BOISE - Jonathan Murray elected not to take anything for granted despite being solidly entrenched in the favorite's role in the discus.

The Coeur d'Alene High senior knew that the fierce late-afternoon wind gusts could play havoc with the event.

But once Murray tossed the discus a personal-best 175 feet in Thursday's 5A boys finals, he could breathe a bit easier since it was clear nothing would derail him from winning the state title.

"It's awesome," Murray said after winning his first state crown. "I'm feeling very good about it. It completes my season and puts a nice capper on my career."

Murray was one of six local athletes to be crowned state champions on the first day of the three-day meet at Boise State University's Bronco Stadium. Coeur d'Alene senior Kinsey Gomez (3,200) and junior Cody Curtis (3,200) also won state titles, as well as Post Falls senior Matt Wardell (shot put), Lake City senior Missy Morris (discus) and Lakeland sophomore Jordan Ward (high jump).

Coeur d'Alene is currently in first place in the 5A girls standings with 37 points. Lake City is third at 22. Coeur d'Alene (28) is second in the 5A boys competition and Post Falls (26) is third.

Murray's winning toss in the discus was nearly 11 feet further than second-place Zac Homer (162-3) of Eagle. The Post Falls duo of Wardell (155-11) and junior Austin Funk (152-10) finished third and fourth, respectively.

Murray’s winning effort came on the second of his six throws. His previous best effort was 174-9.

“Just assume everybody was going to beat me,” Murray said of his approach. “I knew I was on top and I knew what I needed to do, but that kid from Eagle got a 7-foot (personal best), and that’s what happens here. You can’t just expect to win.”

Wardell won the 5A shot put with a personal-best toss of 59 feet, 2 inches. Winning the state title climaxed a progression in which he finished seventh as a sophomore and third as a junior.

“I can’t describe it,” said Wardell, whose previous best toss was 57 feet. “I’ve been contending the last couple years and it feels good to finally do it.

“I knew it could go either way with a good mark or an average mark. I got a 2-foot (personal record) so I’m pretty happy with that.”

Gomez, the stellar distance runner, is halfway through her goal of winning back-to-back titles in both the 5A girls 3,200 and 1,600 meters after winning the 3,200 with a time of 10 minutes, 56.97 seconds. Gomez competes in the 1,600 tonight.

“I went in with the goal of a state record but unfortunately due to the wind, those goals were hard to reach today,” said Gomez, who finished more than 24 seconds ahead of second-place Samantha McKinnon of Mountain View. “But I’m happy with the outcome. I feel like it was a good race.”

Gomez was chasing the 3,200 record held by Eagle’s Liz Brandon (10:51.27 in 2009). She also has her sights on the 1,600 record of 4:59.45 set in 2006 by Boise High’s Dana Morgan.

“Same goal — looking for a state record,” Gomez said of tonight’s upcoming 1,600.

Curtis won the 5A boys 3,200 in 9:52.75 despite having recent concerns that he might miss the state meet. He was hit with an illness that temporarily halted his training efforts.

“This feels good because I wasn’t even sure I would be able to compete,” Curtis said. “Two weeks ago, I was sick for a week and I couldn’t run at all.”

Curtis had plenty of strength Thursday while winning the event by more than three seconds ahead of second-place Dallin Farnsworth of Highland.

Morris won the 5A discus with a throw of 122-8, edging Coeur d’Alene junior Madison Seaman (121-4).

This was Morris’ fourth visit to the state meet (the first two with 2A Kamiah), and she finally has a state title to show for her efforts. Her previous best finish was third in last year’s meet.

“Being a state champion has been a goal of mine,” Morris said. “This shows hard work pays off.

“It is kind of just like a dream right now. I started crying when I won. It feels so good ... I just have this big ol’ smile now.”

Morris also finished third in the shot put (36-10 1/2).

Ward shook off a case of the butterflies to win the 4A girls high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 3 inches.

“I’ve been nervous for days,” Ward said. “Ever since I realized ‘I have a chance to be state champion.’ It means I did what I needed to do all season. I hope I can come back next year and my senior year and do it again.”

Other local top-six placers included the following 5A girls competitors: Coeur d’Alene senior Justine Zap (second, shot put, 38-10); Lake City junior Kierstie Shellman (third, pole vault, 10-6); Seaman (fourth, shot put, 36-5 1/2), and Post Falls junior Allison Meehan (fifth, triple jump, 35-11 1/4). Coeur d’Alene’s medley relay team was fifth in 9:53.37.

Among 5A boys, Post Falls senior Nick Hernandez was fourth in the pole vault at 13-6 and Coeur d’Alene’s meter relay team placed third in 8:06.68.

