CAMDENTON, Mo. — Led by Hobbs Campbell’s third place finish, and with five runners in the top 24, Joplin’s boys captured the team championship at the Camdenton Laker High School Cross Country Invitational on Saturday at Ha Ha Tonka State Park.
Joplin finished with a team score of 71 and Nixa was a distant second with 123. Rounding out the top five teams were Hickman (158), Webb City (166) and Helias Catholic (199). There were 37 teams in attendance, with 29 full squads.
A junior, Campbell finished the 5K race third with a time of 15:56. Rolla’s Nathanael Pohlsander took first in 15:39 and Jefferson City’s Thomas Roehl was the runner-up in 15:45.
Webb City’s duo of Dustin Brockmiller (16:26) and Roman Borboa (16:32) finished 10th and 11th, respectively.
Also for Joplin, Evan Matlock placed 12th in 16:35, Ian Horton was 15th in 16:38, Nicholas Horton finished 19th in 16:47 and Zaben Barnes was 24th in 16:58.
Carthage’s Mariques Strickland was 20th and Webb City’s Evan Stevens of Webb City finished 25th.
Webb City’s Jose Antillon was 55th and teammate Mason Hedger was 69th.
Carthage’s Joseph Wyrick finished 66th and Eddy Fuentes was 72nd.
There were 208 runners in the event.
In the girls event, the top five teams were Republic (129), Francis Howell (142), Webb City (142), Rolla (163) and Joplin (176). There were 35 teams, including 23 full squads.
Webb City’s Abi Street and Riley Hawkins finished third and fifth, respectively. Street crossed the line at 19:35, while Hawkins recorded a time of 20:10.
Nixa’s Alicen Ashley (19:06) and Republic’s Mihane Nambara (19:17) were the top two finishers.
Joplin’s Jennalee Dunn (21:06) and Sage Mitchell (21:24) finished 23rd and 24th, respectively.
Webb City’s Alanna Bundy was 35th, while Isabelle Lopez was 41st and Lauren Kuechler took 68th.
Joplin’s Cylee Gilreath finished 38th, while Mairi Beranek was 52nd, Averi Burks was 55th and Jackaline Triplett finished 78th.
Carthage’s Katelyn Witherspoon finished 43rd.
