PITTSBURG, Kan. — Webb City’s boys and girls track teams both finished second in the team standings at the 34th annual Jock’s Nitch PSU Gorilla Relays on Friday at Pittsburg State University.
Webb City’s boys compiled 125.5 points and were second to Nixa (208). Willard (90), Lamar (87.5) and East Newton (60) rounded out the top five boys teams.
Nixa’s girls won the team title with 144 points, with Webb City second with 126.5.
Labette County (72), Girard (70) and El Dorado Springs (66) completed the top five teams. There were 20 teams in both divisions.
BOYS HIGHLIGHTS
Webb City’s boys won four events.
Webb City senior Grayson Smith won the pole vault by clearing 14 feet. Justin Allen and Jadon Brisco finished third and fourth in the same event.
Trey Roets won the javelin with a toss of 165-6, with teammates Tucker Liberatore and Malique McCarter finishing third and fourth.
Evan Stevens won the 3200 in 9:33 and also took second in the 1600 in 4:24.
Webb City won the 4×100-meter relay in 42.64 seconds.
Also for the Cardinals, William Wolfe was the runner-up in the 100-meter dash, Joseph DeGraffenreid finished third in the high jump, Jordan Thornburg took fourth in the 100 and Jace Jones was fifth in the 110 hurdles. The Cardinals were fifth in the 4×400.
East Newton’s Chase Sorrell won two events, the 1600 in 4:18 and the 800 in 1:57.
Lamar’s Terrill Davis took first in the long jump (19-11) and East Newton’s Michael Crowe won the high jump after clearing 6-6.
Thomas Jefferson’s Braden Honeywell-Lynch placed fifth in the 2000 steeplechase.
GIRLS HIGHLIGHTS
Webb City’s Abi Street, Brooke Hedger and Dawsyn Decker all won events in the girls meet.
Street won two events, the 1600 with a time of 5:16 and the 3200 in 11:06.
Hedger took first in the 800 with a time of 2:24 and Decker won the javelin with a toss of 138-9. Decker also placed third in the shot put (34-6).
Webb City’s Chase Stilley was the runner-up in the high jump after clearing 5-3.
Also for the Webb City girls, Essence Robinson placed third in the 400, Aubree Lassiter was third in the discus, Jaeli Rutledge tied for fourth in the high jump and was fifth in the shot put, while Alix Davis placed fourth in the pole vault, Emily Countryman took third in the 3200 and fifth in the 1600 and Hedger finished fifth in the 800.
Webb City’s girls took first in the 4×400 relay and third in the 4×100 relay.
Jasper sophomore Crystal Smith won four events, the high jump (5-5), the 100 hurdles (15.29), the 300 hurdles (46.24) and the 200-meter dash (26.22).
Thomas Jefferson’s duo of Samantha Seto and Nico Carlson took first and second in the 2000 steeplechase.
Carlson and Gabbi Hiebert finished fourth and sixth in the high jump and TJ’s Macie Shifferd was sixth in the 3200.
