Deanna Hill earns her Golden Ticket to run next weekend at the Dream 100 in New York City.
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Meet Recap
The weather was a hot one for the 37th Annual Golden South Classic, but the fans came out in great numbers to see athletes from across the south burn up the track. Lake Highland Prep junior Deanna Hill (pictured above) came in as the fifth seed in this race, hoping to punch her ticket to the Dream 100 in New York City. With some of the top talent in the Sunshine State along with two of the Bahamas top sprinters it wasn't going to be easy. Seven girls came in under 11.7 seconds for the season. Hill got out to a great start and executed what she called one of her best races crossing the line in 11.63 seconds. After the race she was ecstatic to learn she would be competing against the nations' best at the Dream 100 in New York City.
Another Dream 100 entrant, Kali Davis-White of Boyd Anderson, elected not to run the 100 meter dash and focus on the 200 at Golden South. Coming off three state championships (100,200, 4x1) the senior and FSU signee ran a very impressive, 23.25, the second fastest time in the U.S. this season only to her 23.05 she ran to win at state.
The hurdles belonged to Davis-White's teammate Daeshon Gordon. Gordon was second in the 100's at state and first in the 300's and she continued that success on Saturday. The junior swept both the 100's and the college distance 400 meter hurdles. She said after the race that she hopes to rack up more medals next year as well.
Hillsborough senior Jorian Ordway and Royal Palm Beach standout Erin "Turbo" Ford battled it out in the quarter mile with Ordway pulling away the last 100 meters. She crossed the line in a new personal best of 54.19. Ford was second in 54.76. Tarika Moses of the British Virgin Islands was third.
Eighth grader Daesha Rogers took the 800 out very fast like she normally does, looking to improve on her 2:09 win from last year, but Michelle Howell of Seminole Ridge hung back and let the youngster take her a long for a good time. Howell took the lead from Rogers midway through the second lap and didn't look back, finishing in a time of 2:09.62 just shy of the meet record. Rogers was second in 2:13.00 followed by Lakeisha Werner of the British Virgin Islands in 2:13.51.
The most exciting race on the girls side might have been the one mile run. Three of the four Florida state champions in the 1600 meters were entered in this event in Daesha Rodgers, Emily Edwards and Bridget Blake. All three and University of Florida signee Taylor Tubbs were hoping to dip under the 4:50 mark and qualify for the Dream Mile. However, it was Emily Stevens out of Alabama who edged out Edwards at the line 4:56.45 to 4:56.67 for the win. Edwards told me after she was going to take a couple of weeks off before preparing for cross country season in the fall.Tubbs was third in 4:57.90, Blake fourth in 4:58.58.
In the 3200, it was all Plant senior Julia Rodriguez. Running in her last high school meet ever, she set a new personal best of 10:53.20. She will be running at Furnam in the fall.
The field events were great as well. Lloydricia Cameron of Miami Northwestern swept the throws at the state meet and did the same at Golden South winning both the discus and shot put with new personal best marks of 159-05 and 46-03. North Florida Christian's Darrielle McQueen also swept her events at state and then duplicated that feat at Golden South. McQueen took home titles in both the long jump and triple jump. Nicole Greene equaled her state winning mark of 5-06 in the high jump. Emily Savage of Connecticut continued a successful campaign that saw her win Penn Relays last week in the pole vault. She beat out 4A state champion Erica Sergeant with a vault of 12-06 and hopes to carry that momentum into the upcoming Connecticut state meet.
