Holt and Timberland Students Earn State Track Championships

(The following is a press release issued by the .)

Both and in the Wentzville School District are boasting about their state track champs!

Holt's Nataliyah Friar and Timberland's Josh McDonald won first place medals in Missouri's High School State Track and Field Championships held at Dwight T. Reed Stadium in Jefferson City.

Nataliyah won the Class 4 girls Triple Jump with a leap of 39' 3/4". She also came in second place in the Long Jump at 18' 5" and took seventh place in the 100 meters. Nataliyah won state championships in both the Triple Jump and Long Jump last year as a sophomore.

Timberland's Josh McDonald won the Class 4 boys Discus with a throw of 187' 10", beating out the second place finisher by more than 8 1/2 feet. Josh also placed sixth in the Shot Put with a throw of 54' 3 1/2". Josh set a personal record for Discus at the District competition earlier this month with a throw of 192' 3" which is the second best throw ever in the state of Missouri! Josh just completed his junior year at Timberland and this is his first State Championship.