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BOYS TRACK & FIELD: Host Eagles win Joplin invite; Webb City takes third

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SoMo Sports staff reports

 

Donovyn Fowler, Hobbs Campbell and Donovahn Watkins won two events apiece to lead the host Eagles to a first-place finish at the Joplin Invitational track meet on Thursday at the JHS athletic complex.

Joplin finished on top of the team standings with 146.2 points, while Ozark was second (128.2) and Webb City was third (121.2). Branson (96) and Willard (94) rounded out the top five teams. 

A senior and future Oklahoma Sooner, Fowler won the long jump with a leap of 7.19 meters. He also won the triple jump with a mark of 14.4 meters. 

Joplin’s Hobbs Campbell won events, the 1600-meter run in 4:22 and the 800 in 1:57. Photo by Shawn Fowler.

On the track, Joplin’s Campbell won events, the 1600-meter run in 4:22 and the 800 in 1:57.

In the throws, Joplin’s Watkins won the discus (42.35 meters) and the shot put (18.24m). 

Taking third in their events for the Eagles were Drew VanGilder (javelin), Orion Norris (400) and Evan Matlock (800).

Matlock (1600) and Nicholas Horton (400) both finished fourth in their respective events, while Jackson Kitchingham (javelin), Gustavo Onate (300 H) and Chance Tindall (3200) all finished fifth. 

Other top finishers for the Eagles were Korey Read (110 hurdles), Aidan Sampson (LJ) and Zaben Barnes (1600), who placed sixth, and seventh-place finishers Dontrell Holt (shot put), Avarus Kuhn-Wofford (300 H) and Aidan Koch (3200). 

The Eagles placed third in the 4×800, with Ian Horton, Grey Edwards, Tindall and Nicholas Horton running.

Joplin also took third in the 4×200 relay, with Tayshaun Palmer, Davin Thomas, Luke Vieselmeyer and Fowler competing.

The Eagles placed fourth in the 4×100, with Palmer, Thomas, Vieselmeyer and Fowler running.

The Joplin Invitational was held on Thursday at the JHS athletic complex. All photos by Shawn Fowler.

Webb City won two relays and one individual event. 

Webb City’s 4×100 relay team of Jordan Thornburg, William Headrick, William Jackson and Omari Jackson took first in 43.96 seconds. 

The Cardinals won the 4×800 relay in 8:27, with Daunte Smiles, Mason Hedger, Evan Stevens and Roman Borboa competing.

Webb City finished fourth in the 4×400, with Headrick, Borboa, Jose Antillon and Billy Wolfe competing. 

Wolfe won the high jump by clearing 1.88 meters.

Taking second in their events were Borboa (1600, 800), Antillon (400) and Stevens (3200), while Dustin Brockmiller finished third in the 3200. 

Webb City’s fourth-place finishers were Dupree Jackson (long jump), Lucas Ott (javelin) and Hedger (3200), while Nathaniel Miller (discus) and Thornburg (100) placed fifth in their events. 

Finishing sixth for Webb City were Omari Jackson (triple jump), Trey Roets (javelin) and Justin Allen (pole vault).

Carl Junction’s Owen Hensley and Caleb Graham finished second and third, respectively, in the pole vault, while teammate Jack Lawson placed fifth in the 400-meter run.

Thomas Jefferson’s Kip Atteberry finished eighth in the 1600.

 

Joplin Invitational

Team standings: Joplin 146.2, Ozark 128.2, Webb City 121.2, Branson 96, Willard 94, Lamar 50.2, Pittsburg 35, Nevada 27.5, Carl Junction 23, Riverton 14, Thomas Jefferson 1.

 

FULL RESULTS: Joplin Varsity 2022 – Complete (Raw) (milesplit.com)

 

 

 

 

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