• Shayla Sanders Featured In Sports Illustrated's Faces In The Crowd

  

  Todd Grasley - 14 Hours Ago - Comment

• Former Florida Standouts Look To Bring Home JUCO National Titles

  

  A year after competing in the Sunshine State, Pine Forest alum Darroneshia Lott and Wekiva alum Jovan Davis are representing host South Plains College in Texas at the NJCAAA Nationals.

  Todd Grasley - 19 Hours Ago - 2 Comments

• Regular Season Done, Texas A&M And LSU Are Latest No. 1s

  

  The regular season is over and only the NCAA Championships are left for NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field. Preliminary rounds for the national championships will be held next weekend, May 24-26, and the final rounds will be held June 6-9 in Des Moines, Iowa. Using the full lot of data from the regular season — and, after many conference championships this past weekend — we have two new No. 1 teams.  (via USTFCCCA)

  Todd Grasley - 19 Hours Ago - Comment

• Lakewood Ranch Star On Her Road To Recovery

  

  Olivia Ortiz was at the peak of her high school career. The Lakewood Ranch junior had captured a cross country state title and was capping off the year with a great run outdoors with a championship in the 4x800 meter relay, and a runner up finish in the 1600 meters, before the injury bug struck. Ortiz fell to the track with 50 meters left in the 3200 meters. The diagnosis a broken femur. In an flrunners exclusive she shares with us what happened in that moment, the surgery following, how she is holding up now.

  Todd Grasley - Yesterday - 2 Comments

• Discus State Champ Signs With Cal State-Northridge

  

  Nova senior Monique Griffiths capped off her senior season as a state champion. Griffiths won the discus with a throw of 140-5 at the 4A State Finals. Now with her high school season behind her, she is ready to embark on the next stage of her track and field career at California State University-Northridge.

  Todd Grasley - Yesterday - Comment

• First Lady Joins With USATF, USOC And NGBs To Get Kids Active

  

   First Lady Michelle Obama today joined U.S. athletes, including Team USA track stars Bernard Lagat, Lashinda Demus, Wallace Spearmon and LaShawn Merritt, to announce a nationwide commitment to get more than 1.7 million American children active as part of her Let’s Move! initiative to solve the problem of childhood obesity.  (via USA Track & Field)

  USATF Press Release - Yesterday - Comment

• Vaulting Onto The National Stage

  

  My first sighting of Mason Cathey is burned on my retina like a sunspot. It was February of 1997, and it was my first day as volunteer pole vault coach at Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Florida.(via Running Times )

  Todd Grasley - Yesterday - Comment

• Cocoa Beach Senior Recognized With Scholarships

  

  Cocoa Beach senior Shelby Davidson won a state championship in cross country and followed it up with one more state title in track and field. Davidson won the 3200 meters at the 2A State Finals. In addition to being a standout on the track and cross country course, she is also a stellar performer in the classroom, and in the community. For this she was recently awarded two scholarships.

  Todd Grasley - 3 Days Ago - 1 Comments

• No. 18 UCF Track and Field Repeats as Conference USA Outdoor Champion

  

  The No. 18 UCF track and field team won its third-straight Conference USA Outdoor Championship on Sunday to become just the third team in the league to ever accomplish a three-peat. (via UCFAthletics.com)

  Todd Grasley - 3 Days Ago - 1 Comments

• LaCaze Runs Record-Setting Sunday as Gators Earn Eight Titles on Final Day of SEC Outdoor Champs

  

  The University of Florida men's and women's track & field teams finished the 2012 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a dozen individual titles, including eight on the final day of competition at Bernie Moore Stadium on the campus of LSU. (via GatorZone)

  Todd Grasley - 3 Days Ago - 1 Comments

• Alumni Report: May 7 - May 13

  

  Check out performances by Florida alumni for the week of May 7, 2012 - May 13, 2012.

  Todd Grasley - 3 Days Ago - 1 Comments

• Week In Review: May 7- May 13

  

  There wasn't a ton of action across the state, but several middle schoolers got their chance to shine, as well as a postseason meet on the coast for a chance to get some season ending PR's. Check it all out in our Week In Review.

  Todd Grasley - 3 Days Ago - 1 Comments

• Miami Northwestern Tops STA, BA for #1 Ranked Girls Team

  

  Our 100x100 Team Rankings take the top 100 individual and relay performances and assign each team a score to crown the strongest, deepest teams in the state. Miami Northwestern eeked out a close one over St. Thomas Aquinas and Boyd Anderson, 2034-1915-1847.

