BRANSON, Mo. — Two points. That’s all that separated Webb City and Joplin at the top of the team standings at the Central Ozark Conference Track Meet on Thursday at Branson High School.
Webb City captured the conference championship with 126 points and Joplin settled for second with 124.
Nixa (107), Willard (101) and Branson (65) rounded out the top five teams. Carthage (53), Ozark (51), Neosho (50), Republic (41) and Carl Junction (23) completed the team standings.
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
Webb City’s boys won two events and finished second in five others.
Grayson Smith (4.27 meters) and Pryce Mason (4.10m) placed first and second, respectively, in the pole vault, while Justin Allen was fourth in the same event.
Mekhi Garrard won the triple jump (14.42m) and was the runner-up in the long jump.
The Cardinals took second in the 4×200 relay, with Isaiah Brisco, William Wolfe, Mason and Garrard competing.
James Morgan took second in the 110 hurdles and Luke Brumit placed second in the high jump. Brumit was fourth in the javelin and Robert Hollis was fifth in the same event.
Jordan Thornburg finished fourth in the 100, while Roman Borboa took fourth in the 1600 and Garrard was fourth in the 200.
Webb City’s 4×100 relay team of Brentan Wilson, Wolfe, Thornburg and Brisco took fifth, while the 4×800 relay also finished fifth, with Sam Winesburg, Owen Weller, Blake Vaughn and Joseph Dawson competing.
Matt McDaniel and Wolfe were fourth and sixth in the high jump, while Brisco took fifth in the triple jump.
Wolfe placed sixth in the 200, Borboa finished sixth in the 800 and Caleb Cook was sixth in the 110 hurdles. Jacob Shonk finished seventh in the long jump.
JOPLIN HIGHLIGHTS
Joplin’s boys won five events.
Hobbs Campbell crossed the line first in two events, winning the 1600 with a time of 4:22 and the 3200 in 9:40. Campbell also finished third in the 800.
Donovyn Fowler won the long jump (6.88 meters) and finished second in the triple jump (14.30m).
The JHS 4×100 relay team of Dominick Simmons, Trayshawn Thomas, Luke Vieselmeyer and Fowler took first in 44.34 seconds.
Joplin’s 4×800 relay team of Ashton Ventura, Zaben Barnes, Ryan Byers and Nicholas Horton finished first with a winning time of 8:14.
Fowler took second in the 200, while Micah Bruggeman took second in the 800 and the Missouri recruit also finished third in the 1600.
Barnes and Matlock finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 3200. Matlock was also fifth in the 1600.
Thomas finished third in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump.
Donovahn Watkins placed third in the shot put and also finished fifth in the discus.
Joplin’s boys were sixth in the 4×400.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
The Tigers won two events.
Carthage’s Miguel Solano crossed the line first in the 800 with a time of 1:58, while teammate Caleb Calvin won the javelin with a toss of 55.97 meters.
The Tigers were third in the 4×800 relay, with Solano, Malcolm Robertson, Ty Lewis and Mariques Strickland competing.
Carthage’s 4×100 took fourth, with Cale Patrick, Calvin, Tyler Burt and Aiden Rogers running. The Tigers were fifth in the 4×400.
Also for Carthage, Aiden Logan placed fourth in the discus, while Bryce Miller took sixth in the pole vault and Zachary Lansford was sixth in the javelin.
NEOSHO HIGHLIGHTS
For the Neosho boys, Kaden Cole was the runner-up in the 1600 and he also placed fourth in the 800.
Neosho’s 4×400 relay team of Isaiah Hill, Evan Haskins, Tristan Clanton and Isaiah Green finished third.
Clanton placed third in the 400, while Tristen Linders took third in the discus, Jeremiah Larson finished fourth in the 300 hurdles and Green took fourth in the triple jump. The Wildcats were sixth in the 4×200 relay.
CARL JUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Carl Junction’s Brendan Jewell won the high jump (1.96m).
Also for the Bulldogs, Collin Emmert finished third in the 3200 and Drew Patterson finished fourth in the 110 hurdles.
