Artesia Invitational
Saturday
Boys
Team standings: 1. Hobbs 133; 2. Clovis 125; 3. Carlsbad 90; 4. Artesia 66; 5. Socorro 55; 6. New Mexico Military 35; 7. Mesilla Valley 19; 8. Alamogordo.
Clovis top 3 finishes
200 freestyle: 1. Nick de Maio 2:02.22; 2. Lucas Brock 5:28.54 (SQ); 2. de Maio 5:39.62; 3. Brock Smith 5:55.45. 200 freestyle relay: 1. de Maio, Ryan Waters, Kenan Bussen, Brock 1:42.64 (SQ). 200 individual medley: 2. Waters 2:23.13; 3. Bussen 2:25.78. 100 butterfly: 2. Bussen 1:05.99. 100 backstroke: Connor Rose 1:06.24. 400 freestyle relay: 3. Rose, Smith, Christian Moore, Jon McCormick 4:17.24. 200 medley relay: 3. de Maio, Waters, Brock, Bussen 1:57.55 (SQ).
Girls
Team standings: 1. Clovis 150; 2. Socorro 108; 3. Artesia 77; 4. Alamogordo 75; 5. Hobbs 57; 6. Carlsbad 47.
Clovis top 3 finishes
200 medley relay: 1. Martha Chace, Jill Southard, Portia Gibbons, Chelsea Carter 2:07.99 (SQ); 3. Heather Steinle, Amelia Langsten, Augustina Snipes, Sarah McCormick 2:17.35. 200 freestyle: 1. Southard 2:05.67 (SQ, SR); 3. Chace 2:20.43. 500 freestyle: 1. Southard 5:31.38 (SQ, SR). 100 backstroke: 1. Gibbons 1:09.12; 2. Chase 1:09.44; 3. Steinle 1:12.39. 200 individual medley: 3. Snipes 2:38.93. 100 breaststroke: 3. Langsten 1:24.26. 400 freestyle relay: 3. Langsten, Snipes, McCormick, Gibbons 4:28.42. 200 free style relay: 1. Chace, Steinle, Carter, Southard 1:53.35.
SQ — state qualifying time. SR — school record.
Notes: Clovis qualified five events for next month’s state competition in Albuquerque — three boys, two girls. … Clovis and Hobbs have each beaten the other during the season. CHS coach Vincent de Maio said the difference this time was 15 diving points for the Eagles, events the Wildcats don’t compete in. … Southard set two individual school records and also swam a leg on two winning relays for the Lady Cats. … Clovis is back in action in the Griffin Invite at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sante Fe.