BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — The Joplin High School boys track and field squad finished second in the team standings at the Gary Parker Invitational on Friday night.
The top five teams were Nixa (84.4), Joplin (77.2), Park Hill (75), Liberty (73) and Kearney (71). There were 15 teams competing.
Joplin senior Hobbs Campbell won the 3200 with a school record time of 9:17.35 and teammate Ian Horton was third in the same event (9:43).
Joplin’s boys won two relays, the 4×100 relay in 42.69 seconds and the 4×800 in 8:16. Competing in the 4×100 were Quinton Renfro, Davin Thomas, Orion Norris and Noah Soriano, while Campbell, Horton, Chance Tindall and Grey Edwards ran the 4×800.
Soriano finished second in two events, the 100-meter dash (11.46) and the 200 (22.58). He also finished third in the pole vault.
Also for the Eagles, Avarus Kuhn-Wofford took fourth in the 300 hurdles, Cordell Washington was fourth in the triple jump, Logan Bever took sixth in the pole vault, Dontrell Holt placed seventh in the shot put, Edwards finished seventh in the 1600 and Drew VanGilder placed eighth in the javelin.
The top five girls teams were Blue Springs (160), Liberty (92), Blue Springs (92), Park Hill (51.5) and Lee’s Summit North (51).
Joplin’s girls scored 25 points and finished 11th out of 17 teams.
Joplin’s Kiki Thom and Aubrey Strickland finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 300 hurdles.
Maria Loum placed fifth in the pole vault, Brylee Strickland finished sixth in the 100-meter dash, Micah Holden was sixth in the 100 hurdles and Aubrey Strickland finished eighth in the triple jump.
The JHS girls were sixth in the 4×400 relay, with Thom, Sophia Schroeder, Aubrey Strickland and Kendall Nyarango competing.
Joplin’s 4×100 relay team finished seventh, with Phia Vogel, Abigayle Lowery, Loum and Brylee Strickland competing.
