Olivia Spotts of Jersey Shore smiles with her gold medal after winning the girls javelin competition during the Lock Haven HS Classic at LHU. DAVE KENNEDY/For The Express

LOCK HAVEN — It was within the span of roughly an hour that Jersey Shore’s Olivia Spotts and Zack Kendall both stood at the top of the podium with first-place finishes in their respective events.

For Spotts, she had a great day competing in the javelin with consistently good throws. For Kendall, he ran a solid race in the 300 hurdles to hold off Montoursville’s Bryce Winslow for a victory.

Both did their best, and both walked away with first-place titles at the Lock Haven High School Classic on a chilly and windy Saturday afternoon.

In the girls javelin competition, Jersey Shore’s Olivia Spotts claimed a victory with her throw of 134-3. That throw won by almost 17 feet as well over Lewisburg’s Ella Vance (117-11), who took second.

“It was really great actually, I was very consistent,” Spotts said. “More consistent than I have been. I was higher than I was last season, sitting in 120-130 range was really great.”

Spotts started the meet with a throw of 128-3 and knew right from the start she was in a good place. All six of her throws were at least 122 feet. Her winning throw was her fourth of the day. She threw 132-3 with her second throw and 123-9 with her third.

“I was (throwing good early). My first throw was I think 129 and I hit 130s and stayed there rest of the time,” Spotts said. “Normally its like high low, high low. Today it was a good day.”

Kendall knew he was going to have tough competition in the 300 hurdles against Winslow, a standout Warrior who qualified for last year’s District 4 championships. And, likely he’ll see Winslow again this year as Montoursville moved to Class AAA for boys competition.

When it was all settled and done, Kendall ran a time of 40.02, beating out Winslow by less than half a second in a close and tight race.

“Going into it, my legs were kind of tired, but I think because of my excitement (I ran well),” Kendall said. “Once I saw the kid catching up in final 100, I knew I had to kick it into another gear and I just carried it. I was happy with my performance.”

That kid was Winslow, who made up distance late in the race to make it extremely close.

“Once we got around the turn I saw him right next to me and I knew I had to kick it,” Kendall said. “That’s one thing about me is I’m able to stay in my stride and go over the hurdles clean in the end.”

Kendall noted that he got off to a solid start in the race.

“I think my start was good. I kind of struggled toward the turn,” Kendall said. “I’m still kind of working on the turn, but my start and finish were good, so I was happy with that.”