National Silver Elite Performances
Girls
- 100 Meter Hurdles - Daeshon Gordon (Boyd Anderson HS) 13.77; Lia King (Metro-Dade Track Club) 13.94; Stefani Kerrison (Star Athletics) 14.12; Khadeeja Dooling (United Speed Alliance) 14.23; Domonique Turner (Lake Mary HS) 14.54; Bianca Joseph (Suncoast HS) 14.60; Mikayla Barber (Star Athletics) 14.62; Daeshon Gordon (Boyd Anderson HS) 14.05; Khadeeja Dooling (United Speed Alliance) 14.28; Danielle Phillips (Take Flight TC) 14.31; Domonique Turner (Lake Mary HS) 14.32;Stefani Kerrison (Star Athletics) 14.34; Lia King (Metro-Dade Track Club) 14.48; Mikayla Barber (Star Athletics) 14.50; Bianca Joseph (Suncoast HS) 14.54; Megan Tse (Spruce Creek HS) 14.68; Crystal Williams (PURE Athletics) 14.70; Ryann McEnany(Star Athletics) 14.80; KeAndrea Ladson (Bradwell Institute) 14.92; Marissa Oglesby (Boyd Anderson HS) 14.99;
- 100 Meter Dash - Deanna Hill (United Speed Alliance) 11.63; J'nea Bellamy (Metro-Dade Track Club) 11.69; Carmiesha Cox (Star Athletics) 11.71; Teahna Daniels (United Speed Alliance) 11.72; Caitland Smith (US. Elite Jrs) 11.76; Diamond Spaulding(Metro-Dade Track Club) 11.86; Chelsea Francis (Prime Time Youth) 11.94; Teahna Daniels (United Speed Alliance) 11.67; Chelsea Francis (Prime Time Youth) 11.80; Carmiesha Cox (Star Athletics) 11.80; Deanna Hill (United Speed Alliance) 11.81; J'nea Bellamy (Metro-Dade Track Club) 11.83; Krystal Sparling (United Speed Alliance) 11.70; Caitland Smith (US. Elite Jrs) 11.73; Diamond Spaulding (Metro-Dade Track Club) 11.88; Devynne Charlton (Star Athletics) 11.91; Nia Flagg (PURE Athletics) 11.98; Aluntrea Davis (Metro-Dade Track Club) 12.02; Alfreda Steele (Pedagogy Track Club) 12.04; Regina Wilkerson (North Marion HS) 12.12; Caitlin Wilson (Godby HS) 12.14; Krysten Golden (Plantation HEAT) 12.15; Katie Brooks Boone (US. Elite Jrs) 12.20; Kayla Tyson (Velocity Striders) 12.21; Cedrina Singletary (Young Achievers Track Club) 12.23;
- 200 Meter Dash - Kali Davis-White (Boyd Anderson HS) 23.24; Diamond Spaulding (Metro-Dade Track Club) 23.74; Caitland Smith (US. Elite Jrs) 23.88; Carmiesha Cox (Star Athletics) 24.01; J'nea Bellamy (Metro-Dade Track Club) 24.12; Chelsea Francis (Prime Time Youth) 24.45; Cedrina Singletary (Young Achievers Track Club) 24.52; Aluntrea Davis (Metro-Dade Track Club) 24.70; Kali Davis-White (Boyd Anderson HS) 23.76; Diamond Spaulding (Metro-Dade Track Club) 24.00; Carmiesha Cox (Star Athletics) 24.14; J'nea Bellamy (Metro-Dade Track Club) 24.19; Caitland Smith (US. Elite Jrs) 24.02; Chelsea Francis (Prime Time Youth) 24.24; Aluntrea Davis (Metro-Dade Track Club) 24.39; Cedrina Singletary (Young Achievers Track Club) 24.44; Dominique Bullock (Metro-Dade Track Club) 24.72; Angelica Henderson (D.C. Express Track Club, Inc.) 24.79; Jazzmine Folston (Cocoa HS) 24.94;
- 3,200 Meter Run - Julia Rodriguez (HB Plant HS) 10:53.23;
