WEBB CITY, Mo. — In an impressive showing for both schools, swimmers from Webb City and Carl Junction finished first or second in every event at Saturday’s Red Bird Invitational.
When all was said and done, Webb City compiled 398 team points to finish on top of the team standings, while Carl Junction had 311 points to take second.
Joplin (139) finished third and Thomas Jefferson was sixth (102) at the nine-team event.
WEBB CITY RESULTS
Webb City won five events and had eight second-place finishes.
Sophia Whitesell won two individual events and also swam on a winning relay.
Whitesell took first in the 200-yard individual medley with a state-qualifying time of 2 minutes, 22 seconds. Whitesell also won the 500 freestyle with a state-qualifying time of 5:44.
Avery Mitchell was part of two event wins. Mitchell won the 100 freestyle in a state-qualifying time of 59 seconds.
Webb City’s 400-yard freestyle relay team of Mitchell, Camryn Klosterman, Skylar Powell and Whitesell took first in a state-qualifying time of 4 minutes.
Webb City took second in the 200 medley relay, with Klosterman, Makenzie Storm, Whitesell and Ella Holt recording a state-qualifying time of 2:07.
The Cardinals were also second in the 200 freestyle relay, as Powell, Hally Philpot, Holt and Mitchell recorded a qualifying time of 1:51.
Klosterman was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly and was also third in the 200 IM.
Alix Davis took second in the 100 backstroke and Storm placed second in the 100 breaststroke.
Allie Eggleston and Olivia Honey finished second and third, respectively, in the 200 freestyle, while Mitchell and Powell took second and third in the 50 free. Both Mitchell (26.64) and Powell (26.87) recorded state-qualifying times.
Powell also placed third in the 100 free, while Holt took fourth in the 100 backstroke and Honey was fourth in the 500 free.
Philpot and Holt were fourth and fifth in the 50 free, giving the Cardinals four of the top five in the event.
Davis and Philpot finished fifth and sixth in the 100 free and Novely Lamont finished sixth in the 100 breaststroke.
Also, Webb City had the top four finishers in the 1-meter diving competition—Kelli Tollefson, Mia Barone, Breanna Woods and Aspen Warren.
CARL JUNCTION RESULTS
The Bulldogs won seven events and finished second in four others.
Carl Junction’s Chloe Miller took first in two events. Miller won the 200 freestyle in a state-qualifying time of 2:06 and placed first in the 50 free in a qualifying time of 25.43 seconds.
Madeleine Garoutte took first in the 100 butterfly in 1:10, while Carsyn Smith was the champ in the 100 backstroke with a state time of 1:08 and Abigail Wilson won the 100 breaststroke in a qualifying time of 1:16.
Carl Junction’s 200-yard medley relay team of Smith, Wilson, Sophia Holcomb and Skyler Sundy took first in a state-qualifying time of 2:05.
The Bulldogs also won the 200 freestyle relay in a qualifying time of 1:49, with Wilson, Garoutte, Sundy and Miller competing.
The Bulldogs finished second in the 400 freestyle relay with a qualifying time of 4:10. Miller, Kennedy Johnson, Garoutte and Smith swam on the 400 free relay.
Sundy was the runner-up in the 200 IM with a state time of 2:29 and also took second in the 100 free. Johnson took second in the 500 freestyle.
Elyanna Dogotch finished fourth in the 200 freestyle and fifth in the 500 free, while Garoutte took fourth in the 200 IM.
Holcomb and Johnson were fourth and fifth in the 100 fly, while Holcomb also finished fifth in the 100 backstroke.
JOPLIN RESULTS
Joplin recorded a state-qualifying time in the 200 freestyle relay, as Emma Langer, Lily Rakes, Sophia Schwartz and Allie Lawrence finished third in 2:00.04.
Joplin’s 200 medley relay team of Rakes, Taegen Smith, Lawrence and Langer finished fourth in 2:18.38, just off a state-qualifying time.
The Eagles were fourth in the 400 freestyle relay, with Schwartz, Lanee Goodwin, Abby Hembree and Allysun Higdon competing.
Lawrence finished third in the 100 fly, while Langer took fifth in the 100 breaststroke.
Also for the Eagles, Rakes placed sixth in the 500 free and Hembree took sixth in the 100 backstroke.
THOMAS JEFFERSON RESULTS
Thomas Jefferson’s 200 medley relay team of Natalie Carroll, Emalee Ro, Sarah Mueller and Jenna Trimble finished third with a state-qualifying time of 2:17.
The Cavaliers also recorded a qualifying time in the 200 freestyle relay. TJ’s Trimble, Ro, Mueller and Carroll finished fourth in 2:00.39.
Carroll finished fourth in the 100 free and fifth in the 200 IM. Mueller took fifth in the 100 breaststroke and Trimble was sixth in the 50 free.
NOTES: Lamar’s Audrey Osterdyk finished third in both the 500 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke.
Red Bird Invitational
Team standings: Webb City 398, Carl Junction 311, Joplin 139, Bolivar 105, Camdenton 104, Thomas Jefferson 102, Marshfield 40, Lamar 25, Seymour 8.
