JOPLIN - Led by eight event wins, Carthage won the Joplin Invitational girls swim meet on Tuesday.

The Tigers compiled 291 points and the host Eagles finished second with 255 points. Hillcrest, Nevada, Thomas Jefferson and Greenwood rounded out the team standings.

CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS

Carthage won the 200 medley relay in 2:16, with Aubree Santillan, Olivia Manning, Caelyn Samuelson and Kamryn Dininger competing.

Carthage's 200 freestyle relay team of Santillan, Dininger, Samuelson and Manning took first in 2:04.

Dininger, Santillan and Manning took first in two individual events apiece.

Dininger won the 50 freestyle with a time of 30.78 seconds and the 100 freestyle in 1:08.

Santillan and Samuelson finished first and second in the 200 freestyle with their times of 2:34 and 2:53, respectively. Santillan also took first in the 100 backstroke in 1:15.

Manning won the 200 IM in 2:44 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:25. 

Samuelson and Anne Kennedy took second and third in the 100 butterfly. 

Kennedy was fourth in the 100 backstroke and Rylee Wallace placed fifth in the 400 free.

The Tigers were fourth in the 400 freestyle relay, with Kennedy, Wallace, Jocelyn Yost and Alexis Fosdick competing.

JOPLIN INVITATIONAL

Final team standings: Carthage 291, Joplin 255, Hillcrest 154, Nevada 144, Thomas Jefferson 93, Greenwood 71.

-SoMo Sports Online