Top Performance:
Riley Egan of St. Thomas Aquinas vaulted to a huge new PR of 15-10, which places him squarely in the state leader position this season. The performance came at the St. Thomas Aquinas Tri-Meet on Wednesday.
Panhandle:
Joseph Franklin (Godby) tried some short stuff at his team's home meet with a 48.83 400 meters, coming with an easy 4:34 1600.
Over in Bay County at Mosely the county's teams clashed and Pt. St. Joe looked impressive with Kayla Parker continuing her multi-event domination with performances of 14.94 (100H), 12.16 (100m), and 17-3.5 (LJ). Megan Walker tied herself for second in the pole vault rankings with a 10-6 clearance. And for the boys vault Parker Harris got over 14-0 for a new PR.
Central Florida:
At the Leesburg Invite, Kevin Hardy (Vanguard) went 10.79 in the 100m. Kirk Dandridge of Lecanto became the second vaulter to clear 15 feet in the pole vault this year with a 15-4 clearance. On the girls side Shericka Ward (Leesburg) shined in the hurdles, going 14.50 (100H) and 47.41 (300H) all alone.
Down South:
Southridge continued to look amazing at their home meet... Zakeya Stinson swept the throws with dominating tosses of 131-7 and 43-11. Ebony Eutsey ran away with the 200m in 25.00. Marcia Williams took care of the 400m in 56.69 (third in the state). And look at these relay times! 4x800 ran an impessive 9:25.60 and the 4x400 went sub 3:50--3:49.72! Latorria Grier was the lone state level standout for the girls that was not representing the Ridge. The South Dade High sophomore put herself in third on the 300H list, with a 46.47 performance.
In that Southridge meet, on the boys side national 200m leader Brandon O'Connor ran a 21.84 in the event to go along with is 43-9.25 triple jump. Olarenwaju Adeyemi cleaned up on the hurdles with 14.60 and 39.38.
Across town at Ferguson, Carlos Reyna ran a 10.68--making the 100 meters a three-way tie for the lead! Gary Bush had a great horizontal jump of 22-8.75. The meet was cut short due to weather and the 3200 and 4x400 were not run.
And up the coast in Ft. Lauderdale at that St. Thomas Aquinas meet mentioned earlier with Egan's fantastic vault, there were some other highlights from the home team. Phillip Pierre-Louis double-dipped with wins in both short sprints with 10.73 (5th in the state) and 21.74. Ethan Grant ran the second fastest 300H time thus far with a 37.91 time. Jessica Butler ran the new state #2 3200 meter time with a 11:07.43. This girl has been improving dramatically every week and ran an 18:25 5K road race last month. Watch out for her! And finally, the boys 4x100 meter relay team from St. Thomas Aquinas, was cranking! They now sit just .01 second back from the state lead in that event after this 41.86 domination.
And in Palm Beach County, Emilie Amaro (Cypress Bay) ended her extended cross country season and joined her team on the oval. She opened her track season with a state leading 10:37 3200. Gioloring of Douglas took the girls high jump with a 5-6 leap. And Catherine Okoukoni of Cypress Bay took both horizontal jumps with 17-10 and 38-9 performances. For the boys in that one, Thompson of Everglades went 14.93 in the 110H and Gamble of Cypress Bay thew the disc 145 feet.
Index:
High school mid-week meets with results reported: St. Thomas Aquinas Tri-Meet, Bay County Mini Meet, Leesburg Invitational, Big Five: Southridge, Killian, South Dade, Homestead, Coral Reef, Ferguson Quad Meet: Columbus / Lourdes, Miami Springs, Miami SR, Godby Home Meet, Cypress Bay Meet.
And middle school meets this week so far: Bradford Middle School Invitational, Crusader Classic MS Invitational, Lake Highland Middle School Meet #3, The First Academy MS Meet #2.