CAMDENTON LAKER INVITATIONAL
CAMDENTON, Mo. — Webb City’s Abi Street won the girls race at the Camdenton Laker Invitational on Saturday at Ha Ha Tonka State Park.
A senior, Street toured the 5K course in 18 minutes, 37 seconds. The runner-up, Fulton’s Emery Mayfield, finished in 19:03.
Street has been the individual medalist at three meets this fall — Camdenton, Carthage and Bolivar.
Also competing for the Cardinals were Brooke Hedger (21st), Rachel Miller (29th), Holly Capron (47th), Emily Countryman (53rd), Kristina Bundy (59th) and Hally Philpot (79th).
Webb City finished fourth in the team standings behind Bolivar, Nixa and Republic.
In the boys race, Webb City’s Evan Stevens finished third in 15:54. Capital City’s Keion Grieve (15:40) and Nixa’s Mason Shank (15:43) took first and second, respectively.
Also competing for Webb City’s boys were Andrew Dawson (31st), Spencer Kendall (39th), Noah Lankard (68th) and Ricardo Arrieta (72nd).
Nixa was the team champion and Webb City was seventh.
EAGLES, TIGERS RUN AT CHILE PEPPER FESTIVAL
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Joplin Eagles and Carthage Tigers were among the teams competing at the 34th annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival on Saturday at the University of Arkansas’ XC course.
In the boys race, Joplin’s Hobbs Campbell finished 18th with a time of 15:28. A senior, Campbell recently verbally committed to run for the Kansas Jayhawks.
Joplin’s Ian Horton finished 35th in 15:42, while Chance Tindall was 54th in 15:58.
By breaking the 16-minute barrier, Tindall recorded the sixth fastest 5K time in school history, Eagles coach Dustin Dixon said.
Also competing for the Eagles were Grey Edwards (122nd), Parker Durham (222nd), Aidan Koch (267th) and Brady Honeycutt (410th).
Carthage’s top performers were Miguel Solano (145th), Eddy Fuentes (189th), Michael Lanyon (204th) and Caleb Fewin (210th).
There were 501 runners in the boys race.
Joplin’s boys finished 13th in the team standings.
In the girls race, Carthage’s Maggie Boyd finished 131st in 20:18 and Joplin’s Allie Keizer finished 143rd in 20:25.
Also competing for Joplin were Cylee Gilreath (166th), Averi Burks (200th), Meridyth Mai (297th), Jade Parise (302nd), Izzy Cruse (312th) and Masyn Briggs (365th).
Coach Dixon noted 22 of his athletes, boys and girls combined, recorded personal-best times at the event. Dixon said Gilreath now has the 16th fastest 5K time in school history, while Burks ran the 21st fastest time in program history.
Carthage’s second finisher was Katy Witherspoon (251st), with Jenna Wilson (303rd) the third Tiger to finish.
Seneca’s Delisia Reed was 348th.
There were 391 runners in the girls race.
Competing in the boys open division, McDonald County’s Hunter Leach finished 70th in 17:39.
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You don’t see many high school meets in this area where 6 boys run under 15 minutes for a 5K. Connor Burns ran 14:32 and Sage Wilde ran 14:36, which are 4:40 and 4:41 per mile pace. Very impressive!