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GIRLS SWIMMING: Carl Junction, Carthage fare well at Ozarks Invitational

Posted on by Jason Peake

With plenty of solid performances, Carl Junction and Carthage finished third and fifth, respectively, in the team standings at the Ozarks Invitational girls swim meet on Saturday in Springfield.
Kickapoo won the meet with 277 points, followed by Glendale (248), Carl Junction (240), Springfield Central (202) and Carthage (188).
There were 25 teams in attendance, including Joplin, Webb City and Thomas Jefferson.

CARL JUNCTION RESULTS

The Bulldogs won three events and finished second in three others.
Carl Junction’s 200-yard medley relay team of Skyler Sundy, Abigail Wilson, Chloe Miller and Emma Lacey took first with a state-qualifying time of 1 minute, 57 seconds.
Carl Junction’s 200 freestyle relay team of Sundy, Alanza Montez, Lacey and Miller placed second with a qualifying time of 1:45.
The Bulldogs finished eighth in the 400 free relay, with Montez, Carsyn Smith, Bryn Neria and Wilson competing.
A freshman, Miller won two individual events. Miller took first in the 200 freestyle in 2:03 and also touched the wall first in the 500 free with a time of 5:36.
Sundy was the runner-up in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:03, while Lacey took second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.
Lacey placed third in the 50 free, with Montez seventh in the same event. Smith placed fifth in the 100 backstroke and Wilson was sixth in the 100 breaststroke.
Also for the Bulldogs, Wilson finished 11th in the 200 IM, Kennedy Johnson took 12th in the 500 free, Abigail Holcomb was 14th in the 500 free, Montez was 16th in the 100 free and Adelyn Whisman was 17th in the 100 backstroke.

CARTHAGE RESULTS

The Tigers finished had five top-three finishes, with a pair of runner-up finishes and three third-place showings.
Carthage’s Madison Riley, Cassidy Smith, Nadya Housh and Hope Fultz finished second in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a state-consideration time of 3:56.
The Tigers placed third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:02, with Riley, Smith, Housh and Fultz competing.
Carthage was also third in the 200 freestyle relay, with Riley, Smith, Housh and Fultz swimming.
Riley was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly with a state-qualifying time of 59.94. Tigers coach Braden McBride said Riley’s time is a new school record.
Aubree Santillan took third in the 100 backstroke in 1:05. Santillan and Housh placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 200 IM, while teammate Victoria Martinez took 12th.
Smith was sixth in the 100 freestyle. Fultz finished 12th in the 200 freestyle, Karsen Dininger was 12th in the 100 backstroke, while Olivia Wright finished 15th in the 500 freestyle.

JOPLIN RESULTS

The Eagles were 14th in the 200 medley relay, with Lily Rakes, Kennedy Schwartz, Allie Lawrence and Mya Johnson competing.
Joplin finished 15th in the 200 freestyle relay, with Johnson, Sophia Schwartz, Taegen Smith and Lawrence swimming.
The team of Rakes, Brooklyn Hiller, Kennedy Schwartz and Sophia Schwartz placed 16th in the 400 freestyle relay.
Lawrence finished 17th in the 50 freestyle and 27th in the 100 free, while Megan Walser finished 17th in the 500 freestyle.
Smith and Kennedy Schwartz finished 20th and 21st, respectively, in the 100 breaststroke.

WEBB CITY RESULTS

Webb City’s Nikki Hensley and Kyndie Crockett finished fifth and seventh, respectively, in the 1-meter diving competition.
The diving competition was the only event the Cardinals competed in at the meet.

