Wildcat girls win 5 events, take team title at indoor track opener
Humboldt High senior Kendal Clark broke her school record in the shot put with a throw of 42-7 to win the event in Humboldt's indoor track opener on March 11 inside the Humboldt Recreation Center Nielsen Family Fieldhouse. Independent photo by Phil Monson.
Humboldt won five events and captured the team title in a season-opening girls indoor track meet in Humboldt on Tuesday, March 11.
The Nielsen Family Invitational saw the Wildcats score 132 points to surpass runner-up Carlisle, which had 111 points. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows followed with 69. Manson-Northwest Webster and Roland-Story each had 65 while Webster City tallied 49. Pocahontas Area had 43, Waterloo West 35 and Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 26.
Humboldt's individual winners include Jori Hajek in the 60-meter hurdles (10.29 seconds), Kali Beaman in the 1,000 meters (4:04.52) and Kendal Clark in the shot put (42-7).
Humboldt's shuttle hurdle relay and 4x200 relay also checked in first. The shuttle hurdle relay of Hajek, Lily Groat, Rylie Satern and Macey Varangkounh clocked 43.25 seconds. The 4x200 relay of Hajek, Addie Thompson, Alexis Hansen and Paige DeWinter finished in 1:57.68.
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