- 400 Meter Hurdles - Daeshon Gordon (Boyd Anderson HS) 1:00.92; Carlisa Russell (Star Athletics) 1:01.51; Tyler Watson (The Matrix Track Club) 1:02.62; Megan Tse (Spruce Creek HS) 1:03.84; Mikayla Barber (Star Athletics) 1:04.47; Carlisa Russell(Star Athletics) 1:01.47; Daeshon Gordon (Boyd Anderson HS) 1:02.71; Mikayla Barber (Star Athletics) 1:02.33; Tyler Watson (The Matrix Track Club) 1:03.41; Khadeeja Dooling (United Speed Alliance) 1:04.40; Stefani Kerrison (Star Athletics) 1:04.71;
- 400 Meter Dash - Jorian Ordway (The Matrix Track Club) 54.19; Erin Ford (United Speed Alliance) 54.76; Tarika Moses (Sprint Tech Track Club) 55.02; Shannon Rolle (Fast Lane Track Club) 55.47; Janae Caldwell (The Matrix Track Club) 56.32;Marissa Pinckney (Berkeley) 57.05; Rakaya Neely (Frostproof HS) 57.36; Jorian Ordway (The Matrix Track Club) 55.34; Tarika Moses (Sprint Tech Track Club) 55.37; Shannon Rolle (Fast Lane Track Club) 55.45; Erin Ford (United Speed Alliance) 55.63; Rakaya Neely (Frostproof HS) 56.32; Hallie Grimes (The Matrix Track Club) 56.32; Marissa Pinckney (Berkeley) 56.47; Janae Caldwell (The Matrix Track Club) 56.50; Symone Lindsay (Boyd Anderson HS) 56.84; Payton Ashe (PURE Athletics) 57.35; Chyna-Joi Staton (Boyd Anderson HS) 57.35; Kayla Woulard (Vero Beach HS) 57.44; Jordan Fields (St. Johns Striders) 57.45; Destiny Washington (Florida Elite) 57.60; Denise Spann (Plantation HEAT) 57.78;
- 4x100 Meter Relay - Godby HS 47.01; West Orange HS 47.60;
- 800 Meter Run - Michelle Howell (Fast Lane Track Club) 2:09.61; Daesha Rogers (American Heritage MS/HS (Plantation)) 2:13.00; Lakeisha Warner (Sprint Tech Track Club) 2:13.51; Veronica Lyle (US. Elite Jrs) 2:14.40; Danielle Avery (Naples HS) 2:15.66; Rachel Cazares (The Matrix Track Club) 2:15.79; Nadiria Evans (PURE Athletics) 2:16.43; Kayla Thomas (Stanton Prep) 2:16.77; Emma Garner (Opelika High School) 2:16.83; Grace Casagrande (Cardinal Mooney HS) 2:18.63;
- Discus - Lloydricia Cameron (Miami Northwestern HS) 159-5; Bernicia Holifield (Godby HS) 138-5; Queen Briggs (Berkmar High School) 129-7; Phoebe Gustely (Monarch HS) 129-4; Courtney Bennett (W.R.I. Track Club) 125-1;
- High Jump - Nicole Greene (Ponte Vedra HS) 5-6; Alyssa Young (South Plantation HS) 5-4;
- Long Jump - Wilena Little (Springstead HS) 18-9; Adanaca Brown (Upperroom Christian) 18-8.5; Darrielle McQueen (North Florida Christian) 18-7; Danielle Phillips (Take Flight TC) 18-6.75; Jazzmine Folston (Cocoa HS) 18-6.75; Dominique Bullock(Metro-Dade Track Club) 18-6.75; Lia King (Metro-Dade Track Club) 18-1; Taylor Day (Florida Elite) 17-11; Morgan Campbell (Fast Lane Track Club) 17-9; Ma'Rhea Everheart (Florida High School) 17-8.75;
- One Mile Run - Emily Stevens (Oak Mountain HS) 4:56.45; Emily Edwards (Eagles) 4:56.67; Taylor Tubbs (Sebring HS) 4:57.90; Bridget Blake (Dr. Phillips HS) 4:58.58; Daesha Rogers (American Heritage MS/HS (Plantation)) 5:01.97; Hannah Brookover (Calvary Christian (Clearwater)) 5:13.23;
- Pole Vault - Emily Savage (Weston High School) 12-6; Erica Sergeant (Thin Air Vault Club) 12-0; Jennifer Kistemaker (Osceola HS (Seminole)) 12-0; Julia Fowlie (Charlotte HS) 11-0; Summer Schafers (Olympia HS) 11-0; Nikki Vandervelde (Episcopal School of Jacksonville) 11-0; Britainey Smith (Wharton HS) 10-6; Jamie Brenner (Thin Air Vault Club) 10-6; Frances Rice (Bolles HS) 10-6; Rachel Kistemaker (Indian Rocks Christian) 10-6;
