Nickerson’s Delaney Childs Captures Javelin Title at Circle Track Meet

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Nickerson High School senior Delaney Childs placed first in the girls javelin with a throw of 117 feet, 2 inches, Thursday at the Towanda-Circle Varsity Invitational track meet.

Childs set a school record in the girls javelin with a 134-1 effort at the James Thomas Invitational May 1 in Hillsboro. She also has a throw of 130-7.

Childs also placed fourth in the discus with a toss of 94 feet.

Katy King placed fifth in the shot put (32-10.5) and sixth in the discus (91-11).

The Nickerson girls placed 10th in the girls team standings with 19 points.

Kristopher Monroe posted the top effort for the Nickerson boys with a  sixth-place finish in the javelin (153-4). Gabe Cesar placed seventh in the 200-meter dash (28.06 seconds) and was 21st in the javelin (102-7).

Zein Rector placed ninth in the discus (126-6) and 32rd in the shot put (34-4).

No boys team scores were listed on the final results for the Circle track meet.