 backstroke.
Note: Team scores were unavailable.