  Jason Byrne - 5 Days Ago - 1 Comments

• Holy Trinity All Star Showdown Preview

  

  The state championships are over and that means the postseason has arrived. Holy Trinity is hosting an all-star meet this weekend with some of the top distance runners in attendance. Todd and Jason preview the event and break down each race.

  Todd Grasley - 6 Days Ago - 10 Comments

• Soaring Scholar - Michelle Jenije

  

  Florida State senior Michelle Jenije has completed an impressive double, adding ACC Indoor Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors to her title as ACC Indoor Field Performer of the Year (via )

  Todd Grasley - 6 Days Ago - Comment

• Homegrown Talent Fuels Track Program As Gators Seek to Make Strong Postseason Run

  

  Sanya Richards is the kind of track athlete that can put a college program on the map and in the hunt for a national title. When Richards was coming out of Fort Lauderdale's St. Thomas Aquinas High a decade ago, everyone wanted her. Only Texas got her, and in 2005 Richards helped the Longhorns win the NCAA Outdoor national title. (via  GatorZone.com)

  Todd Grasley - 6 Days Ago - 1 Comments

• St. Thomas Aquinas Deemed #1 Boys Team in Florida

  

  Our 100x100 Team Rankings is an automated scoring system that takes the top 100 individuals and relay teams in the state and scores them. The result shows us who the deepest, strongest teams in the state are to conclude the 2012 season. St. Thomas Aquinas boys distanced themselves by a large margin over distant Colonial 2043-1250.

  Jason Byrne - 6 Days Ago - 5 Comments

• Logan Thiel, Jessica Maggio Sign NLIs to Attend Arkansas State

  

  Calvary Christian High School seniors, Logan Thiel and Jessica Maggio, signed letters of intent to run track for Arkansas State University.

  Press Release - 6 Days Ago - 3 Comments

• Injury Update: Marvin Bracy

  

  Boone speedster Marvin Bracy crossed the line at the 4A State Finals with another gold medal in the 100 meter dash. It was the grimmace on his face afteward that had the everyone wondering what had happened. The senior had injured his left hamstring and opted out of running the 200. Trainer Ricky Argro tells us more about what happened andn how it will effect Bracy's future plans.  

  Todd Grasley - 7 Days Ago - 2 Comments

• 3A/4A Prediction Contest: And The Winners Are...

  

  By my calculations WALCOTTV is the overall winner for 3A and FALCONTHROWER26 is the overall winner for 4A. There were a lot of great entries with 12 or 13 correct picks in 3A and 14 or 15 correct picks in 4A. 

  Todd Grasley - 7 Days Ago - 1 Comments

• Interview with a top US HS T&F Team; Miami Northwestern HS, FL

  

    Interview,  Carmen Jackson, Head Coach, Miami Northwestern High School, Miami, Florida; Florida State 3A Champions, 2012  

  Lyle Knudson - 7 Days Ago - 2 Comments

• Warrior of the Week: Davis-White, Uruburu

  

  Boyd Anderson junior Kali-Davis White and Bartram Trail junior Nick Uruburu are this week's Warrior of the Week winners. Davis-White finished runner-up in both the 100 and 200 meter dash at the 4A State Finals, as well as being a member of the state championship 4x1 team. Her 26 point contribution was a major factor in the Lady Cobras winning their first state title in school history. Uruburu took home gold in the 400 with a blistering US#6 time of 46.75 and followed that up with a gold in one of the most exciting races all season as he came from behind in the 4x400 and propelled Bartram Trail to the 3A team title.

  Todd Grasley - Last Week - Comment

• Warrior of the Week War Room: 3A/4A State Meet Week

  

  This week we discuss some of the top performers from the 3A/4A state meet with the mission to decide upon who will be this week's Warrior!

  Jason Byrne - Last Week - 4 Comments

• McDermott's A Gator

  

  Several days after anchoring the Lakewood Ranch ladies to a state championship in the 4x800m relay senior Devin McDermott announced she will be running collegiately for the University of Florida. She says the recruiting process was definitely overwhelming, but at the end of the day she had to focus on what was going to benefit her most and which place just felt right.

  Todd Grasley - Last Week - 1 Comments

• Ralph's Recap: Looking Back At 4A Region 1

  

  Ralph Epifanio takes a look back at 4A Region 1 perhaps one of the toughest regions in the state of Florida. See his account of the action through his photos and writing.

  Ralph Epifanio - Last Week - Comment

• Alumni Report: April 30- May 6, 2012

  

  Check out performances by Florida alumni for the week of April 30, 2012 - May 6, 2012.

  Todd Grasley - Last Week - Comment

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