ST. PETERS, Mo. — The MSHSAA Class 1 Boys Swimming and Diving Championships got underway on Thursday at the St. Peters Rec-Plex.
The top 16 finishers in each preliminary event advanced to Friday’s finals, with the top eight qualifying for the championship finals and places 9-16 moving on to the consolation finals.
Carthage and Monett will have entries in Friday’s finals.
CARTHAGE
The Carthage Tigers advanced to the consolation finals in four events.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Kellen Frieling, Braxton McBride, Will Wright and Maveric Allphin finished 14th in 1:44.
Frieling placed 13th in the prelims of the 100 backstroke in 55.32 seconds.
Wright advanced in two individual events, as he placed 16th in both the 100 breaststroke (1:02) and the 200 IM (2:05).
Also for the Tigers, Frieling was 23rd in the 100 butterfly (56.06), Allphin was 25th in the 100 breaststroke (1:04) and McBride finished 24th in the 50 freestyle (22.92) and 32nd in the 100 free (52.09).
Carthage finished 21st in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:32, with McBride, Frieling, Daryl Martin and Wright competing.
The Tigers finished 30th in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:39, with Allphin, Martin, Ben Rogers and Aydan Nye competing.
WEBB CITY
Concluding his prep career alongside the state’s best, Webb City senior Micah Brouwer finished 29th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:13 and was also 31st in the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.
The Cardinals finished 28th in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:38, with Adrien Black, Aiden Patterson, Cole Dalton and Steve Kenlee competing.
In the 1-meter diving competition, Webb City’s Grant Humphrey finished 12th with a finals score of 323.45.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Monett senior Ryan Goodson advanced to the finals in two events, as he finished sixth in the 100-yard freestyle (49.25) and 14th in the 50 free (22.2).
Nevada’s Trace Gould finished 18th in the 100 breaststroke and teammate Kolton Evans was 23rd in the 100 backstroke.
Monett’s Jonathan Apostol finished 22nd in the 100 breaststroke and 28th in the 200 IM.
Nevada’s 200 medley relay team finished 23rd, with Monett 29th in the same event.
In the 200 freestyle relay, Monett finished 29th and Nevada was 32nd. The Cubs were also 31st in the 400 freestyle relay.
The Class 1 finals and the Class 2 prelims are scheduled for Friday.