AREA HIGHLIGHTS

Lamar’s Meghan Watson placed fourth in both the 100 fly and the 100 backstroke, while teammate Kaitlyn Davis took seventh in the 100 free. Emma Tennal of Lamar finished eighth in the 100 breaststroke.
Thomas Jefferson’s Sarah Mueller finished 10th in the 100 breaststroke and 13th in the 200 IM.
Nevada’s Emma Leisure placed ninth in the 100 fly and 11th in the 100 backstroke. Nevada’s 200 free relay team of Abbi Baldwin, Hadley Fletchall, Delaney Hope and Chloe Morris finished 10th.
Monett’s Faith Drewianka was eighth in the 100 free, while the Cubs (Gwen Lesue, Ava Fritts, Claire Nation and Drewianka) were fifth in the 200 free relay and sixth in the 400 free relay (Lesue, Ashton Prine, Frittz, Drewianka).

Swimming: Joplin finishes season at state meet

Posted on by Jason Peake

ST. PETERS, Mo. —The Joplin High School boys swim team concluded the 2020 season alongside the state’s best at Friday’s MSHSAA Class 2 Swimming and Diving Championships at the St. Peters Rec-Plex.
Joplin’s 200-yard freestyle relay team of Zane Newman, Jacob Glenn, Zane Reavley and Ben Wardlow finished 20th with a time of 1:34. The time is a new personal best for the Eagles.
Wardlow finished 21st in the 100 freestyle with a time of 50.54 and also took 22nd in the 50 free with a personal best time of 22.65.
Wardlow and Reavley are seniors, while Glenn and Newman are sophomores.

Swimming: Kickapoo edges Webb City for Red Bird invite title, Joplin finishes third

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WEBB CITY, Mo. — Half a point is all that separated Kickapoo and Webb City in the final team standings at the Red Bird Invitational swim meet on Saturday at the Buck Miner Swim Center.
Kickapoo finished with 244.5 points and Webb City recorded a team score of 244.
In the final event of the day, Kickapoo won the 400-yard freestyle relay to clinch the team championship while Webb City finished third.
“It was a great meet and it’s always fun and exciting when it comes down to the last relay,” Webb City coach Shawn Klosterman said. “We had a five and a half point lead going into the last event. Losing by half a point is heartbreaking, but our kids dropped eight seconds in the last relay fighting for that top spot. They put a lot into it.”
Klosterman noted there were a lot of positives for his team.
“I was impressed,” he said. “They had a lot of inspired swims and way more best times than I thought they would today. They were racing out of their minds today.”
Webb City’s Ethan Shipley won the 100 freestyle in 54.82 seconds. Shipley finished second in the 200 freestyle in 2 minutes, 3 seconds, with Steve Kenlee seventh in the same event.
Micah Brouwer and Zion Wood placed second and third, respectively, in the 100 breaststroke. Brouwer was third in the 200 individual medley and Wood was seventh.
Vasquez finished third in the 100 butterfly and fourth in the 50 free, Jonathan Kenlee was fourth in the 100 fly and Cody Herndon finished fifth in the 100 free. Steve Kenlee placed seventh in the 500 free and Ritchie was seventh in the 100 backstroke.
The Cardinals were third in the 200 medley relay, with Judah Ritchie, Brouwer, Vasquez and Shipley finishing in 1:56, a state consideration time.
Webb City’s team of Steve Kenlee, Vasquez, Herndon and Shipley finished third in the 400 freestyle relay with a consideration time of 3:50.
Webb City’s Carson Forcum recorded a state-qualifying score in the 1-meter diving competition with 392.8 points. He finished second to Kickapoo’s Brett Smith (411.15).
Webb City’s Logan Thibault was third in the diving competition with a consideration score of 362.55 and Eric Keeling was fourth.
Klosterman noted his Cardinals have made steady progress this season.
“This group has been hard-working from Day 1,” Klosterman said. “They are definitely improving and we saw a lot of that today. I’m proud of what they’re doing.”

