Mustangs finish 6th at Tarpon Invitational

The Lakewood Ranch High swim team dove into action at the Tarpon Invitational Sept. 19. 

The Mustangs and the Lady Mustangs finished with a combined 354 points to finish in sixth place, besting their 11th place finish from a year ago. 

Lakewood's girls team finished with 228 points to tie Charlotte for fifth place. The Lady Mustangs finished in the top three in six events: 

Girls 200-meter Medley Relay- Ashley Reid, Danielle Valley, Gillian Vogel and rebekah Baker (2nd place, 1:59.53)

Girls 200 Freestyle- Valley (2nd place, 1:56.73)

Girls 200 Individual Medley- Reid (2nd place, 2:11.86)

Girls 100 Butterfly- Baker (3rd place, 1:03.82)

Girls 100 Breaststroke- Valley (1st place, 1:11.39)

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay- Reid, Valley, Baker and Katherine Montoya (3rd place, 3:51.34)

Lakewood's boys team finished with 126 points for eighth place. 

Lakewood will return to action at 4 p.m. tomorrow against Lemon Bay at Oyster Creek Pool, 6791 San Casa Drive, Englewood.