The Kearney Bulldog girls swim team had a very strong showing in the Ray-Pec Tri-meet on Tuesday winning six events. They also finished in the top three of four additional events and finished second overall with 550 points, landing behind the host team’s 765 points and ahead of Smithville’s 159.

Senior Andi Kreiling took first in two individual races. She finished seven seconds ahead of the second place finisher in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:24.97. In the 100 freestyle, she finished at 56.04, which was three seconds ahead of the competition.

Kreiling earned another first-place finish as part of the 200 free relay with sophomore Jillian Bonderer, freshman Tori Tarr and sophomore Claire Woehrman. The quartet finished with a time of 2:08.57, outpacing Kearney’s other relay team of freshman Samantha Singleton, senior Julia Bolton, junior Macy James and sophomore Carlee Clawson. That group earned third place in the 400 free relay.

Tarr rounded out the team’s first-place finishes by winning the 100 butterfly.

James, Bonderer and freshman Amelia Byers earned second-place finishes for Kearney. James earned hers in the 500 free with a time of 7:21.72, Bonderer was runner-up in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:25.90 and Byers finished behind Tarr in the 100 fly with a time of 1:38.23. Junior Bee Perkins gave the Bulldogs a sweep of that event with her time of 1:39.36.

Seniors Darien Farwell and Holly Dillenbeck gave the Bulldogs two more top-three finishers. Farwell landed hers in the 500 free with a time of 7:42.88 while Dillenbeck finished the 200 free with a time of 2:37.69.

The Bulldogs are scheduled to compete today in the BlueMo Invite at Blue Springs South High School.

KPGZ Sports – Jim Dickerson contributed to this story