MONETT, Mo. — College Heights Christian, Thomas Jefferson Independent, Carl Junction and Neosho were among the schools competing at Monett’s Richard ‘Whitey’ Mettlach Invitational on Tuesday at South Park.
CLASS 1-3 DIVISION
College Heights and Thomas Jefferson competed in the small school division, which featured schools from classes 1-3.
In the girls race, College Heights’ Jayli Johnson finished seventh in 23:37.
The top six runners were Cassville’s Jolie Evans (22:33), Lamar’s Kiersten Potter (22:43), Pierce City’s Emma Hunt (23:10), Clever’s Chloe Smith (23:12), Mount Vernon’s Rylee Simons (23:22) and Clever’s Riley Britton (23:26).
Aurora’s Drew Mayes finished eighth and Cassville’s Dakotah Anderson was ninth.
College Heights’ Jesalin Bever finished 16th, Madi Carson was 20th and Madelynn Jordan took 21st.
Thomas Jefferson’s Sarah Mueller finished 31st.
Cassville was the top team in the division.
On the boys side, Cassville’s Caleb Leach took first in 18:22.
Lamar’s Cameron Bailey was second in 18:42, while Crane’s Christian Church took third in 18:50. Lamar’s Blaine Breshears, Quintin Webb and Pierce Heins finished fourth, fifth and sixth.
Rounding out the top 10 were Crane’s Calen Faucett, Marion C. Early’s Landon Duchscherer and Cassville’s duo of Ethan Bohmke and Charles Elliott.
College Heights’ Colton McMillen finished 32nd, Corbin Thomas was 34th and Steven Calandro was 40th.
Lamar won the team crown.
CLASS 4-5 DIVISION
Competing in the large school division, Neosho’s Chloe Wood won the girls race in 21:36.
Gravette’s Julia Whorton took second in 22:12 and Neosho’s Riley Kemna finished third in 22:27.
Monett’s Sadie Camp finished fourth and Carl Junction’s Alexis Carpenter took fifth. Monett’s Mary Jastal finished seventh, one spot in front of Neosho’s Lakyn Prough.
Carl Junction’s duo of Bailey Feken and Sadie Burchette finished 10th and 11th, respectively, while teammate Audrey Fletcher was 14th.
Monett’s Jenna Spencer took 15th, Neosho’s Makenna Davis finished 16th and CJ’s Klohe Burk was 17th.
Gravette was the team champion on the girls side.
In the large school boys race, Monett’s Julio Cruz took first in 17:41.
Carl Junction’s Jack Lawson was the runner-up in 18:35, while Monett’s Victor Salas placed third in 19:12.
Monett’s Kash Adams was fifth, Neosho’s Gabriel Mabrey took sixth and teammate Corbin Goins was eighth. Carl Junction’s Isaac Willoughby finished ninth, one spot in front of Neosho’s Adam Farrell.
Neosho’s tandem of Corbin Ables and Brandon Cargile were 11th and 12th, while CJ’s Alexander Allison finished 13th. Neosho’s Christian Williams and Christian Lindsey were 15th and 16th and Carl Junction’s Luke Battagler was 17th.
Neosho was the team champion on the boys side with 47 points. Monett was second with 51.
FULL RESULTS: Monett Richard “Whitey” Mettlach Invitational 2022 – Meet Results (milesplit.com)
