Webb City's boys' and girls' cross country teams finished first in team standings at the 2026 Central Ozark Conference West Cross Country Championships Saturday at Nixa.
Boys' race
The boys captured the COC title with 26 points. Willard was runner-up with 57, Joplin was third with 69, Carthage finished fourth with 124 and Neosho was fifth with 133.
All five of the Webb City boys' scored runners finished in the top 10. Oscar Antillon led Webb City with a first-place finish after completing the course in 16:15.5.
James Baldassaro was runner-up (16:24), Aaron Dawson (16:46.9) finished sixth, James Dalrymple (16:48.5) was seventh and Jace Cross finished 10th with a time of 17:09.8.
Eli Sneddon (16:35.7) led Joplin with a fourth-place finish. Dalton Gray (17:10.1) was 11th, Noe Fischer (17:10.2) was close behind Fischer and finished 12th, Adam Meier (17:38.7) was 20th and Connor Lane (17:43.1) was 22nd in the field of 42 runners.
Carthage was led by Marlon Kubicek (17:14.7), who finished 16th. Samuel Huxol (17:50.1) was 23rd, Isaiah Reales (17:50.4) was close behind Huxol and finished 24th (17:50.4) and Ryder Reding (18:32) was 30th.
Neosho’s Jackson Weber (16:41.8) finished fifth, Victor Aguilera (18:19.8) was 28th, Victor Elias Lopez (18:30.1) finished 29th, Dylan Bussey (19:07.7) was 35th and Uriel Regis (19:19.5) was 36th.
Girls' race
On the girls' side, Webb City claimed first place with 29 points. Joplin was runner-up with 36 and Carthage was fourth with 93 points.
Webb City’s Araceli Perez finished as COC West champion with a time of 18:27.3. Teammate Olivia Klotz (18:51.1) was third, Alexis Shuster (19:20.4) was fourth, Emma McKinzie (19:54.8) finished seventh and Tatym Buster (20:14.5) was 14th in the field of 35.
Joplin was led by Emery Spencer, who was runner-up with a time of 18:45.9. Maddi Kehrer (19:39.6) was fifth, Breannah Holmes (20:03) finished eighth, Makayla Carter (20;05.3) was ninth and Juliette Rutledge (20:10) finished 12th.
Carthage was led by Stefany Lopez Reyes (20:09.4), who finished 11th. Laney Daniel (20:54.4) was 18th, Genesis Fuentes Elias (21:04.6) finished 20th, Hadley White (21:07.5) was 21st and Zei’lah Cifuentes (22:12.5) was 27th.
The Class 5 District 2 Championships will be Oct. 31 at Bolivar Municipal Golf Course.