courtesy of her third-place finish in the long jump; Blake Walker, who placed fourth in the shot put; and Mateo Miller, who took fourth in the 300-meter hurdles.
The top four finishers in each event qualify for state.
Humboldt also has separate state-bound relay teams.
The Lady Cub quartet of Ella Lassman, Myers, Zoey Wilson and Dangerfield qualified by placing second in the 4×100-meter and fourth in the 4×400-meter relays.
On the boys’ side, McGowen, Colton Johnson, Aiden Gean and River Kaufman teamed to place third in the 4×100, while the foursome of Harrington, Sam Neeley, McGowen and Javyn Hess placed fourth in the 4×800-meter relay.
Yates Center also is sending an athlete to state.
Liberty Cavender placed third in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles, booking her ticket to Wichita.
In a break from tradition, the state track meet will be run over three days, starting Thursday, with the largest schools from classes 5A and 6A taking center stage on Thursday; classes 3A and 4A on Friday and classes 1A and 2A next Saturday.
Humboldt’s results follow.
Girls
3200 — 7. Lulu Melendez, H, 15:09.12; 9. AJ Belcher, YC, 16:01.58
100m hurdles — 3. Liberty Cavender, YC, 18.66
4x800m relay — 5. Humboldt (Jada Dangerfield, Jessica Myers, Madilyn White, Zoey Wilson), 11:27.21
100 — 6. Madelyn Proper, YC, 14.13; 9. Rylie Smith, YC, 14.82
1600 — 8. Melendez, 6:45.55; 12. Belcher, 7:13.97; 13. Leah Mueller, H, 7:21.62
4x100m relay — 2. Humboldt (Ella Lassman, Myers, Wilson, Dangerfield), 54.22; 8. Yates Center (Cavender, Smith, Belcher, Proper), 57.15
300m hurdles — 8. Cavender, 58.30
800 — 10. Danica Modlin, H, 3:00.86; 11. White, 3:00.88