- Shot Put - Lloydricia Cameron (Miami Northwestern HS) 46-3; Jhane Carter (Astronaut HS) 45-7; Shadayz Bullock (PURE Athletics) 41-4.25; Queen Briggs (Berkmar High School) 38-9.5;
- Triple Jump - Darrielle McQueen (North Florida Christian) 40-1.25; Lia King (Metro-Dade Track Club) 39-5; Morgan Campbell (Fast Lane Track Club) 38-7.75; Taryn Rolle (Star Athletics) 38-4; Deja Hillman (Haines City HS) 37-10.75; Ashley Giacomucci (Taylor County HS) 37-10; Markeria Brown (Fast Lane Track Club) 37-0.5;
Boys
- 100 Meter Dash - Trayvon Bromell (Gibbs HS) 10.27; Trentavis Friday (Cherryville) 10.37; Ceolamar Ways (Young Achievers Track Club) 10.57; Darius Watkins (Velocity Striders) 10.67; Bennie Wesley (Running For Christ) 10.72; Marshall Nunn (Star Athletics) 10.80; Trayvon Bromell (Gibbs HS) 10.36; Trentavis Friday (Cherryville) 10.49; Ceolamar Ways (Young Achievers Track Club) 10.63; Brandon Carnes (Manatee HS) 10.69; Jaalen Jones (Speed City Summer TC) 10.70; Darius Watkins (Velocity Striders) 10.71; Marshall Nunn (Star Athletics) 10.72; Bennie Wesley (Running For Christ) 10.73; Jeremy Harden (Velocity Striders) 10.74; Shaquill Griffin (Nitro Track Club) 10.78; Xarious Henderson (Velocity Striders) 10.79;
- 110 Meter Hurdles - Christopher Grinley (Fast Lane Track Club) 14.01; Timothy Holmes (Lakewood HS) 14.07; Davon Anderson (Berkeley) 14.12; William Taylor-Haynes (Alonso HS) 14.14; Nicholas Anderson (Wekiva HS) 14.19; Justin Cromartie(Chiles HS) 14.36; Jonathan Hayden (Palm Beach Lakes HS) 14.53; William Taylor-Haynes (Alonso HS) 13.96; Christopher Grinley (Fast Lane Track Club) 14.02; Nicholas Anderson (Wekiva HS) 14.11; Davon Anderson (Berkeley) 14.20; Timothy Holmes (Lakewood HS) 14.21; Deron Gordon (Boyd Anderson HS) 14.30; Jonathan Hayden (Palm Beach Lakes HS) 14.32; Justin Cromartie (Chiles HS) 14.58; Christopher Gaddist (Berkeley) 14.60;
- 200 Meter Dash - Kendal Williams (Stanton Prep) 20.64; Ceolamar Ways (Young Achievers Track Club) 20.78; Jerimy Strainge (American Heritage MS/HS (Plantation)) 20.84; Brian Dixon (Sebring HS) 21.33; Marshall Nunn (Star Athletics) 21.54; Darius Watkins (Velocity Striders) 21.58; Jeremy Harden (Velocity Striders) 21.60; Xarious Henderson (Velocity Striders) 21.98; Ceolamar Ways (Young Achievers Track Club) 20.93; Jerimy Strainge (American Heritage MS/HS (Plantation)) 20.96; Kendal Williams (Stanton Prep) 20.99; Brian Dixon (Sebring HS) 21.25; Darius Watkins (Velocity Striders) 21.43; Marshall Nunn (Star Athletics) 21.50; Xarious Henderson (Velocity Striders) 21.59; Jeremy Harden (Velocity Striders) 21.61; Devarius Turner(Liberty High School) 21.69; Bennie Wesley (Running For Christ) 21.89; Kenny Fenton-Griffith (Berkeley) 22.00;
- 3,200 Meter Run - Brent Demarest (Porter Gaud) 9:29.91; Brandon Marquez (Timber Creek HS) 9:33.33;
