WEBB CITY, Mo. — By winning seven of 12 events, the host Webb City Cardinals captured the team championship at the Red Bird Invitational boys swim meet on Saturday at the Buck Miner Swim Center.
Webb City compiled 375 points, while Carthage was second with 240. Monett (215) and Joplin (188) finished third and fourth in the standings, while Hillcrest (61), Lamar (26) and Parkview (9) rounded out the seven-team field.
WEBB CITY RESULTS
In addition to the seven first-place finishes, the Cardinals took second in three events and finished third in five others in what was a strong showing by the hosts.
Ethan Shipley and Micah Brouwer won two individual events apiece for the Cardinals.
Shipley placed first in the 200 individual medley with a state-consideration time of 2:17 and also won the 100 freestyle in 54.75 seconds.
Brouwer won the 100 butterfly in 1:02 and took first in the 100 breaststroke in a consideration time of 1:08.
Carson Forcum won the 1-meter diving competition, recording a program record score of 433.65. Teammates Eric Keeling and Carter Forcum placed second and third.
Webb City won the 200 freestyle relay in a state-consideration time of 1:44, with Emiliano Vasquez, Brouwer, Cody Herndon and Zion Wood competing.
The team of Shipley, Vasquez, Herndon and Steve Kenlee won the 400 freestyle relay in a consideration time of 3:46.66.
Webb City’s Judah Ritchie, Brouwer, Wood and Shipley took second in the 200 medley relay with a consideration time of 1:53.75.
Wood was the runner-up in the 100 breaststroke.
Vasquez finished third in the 50 freestyle and sixth in the 100 butterfly, while Herndon took third in the 100 free and Ritchie placed third in the 100 backstroke.
Also for the Cardinals, Steve Kenlee placed third in the 500 freestyle, while Wood took fourth in the 200 IM.
Lucas Lowery finished fourth in the 500 free and fifth in the 200 free.
Jonathan Kenlee finished sixth in the 100 backstroke and Eric Keeling was seventh in the 100 breaststroke.
CARTHAGE RESULTS
Carthage won two events.
Kellen Frieling took first in the 100 backstroke by recording a state-consideration time of 59.43 seconds.
The Tigers, featuring Frieling, Braxton McBride, Will Wallace and Ezekiel Ramirez, took first in the 200 medley relay in a state-consideration time of 1:53.52.
The team of Landon White, Noah Blackford, Ryan Steinbach and Trey Nye finished third in the 200 freestyle relay with a consideration time of 1:53.85.
The Tigers were fourth in the 400 free relay, with Ramirez, Wallace, Frieling and McBride recording a consideration time of 4:02.
Wallace was the runner-up in both the 200 IM and the 500 freestyle, while Ramirez took second in the 100 freestyle.
Ramirez and Frieling finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 freestyle, while White took third in the 100 fly.
McBride placed third in the 100 breaststroke and also took fifth in the 50 free.
Blackford was fourth in the 100 backstroke and fifth in the 200 IM.
JOPLIN RESULTS
Joplin’s Nathan Wardlow won two events, touching the wall first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:01 and the 500 freestyle in a consideration time of 5:24.
Zane Newman was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly and also placed fifth in the 100 free.
Parker Hinman placed third in the 200 IM and Jacob Glenn was fourth in both the 50 free and the 100 backstroke.
Jackson Mordica finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke, while Hinman was sixth in the 500 freestyle.
The Eagles placed third in the 400 freestyle relay with a consideration time of 3:52, with Glenn, Wardlow, Hinman and Newman swimming.
Joplin’s 200 medley relay team of Glenn, Mordica, Newman and Wardlow placed fourth with a consideration time of 1:56.61.
The Eagles were also fourth in the 200 freestyle relay, with Jordan Goins, Oliver Bortz, Hinman and Mordica swimming.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Monett’s Matthew Fillinger won the 50 free in 24.14 seconds and took second in the 100 backstroke (1:00).
