WEBB CITY, Mo. — When the final meet of the regular season concluded on Friday night, Webb City boys track and field coach Dustin Miller was definitely feeling optimistic about his team’s postseason chances.
It wasn’t hard to see why.
Webb City’s boys compiled 177.5 points and cruised to the team championship at their own Webb City Invitational inside Cardinal Stadium.
“This team is geared up and ready to go compete in championship season,” Miller said. “Championship season starts six days from now. That’s all we’ve been talking about…nothing matters until May. This is the last day of April, so now the real season is about to start. I’m proud of these guys. It’s a fun group. They come out and work hard. It’s a great team atmosphere and these guys just lay it on the line.”
After the hosts, Joplin (131), Willard (129) and Jefferson City (81) rounded out the top four teams.
The Webb City boys have now won three meets—Carthage, Joplin and their own — and the Cardinals were second at Southwest Baptist.
The Central Ozark Conference Meet will be held on Thursday at Branson High School.
“We hope we can score enough points next week to hold off Joplin, Nixa, Ozark and Willard,” Miller said, noting all five teams could win the meet. “It will be really interesting. I think our guys are confident, but not arrogant. I know our guys love to compete, so we’ll see if it’s good enough to beat some really good teams.”
As far as the girls meet, Webb City finished second with 131 points. Jefferson City took first with 165.
Carl Junction (119) and Neosho (86.5) finished third and fourth in the team standings.
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
The Webb City boys won four events.
Pryce Mason, Grayson Smith and Justin Allen went 1-2-3 in the pole vault. Mason cleared 14 feet, 1 inch.
Luke Brumit won the high jump, while teammate Matt McDaniel took third.
Gustavo Sabbag took first in the 110 hurdles in 16.31, while Caleb Cook crossed the line first in the 300 hurdles in 41.27.
Mekhi Garrard finished second in the long jump, while Isaiah Brisco was fourth in the triple jump. Garrard was also the runner-up in the 100, with teammate William Wolfe third and Mason fifth.
Robert Hollis and Brumit finished second and third in the javelin. Roman Borboa was the runner-up in the 1600 and also placed third in the 800.
Zetthew Meister and Kamdyn Culver finished fourth and fifth in the discus, while Meister was fifth in the shot put and Gustavo Sabbag took fifth in the triple jump.
Sabbag took third in the 300 hurdles and Cook was fourth in the 110 hurdles.
The Cardinals finished second in two relays—the 4×800 (Blake Vaughn, Samuel Winesburg, Owen Weller and Joseph Dawson) and the 4×100 (Jordan Thornburg, Wolfe, Brisco and Garrard).
The 4×400 was third, with Brumit, Mason, Brisco and Cook competing.
Dustin Brockmiller placed fifth in the 3200 and Weller took sixth in the 400.
Webb City’s girls won five events.
Riley Hawkins crossed the line first in the 800 with a time of 2:29, while Abi Street won the 3200 in 11:54.
Dawsyn Decker and Haidyn Berry finished first and second, respectively, in the javelin.
Ripley Shanks won the pole vault and Emily Beres won the shot put.
Beres and Kaylyn Gilbert finished second and fourth in the discus. Gilbert was also third in the shot put.
Webb City’s girls finished second in the 4×800 (Lauren Kuechler, Street, Hawkins, Alanna Bundy), second in the 4×200 (Shanks, Maci Brown, Essence Robinson, Rachel Davison), third in the 4×100 (Morgan Brannon, Davison, Brown, Robinson) and third in the 4×400 (Khloe Rhuems, Hawkins, Davison and Kylie Jennings).
Bundy was third in the 800, Robinson took third in the 200, while Kuechler was fifth in the 1600.
CARL JUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS
As they have throughout the season, Ally Montez and Shiloh Sluder won two events apiece to lead the Carl Junction girls.
Montez won the 100 hurdles (15.17) and the 300 hurdles (46.34).
Sluder took first in the 100 with a time of 12.55 and also won the 200 in 25.35.
Carl Junction won the girls 4×100 relay in 49.44, with Olivia Vediz, Montez, Salma Lewis and Sluder competing.
Also for the Bulldogs, Sadie Burchett won the 1600 in 5:56, while Emerson Lundien was the runner-up in the pole vault.
Vediz took third in the long jump, finished fourth in the 100 and placed fifth in the triple jump.
Hannah Lee took second in the shot put and was fifth in the discus, with Loren Lee seventh.
Bryn Neria, Kalyssa Hagston and Kris Smith were fourth, fifth and sixth in the javelin. Khloe Burk was sixth in the 1600.
For the Carl Junction boys, Reese Bonjour won the javelin and Brendan Jewell placed second in the high jump.
Owen Hensley finished fifth in the pole vault, Jaycob Colgin was fifth in the long jump and Collin Emmert was fourth in the 3200 and fifth in the 1600.
NEOSHO HIGHLIGHTS
In leading the way for the Neosho girls, Jayden Browning finished second in three events, the high jump, long jump and triple jump.
Riley Kemna finished second in the 3200, Makenna Davis finished third in the 1600, while Madilyn Ebbinghaus was third in the 400.
Kinsley Wilson and Bailey Miller were fourth and fifth in the pole vault. Raine Harris took fifth in both hurdle races.
Neosho’s girls were fourth in the 4×400, with Miller, Claire Burghart, Ebbinghaus and Makayla Peters competing.
For the Neosho boys, Kaden Cole won the 1600 in 4:24 and took second in the 3200 (9:47).
Isaiah Green placed third in the triple jump, Isaiah Hill was third in the 400 and Jeremiah Larson took fourth in the 300 hurdles.
Neosho took second in the 4×400, with Tristan Clanton, Evan Haskins, Larson and Green running.
The Wildcats were third in the 4×200, with Clanton, Marcus Duncan, Haskins and Green running. Duncan, Talon Mitchell, Konnor Siler and Landen Wasson finished second in the 4×100.
Clanton finished fifth in the 200.
THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGHLIGHTS
The TJ boys finished fifth in the 4×100, with Elias Rincker, Kelsey Atteberry, Levi Triplett and Desi Hix competing.
For the TJ girls, the 4×400 relay team of Alivia Beard, Nico Carlson, Avery Hocker and Sarah Mueller finished seventh. Beard was sixth in the 100.
EAST NEWTON HIGHLIGHTS
East Newton’s Kelton Sorrell won the 800 in 1:57.
The Patriots won an exciting 4×400 relay in 3:31, as Sorrell used a strong finish to pass runners from Joplin, Neosho and Webb City.
FULL RESULTS: Webb City Invitational 2021 – Webb City Invitational (Raw) (milesplit.com)
