NIXA, Mo. — Joplin’s Hobbs Campbell and Webb City’s Abi Street captured medalist honors at the 2022 Central Ozark Conference Cross Country Championships on Tuesday at Inman Intermediate School.
BOYS RESULTS
A senior at JHS, Campbell recorded a winning 5K time of 15 minutes, 21 seconds.
Nixa’s Mason Shank was the runner-up with a time of 15:37, while Webb City’s Evan Stevens took third in 15:40.
Joplin’s duo of Ian Horton (15:45) and Chance Tindall (15:56) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Carthage’s Devin Smith finished 16th in 16:52, Joplin’s Grey Edwards took 17th in 16:53 and Webb City’s Mason Hedger finished 20th in 16:57.
In other notable finishes at the 28th COC Meet, Joplin’s Parker Durham was 21st, Carthage’s trio of Eddy Fuentes, Michael Lanyon and Miguel Solano were 22nd, 23rd and 24th, with teammate Caleb Fewin 26th.
Joplin’s Aidan Koch finished 27th and Carl Junction’s Jack Lawson took 28th.
Neosho’s top finisher was Gabriel Mabrey, who took 41st.
With five of the top 12 finishers, Nixa won the team title with 39 points.
Joplin, with five runners in the top 21, finished second in the standings with 48 points.
Carthage was fourth (111) and Webb City was sixth (154).
GIRLS RESULTS
A senior at Webb City, Street toured the course in 18:40 to cruise to a first-place finish.
The runner-up, Republic’s Gracie Troester, finished in 19:00.
Neosho’s Chloe Wood finished fourth in 19:31, Joplin’s Cylee Gilreath was fifth in 20:00 and Carthage’s Maggie Boyd took sixth in 20:05.
Neosho’s Riley Kemna placed ninth with a time of 20:30, while Webb City’s Brooke Hedger finished 15th in 20:48 and teammate Rachel Miller was 20th in 21:05.
Joplin’s Averi Burks finished 21st, Webb City’s Holly Capron took 23rd and Carthage’s Katy Witherspoon was 24th.
Carl Junction’s Audrey Fletcher, Bailey Feken and Alexis Carpenter took 25th, 26th and 27th, while teammate Sadie Burchett was 29th.
Nixa (63), Ozark (78) and Republic (83) were the top three girls teams.
Finishing fourth through eighth were Webb City (99), Carl Junction (143), Neosho (147), Joplin (147) and Carthage (163).
FULL RESULTS: COC XC Championship 2022 – Meet Results (milesplit.com)
