CARTHAGE, Mo. — The host Tigers captured the team championship at their own Carthage Invitational swim meet on Thursday night at the Fair Acres Family YMCA.

Carthage finished with 360 points, and Joplin was second with 206. 

Rounding out the team standings were Monett (188), Hillcrest (129), Nevada (122), Marshfield (80), Seymour (21) and Greenwood (16).

CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS

Carthage's 200-yard medley relay team of Kellen Frieling, Braxton McBride, Will Wright and Maveric Allphin took first in 1:46.

The Tigers also won the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:36, with McBride, Frieling, Aydan Nye and Wright competing.

Frieling and Wright each won a pair of individual events.

Frieling took first in the 100 butterfly in 57.34 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 58.34 seconds. 

Wright won the 200 IM in 2:11 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.

Also winning individual events for Carthage were McBride (50 free) and Ryan Steinbach (500 free).

McBride was the runner-up in the 100 free, while Nye took second in the 200 free and Ben Rogers finished second in the 500 free. 

The Tigers placed fourth in the 200 freestyle relay, with Allphin, Daryl Martin, Rogers and Nye competing.