BOLIVAR, Mo. — Webb City’s boys and girls track and field teams finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Southwest Baptist University High School Invitational on Monday.
The meet featured 22 schools who compete in Class 5 or Class 4.
Webb City’s boys finished second in the team standings with 85.5 points. Waynesville was first with 105.5. Nixa (76) and Kickapoo (58) were third and fourth.
The top four girls teams were Kickapoo (92), Republic (82), Marshfield (65) and Webb City (64).
Athletes from Carl Junction and Carthage also competed at the event.
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
The Webb City boys won three events and had 11 total top-five finishes.
Trey Roets won the javelin with a toss of 174 feet and Grayson Smith took first in the pole vault by clearing 14-7.25.
Evan Stevens crossed the line first in the 3200 with a time of 9:37 and was also second in the 1600 in 4:19.
Also for the Cardinals, Justin Allen took second in the pole vault, William Wolfe finished second in the 100, while Tucker Liberatore took third in the javelin, Nate Miller was fourth in the discus and Joseph DeGraffenreid finished fourth in the high jump.
Webb City’s Jordan Thornburg was sixth in the 100, Malique McCarter placed eighth in the javelin, Jadon Brisco took eighth in the pole vault and Julian Andrae was eighth in the triple jump.
The Cardinals finished third in the 4×100 relay and took fifth in the 4×200 relay.
Webb City’s girls won four events and finished in the top five in three others.
Webb City senior Abi Street won two events, the 1600 with a time of 5:10 and the 3200 in 11:07.
Brooke Hedger took first in the 800 in 2:22 and Dawsyn Decker won the javelin with a toss of 136-9.
Also for the Cardinals, Hedger finished third in the 1600, Chase Stilley tied for third in the high jump, Essence Robinson took sixth in the 400, Aubree Lassiter finished seventh in the discus and Lily McCaw was eighth in the pole vault.
Webb City’s girls were fourth in the 4×400 relay and seventh in the 4×100 relay.
CARL JUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Carl Junction sophomore Sydney Ward won two events, the 100-meter dash in 12.29 seconds and the 200 in 25.7 seconds.
Also for the Bulldogs, Acadia Badgley and Brooke Jasperson finished second and fifth, respectively, in the pole vault, and Madilyn Olds placed sixth in the javelin.
The CJ girls were eighth in two relays, the 4×100 and the 4×200.
Carl Junction’s Braxton Dodds finished seventh in the boys javelin and Ryder Pyles took seventh in the long jump.
Carl Junction’s girls were ninth in the team standings and the CJHS boys were 20th.
CARTHAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Carthage’s Miguel Solano took first in the boys 800 in 1:56.
Also for the Tigers, Daryl Martin finished third in the 110 hurdles and was fourth in the 300 hurdles, Micah Lindsey placed fourth in the shot put and seventh in the discus and Michael Lanyon took fifth in the 2000 steeplechase.
The Tigers were third in the 4×400 relay and eighth in the 4×800 relay.
For the Carthage girls, Lexa Youngblood placed fourth in the 400 and fifth in the 200, Chasity Straw finished fifth in the discus and Ada Roughton finished sixth in the triple jump.
The CHS girls finished seventh in the 4×400 relay and eighth in the 4×800 relay.
Carthage’s boys finished ninth in the standings, while the CHS girls were 16th.
