WAYNESVILLE, Mo. — The Joplin area will be well-represented at this weekend’s MSHSAA Track and Field Championships.
Joplin, Carthage and Neosho all had state-qualifiers at the Class 5 Sectional 3 meet on Monday at Waynesville High School.
At the sectional, the top four finishers in each event advanced to state.
The state track meet for schools in classes 3-5 is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City.
BOYS QUALIFIERS
Joplin senior Donovyn Fowler advanced to state in four events, earning a pair of gold medals to go with two silvers.
For starters, Fowler won both of his signature events, as the Oklahoma signee took first in the long jump with a school record leap of 24-6.5 and also won the triple jump with a leap of 49-5.25.
Fowler also finished second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.78 seconds.
The JHS team of Orion Norris, Davin Thomas, Luke Vieselmeyer and Fowler finished second in the 4×100 relay in 43.45 seconds.
Eagles senior Donovahn Watkins was the sectional champ in the shot put with a toss of 58-2.
JHS junior Hobbs Campbell advanced to state in three events. Campbell won the 1600 in 4:21 and took second in the 800 in 1:54.
Joplin’s 4×800 relay finished fourth in 8:06 to advance, with Evan Matlock, Nicholas Horton, Zaben Barnes and Campbell competing.
Campbell just missed advancing in the 3200 after finishing fifth.
Carthage’s Micah Lindsey finished fourth in the shot put with a heave of 49-4.25. The Tigers’ 4×400 relay fell one spot of advancing after taking fifth.
Neosho’s Kaden Cole was the runner-up in the 1600 with a time of 4:24.
Also for the Wildcats, Tyrese Hill finished third in the 100-meter dash in 11.22 seconds to advance, while Isaiah Green finished fourth in the triple jump (43-4.5). Jared Siler fell just short of moving on in the high jump after finishing fifth.
The top six teams were Capital City (98), Joplin (79), Lafayette (55), Republic (55), Nixa (54) and Waynesville (54).
GIRLS QUALIFIERS
On the girls side, Joplin senior Jennalee Dunn placed second in two events, the 1600 with a school record time of 4:57 and in the 800 with a time of 2:18.
Joplin’s Maria Loum placed third in the pole vault (9-6.25) and teammate Brynn Driver placed third in the 400-meter dash (1:00.95).
The JHS girls advanced in the 4×200 relay by finishing third, as Allie Lawrence, Abigayle Lowery, Amaya Montgomery and Driver recorded a time of 1:46.
Carthage’s Joey Hettinger placed second in the girls high jump by clearing 5-5.
The Tigers came up just short in the 4×100, finishing fifth. Carthage’s Lilly Holmes was fifth in the shot put and seventh in the discus.
Neosho’s girls were unable to advance. Madilyn Ebbinghaus was fifth in the 200, Riley Kemna finished sixth in the 3200 and Beclynn Garrett was eighth in the javelin.
The top five girls teams were Capital City (102), Lafayette (96), Nixa (83), Eureka (72) and Kickapoo (60).
FULL RESULTS:
MSHSAA Class 5 Sectional 3 2022 – Complete Results (milesplit.com)