JOPLIN TAKES THIRD 

Joplin finished third in the team standings 197 points.
The Eagles won the 200 medley relay in a state consideration time of 1:51, with Zane Reavley, Ben Wardlow, Zane Newman and Jonah Hensley competing.
Joplin’s team of Hensley, Reavley, Newman and Wardlow also won the 200 freestyle with a consideration time of 1:39. The Eagles placed fifth in the 400 free relay, with Colin Vermillion, Wyatt Satterlee, Jackson Mordica and Ian Vermillion competing.
Wardlow won two individual events, the 50 freestyle (23.51) and the 100 breaststroke (1:06).
Also for the Eagles, Newman was third in the 500 free and Hensley placed fourth in the 100 freestyle.
Reavley finished sixth in both the 200 IM and the 100 backstroke, while Newman took sixth in the 50 free and Mordica finished seventh in the breaststroke.

OTHER EVENT WINNERS

Nixa’s Kai Brownlee won the 200 freestyle in 1:59 and Nevada standout Ben Hines took first in the 200 IM (2:09). Kickapoo’s Gabriel Auistin won the 100 butterfly (54.8) and the 100 backstroke (54.11), while Nevada’s Cody Leung took first in the 500 freestyle (5:13).

COC MEET IS OCT. 20

After a meet in Springfield on Friday, Webb City will host the Central Ozark Conference Meet on Oct. 20.
“The biggest goal we have is the COC,” Klosterman said. “Now that it’s an official conference meet and it counts for the all-sports trophy, we want to contribute the best we can. The boys have never won it since it’s been official. So they want to be able to call themselves conference champions.”

Red Bird Invitational
(At Buck Miner Swim Center, Webb City)
Team Standings: Kickapoo 244.5, Webb City 244, Joplin 197, West Plains 160.5, Marshfield 130, Monett 104, Nevada 65, Nixa 64, Hillcrest 45.

 

The Webb City Cardinals pose at the conclusion of the Red Bird Invitational swim meet on Saturday.

Swimming: Joplin Eagles, Carthage Tigers see success at Monett

Posted on by Jason Peake

Athletes from Joplin and Carthage had successful showings at the Monett Duals swim meet on Tuesday at the Monett Area YMCA. The host Cubs and the Nevada Tigers also fared well.

JOPLIN RESULTS
Joplin’s Ben Wardlow took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1 minute, 9 seconds. Wardlow was also fourth in the 200 freestyle.
The Eagles finished second in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:40, with Jacob Glenn, Zane Newman, Jonah Hensley and Wardlow competing. Camdenton was one second faster in the event.
Joplin finished seventh in the 200 medley relay, with Glenn, Colin Vermillion, Ian Vermillion and Jackson Mordica competing.
Glenn placed second in the 500 freestyle and Hensley finished second in the 100 freestyle.
Zane Reavley placed third in the 200 freestyle and also finished seventh in the 100 backstroke, while Ian Vermillion took third in the 200 individual medley.
Joplin’s Zane Newman placed fourth in the 100 butterfly and sixth in the 50 free, while Colin Vermillion took fifth in the 200 free and eighth in the breaststroke. Mordica was fifth in the 200 IM and Devin Lawson was seventh in the 200 free.

CARTHAGE RESULTS
Carthage’s Ezekiel Ramirez (2:24) and Will Wallace (2:30) finished first and second, respectively, in the 200-yard individual medley. Eli Cox was fourth in the same event.
Carthage’s 400 freestyle relay team of Wallace, Aaron Vang, Landon White and Gibson Huelat finished third in 4:26. Lebanon (3:53) and Monett (4:24) were first and second.
The Tigers finished fifth in the 200 medley relay, with Kellen Frieling, Ramirez, White and Cox competing. Carthage’s B team was sixth, with Noah Blackford, Huelat, Vang and Wallace swimming.
Carthage was fifth in the 200 freestyle relay, with Ramirez, Frieling, Cox and Wallace swimming.
Also for the Tigers, Huelat finished fourth in the 500 free, with White taking sixth. White was fifth in the 100 butterfly, with Vang seventh.
Frieling was sixth in the backstroke, Blackford took eighth in the 200 free, with Vang and Declan O’Brien ninth and 10th in the same event.

