Dakotah Keys, of Sweet Home, placed first in the javelin Sunday to win the 2006 Oregon State Junior Olympic title in the event.
Keys, who will be a freshman in high school next fall, threw 182 feet 5 inches. He also placed fourth in the long jump, going 19-0 3/4.
Although he qualified for the regional meet in the long jump, Keys elected not to advance, allowing another athlete to have an opportunity his mother,…