Zoey Johns and Lucas Riffe led Republic again at the Branson Invitational Saturday at Cedar Ridge Elementary, where the Republic girls finished fifth out of seven scoring teams and the boys finished seventh out of 10.
Johns finished 11th in the girls race in 21:33.6. Jovi Kirby was 29th in 22:54.4, and freshman Elin Waterman finished 34th in 23:22.9, 15.6 seconds ahead of Peyton Bodoin, who was 35th in 23:38.5.
Quinnlyn Keller ran a season best of 24:13.7 to finish 38th. Zoie Walker was 49th in 26:59.9 and Ellie Woolfenden was 50th in 27:24.4.
Republic scored 117 points. Lebanon won the team title with 37, ahead of Nixa with 74 and Willard with 82. Reeds Spring freshman Anna Ross won the race in 17:59.6, and West Plains’ Kaebrynn Gunter was second in 18:18.7.
Riffe finished 16th in the boys race in 17:36.8. Luke Delahay was 31st in 18:11.2.
Eli Sherrow finished 48th in 19:18.0, and Caleb Brest ran a season best of 19:31.0 to finish 51st. Hiro Nambara was 61st in 20:59.7 and Derek Argaez was 63rd in 21:08.8.
West Plains won the boys team title with 32 points and took four of the top five places. Blake Romans won the race in 16:04.4. Kickapoo was second with 74 and Ozark was third with 85. Republic scored 187 points.
Bradley Scobee ran for Republic in the JV boys race and finished 53rd in 23:09.7.
Republic’s next meet is the COC Championships on Oct. 16, at 8 a.m.
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