Humboldt athletes punch tickets to state

CHANUTE — Humboldt High’s Drew Wilhite added to his extensive high school sports portfolio Friday, winning the Class 3A Regional 400-meter dash in dominant fashion. 

Wilhite’s time of 52.0 seconds was a full 2 seconds faster than his nearest competitor. For perspective’s sake, four other runners were within 2 seconds of Eric Pabon’s runner-up time of 54.01 seconds.

In the high jump, Wilhite took third with a leap of 6-feet. Wilhite will compete in both events at the state track meet at WSU’s Cessna Stadium. 

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His day was hardly the only highlight for the Cub athletes.

Fellow senior Levi McGowen took second in the triple jump, clearing 40 feet, 10.5 inches, to punch his state ticket.

Meanwhile, Maddox Johnson will compete in two events at state. He took third in the javelin with a throw of 154’5” and fourth in the shot put with a distance of 45 feet.

On the girls’ side, Anna Goforth and Kirstyn Murrow will represent HHS in the javelin. Goforth’s distance of 110’3” was good for second place at regionals. Murrow’s toss  of 104’6” was good for fourth.

The top four finishers in each regional event qualifies for state.

Humboldt’s full results follow.

Class 3A Regionals

Girls

1600 meters

9. Peyten Galloway, 8:22.25

100m hurdles

12. Morgan Hunter, 20.44

300m hurdles

10. Anna Heisler, 1:01.58; 11. Assya Goforth, 1:03.52

4x100m relay

8. Humboldt, 56.72

4x400m relay

9. Humboldt, 4:51.77

4x800m relay

7. Humboldt, 11:38.27

Long jump

8. Carsyn Haviland, 15’.5”

Triple jump

10. Morgan Sterling, 29’9.25”

Discus

12. Kinley Tucker, 87’; 14. Kenisyn Hottenstein, 83’8”;

Javelin

2. Anna Goforth, 110’3”; 4. Kirstyn Murrow, 104’6”

Shot put

6. Kinley Tucker, 32’10”; 8. An. Goforth, 30’1”

Boys

200 meters

10. Aden Kelley, 25.37

400 meters

1. Drew Wilhite, 52.00

800 meters

5. Wilhite, 2:13.33; 7. Peyton Wallace, 2:19.26

100m hurdles

7. Mateo Miller, 19.41; 12. Cooper Woods, 20.96

300m hurdles

12. Miller, 48.95; 13. Quenton Heisler, 49.07

4x400m relay

8. Humboldt, 3:51.87

4x800m relay

5. Humboldt, 9:26.25

High jump

3. Wilhite, 6’; 6. Colton Johnson, 5’8”