NEVADA RESULTS
Nevada standout Ben Hines touched the wall first in both the 50 freestyle (22.04) and the 100 freestyle (49.65). Nevada’s Cody Leung also won two events, the 200 freestyle in 1:52 and the 100 backstroke in 56.77.
Nevada won the 200 medley relay in 1:49, with Leung, Tretin Raney, Hines and Karter Evans competing.

MONETT RESULTS
The Cubs’ second-place 400 freestyle relay team featured Andrew Kranz, Tristen Ostertag, Ryan Goodson and Andrew Dixon.
Monett’s Ryan Goodson won the diving competition, while Dixon took third in the 100 free. Monett’s Matthew Fillinger was fourth in both the 50 free and 100 backstroke.

Monett Dual scores
Monett 88, Nevada 84
Nevada 78, Lebanon 61
Monett 84, Lebanon 74
Joplin 106, Nevada 79
Joplin 116, Monett 94
Joplin 107, Lebanon 69
Carthage 97, Nevada 84
Monett 100, Carthage 96
Carthage 101, Lebanon 66
Joplin 116, Carthage 102
Nevada 78, Camdenton 73
Camdenton 95, Monett 81
Camdenton 95, Monett 81
Camdenton 74, Lebanon 65
Camdenton 87, Joplin 85
Carthage 109, Camdenton 83

 

 

Swimming: Carthage, Joplin finish 1-2 at invite

Posted on by Jason Peake

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage and Joplin were the top two teams at the Carthage invitational swim meet on Tuesday at the Fair Acres YMCA.
Carthage finished with 304 points, while Joplin took second with 294.
Kickapoo (240), Nevada (221), Lebanon (215), Camdenton (210) and Nixa (134) rounded out the team standings.

CARTHAGE RESULTS
The Tigers placed third in the 200-yard medley relay, with Kellen Frieling, Ezekiel Ramirez, Landon White and Eli Cox competing.
The Tigers were fourth in the 400 freestyle relay and fifth in the 200 freestyle relay.
Will Wallace placed third in the 500 freestyle, with teammates Gibson Huelat and Declan O’Brien fifth and sixth, respectively.
Ramirez was fourth in the 100 breaststroke, while Frieling and Cox finished fourth and fifth in the 100 backstroke.
Dariel Gonzalez was fifth in the 50 free and Cox took sixth in the 100 butterfly.
Carthage recognized its two seniors, Huelat and Aaron Vang.

JOPLIN RESULTS
The Eagles had one event winner, as Zane Newman took first in the 200 freestyle in 1:48.
Joplin took second in the 200 medley relay in 1:53, with Zane Reavley, Ben Wardlow, Newman and Jonah Hensley swimming.
The Eagles were also second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:38. Reavley, Hensley, Newman and Wardlow compete. Kickapoo edged the Eagles for first.
Wardlow took second in the 50 free (23.65), as Camdenton’s Gavin Schulte was first (23.26). Colin Vermillion was sixth in the same event.
Wardlow also finished third in the 100 freestyle, while Jacob Glenn placed third in the 100 backstroke.
Jackson Mordica was fourth in the 500 free, Ian Vermillion finished fifth in the 200 free, Reavley was fifth in the 100 butterfly and sixth in the 200 IM and Newman placed sixth in the 100 free.

LEUNG WINS TWO EVENTS
Nevada’s Cody Leung took first in both the 100 butterfly (55.19) and the 100 backstroke (58.62).
Karter Evans of Nevada was the runner-up in the 100 breaststroke.

 

 

Swimming: Joplin outdoor invite full results

Posted on by Jason Peake

Below is a link to the full results from Thursday’s Joplin Outdoor Invitational Swim Meet that was held at the Schifferdecker Family Aquatic Center.

