The Humboldt-Del Norte League had six individual wins in two North Coast Section meets on Saturday, including two each for Del Norte’s Deken Hanks and St. Bernard’s Laila Florvilus.

It was another record-setting day for the Del Norte junior, who was competing at the Redwood Empire championships at Fortuna High School.

Just one week after the speedster broke his own H-DNL record in the boys 100 meters, he did it again, crossing the finish line in a time of 10.57 seconds and knocking 0.13 off his previous record. Check out video highlights of the record-breaking run above.

Hanks’ time in the event is the third fastest in the entire NCS this season, with De La Salle junior Jaden Jefferson’s mark of 10.39 leading the way.

Hanks also placed first in the 200m, setting a new PR with a time of 21.91.

Florvilus, meanwhile, was competing at the NCS Class A (smaller schools) meet at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa and won both the high jump and the 100m hurdles.

She posted a jump of 5’ 2” in the high jump and finished the hurdles race in a time of 14.98 seconds.

Florvilus also finished ninth in the girls 100m.

Her St. Bernard’s teammate Kohlton Hall placed first in the Class A boys discus, leading a dominating day for the Little 4 schools in the event.

Hall’s throw of 132 feet was almost six feet better than the field, with Ferndale’s Ethan Weitzel in second, followed by Hoopa’s Quincy McDonald in third, St. Bernard’s Asher Floyd in fourth and Ferndale’s Angel Zaragoza in fifth.

The top three in each event at the Class A meet qualify for next week’s big NCS Meet of Champions.

Ferndale’s Anthony Kasso also placed first in the boys 110m hurdles, finishing in a time of 15.5 seconds.

The impressive Kasso rounded out a good day with a fourth-place finish in the triple jump.

File photo – Deken Hanks

File photo – Laila Florvilus

Other local standouts at the Class A meet included St. Bernard’s Natalie McLaughlin, who was second in the girls discus and Hoopa’s Anna Robinson Reyes, who placed fifth in the girls shot put.

Hoopa’s Antonio Correa placed sixth in the boys shot put, St. Bernard’s Alex Carter finished sixth in the boys 100m, and SB’s Alyssa Boham placed seventh in the girls 100m.

At Fortuna, meanwhile, the Del Norte boys tied for seventh as a team, while Arcata was 14th and Eureka 19th.

In the girls team competition, Eureka led the H-DNL in 10th, followed by Arcata in 21st.

Tamalpais won the boys competition and Redwood took first for the girls.

In addition to Hanks’ big day, the H-DNL had five other top-three finishes, including three in the shot put.

Check out video highlights of Hanks’ 200m run below …

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Eureka’s Isabella Claussen placed second in the girls shot put and Arcata’s Skyler Collenberg was second in the boys shot put.

It was a very good day for the local throwers in the two shot put competitions, with six HDN athletes finishing in the top 11, including Del Norte’s Sebastian Espinoza (third) and Arcata’s Neiko Bryson (ninth) in the boys event, and Del Norte’s Hollyn Wakefield (eighth) and Eureka’s Sosie Behler (11th) in the girls competition.

Claussen rounded out a very impressive day with a third-place finish in the discus, with Del Norte teammates Melody Brennan and Hollyn Wakefield placing 10th and 11th, respectively, in same event.

One week after being named the girls track athlete of the meet at the H-DNL Championships, Eureka sophomore Elizabeth Rominger continued to impress with three top-six finishes.

The impressive Rominger placed third in the 400m, followed by Arcata’s Ada Kinziger in fifth, Eureka’s Grecia Ortiz in sixth and Fortuna’s Madison Ruiz in 10th.

Rominger also placed sixth in the 200m, followed by Ortiz in ninth, and the teammates also finished fourth in the 4x100m relay race, along with Aurora Copeland and Evelyn Ladika.

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Arcata’s Eoin McGoldrick Evan Poston, Levi Browne and Ocean Walker placed fourth in the 4x800m relay, followed by Eureka’s Colton Taylor, Sean Morris, Chase Jimenez and Everett Docherty in fifth.

Other local athletes who placed sixth in their events included Arcata’s Anna McLaughlin in the girls long jump, Del Norte’s Annabelle White in the triple jump, Eureka’s Michael Leen in the boys long jump and Eureka’s John Stephen Powers in the boys pole vault.

White was the highest-placed freshman in her event.

Del Norte’s Jason Murphy also was ninth in the boys pole vault, followed by teammate Cody Bursheim in 10th, while Arcata’s Mayleah Jackson placed eighth in the girls pole vault.

In the boys triple jump, Eureka teammates Bo Landry and Archer Francis placed seventh and eighth, respectively, while Arcata’s Anna McLaughlin was ninth in the girls triple jump.

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The H-DNL’s impressive showing in the throwing events continued in the boys discus, with four locals finishing in the top 11.

Arcata’s Bryson led the way in eighth, followed by McKinleyville’s Nick Maher in ninth, Del Norte’s Aaron Burger in 10th and Del Norte’s Espinoza in 11th.

Docherty also placed eighth in the boys 1600m, as did Del Norte’s Avery Ritter in the girls 100m hurdles and Arcata’s McGoldrick in the boys 400m.

Fortuna sprinter Kavi Bolden also impressed and was sixth in the boys 100m, with Eureka’s Leen five spots further back in 11th, giving the HDN three finishers in the top 11.

And rounding out a good day for the local league, Fortuna’s Juan Ornelas was the second-highest placed freshman in the boys 3200m, finishing 13th overall, while Del Norte’s Landon Balent, Jayden Garcia-Levy, Dylan Rodriguez and Hanks placed sixth in the boys 4x400m relay and Arcata’s Savannah Leary, Lilah Durham, Kinziger and Bella DeCarli placed seventh in the girls 4×400 relay.