WICHITA — Humboldt High’s Drew Wilhite ended his high school athletic career with another piece of state hardware.
The HHS senior, who has signed to compete in track at Pittsburg State University next fall, placed sixth in the 400-meter dash at the Class 3A State Track Meet on Saturday.
Wilhite ran 51.58 seconds, nearly .4 seconds faster than his mark at regionals, despite running into the face of a brutal south wind for much of the race.
He was joined on the medal stand by classmate Levi McGowen — a Butler Community College signee — who took sixth in the 3A boys triple jump. McGowen cleared 42 feet, 6.75 inches.
Also taking home hardware was Anna Goforth, a senior, who earned an eighth-place medal in the girls javelin, clearing 111 feet with her throw, just a few inches from her best mark of the season.
Other Humboldt athletes also peaked at the right time, ending the season with career-best marks.
Humboldt’s Maddox Johnson, for example, threw the shot put 46’5.25”, a personal mark for the junior, to claim 12th in that event.
Senior Kirstyn Murrow also set a career high with her 10th-place javelin throw of 110’3”.
Class 3A State Track
Boys
400m
6. Drew Wilhite, 51.58
High jump
16. Wilhite, 5’8”
Shot put