 

Joplin Outdoor Invite full results

 

Joplin Outdoor Invite

Team standings: Blue Springs 467, Webb City 339.5, Joplin 291.5, Monett 234, Carthage 207, Marshfield 180, Camdenton 177, Hillcrest 72.

 

FULL STORY: Eagles win three events, Webb City finishes second in team standings

Swimming: Eagles win three events at outdoor invite

Posted on by Jason Peake

The Joplin High School boys swim team hosted an outdoor invitational at the Schifferdecker Family Aquatic Center on Thursday.

In the eight-team field, Blue Springs captured the team title with 467 points. Webb City (339.5) and Joplin (291.5) finished second and third, respectively, while Monett (234) and Carthage (207) were fourth and fifth, respectively. 

Jacob Glenn of Joplin is pictured during Thursday’s outdoor swim meet. All photos by Israel Perez.

JOPLIN RESULTS

The Eagles had three first-place finishes.

Zane Reavley won both the 200-yard freestyle (2:02) and the 500 freestyle (5:43), while Ben Wardlow touched the wall first in the 100 freestyle (51.92).

Joplin’s 200 medley relay team of Jacob Glenn, Wardlow, Zane Newman and Reavley placed second with a time of 1:51, while the Eagles also took second in the 200 freestyle, with Colin Vermillion, Jonah Hensley, Reavley and Wardlow finishing in 1:42. 

Joplin’s Ben Wardlow swims to a first place finish in the breaststroke at Thursday’s outdoor invite at Schifferdecker Family Aquatic Center.

Wardlow placed second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05, Newman placed third in both the 200 free and the 500 free and Ian Vermillion finished fourth in the 500 free.

Also for the Eagles, Glenn was seventh in both the 200 individual medley and the 100 backstroke, while Hensley finished eighth in the 100 free.  

The Eagles placed seventh in the 400 free relay, with Ian Vermillion, Aidan Kester, Jackson Mordica and Colin Vermillion competing.

Joplin’s Zane Newman competes during Thursday’s outdoor swim meet.

WEBB CITY RESULTS

The Cardinals were third in the 200 medley relay, with Judah Ritchie, Zion Wood, Micah Brouwer and Ethan Shipley competing. Webb City was also third in the 400 freestyle relay, with Emiliano Vasquez, Shipley, Steve Kenlee and Brouwer swimming. 

The Cardinals finished fourth in the 200 free relay, with Vasquez, Wood, Logan Dean and Cody Herndon swimming.

Vasquez placed third in the 100 butterfly and sixth in the 50 free, while Brouwer took third in both the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke.  

Shipley was fourth in the 200 free and fifth in the 100 free, Steve Kenlee took fifth in the 500 free and Johnathan Kenlee was sixth in the 100 fly.

Webb City’s Carson Forcum took second in the diving competition, with teammates Logan Thibault and Eric Keeling finishing fifth and seventh, respectively.  

Webb City’s Logan Dean competes at Thursday’s outdoor invite.

CARTHAGE RESULTS

Carthage’s Ezekiel Ramirez was the runner-up in the 200 free, while Eli Cox and Landon White were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 100 fly. 

Kellen Frieling took sixth in the 100 backstroke and Will Wallace placed seventh in the 500 free, with teammate Lucas Lowery eighth.

Carthage’s 200 freestyle relay team of Ramirez, Cox, Frieling and White placed third. The Tigers were sixth in the 400 free relay, with Wallace, White, Gibson Huelat and Aaron Vang swimming.

MONETT HIGHLIGHTS

Monett’s Matthew Fillinger was second in both the 200 IM and the 100 freestyle, while Isaac Lindsey was third in the 100 backstroke for the Cubs. 

OTHER WINNERS

Taking first in their events for Blue Springs were Gabe Marthaler (200 IM and 100 breaststroke), Josiah Thomson (diving) and Larry Baldwin (100 backstroke). Blue Springs also won the 200 medley relay in 1:47 and the 200 free relay in 1:38. 

