WEBB CITY, Mo. — The host Cardinals swept both team championships at the Webb City Invitational track meet on Friday at Cardinal Stadium.
Webb City’s boys compiled 170 points, and Neosho (160.5) and Joplin (144) were second and third, respectively.
Webb City’s girls topped the team standings with 155.5 points. Joplin (126) and Carl Junction (119.5) finished second and third.
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
The Cardinals went 1-2-3 in the pole vault, with defending state champion Grayson Smith taking first (4.93m), Justin Allen second (4.7m) and Jadon Brisco third (3.95m).
Webb City took first and second in the javelin, as Trey Roets was first (53.49m) and Tucker Liberatore (49.17m) was second.
Webb City’s Evan Stevens won two individual events and was part of a winning relay.
A junior, Stevens took first in the 3200 in 9:59. Stevens (2:01) and Mason Hedger (2:04) finished first and second in the 800, while William Wolfe won the 200-meter dash in 22.42 seconds.
The 4×800 relay team of Fenton Rice, Noah Lankard, Hedger and Stevens took first in 8:25.
Second-place finishers for the Cardinals were Nate Miller (discus), Noah Moss (110 hurdles) and Wolfe (100), while Jordan Thornburg finished third in the 100 and Jace Jones was fourth in the 110 hurdles.
Finishing fifth in their events were Andrew Dawson (1600), Dalton Riggs (110 H), Moss (400) and Dakota Grove (800).
The team of Brisco, Moss, Joshua White and Hedger finished third in the 4×400 relay.
Winning events for the Webb City girls were Abi Street (3200), Chase Stilley (high jump), Essence Robinson (long jump), Aubree Lassiter (discus), Jaeli Rutledge (shot put) and Dawsyn Decker (javelin).
The team of Emily Countryman, Aspen White, Kristina Bundy and Brooke Hedger won the 4×800 in 10:27.
Webb City’s girls were second in the 4×400, with Kylie Jennings, Stilley, Alyssa Moreno and Robinson competing.
White was the runner-up in the 800, Hedger took second in the 400 and Countryman finished third in the 1600.
JOPLIN HIGHLIGHTS
Joplin’s boys won the 4×100 relay in 43.91 seconds, with Quinton Renfro, Tayshaun Palmer, Orion Norris and Davin Thomas competing.
Joplin’s 4×200 relay team of Palmer, Fredy Cerrato-Martinez, Norris and Thomas finished second.
The Eagles were fourth in the 4×400, with Ian Horton, Jamohn Smith, Avarus Kuhn-Wofford and Cerrato-Martinez competing.
Horton and Chance Tindall finished second and third in the 1600, while Grey Edwards and Tindall were second and third in the 3200.
Taking third in their events were Aiden Scourten (triple jump), Dontrell Holt (shot put) and Kuhn-Wofford (110 H).
Fourth-place finishers were Aidan Sampson (long jump), Cordell Washington (triple jump), Thomas (100), Scourten (400) and Norris (200). Drew VanGilder took fifth in the javelin.
Joplin’s girls won the 4×200 relay in 1:49, with Phia Vogel, Abigayle Lowery, Abigail Eckert and Brylee Strickland competing.
The JHS girls won the 4×100 in 50.45 seconds, with Vogel, Sophie Krumsick, Eckert and Lowery running.
The Eagles were third in the 4×400, with Kiki Thom, Krumsick, Aubrey Strickland and Holden competing.
Second-place finishers for the Joplin girls were Kendall Nyarango (long jump), Micah Holden (100 hurdles) and Brylee Strickland (100, 200).
Taking third were thirds: Maria Loum (pole vault) and Aubrey Strickland (triple jump), while fourth-place finishers were Eckert (long jump), Claire Jasper (shot put) and Loum (100 H).
CARL JUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Carl Junction sophomore Sydney Ward won three events. Ward crossed the line first in the 100-meter dash in 12.49 seconds, won the 200 in 25.5 seconds and also took first in the 400 in 58.53 seconds.
CJ’s Acadia Badgley (3.05m) and Brooke Jasperson (2.75m) finished first and second in the pole vault.
Madilyn Olds took second in the javelin, Dezi Williams finished third in the high jump and Izzy Southern was third in the shot put.
The CJ girls were second in the 4×400, with Emily Rice, Evie Weibel, Delaney Harris and Zoie Weibel competing.
