NEODESHA — Humboldt Middle School’s track and field athletes weren’t about to let a little wind slow down their medal pursuit Monday.
Despite a ferocious west wind through much of the competition, the Cub athletes racked up several top finishes at the Neodesha Invitational.
Highlighting Humboldt’s day was the seventh-grade boys, who won their first meet of the season. Both Teryn Johnson and David Watts finished in the top four of all four of their events to lead the way.
“We only have eight boys on the seventh-grade team,” track coach Scott Brady noted. “To win that big of a meet with that few kids is a special accomplishment.”
Meanwhile, Aricah McCall and Kaylie Johnson all finished in the top four in three of their four events to lead the seventh-grade girls to a third-place team finish. Morgan Mauk did them one better, finishing in the top four in all four of her events.
For the eighth-graders, Britnee Works, Sierra Brinkerhoff, Kaiti Carpenter and Lizzie Myers all took home points to lead the girls to third as a team.
For the eighth-grade boys, Jacob Barker placed in all four of his events. Noah Johnson placed in three of his four to lead the way. The squad also took third of the nine teams in attendance.
Full results follow:
Girls
Seventh Grade
Long jump — 1. Kaylie Johnson, 13’3”
Shot put — 5. Sydney Barker, 24’2”
Discus — 3. Zoey Rinehart, 57’10”
100 meters — 4. Morgan Mauk, 14.94
1600 meters — 1. Aricah McCall, 6:29.03
4×100 relay — 4. Humboldt (Sydney Hegwald, Anne Wood, Alex Melendez, Leigha Habiger), 1:12.72
400 meters — 4. Mauk, 1:12.67
800 meters — 3. McCall, 3:01.67
200 meters — 1. Mauk, 31.0; 5. Johnson, 32.47
Medley relay — 3. (Tori White, McCall, Mauk, Johnson), 2:19.08
Eighth Grade
High jump — 1. Britnee Works, 4’4”; 3. Lizzie Myers, 4’; 5. Denise Johnson, 3’10”
Long jump — 1. Sierra Brinkerhoff, 13’9”; 3. Works, 13’1”; 6. Myers, 12’9”
75m hurdles — 3. Brinkerhoff, 14.16; 6. Myers, 15.38
4×100 relay — 6. Humboldt (Rylan Wilhite, Kaiti Carpenter, Hannah Riebel, Works), 1:00.12
400 meters — 4. Carpenter, 1:11.09
4×200 relay — 6. Humboldt (Ashlyn Tait, Chasity Wells, Cheyenne Steinbrook, Denise Johnson), 2:38.40
800 meters — 6. Wilhite, 3:11.49
200 meters — 3. Brinkerhoff, 32.39; 5. Carpenter, 33.38
Medley relay — 2. Humboldt (Myers, Wilhite, Works, Carpenter), 2:17.10
Boys
Seventh Grade
Long jump — 3. David Watts, 13’5”; 6. Bo Bigelow, 12’10”
Discus — 1. Tucker Hurst, 84’5”; 3. Teryn Johnson, 74’7”
75m hurdles — 2. Johnson, 13.88
100 meters — 4. Watts, 14.48; 5. Bigelow, 14.60
4×100 relay — 3. Humboldt (Calvin Schoendaller, Caleb Coronado, Joe Murrow, Watts), 1:03.38
4×200 relay — 1. Humboldt (Ryan Sellman, Coronado, Murrow, Bigelow), 2:08.57
200 meters — 4. Johnson, 31.58; 5. Hurst, 31.66
Medley relay — 2. Humboldt (Sellman, Hurst, Johnson, Watts), 2:11.12
Eighth Grade
High jump — 3. Colin Gillespie, 5’
Long jump — 5. Jacob Barker, 14’9”
Shot put — 2. Nate Todd, 39’10”; 3. Noah Johnson, 39’2”
Discus 2. Johnson, 105’7”; 4. Zach Korte, 84’6”
3200 meters — 4. Zach Sigler, 14:08.64
100 meters — 4. Barker, 13.18
400 meters — 1. Barker, 1:01.30
4×200 relay — 6. Humboldt (Seth Hegwald, Korte, Gillespie, Lance Daniels), 2:11.80
Medley relay — 4. Humboldt (Caleb Hart, Hesston Murrow, Johnson, Barker), 2:08.68
Humboldt middle-schoolers succeed
