BRANSON, Mo. — Webb City and Carl Junction had female athletes capture gold medals at the Central Ozark Conference Track Meet on Thursday at Branson High School.
Nixa (147.5), Ozark (126.5) and Webb City (104) were the top three teams in the standings.
Republic (104), Branson (88), Carl Junction (71), Neosho (38), Carthage (27), Willard (15) and Joplin (14) rounded out the team standings.
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
Webb City’s girls were led by Riley Hawkins, Haidyn Berry and Emily Beres.
Hawkins won the 1600 in 5:29, finished second in the 3200 and was fourth in the 800.
Berry won the javelin (37.28m) and Beres won the shot put (11.57m).
Beres was also the runner-up in the discus, while Dawsyn Decker took second to Berry in the javelin.
Abi Street finished third in the 3200 and was fourth in the 1600.
Ripley Shanks took fourth in the pole vault, while Kaylyn Gilbert took fifth in the shot put and discus and Essence Robinson placed fifth in the long jump.
Webb City’s girls were fourth in the 4×400, with Khloe Rhuems, Rachel Davison, Maci Brown and Kylie Jennings competing. The Webb City girls were fifth in both the 4×100 and 4×200 relays.
CARL JUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Carl Junction junior Ally Montez was the COC champion in two events, winning in the 100 hurdles in 15.86 seconds and the 300 hurdles in a meet and school record time of 45.89.
The CJ girls captured gold in the 4×100 relay with a meet record time of 50.06 seconds, with Olivia Vediz, Montez, Salma Lewis and Shiloh Sluder competing.
Also for the CJ girls, Emerson Lundien was the runner-up in the pole vault, Sluder finished third in the 100-meter dash, Lewis placed third in the high jump and Hannah Lee was third in the shot put.
Vediz finished sixth in the long jump and triple jump, while Loren Lee was sixth in the shot put.
NEOSHO HIGHLIGHTS
Neosho’s Jayden Browning took second in the triple jump, Riley Kemna finished fourth in the 3200, Bailey Miller was sixth in the 400 and Kendall Platner took sixth in the 100 hurdles.
Neosho’s Makenna Davis, Lakyn Prough, Heaven Kivett and Kemna took fourth in the 4×800 relay, while the Wildcats were fifth in the 4×400.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Kenedy Smith placed third in the long jump and took fifth in the triple jump, while Joey Hettinger and Smith were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the high jump.
The Carthage girls were fourth in the 4×200 relay (Katie Crowe, Sydnee Dudolski, Ashlynn Patrick, Karly Sullivan). The Tigers finished sixth in the 4×400.
JOPLIN HIGHLIGHTS
For the Joplin girls, Alayna Merriman finished fourth in the javelin, Allie Keizer finished sixth in the 1600 and the team of Kylie Anderson, Allie Lawrence, Isabella Yust and Bailey Ledford finished seventh in the 4×200.
Joplin’s girls were without standout distance runner Jennalee Dunn.
