Lucas Riffe ran a personal best of 17:08.3 and finished ninth in the boys West race at the Central Ozark Conference Championships Friday morning at Inman Intermediate School in Nixa.
The Republic boys finished sixth of six teams in the West with 142 points, and the Lady Tigers were fifth of five scoring teams with 111. Zoey Johns led the Republic girls with a 19th-place finish.
Riffe was the only Republic boy in the top 20. Five of Republic’s seven varsity boys set personal bests.
Luke Delahay was 21st in 17:40.9, Eli Sherrow ran a personal best of 19:06.4 to finish 34th, and Caleb Brest was 38th in 19:41.5. Freshman Caden Young ran a personal best of 19:58.2 to finish 40th. Hiro Nambara finished 41st in 20:00.8 and Derek Argaez was 42nd in 20:37.7, and both of them ran personal bests, too.
Webb City won the boys team title with 26 points and had four of the top seven runners, including sophomore Oscar Antillon, who won the race in 16:15.6.
Johns finished in 21:01.0, and Jovi Kirby ran a personal best of 21:25.4 to finish 22nd.
Brylie Harris, Elin Waterman and Peyton Bodoin finished 24th, 25th and 26th, 13.8 seconds apart. Harris ran 21:55.7, Waterman ran a personal best of 22:05.6 and Bodoin ran a season best of 22:09.5. Ellie Woolfenden finished 34th with a season best of 25:43.1.
Webb City also won the girls team title with 29 points. Webb City senior Araceli Perez won the race in 18:27.4.
Republic’s next meet is the Class 5 District 2 meet on Saturday, Oct. 31.
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