Lakeland senior Latecia Howell finished fifth (35-3) in the 4A girls triple jump.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Rocky Mountain 33. 2, Coeur d’Alene 28. 3, Post Falls 26. 4, Timberline 22. 5, Eagle 18. 6, Borah 15. 7 (tie), Highland, Capital, Mountain View 12. 10, Centennial 11. 11, Caldwell 10. 12 (tie), Boise, Meridian 8.14, Skyline 7. 15, Vallivue 6. 16, Lewiston 4. 17 (tie), Lake City, Idaho Falls 1.

4x800 relay — 1, Timberline, 8:04.12. 2, Rocky Mountain, 8:04.35. 3, Coeur d’Alene, 8:06.68. 4, Centennial, 8:18.44. 5, Mountain View, 8:20.12. 6, Highland, 8:28.63. 7, Vallivue, 8:32.49. 8, Idaho Falls, 8:41.50.

Triple jump — 1, Alex Ashworth, Timberline, 49-1. 2, Eric England, Mountain View, 49-0 3/4. 3, Kiana Walker, Centennial, 45-7 1/4. 4, Tyler Baldwin, Rocky Mountain, 44-2 3/4. 5, James Smith, Capital, 43-6. 6, Braden Corpus, Borah, 42-9 1/4. 7, Tanner Bodily, Skyline, 42-4 1/2. 8, Brian Griswold, Lake City, 41-11.

Shot put — 1, Matt Wardell, Post Falls, 59-2. 2, Brett McCutchen, Borah, 50-4 3/4. 3, Eli McCullough, Rocky Mountain, 49-4 1/2. 4, Zach Havlovick, Skyline, 49-0 1/2. 5, Kasey Jensen, Eagle, 47-3 1/4. 6, Denis Popudnik, Capital, 47-0. 7, Cody Abbott, Meridian, 46-11 1/4. 8, Josh Harper, Coeur d’Alene, 46-6 1/2.

Discus — 1, Jonathan Murray, Coeur d’Alene, 175-0. 2, Zac Homer, Eagle, 162-3. 3, Matt Wardell, Post Falls, 155-11. 4, Austin Funk, Post Falls, 152-10. 5, Cole Zacha, Lewiston, 144-0. 6, Jake Knight, Rocky Mountain, 139-10. 7, James Tucker, Rocky Mountain, 139-05. 8, Brett McCutchen, Borah, 138-3.

3,200 — 1, Cody Curtis, Coeur d’Alene, 9:28.65. 2, Dallin Farnsworth, Highland, 9:30.57. 3, Christopher Martinez, Meridian, 9:39.43. 4, Cody Larson, Capital, 9:47.06. 5, Andres Jaramillo, Vallivue, 9:51.53. 6, Justin Ross, Rocky Mountain, 9:54.14. 7, Patrick Estberg, Timberline, 9:59.85. 8, Chris Lyons, Highland, 10:03.47.

Pole vault — 1, Matt Sullivan, Caldwell, 14-6. 2, Evan Minnaert, Boise, 14-0. 3, Bobby Kelly, Eagle, 14-0. 4, Nick Hernandez, Post Falls, 13-6. 5 (tie), Tynan O’Neill, Rocky Mountain, Emery Holden, Boran, Payton Lewis, Rocky Mountain, 13-6. 8, Slater Heckman, Coeur d’Alene, 13-6.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 37. 2, Mountain View 25. 3, Lake City 22. 4, Borah 19. 5, Boise 18. 6, Caldwell 17.33. 7, Centennial 15. 8, Eagle 14. 9, Vallivue 13. 10, Capital 11. 11, Rocky Mountain 8.33. 12 (tie) Skyline, Highland 8. 14, Idaho Falls 7. 15, Lewiston 5. 16, Post Falls 4.33. 17, Timberline 2.

4x800 relay — 1, Boise, 9:35.81. 2, Centennial, 9:41.58. 3, Vallivue, 9:46.51. 4, Capital, 9:50.74. 5, Coeur d’Alene, 9:53.37. 6, Mountain View, 9:56.25. 7, Highland, 10:22.90. 8, Lewiston, 10:24.69.

Triple jump — 1, Brittany Owens, Borah, 39-0. 2, Josie Lawrence, Mountain View, 37-9 1/4. 3, Abigail Olsen, Highland, 36-3. 4, Jordanne Fleming, Mountain View, 36-1 1/4. 5, Allison Meehan, Post Falls, 35-11 1/4. 6, Kandis Wilde, Idaho Falls, 35-9. 7, Erin Rea, Boise, 35-7 1/2. 8, Phoebe Nielson, Capital, 35-6 1/2.