Camdenton’s Gavin Schulte won the 50 free (22.93), the 100 butterfly (57.48), while the Lakers took first in the 400 free relay (3:42). 

SENIOR NIGHT

Joplin seniors Kohl Cooper, Jonah Hensley, Zane Reavley, Colin Vermillion and Ben Wardlow were recognized at the team’s lone home meet.

Joplin Outdoor Invite

Team standings: Blue Springs 467, Webb City 339.5, Joplin 291.5, Monett 234, Carthage 207, Marshfield 180, Camdenton 177, Hillcrest 72.

 

 

Joplin swim team returns state medalists

Posted on by Jason Peake

The Joplin High School boys swim team returns a solid nucleus for the 2020 season.

Four members of the Eagles — seniors Ben Wardlow and Zane Reavley and sophomores Jacob Glenn and Zane Newman — earned all-state recognition at last year’s state swimming and diving championships. 

With that, the Eagles will feature four accomplished swimmers this fall. 

“They’re definitely going to be a big part of our team this year,” Joplin coach Ali Stauffer said of the foursome. “They’ve been working really hard, and I know they want to go back to state. That’s their goal. Those four will be part of our relays, and I know those guys would love to go to state as individuals, as well. They’ve already seen what state is like, they know what it takes to get there and they know what the competition is like. So getting back to state is what they’ll be working towards all season.”

Wardlow, Reavley and Newman swam legs on Joplin’s 200-yard freestyle relay team that earned all-state recognition by placing eighth at last year’s state swim meet in St. Peters. 

Reavley, Wardlow and Glenn swam on Joplin’s 200 medley relay team that finished 16th at state, earning honorable mention all-state honors. 

Newman, Reavley and Glenn were also part of the Eagles’ 400 free relay that took 25th in the prelims. 

Individually, Wardlow advanced to state in both the 50 and 100 freestyle last year. He placed 16th in the 100 and 24th in the 50. 

In addition to Wardlow and Reavley, Kohl Cooper, Jonah Hensley and Colin Vermillion are the team’s other seniors. All are expected to contribute nicely.

“Our other seniors have improved from last year and they’ve come into the season in better shape this year,” Stauffer said. “I think all of our seniors will play a part in our relays. There’s some competition right now. We have eight solid guys who are fighting for spots on the relays. We’ll see who earns those spots.” 

Freshman Ian Vermillion is a newcomer to watch.   

Stauffer said 14 athletes are out for the sport.

“It’s been going well,” Stauffer said of her team’s practices. “So far, so good. We practiced outdoors last week and now we’re practicing indoors at Southern. All of the boys have been working hard. We had a handful swim this summer, so they’ve come in already in pretty good shape. We’ve been working them hard, and hopefully that pays off. And hopefully we can have a full season.”

The team must overcome the loss of one of the program’s all-time greats, as the graduated Alex Crawford captured a state championship in the 100 freestyle and took second in the 100 breaststroke at last year’s state meet.

OUTDOOR INVITE

The Eagles will host the Joplin Outdoor Invitational on Sept. 3 at the Schifferdecker Family Aquatic Center. 

Eight teams will be in attendance at the team’s lone home meet. The diving competition will start at 2, with swimming events scheduled to begin around 3.

“It’s going to be really nice to start the season with an outdoor meet,” Stauffer said. “It’s been a couple of years since we hosted an outdoor meet, so it should be fun. Hopefully the weather cooperates.” 

 

JHS Swim Roster

Seniors—Kohl Cooper, Jonah Hensley, Zane Reavley, Colin Vermillion, Ben Wardlow.

Junior—Trevor Blanken.

Sophomores—Jacob Glenn, Devin Lawson, Zane Newman.

Freshmen—Ashton Crawford, Aidan Kester, Alex Kester, Jackson Mordica, Ian Vermillion.

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