POMONA — A short-handed Humboldt High track team still managed several lofty finishes Thursday at the West Franklin Invitational.
Both the girls and boys teams took advantage of the improved weather conditions to set several personal records, head coach Eric Carlson said.
“Despite having some kids sick and taking a small squad, we competed well,” Carlson said. “It was not originally scheduled for us, but we didn’t go to the Pitt State meet this year, so we added this one instead. This was the first meet of the year where we had a nice, sunny day with little wind.”
Among the standouts:
McKenna Jones took home the gold medal in the 3200-meter run and silver in the 1600 meters.
Meanwhile, Anna Goforth took second in both the shot put and javelin, including a season-best throw of 29 feet, 9 inches in the shot put.
Kenisyn Hottenstein took third in the javelin —beating her previous career-best throw by nearly 15 feet — and fourth in the shot put.
Kinley Tucker finished third in the shot put and sixth in the discus, setting personal records in both.
Aden Kelley set personal records in taking third in the 100-meter dash and fifth in the long jump.
Cooper Woods also set a personal record by placing fifth in the 110-meter high hurdles, to go with his sixth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles.
Results follow
Girls
Anna Goforth, second, shot put, 29’9” (season best); second, javelin, 103’4”
Kinley Tucker, third, shot put, 29’3.5” (PR); sixth, discus, 86’4” (PR)
Kenisyn Hottenstein, fourth, shot put, 26’11.5”; third, javelin, 98’9” (PR)
McKenna Jones, second, 1600, 6:28; first, 3200, 14:18
Boys
Gavin Jaro, sixth, 100, 12:33; sixth, javelin, 94’8”
Peyton Wallace, sixth, 1600, 5:28; fifth, 3200, 12:17
Aden Kelley, third, 100, 11.91 (PR); fifth, long jump, 17’03.5” (PR)