ST. PETERS, Mo. — The Carthage Tigers and Monett Cubs recorded all-state performances on Friday at the Class 1 MSHSAA Boys Swimming and Diving Championships 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.
The Carthage Tigers earned honorable mention all-state honors in four events.
Tigers senior Kellen Frieling finished 14th in the 100-yard backstroke in 55.85 seconds.
Carthage sophomore Will Wright placed 15th in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:05.
Wright finished 16th in the 100 breaststroke in 1:03 to earn honorable mention honors in two events.
Carthage’s 200-yard medley relay team of Frieling, Braxton McBride, Wright and Maveric Allphin finished 16th with a time of 1:45.
Competing in the championship finals, Monett senior Ryan Goodson placed eighth in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.37 seconds.
In the consolation finals, Goodson placed 11th in the 50 free with a time of 22.09 seconds.
Also of note, Webb City sophomore Grant Humphrey placed 12th in Thursday’s 1-meter diving competition to earn all-state recognition by finishing in the top 16.
Parkway Central won the Class 1 team championship.
Glendale finished 10th, Monett was 30th, Carthage was 36th and Webb City was 38th.
Note: The Class 2 prelims were scheduled to begin on Friday afternoon.
