NHS swimmers earn first medals of the season at Carthage Invite

Members of the Nevada High School swim team pose after placing fourth at the Carthage Invitational Thursday.

Photo courtesy of Clayton Wheeler

Karter Evans earned four medals and the Nevada High School boys swim team finished fourth out of eight schools Thursday at the Carthage Invitational.

Evans, a junior, placed second in the 50-yard freestyle (25.77 seconds) and third in the 100-yard free (57.28) — and was part of the two relay teams along with Chosen Reichard, Colby Bourassa, and Jeremiah Hoss finished which took third (2:13 in the 200-yard medley, 1:55 in the 200-yard free).

Hoss added a seventh-place finish in the 100-yard free (1:03), while Bourassa was 11th in the same event (1:08) and 12th in the 50-yard free (28.49), and Reichard was 13th in the 100-yard free (1:13).

Nevada's 83 points trailed only Marshfield in third (179), Joplin in second (204), and Carthage in first (370).

The Tigers will next dive into the Big 8 Conference Championships Tuesday in Monett.