NEODESHA — The Humboldt High track team competed at the Neodesha Invitational last Thursday.
The Humboldt girls earned fourth place out of 10 teams while the Humboldt boys took fifth place as a team. Top individual performers included Peyton Wallace taking first place in the 800-meter and 1600-meter runs and Laney Hull taking first place in the 100-meter hurdles.
“We always seem to have good times at this meet,” Humboldt head coach Eric Carlson said. “Our kids went out and competed. We have been stressing to them, they may not always win or even place, but we want them to be competitors in whatever event they do.”
Hull finished in first place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.64 seconds while placing first in the 300-meter hurdles with a personal-record time of 51.96 seconds. She also placed fourth in the high jump with a leap of 4’ 10”.
Assya Goforth placed fifth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.31.
Skyler Hottenstein took fifth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:52.
Carsyn Haviland took third place in the javelin with a throw of 92’ 11”.
Ricklyn Hillmon took fifth place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 30.02 seconds. She also set a personal-record in the 400-meter run with a second-place time of 1:06.
Anna Heisler took sixth place in the 400-meter run at 1:09.71.
Tori Melendez got third place in the 1600-meter run with a mark of 7:04.
The girls 4×100 meter relay team of Morgan Sterling, Ella Lassman, Morgan Hunter and Josey Ellis took third place with a time of 57.44 seconds.
In the girls 4×400 meter relay, Hillmon, Sterling, Hull and Heisler earned second place with a season-best time of 4:38.
The girls 4×800 meter relay team of Hillmon, Kenisyn Hottenstein, Heisler and Melendez took second place in 11:51.
Trey Sommer took first place in the long jump, 18’ 9.25”, second place in the 400-meter run, 56.09 seconds, and fourth place in the 100-meter run in 11.79 seconds.
Wallace got first place in the 800-meter run in 2:11, a personal record time. He also won first place in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:15.