The McPherson girls swim team came within nine points of a first place finish, scoring 181 points, placing them second to Marion with 190 on Thursday at the Newton Invitational Rounding out the top five in the team standings were Hays, third with 168, Valley Center was fourth with 165 and Buhler came in at fifth with 152. Others participating were Great Bend, Newton, Goddard Eisenhower, Liberal and Hesston.