For the Carl Junction boys, Owen Hensley finished fourth in the pole vault, Braxton Dodds took fifth in the javelin and Ryder Pyles was fifth in both the long jump and triple jump
COLLEGE HEIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
The College Heights boys finished fourth in the 4×800 relay, with Zach Beaty, Steven Calandro, Ian Edwards and Jace Edwards competing.
The Cougars were also fourth in the 4×200, with Logan Decker, Levi Durling, Caleb Quade and Derek Bowman running.
Quade finished third in both the long jump and high jump and was also seventh in the triple jump, while Calandro was fifth in the 300 hurdles.
The College Heights girls won the 4×400 relay in 4:19, with Jesalin Bever, Jayli Johnson, Allie Stout and Lauren Ukena running.
The CHC girls finished second in the 4×200 in 1:50, with Johnson, Stout, Ukena and Bever competing.
Also for the CHC girls, Johnson finished third in the 400 and fifth in the 100, Bever was fourth in the 300 hurdles and sixth in the 100 hurdles and Marla Anderegg took third in the 800 and fifth in the 1600.
Bailey Peoples and Maddy Colin tied for sixth in the high jump.
NEOSHO HIGHLIGHTS
Neosho’s boys won two relays, the 4×200 in 1:32 and the 4×400 in 3:29. Competing in the 4×200 were Izaiah Hill, Tyrone Harris, Isaiah Green and Tyrese Hill. Running the 4×400 were Isaiah Keezer, Green, Virgil Rosiere and Izaiah Hill.
The Wildcats were second in the 4×100, with Brock Franklin, Tyrese Hill, Harris and Jared Siler competing.
Tyrese Hill won the 100-meter dash in 11.14 seconds and took second in the 200 (22.43). Izaiah Hill won the 400 and placed third in the 200, while Keezer was third in the 400.
Siler and Green were first and second in the long jump, while Green and Siler were first and second in the triple jump. Siler and Cade Camerer finished second and third in the high jump.
Carter Baslee took third in the discus and fifth in the shot put, while Collyn Kivett finished third in the javelin.
For the Neosho girls, Miranda Wennhold and Claire Burghart took first and second in the triple jump.
Jazmyn Washington was second in the high jump and took third in the 100 hurdles.
Chloe Wood and Riley Kemna finished second and third in the 3200, while Wood was the runner-up in the 1600, with Kemna fourth.
Kaylee Schibi placed third in the discus, Madilyn Ebbinghaus was fourth in the 200, Raine Harris took fourth in the triple jump and Kailyn Daniels took fifth in the pole vault.
The NHS girls took fourth in both the 4×100 and 4×200 relays.
MCDONALD COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS
McDonald County’s 4×400 relay team of Dominic Cervantes, Hunter Leach, Dalton McClain and Josh Pacheco finished second.
McDonald County’s boys finished third in the 4×200 relay, with Esteban Martinez-Olvera, McClain, Aidrian Short and Pacheco competing.
The Mustangs were fourth in the 4×100, with Samuel Barton, Martinez-Olvera, McClain and Pacheco running.
Leach placed third in the 800, Toby Moore finished fifth in the discus and Andrew Moritz was seventh in the javelin.
McDonald County’s Anissa Ramirez finished third in the girls javelin, while Gia Coffel and Savannah Leib finished third and fifth in the high jump.
Lacey Nixa took fourth in the pole vault and fifth in the 300 hurdles, while Anna Price was fourth in the 800, Carlie Martin was fifth in the triple jump and Clara Horton finished fifth in the 400.
THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGHLIGHTS
Thomas Jefferson’s 4×800 relay team of Trenton Farley, Braden Honeywell-Lynch, James Wisdom and Eann Espinoza finished fifth.
Honeywell-Lynch took seventh in the 1600.
Sheraz Anis finished eighth in the 100 hurdles and ninth in the 300 hurdles.
For the Thomas Jefferson girls, Macie Shifferd placed fourth in the 3200, Jenna Joseph was eighth in the 800 and Gabriella Hiebert took eighth in the long jump.
The TJ girls were seventh in the 4×100, with Leah Studer, Hiebert, Haley Orr and Nico Carlson competing.
WEBB CITY INVITATIONAL
Girls team scores: Webb City 155.5, Joplin 126, Carl Junction 119.5, Neosho 96.5, Willard 83, College Heights Christian 55, McDonald County 49.5, Thomas Jefferson 9.
Boys team scores: Webb City 170, Neosho 160.5, Joplin 144, Willard 135, McDonald County 40, College Heights 33.5, Carl Junction 28, Parkview 7, Thomas Jefferson 7.
