GRANBY, Mo. — Carthage’s boys and Webb City’s girls topped the team standings at the East Newton Cross Country Invitational on Saturday.
BOYS
Carthage had six runners finish in the top 18 and the Tigers finished with 56 points.
Carthage’s Mariques Strickland placed sixth with a time of 16:35, while the Tigers’ pack of Malcolm Robertson, Miguel Solano, Richard Contreras and Coltyn Herrera finished 11th through 14th and Joseph Wyrick was 18th.
Webb City finished second in the team standings with 84 points, with East Newton (122), Neosho (132) and Lamar (133) rounding out the top five teams.
Spokane’s Sam Shuman took first in 16:01, while New Covenant’s Tanner Talley finished second (16:15) and Neosho’s Kaden Cole placed third (16:22). Lamar’s Joe Kremp was fourth (16:30), with Parkview’s Connor Ayres fifth (16:34).
Webb City’s Roman Borboa placed seventh, with East Newton’s Kelton Sorrell eighth and Lamar’s Ethan Pittsenbarger 10th.
Webb City’s Dustin Brockmiller and Samuel Winesburg finished 15th and 16th, respectively, while teammate Owen Weller was 21st.
McAuley Catholic also competed at the event. Thomas Black finished 55th.
GIRLS
Webb City finished with 40 points, while Aurora (86) and Neosho (90) were second and third, respectively, in the team standings.
The Cardinals had seven runners in the top 26.
Halley Philpot was seventh (20:49), while Abi Street took 13th (21:22) and Riley Hawkins finished 14th (21:25). Izzy Lopez and Mileah Metcalf finished 20th and 21st, Velissia Perez was 24th and Alanna Bundy took 26th.
Lamar’s Kiersten Potter took first in 19:27, with Republic’s Mihane Nambara (19:34) second and Summit Prep’s Alexis Workman (19:47) third. Mount Vernon’s Rilee Simons and Aurora’s Aubrey Boatwright were fourth and fifth, respectively.
East Newton’s Ellie Hicks placed 10th and Aurora’s Kaci Singer was 11th. Neosho’s Riley Kemna finished 15th, while Carthage’s Kimberly Hernandez was 17th. Kendall Ramsey of McAuley finished 55th.
East Newton Cross Country Invitational
Boys team standings: Carthage 56, Webb City 84, East Newton 122, Neosho 132, Lamar 133, Branson 138, Spokane 150, New Covenant 171, Republic 234, Parkview 288, McDonald County 325, Reeds Spring 328, McAuley Catholic 343, Wheaton 368, Aurora 416.
Girls team standings: Webb City 40, Aurora 86, Neosho 90, Carthage 100, Branson 111, East Newton 138, Parkview 143, Sarcoxie 228.
FULL RESULTS: https://mo.milesplit.com/meets/378394-east-newton-cross-country-invitational/results#.X3CSjj-SlPY
