UNIONTOWN — Humboldt, Marmaton Valley and Crest competed at the Uniontown Invitational track meet on Tuesday.
Crest secured first place as a team on the girls side while the Marmaton Valley boys earned first place as a team for the first time in over six years. Humboldt’s girls finished in third place as a team while Marmaton Valley’s girls came in fourth place.
On the boys side, Crest finished in second place and Humboldt secured seventh.
The schools had various athletes compete in a total of 38 events, separated into field events, preliminaries and finals.
In the girls high jump, Humboldt’s Laney Hull finished in third place with a 4-feet, 8-inch jump. Crest’s Josie Walter finished in fourth at 4’6” and Marmaton Valley’s Kaitlyn Drake came in sixth at 4’6” while Piper Barney finished in seventh with a jump of 4’6”. Crest’s Kaelin Nilges came in 10th at 4’4”.
In the boys high jump, Marmaton Valley’s Todd Stephenson finished in seventh with a jump of 5 feet.
“It is good to get out and compete and get back into the swing of things,” said Humboldt head coach Eric Carlson. “I was pleased with the way our kids performed and more pleased with the way they competed. We have quite a few inexperienced kids at all grade levels. I felt everyone met or exceeded my expectations for the first meet of the year.”
In the girls long jump, Marmaton Valley’s Janae Granere earned first place with a jump of 16 feet, .75 inches with teammate Barney coming in second place with a jump of 14’ 1.5”. Crest’s Kinley Edgerton and Brinley McGhee finished in fifth and sixth place with jumps of 13’ 6.75” and 12’ 10.25”, respectively. Drake came in 10th place for the Wildcats with a jump of 12’ 1.25”.
In the boys long jump, Crest’s Ethan Godderz secured first place at 19 feet, 1.75 inches while his teammate, McGhee, came in second place with a jump of 18’ 6”.
Humboldt’s Trey Sommer placed fourth with a long jump of 18’.25”. Crest’s Jerry Rodriguez came in seventh with a jump of 17’ 11.5”.
Marmaton Valley’s Stephenson took 10th place in the long jump with a jump of 17’2”. Humboldt’s Asher Hart came in 13th place at a 16’ 2.75” jump and Cub Caleb Gunderman came in 17th place with a jump of 14’ 1”.
In the girls triple jump, Marmaton Valley’s Granere placed first with a jump of 33 feet, 8.5 inches while Piper Barney came in second place with a 33’ 1.75” jump. Humboldt’s Morgan Sterling placed third with a jump of 29’1.50”. Marmaton Valley’s Kylah Sanders placed fifth with a jump of 25’ 6.25”.
The boys triple jump saw Godderz secure first place for Crest with a 40 feet, 9-inch jump. Marmaton Valley’s Stephenson placed fourth at 33’ 8” and Humboldt’s Byron Westbrook came in sixth place with a jump of 29’ 8.75”.
In the girls discus, Crest’s Delaney Ramsey secured third place with a throw of 77’ 1.50”. Marmaton Valley’s Elizabeth Lewis took ninth with a throw of 60’ 8” and LesLeigh Cary took 11th with a 54’ 6” throw.
For the boys discus throw, Marmaton Valley’s Evan Kent got first place with a throw of 117’ 9” and Bryce Ensminger claimed third place with a throw of 85’ 2.50”. Humboldt’s Tanner King came in fifth place with a throw of 74’ 8.50”.
