CARTHAGE, Mo. — The host Tigers cruised to a first place finish at the Carthage Invitational girls swim meet on Friday at the Fair Acres Family YMCA.
Carthage finished on top of the team standings with 278 points. Monett was a distant second with 182.5, while Lebanon took third with 167.
Lamar (160), Nevada (144.5), Joplin (137), Hillcrest (71) and Marshfield (60) also competed.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Carthage’s 200-yard medley relay team of Madison Riley, Aubree Santillan, Nadya Housh and Hope Fultz took first in 2 minutes, 5 seconds.
The team of Riley, Fultz, Housh and Cassidy Smith won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:12.
The Tigers finished second in the 200 freestyle relay, with Smith, Santillan, Karsen Dininger and Ava Lacey competing.
Fultz finished second in the 200 freestyle, with Olivia Wright fourth in the same event.
Housh was the runner-up in the 200 individual medley, with teammates Santillan and Karsen Dininger fourth and fifth, respectively, in the same event.
Riley took second in the 100 butterfly, with Sydney Parks fourth.
Cassidy Smith was the runner-up in the 100 freestyle and Fultz took fifth.
Housh also placed second in the 500 freestyle, with Olivia Wright fifth.
Carthage’s Riley took second in the 100 backstroke, while teammates Santillan and Dininger were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the same event.
Smith placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke.
JOPLIN HIGHLIGHTS
The Eagles were fifth in the 200 medley relay, with Lily Rakes, Taegen Smith, Allie Lawrence and Mya Johnson competing.
Joplin was also fifth in the 200 free relay, with Lawrence, Sophia Schwartz, Ava Perrin and Johnson swimming.
The Eagles’ team of Rakes, Kennedy Schwartz, Mairi Beranek and Sophia Schwartz took seventh in the 400 free relay.
Joplin’s Lawrence, Perrin and Johnson finished seventh, eighth and ninth in the 50 free. Smith placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke.
Sophia Schwartz placed sixth in the 200 freestyle, Rakes took sixth in the 500 free, Beranek was sixth in the 100 backstroke and Perrin finished eighth in the 200 IM.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Monett’s Ava Fritts won the 200 freestyle in 2:16, while Nevada’s Abbi Baldwin and Monett’s Gwen Lesue tied for first in the 50 free (28.58).
Lamar’s Kaitlyn Davis took first in both the 200 IM (2:29) and the 100 free (59.34).
Lamar’s Meghan Watson won two events–the 100 butterfly (1:02) and the 100 backstroke (1:06).
Hillcrest’s Emily Lesue took first in the 500 free (6:04), Marshfield’s Maggie Groenke won the 100 breaststroke (1:16) and Monett won the 200 free relay in 1:51.
