SWIMMER SIXTH IN NATIONALS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Cape Girardeau's Jon Younghouse has made his mark as one of the nation's elite swimmers during the Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships that are being held here.

Competing against some of the best swimmers the United States has to offer, Younghouse placed sixth in the 400-meter freestyle during Tuesday's competition.

Younghouse turned in a time of 3 minutes 56.54 seconds, falling less than one second short of a fifth-place finish.

Chad Carvin of California won the event in 3:50.13 while John Piersma of Alabama was second in 3:50.49.

A 1996 Cape Girardeau Central High graduate, Younghouse earned a swimming scholarship to NCAA power Texas, where the spent the 1996-97 school year.