WILLARD, Mo. — Joplin’s boys won three events and finished third out of 20 teams at the Jason Pyrah Invitational track meet on Thursday at Willard High School.
Competing in the Class 4-5 division, Joplin compiled 103.33 points. Willard took first with 122.5 points and Nixa was second with 112.
Joplin’s girls finished fifth in the team standings with 51 points. The top four schools were Marshfield (117), Nixa (117), Ozark (101) and Ash Grove (61).
JOPLIN BOYS HIGHLIGHTS
Joplin’s boys won the 4×800 relay in 8:08, with Micah Bruggeman, Hobbs Campbell, Evan Matlock and Ryan Byers competing.
The JHS team of Nathan Glades, Trayshawn Thomas, Luke Vieselmeyer and Donovyn Fowler finished second in the 4×100 relay with a time of 44.06. Willard was first in 44.03.
Joplin’s 4×400 relay team of Nicholas Horton, Ashton Ventura, Campbell and Byers took fourth.
Fowler won the long jump (21-6.75), while Thomas won the triple jump (44-0.75) and took second in the long jump (20-9).
Campbell and Bruggeman finished second and third, respectively, in the 1600, while Campbell also crossed the line second in the 800.
Donovahn Watkins finished third in the shot put. Horton and Ventura were fourth and fifth in the 800, while Zaben Barnes and Matlock placed fourth and seventh, respectively, in the 3200.
Glades finished sixth in both the 100-meter dash and the long jump.
Barnes took eighth in the 1600, Triston Stogsdill was eighth in the 300 hurdles and Blake Farmer tied for eighth in the high jump.
JOPLIN GIRLS HIGHLIGHTS
Jennalee Dunn won two events for the Joplin girls.
A junior, Dunn crossed the line first in the 1600 in a school record time of 5:17. Dunn also took first in the 3200 (11:51).
Joplin’s Alayna Merriman was the runner-up in the javelin, while Allie Keizer (3200) and Allie Lawrence (pole vault) finished third in their respective events.
The JHS girls were fifth in the 4×100 relay, with Kylie Anderson, Lawrence, Isabella Yust and Abigail Eckert competing. The 4×200 relay team of Anderson, Eckert, Yust and Lawrence finished seventh.
Alexandra Carson finished sixth in the 400, while Keizer was seventh in the 1600.
Note: McDonald County’s Mariana Salas won the girls javelin with a toss of 114-2.
JASON PYRAH INVITATIONAL
Boys team standings: Willard 122.5, Nixa 112, Joplin 103.33, Lebanon 63, Ozark 60, Buffalo 39, Springfield Catholic 34.83, Spokane 32, Logan-Rogersville 30.5, Marshfield 29, Reeds Spring 28, New Covenant 20, Pittsburg 20, Clever 10, Greenfield 8, Hartville 7, Riverton 7, Fair Grove 5.5, McDonald County 5.33, Marion C. Early 4.
Girls team standings: Marshfield 117, Nixa 117, Ozark 101, Ash Grove 61, Joplin 51, Lebanon 49, Clever 34, Pittsburg 31.5, Logan-Rogersville 22.75, Fair Grove 22, Willard 21, McDonald County 20.75, Summit Prep 18, New Covenant 16, Riverton 12, Hartville 11, Springfield Catholic 10, Greenfield 9, Spokane 8, Reeds Spring 8, Buffalo 1.
Junior Jennalee Dunn breaks a ten year school record in the girls 1600m run finishing in 5:17. @SoMo_Sports @JHS_Athletics pic.twitter.com/oxRRzWydVz
— Dustin Dixon (@dustindixon87) April 23, 2021