Shot put — 1, Jessica Aguliar, Caldwell, 40-4 1/2. 2, Justine Zap, Coeur d’Alene, 38-10. 3, Missy Morris, Lake City, 36-10 1/2. 4, Madison Seaman, Coeur d’Alene, 36-5 1/2. 5, Shelby Jordan, Idaho Falls, 34-10 1/2. 6, Aspen Dye, Skyline, 34-3 1/2. 7, Caryn Wendt, Skyline, 34-2. 8, Ashley Renteria, Caldwell, 33-1 1/2.

Discus — 1, Missy Morris, Lake City, 122-8. 2, Madison Seaman, Coeur d’Alene, 121-4. 3, Jessica Aguliar, Caldwell, 114-9. 4, Stacey Chand, Rocky Mountain, 113-11. 5, Jazmine Gordillo, Vallivue, 112-8. 6, Caryn Wendt, Skyline, 108-9. 7, Justine Zap, Coeur d’Alene, 108-6. 8, Megan Suitts, Borah, 105-08.

3,200 — 1, Kinsey Gomez, Coeur d’Alene, 10:56.97. 2, Samantha McKinnon, Mountain View, 11:21.44. 3, Victoria O’Neil, Boise, 11:31.80. 4, Julia Taylor, Capital, 11:32.55. 5, Mackenzie Roberts, Eagle, 11:38.37. 6, Cheryn Trapp, Vallivue, 11:42.42. 7, Rachel Sullivan, Centennial, 11:47.29. 8, Jordan Mathes, Mountain View, 11:59.60.

Pole vault — 1, Allison Jeffries, Eagle, 11-6. 2, Keltie Vance, Borah, 11-0. 3, Kierstie Shellman, Lake City, 10-6. 4, Alex Michell, Centennial, 10-0. 5, Jamie Gates, Lewiston, 10-0. 6, Gina Hampton, Rocky Mountain, 9-6. 7, Nicole Kennedy, Timberline, 9-6. 8 (tie), Maria Escalera, Rocky Mountain, Cassi Gerome, Post Falls, Helen Aguelo, Caldwell, 9-0.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Rigby 60. 2, Madison 29. 3, Emmett 27. 4, Twin Falls 19. 5, Hillcrest 16. 6 (tie), Minico, Kuna 14. 8, Skyview 13. 9, Jerome 13. 10, Bishop Kelly 12. 11, Wood River 10. 12 (tie), Sandpoint, Columbia 8. 14, Century 7. 15, Canyon Ridge 6. 16 (tie), Burley, Preston 5. 18, Middleton 3. 19, Nampa 1.

Sprint medley — 1, Emmett 3:40.83. 2, Bishop Kelly 3:43.50. 3, Hillcrest 3:43.68. 4, Rigby 3:43.73. 5, Sandpoint 3:43.96. 6, Twin Falls 3:45.23. 7, Wood River 3:46.05. 8, Preston 3:47.50.

Pole vault — 1, Charlie Kido, Skyview, 13-6. 2, Roston Byram, Rigby, 13-0. 2, Kyle Searle, Rigby, 13-0. 4, Taylor Nettik, Century, 13-0. 5, Austin Shippen, Rigby, 13-0. 6, Colton Storrs, Columbia, 12-6. 7, Grant Kido, Skyview, 12-0. 7, Spencer Fullmer, Rigby, 12-0.

Triple jump — 1, Kyler Wightman, Madison, 44-3 1/4. 2, Drae Hildreth, Kuna, 44-2. 3, Nathan Sterner, Canyon Ridge, 42-6 1/4. 4, Kolton Parsons, Jerome, 42-2. 5, Griffin Morris, Bishop Kelly, 41-3 3/4. 6, Tate Polatis, Rigby, 41-3 1/2. 7, Mitchell Anderson, Emmett, 40-9 1/4. 8, Rikiya Fukuyasu, Madison, 40-8 1/4.

Shot put — 1, Zachary Mitchem, Madison, 55-2. 2, Dakota Cole, Emmett, 49-7 1/2. 3, Jacob Barclay, Minico, 47-8. 4, Jordan Jones, Burley, 46-8 3/4. 5, Cameran Bartlett, Jerome, 46-4. 6, Ralph Rivas, Kuna, 46-2 1/4 7, Matt Rudder, Skyview, 46-1 3/4. 8, Hayden Wright, Nampa, 45-5 1/2. 8, Hugh Pratt, Bishop Kelly, 45-5 1/2.

Discus — 1, Justin Franz, Rigby, 155-11. 2, Jacob Barclay, Minico, 154-7. 3, Dakota Cole, Emmett, 151-3. 4, Brandon Coleman, Columbia, 148-2. 5, Tim Wyatt, Jerome, 144-3. 6, Tyson Payne, Middleton, 140-9. 7, Ivan Charles, Rigby, 140-2. 8, Steven Owens, Kuna, 135-6.

