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Both the Webb City girls and boys teams won the Central Ozark Conference-West cross country meets Saturday at Nixa.
Araceli Perez paced the girls in the 5,000-meter run. Her time was 18.27.40.
Following her to achieve a team score of 29 were Olivia Klotz, third; Alexis Shuster, fourth; Emma McKinzie, seventh, and Tatym Buster, 14th.
The average time for those five scoring teammates was 19.21.
Hallie McKinzie (23rd) and Ellie Foreman (28th) also ran for the team.
Joplin placed second with 36 points.
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All five scoring boys placed in the top 10 to score just 26 points as a team.
The pack was led by Oscar Antillon, with a time of 16:15.60. James Baldassaro came in less than 9 seconds later. Aaron Dawson and James Dalrymple came in 31 and 33 seconds later, while Jace Cross was only trailing Antillon by 54 seconds.
Their average time was 16:41.
Also running were James Elvis Yeakey (14th) and Mason Struckhoff (17th).
After a week off, the squads will compete in the Class 5 District 2 meet on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Bolivar.
