Zach Woods made good on his second chance to win a Big 8 Conference pole-vault championship.

Woods and Lamar's Brady Luce cleared 12-0 without a miss before both failed to clear 12-6 on three attempts, setting up a jump off to decide the conference champion. Luce went first and missed again at 12-6, as did Woods. With the bar lowered to 12-3, Luce missed again while Woods easily cleared to win the Mustangs' only conference title.

Shane Russo placed in four events to lead the remaining Mustangs' results. Russo was second in the long jump (20-0), fourth in the triple jump (38-8) and 200 (23.55) and sixth in the 100 (11.51).

Rounding out other top six place finishes for McDonald County were Huechi Xiong, third pole vault, 11-0; Alex Gaudarrama, Truman Craig, Drew Landers and Cole DelosSantos, third, 4x800 relay, 9:20.9; Guadarrama, fourth, 1600, 4:55.24; Bucky Harrell, fifth, triple jump, 38-0.5; Craig, fifth, 800, 2:15.15; Jack Teague, Saul Garcia, Michael Williams and Harrell, sixth, 4x100, 1:42.07; DelosSantos, sixth, 300 hurdles, 46.29; and David Lazalde, sixth, 3200, 11:03.69.

Lamar easily claimed the team title with 231 points. Monett took second with 94 followed by East Newton with 90, Cassville 63, McDonald County 50, Aurora 25, Mount Vernon 23 and Seneca 13.

McDonald County returns to the track for the Missouri Class 4 District 6 Track and Field Championships on May 13 at Carl Junction High School.

Girls

East Newton's Kinsey Sorrell won four events to lead the Lady Patriots to their first conference championship in 31 years. Sorrell won the 800 (2:32.51), 1600 (6:01.7), 3200 (12:55.65) and ran a leg on the winning 4x800 relay (10:45.9).

East Newton edged Monett 131-125 to win the team championship followed by Lamar in third with 74, Mount Vernon 58, McDonald County 57, Cassville 56, Seneca 52 and Aurora 17.

The Lady Mustangs were led by Ragan Wilson and Jordan Witt. Wilson just missed a conference title in the 400, taking second despite a dive at the finish line. Wilson was timed in 1:02.57 while winner Kaitlyn Massey of East Newton won the race in 1:02.52.

Wilson also ran a leg on the second place 4x800 relay team (10:48.8) and the third place 4x400 relay team (4:31.95). Joining Wilson on the 4x800 were Adyson Sanny, Cassadi Dowd and Addy Mick while Ruby Palomo-Martinez replaced Dowd on the 4x400 team.

Witt was third in the triple jump (32-11), and fourth in the high jump (4-4) and long jump (15-7).

Other top six place finishes for the Lady Mustangs were Sammi Dowd, second, pole vault, 7-6; Cassadi Dowd, third, 800, 2:37.89; Sanny, fourth, 800, 2:38.95; Britiny Calvert, Chloe Teague, Caitlin Hall and Mick, fifth, 4x200, 2:04.89; Teague, sixth, pole vault (7-6); and Emily Landers, sixth, shot put, 29-8.