Local track teams meet in Iola 

Local high school track teams from Humboldt, Crest, Marmaton Valley and Southern Coffey County competed in a track meet at Riverside Park which was hosted by Waverly. Crest took the highest team placements in both boys and girls while athletes from all schools took top placements.

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April 20, 2023 - 2:46 PM

Southern Coffey County High's Reston Cox throws the javelin. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

Local high school track teams from Humboldt, Crest, Marmaton Valley and Southern Coffey County met in Iola where Waverly hosted a meet on Monday. 

On the girls side of the competition, Crest finished in fourth place while Humboldt took sixth place, Marmaton Valley was seventh and SCC placed 10th. 

On the boys side, Crest came in ninth place, Humboldt was 14th, Marmaton Valley 15th and SCC was 18th. 

Crest’s Josie Walter came in first place in the girls 1600-meter run, Marmaton Valley’s Janae Granere took first place in the girls long jump and triple jump and Humboldt’s Trey Sommer grabbed third place in the boys 200-meter dash. Those were just some of the standouts. 

In the girls 100-meter dash, Crest’s Mia Coleman placed sixth with a time of 13.68 seconds. 

In the girls 400-meter dash, Humboldt’s Anna Heisler grabbed a seventh place finish in 1:11.04 while Mallory Sinclair placed 16th with a time of 1:15.05. SCC’s Karley Ohl came in 23rd place with a time of 1:22.15. 

Crest’s Ethan Godderz competes in the long jump. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

In the girls 800-meter run, Crest’s Peyton Schmidt placed second with a time of 2:38.77. Humboldt’s Skylar Hottenstein came in fifth place in 2:57.31. 

In the girls 1600-meter run, Crest’s Josie Walter finished in first place with a time of 5:53.39. She was joined by teammate Aubrey Allen in fourth place in 6:26.61. Humboldt’s McKenna Jones took fifth place in 6:31.86. 

In the girls 3200-meter run, Crest’s Walter placed second with a time of 13:02.18. Schmidt came in fourth place for the Lady Lancers with a time of 14:02.28. Allen placed fifth with a time of 14:19.90. 

In the girls 100-meter hurdles, Humboldt’s Laney Hull finished in third place with a time of 17.75 seconds while Assya Goforth took fifth place in 18.54 seconds. Crest’s Coleman finished in fifth place in 18.54 seconds. 

In the girls 300-meter hurdles, Humboldt’s Hull came in fourth place in 54.51 seconds while Goforth finished in 12th place with a time of 1:11.15. 

In the girls 4×100 meter relay, Crest placed fifth with a time of 55.53 seconds. Humboldt came in eighth place in 56.95 seconds 

In the girls 4×400 meter relay, Marmaton Valley took third place with a time of 4:41.26. Crest followed in fourth place with a time of 4:51.05. Humboldt placed eighth in 5:04.38. 

A Humboldt High track and field athlete competes in the javelin. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

In the girls high jump, Humboldt’s Hull came in fifth place with a leap of 4 feet, 8 inches. Marmaton Valley’s Piper Barney placed fifth at 4’ 8”. 

In the girls pole vault, Humboldt’s Heisler finished in third place at 5’ 9”. 

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