- 400 Meter Dash - Khari Herbert (Sprint Tech Track Club) 47.21; Kenneth Lane (Lake Brantley HS) 47.48; Michael Cheeks (Mill Creek High School) 47.83; Kyron Mcmaster (Fast Lane Track Club) 48.14; Janeko Cartwright (Phoenix Track Club (BAH)) 48.33; Jamel Davis (Young Achievers Track Club) 48.52; William David (Life Speed Track Club) 48.62; Brylan Slay (Winter Park HS) 48.75; Michael Cheeks (Mill Creek High School) 47.84; Khari Herbert (Sprint Tech Track Club) 47.85; Jamel Davis(Young Achievers Track Club) 48.32; Kenneth Lane (Lake Brantley HS) 47.93; Janeko Cartwright (Phoenix Track Club (BAH)) 48.34; Kyron Mcmaster (Fast Lane Track Club) 48.50; William David (Life Speed Track Club) 48.62; Brylan Slay (Winter Park HS) 48.69; Randall Ceneus (US. Elite Jrs) 48.77; Andrew Folk (Flagler Palm Coast HS) 48.90; Eric Mejias (Flagler Palm Coast HS) 48.93; Richard Toth (Springstead HS) 49.07; Rasheed Tatham (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) 49.09; Warren Coombs(Velocity Striders) 49.29; Jordan Thompson (United Speed Alliance) 49.33; Bennett Biondo (Lake Brantley HS) 49.45; Ibrahim Dodo (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) 49.48; Jeffrey Green (Cottondale HS ) 49.50;
- 4x100 Meter Relay - Liberty High School 41.40;
- 4x400 Meter Relay - Flagler Palm Coast HS 3:16.76;
- 800 Meter Run - Cory Nicholls (McEachern High School) 1:50.69; Javon Patterson (Boyd Anderson HS) 1:51.15; Johnathan Moore (The Matrix Track Club) 1:51.53; Tyler Woodrome (Mill Creek High School) 1:53.18; Claudius Russell (Phoenix Track Club (BAH)) 1:54.14; Andrew LeBlanc (Bloomingdale HS) 1:54.79; Richard Toth (Springstead HS) 1:55.04; Joseph Loyack (Lake Nona HS) 1:55.18; John Lindsey (Winter Park HS) 1:56.25; Kevin Heron (Bloomingdale HS) 1:56.33; Jack Rogers(Robinson HS) 1:56.60; Rayford James (Robert E. Lee HS) 1:56.62; Devon Duncan (Berkeley) 1:57.09; Zach Garland (Martin County HS) 1:57.47;
- Discus - Angel Parra (Miramar HS) 160-8; Jamal Whittaker (Apopka HS) 160-8;
- High Jump - Farrin Brownlowe (Sanford Seminole HS) 6-6;
- Long Jump - Frank Quarles (Fayetteville Flyers) 23-2.75;
- One Mile Run - Cameron Villarreal (Arlington Martin) 4:08.11; Henry Dwyer (Athens Academy) 4:10.46; Zack Langston (Lexington) 4:15.06; Andre Ivankovic (Daniel) 4:15.60; Zachary Albright (St. Paul's School) 4:16.37; Zachary Albright (Unattached, LA) 4:16.37 SB; Kenan Farmer (Walton High School) 4:17.77; Brent Demarest (Porter Gaud) 4:19.36; Jordan Flowers (Westminster) 4:19.89; Will Spiers (Chiles HS) 4:21.32; Daniel Navarro (Marist) 4:22.60;
- Pole Vault - Cayman Ellis (St. Petersburg HS) 15-6; David Akins (Celebration HS) 15-6; Carson Waters (Osceola HS (Seminole)) 15-0; Carlos Guillermo (Thin Air Vault Club) 14-6; Nathan Jeffers (Bolles HS) 14-0;
- Shot Put - Jamal Whittaker (Apopka HS) 55-10; Zach Diacyznski (Naples HS) 54-2.5;
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Triple Jump - Shaquem Griffin (Nitro Track Club) 49-5.25; Shaquill Griffin (Nitro Track Club) 48-5.75; Darius Hodges (Palm Beach Lakes HS) 46-3.25; Artavius Grey (Florida Elite) 45-7.75; Caleb Collins (Winter Park HS) 45-5.25; Joshua Anderson(Jean Ribault HS) 45-5; George Louisaint (Flanagan HS) 45-0.25;
