EUREKA — Good things indeed come in threes.
Just ask Humboldt High’s Maddox Johnson, who tripled down on gold medals, winning the shot put, javelin and discus events Thursday at the Eureka Invitational.
Johnson’s personal-best javelin throw covered 166 feet, 3 inches. In the discus Johnson had a throw of 149’ 4”. And in the shot put his throw traveled 45’5”.
The Cub boys placed third out of 11 teams, while Humboldt’s girls placed sixth.
“I was pleased with many of our performances today,” said Humboldt head coach Eric Carlson. “We still have work to do to get better, and we still have room for improvement. We will practice hard the next few weeks and then start to sharpen for the final few weeks.”
Girls
Kinley Tucker secured first place in the shot put with a throw of 32’ 0.50” and fifth place in the discus with a throw of 80’ 9.5”.
Kenisyn Hottenstein took second place in the shot put at 29’ 10.5” while also taking second place in the javelin with a toss of 92’ 1”.
McKenna Jones took second place in the 800 meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 48 seconds.
Ricklyn Hillmon tied for sixth place in the high jump at 4’ 2” while taking third in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:09.39.
Morgan Hunter placed fifth in the javelin with a throw of 82’ 9”.
In the girls 4×100 meter relay, Josey Ellis, Teghen Jaro, Cassidy Friend and Ella Lassman took sixth place with a time of 59.13 seconds.
In the girls 4×400 meter relay, Ellis, Hillmon, Mallory Sinclair and Anna Heisler took fifth place with a time of 4:56.
In the girls 4×800 meter relay, Heisler, Hillmon, Sinclair and Jones secured second place with a time of 11:34.
Boys