3,200 — 1, Tyler Crofts, Hillcrest, 9:27.93. 2, James Paris, Wood River, 9:41.56. 3, Richard Kennedy, Rigby, 9:46.15. 4, Erik Harris, Twin Falls, 9:54.03. 5, Danny Pfeifer, Sandpoint, 9:55.42. 6, Karl Lundgren, Twin Falls, 9:58.60. 7, Michael Gordon, Kuna, 10:00.08. 8, Bubba Roeper, Emmett, 10:03.11.

High jump — 1, John Nelson, Rigby, 6-4. 2, Ryan Carlson, Twin Falls, 6-4. 3, Alex Tighe, Madison, 6-4. 4, Steven Parker, Rigby, 6-2. 5, Brennyn Dunn, Preston, 6-2. 6 (tie), Taylor Nettik, Century, Daniel Bruton, Madison, 5-10. 8 (tie), Jacob Downer, Emmett, Josh Bostrom, Nampa, 5-10.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Jerome 37. 2, Twin Falls 33. 3, Pocatello 24. 4 (tie), Preston, Skyview 18. 6, Bishop Kelloy 17. 7 (tie), Minico, Emmett 15. 9 (tie), Columbia, Lakeland 14. 11, Middleton 11. 12, Madison 10. 13, Shelley 9. 14, Bonneville 8. 15 (tie), Century, Rigby 7. 17, Canyon Ridge 6. 18 Sandpoint 5. 19, Mountain Home 3. 20, Blackfoot 2.

Sprint medley — 1, Jerome, 1:50.97. 2, Twin Falls, 1:51.78. 3, Bishop Kelly, 1:52.42. 4, Madison, 1:54.70. 5, Emmett, 1:55.76. 6, Century, 1:56.27. 7, Blackfoot, 1:56.84. 8, Sandpoint, 2:02.62.

Triple jump — 1, Brittany Hottel, Pocatello, 36-1 1/4. 2, Maya Ah You, Middleton, 35-5. 3, Kayla Lee, Canyon Ridge, 35-3 1/2. 4, MaKenzie Wilcox, Preston, 35-3 1/4. 5, Latecia Howell, Lakeland, 35-3. 6, Cheltzie Williams, Twin Falls, 34-6. 7, Audrey Pack, Emmett, 34-3. 8, Katelyn Kinghorn, Rigby, 33-4 1/2.

Shot put — 1, Tasha Powell, Pocatello, 41-4 1/2. 2, Jazlyn Nielson, Twin Falls, 37-8 1/4. 3, Jorden Lorton, Emmett, 36-3 1/4. 4, Alaina Grover, Madison, 35-6. 5, Nikkole Conlon, Columbia, 34-8 1/2. 6, Deidre Wilson, Shelley, 34-4. 7, Jordan Childs, Pocatello, 34-2. 8, Kristen Kreutzer, Mountain Home, 33-8.

Discus — 1, Nikkole Conlon, Columbia, 114-7. 2, Linsey Bair, Minico, 110-1. 4, Jazlyn Nielson, Twin Falls, 108-6. 5, Deidre Wilson, Shelley, 108-6. 5, Nikole Alamillo, Sandpoint, 102-11. 6, Jenni Palmer, Preston, 98-9. 7, Veti Vasi, Skyview, 98-8. 8, Tasha Powell, Pocatello, 95-5.

3,200 — 1, Emily Nist, Bishop Kelly, 11:17.55. 2, Mackenzie Chojnacky, Jerome, 11:28.17. 3, Jasmine Nesbitt, Jerome, 11:36.07. 4, Mikesell Clegg, Jerome, 11:36.19. 5, Amanda Ward, Twin Falls, 11:47.59. 6, Haylee Harrison, Preston, 11:55.29. 7, Karli Lundquist, Rigby, 11:57.46. 8, Rebecca Lassere, Bishop Kelly, 12:08.27.

High jump — 1, Jordan Ward, Lakeland, 5-3. 2, Sydney Meier, Minico, 5-2. 3, MaKenzie Wilcox, Preston, 5-2. 4, Cheltzie Williams, Twin Falls, 5-2. 5, Kylee Johnson, Century, 5-2. 6, Maddie Brown, Middleton, 5-0. 7, Dakota Barrie, Mountain Home, 5-0. 8, Brittany Hottel, Pocatello, 5-0.

Pole vault — 1, Danielle Rausch, Skyview, 11-3. 2, Blayre Thiel, Bonneville, 10-6. 3, Jill Rausch, Skyview, 10-6. 4, Carrie Thibault, Jerome, 10-6. 5, Whitney Young, Rigby, 10-0. 6, Kirsten Burbank, Jerome, 10-0. 7, Jaydon Wilkerson, Emmett, 9-6. 8, Sarah Weymouth, Emmett, 9-0.