Lady Tiger aquatic team tested in season opener
CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada High School girls swim team opened its season at the Carthage Quad meet, featuring teams from Carthage, Joplin and Lamar, on Tuesday.
Scored in a dual format, the Lady Tigers defeated Lamar 87-65 and lost to Joplin 113-51 and Carthage 84-67.
Joplin scored runaway victories against each team competitor, Carthage went 2-1 and Lamar 0-3.
The Lady Tigers, led by Diedre Stacy's two individual seconds, posted six personal bests.
Stacy finished second in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events with personal bests of 28.34 and 1:03.45, respectively. She also swam on the second-place 200 freestyle relay team.
Brittany Braucher captured second in the 200 individual medley with a career-best 2:41.29.
NHS individual results
200 medley relay -- 3. Nevada A (Jennifer McCullough, Stacy, Braucher, Hannah Ketterman), 2:14.66 (PR); 6. Nevada B (Claire Hissink, Emily Hissink, Anne Conner, Emily Horacek), 2:26.84.
200 free -- 3. Amanda Simpson, 2:28.46; 8. Laura Lovinger, 2:54.47.
200 IM -- 2. Braucher, 2:41.29 (PR).
50 free -- 2. Stacy, 28.34 (PR); 5. C. Hissink, 30.88 (PR).
100 free -- 2. Stacy, 1:03.45 (PR); 4. Simpson, 1:07.19; 8. Horacek, 1:13.11.
500 free -- 6. E. Hissink, 7:21.72.
200 free relay -- 2. Nevada A (Stacy, Braucher, Simpson, C. Hissink), 1:58.88; 4. Nevada B (E. Hissink, Conner, Horacek, Lovinger), 2:13.99.
100 backstroke -- 5. McCullough, 1:15.43; 6. Ketterman, 1:20.58; 7. Conner, 1:24.11 (PR).
100 breatstroke -- 4. Braucher, 1:25.14.
400 free relay -- 3. Nevada A (McCullough, Simpson, Ketterman, C. Hissink), 4:30.61; 7. Nevada B (E. Hissink, Conner, Horacek, Lovinger), 4:58.48.