Webb City’s boys and girls both captured team championships at Friday’s Joplin Invitational track meet.
The Webb City boys topped the standings with 167.5 points. Joplin was a close second with 166. Either the Cardinals or the Eagles had the winner in all but four events.
The Webb City boys won seven events.
Claiming first-place finishes for Webb City’s boys were Mekhi Garrard (200, triple jump), Caleb Cook (110 hurdles), Gustavo Sabbag (300 hurdles), Luke Brumit (high jump), Pryce Mason and Grayson Smith (pole vault tie) and Zetthew Meister (discus).
Finishing second in their events were Roman Borboa (3200), Sabbag (110 H), and Garrard (long jump).
Webb City’s 4×800 relay team of Owen Weller, Borboa, Joseph Dawson and Samuel Winesburg finished second.
Taking third were Cook (300 H) and Matt McDaniel (high jump).
The Cardinals were fourth in the 4×100 (William Headrick, Joshua White, Jordan Thornburg, Isaiah Brisco) and fourth in the 4×400 (Brumit, Mason, Cook, Jacob Shonk).
Webb City’s girls compiled 129 points, eight more than second-place Nevada.
Event winners for the Webb City girls were Essence Robinson (100-meter dash), Riley Hawkins (400) and Haidyn Berry (javelin).
Finishing second in their events were Abi Street (3200), Emily Beres (shot put, discus), Robinson (long jump) and Dawsyn Decker (javelin).
Webb City’s 4×800 relay team of Alanna Bundy, Hawkins, Street and Lauren Kuechler took second. The 4×400 relay team of Kylie Jennings, Maci Brown, Hawkins and Robinson finished third.
Third-place individuals were Kaylyn Gilbert (shot put, discus), Bundy (800) and Kuechler (1600), while Ripley Shanks was fourth in the pole vault.
CARL JUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Carl Junction’s girls won five events and finished fifth in the team standings with 98 points.
The Bulldogs took first in the 4×100 relay (50.68), with Olivia Vediz, Ally Montez, Salma Lewis and Shiloh Sluder competing.
Montez won both the 100-meter hurdles (15.97) and the 300 hurdles (48.14), while Sluder won the 100-meter dash (12.91) and Emerson Lundien won the pole vault.
Vediz finished third in both the 100 and the triple jump, while Brooklyn Meyer was fourth in the high jump, Riley Briggs took fourth in the 800 and Loren Lee placed fourth in the discus.
For the CJ boys, Brendan Jewell was second in the high jump.
Collin Emmert placed third in the 3200 and sixth in the 1600. Drew Patterson took sixth in the 110 hurdles.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Carthage’s girls won the 4×200 relay in 1:55, with Katie Crowe, Sydnee Dudolski, Ashlynn Patrick and Karly Sullivan competing.
The 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams featuring the same four runners both finished second.
Kennedy Smith and Joey Hettinger finished second and third, respectively, in the high jump, while Smith was the runner-up in the triple jump and placed fourth in the long jump.
Morelia Reyes-Perez finished sixth in the 800 and seventh in the 1600, while Hadley McBride took seventh in the 3200.
For the Carthage boys, Caleb Calvin won the javelin and teammate Dennis Witt was third.
Aiden Logan was the runner-up in the shot put and also took sixth in the discus.
NEOSHO HIGHLIGHTS
Neosho’s girls finished third in the team standings with 102.5 points.
Freshman Riley Kemna won the 3200 in 12:10, while Bailey Miller was the runner-up in the 800 and the pole vault. Jayden Browning won the triple jump.
The NHS girls took third in the 4×800, with Kemna, Makenna Davis, Heaven Kivett and Miller running. Neosho’s girls were fourth in the 4×200, with Taigen Mitchell, Claire Burghart, Kivett and Miranda Wennhold competing.
Third-place finishers for the Neosho girls were Madilyn Ebbinghaus (400) and Kendall Platner (100 H), while Davis (1600, 3200) and Kinley Wilson (pole vault) finished fourth in their events.
The Neosho boys were led by Kaden Cole, who won the 800 and took second in the 1600.
The Wildcats took first in the 4×400, with Tristan Clanton, Evan Haskins, Cole and Isaiah Green competing.
Neosho’s 4×200 team of Jeremiah Larson, Marcus Duncan, Noah Reed and William Howell took second.
Tristen Linders placed second in the discus, while Larson was second in the 300 hurdles and fourth in the 110 hurdles.
Neosho’s boys were fourth in the standings.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Nevada’s girls won the 4×400 in 4:31, with Bailey Ast, Jade Feller, Clara Swearingen and Madyson Majors competing.
Nevada’s Lillian Hart won both the high jump and the long jump, while teammates Claire Pritchett (shot put) and Taylor Thompson (discus) also won events.
Riverton’s Cali Bocovich was the runner-up in the girls 400.
Columbus’ Gunnar Lawrence won the boys 400 in 53.87.
McDonald County’s Esteban Martinez-Olvera was third in the 200.
JOPLIN INVITATIONAL
Boys team standings: Webb City 167.5, Joplin 166, Rogers Heritage 106.5, Neosho 90, Nevada 41.5, McDonald County 37.5, Carthage 33, Columbus 28, Carl Junction 23.5, Riverton 17.5.
Girls team standings: Webb City 129, Nevada 121, Neosho 102.5, Joplin 99, Carl Junction 98, Carthage 62, Riverton 38.5, Columbus 34, McDonald County 31.
FULL RESULTS: Joplin Varsity 2021 – Complete Results (Raw) (milesplit.com)
