Emilie Amaro of Cypress Bay broke out a big new PR in the unseeded heat of the Girls 2 Mile race last night in Greensboro. Emilie ran a very agressive race, leading and pushing the pace for much of the race. She fell back slightly toward the end, but with an impressive second wind on the last lap battled back into contention passing two girls and fighting Virginian Sarrah Jadiji for the finish tape. Hadiji's kick was too strong, but Amaro none the less looked very impressive. She finished in second place with a new PR of 10:32.39.
Kayla Hale also competed in that heat. She finished ten seconds behind Amaro with a respectable time of 10:41.31, but was never about to mount much of a threat for the lead.
Nike Indoor National champion Ashley Brasovan competed later in the evening in the Seeded division of the 2 Mile. Brasovan looked strong and stayed near the leaders for the entire race, leading for the first half as is her normal style to lead from the gun. She held on and finished in 4th place with a time of 10:27.09. Ashley Higginson of New Jersey won that race in 10:17.44.
The girls from Orlando Oak Ridge competed in the 3rd of 4 heats (slowest to fastest) in the 4x200. Odeika Bent took it home for the Pioneers and they won their heat easily with a time of 1:39.07. Overall that placed them second, beating out all but one of the teams' times from the fast heat. The winning time was Therrell, Georgia with a time of 1:38.37. Now we are left to wonder if the girls in the green and yellow could have been able to match up with Therrell and win if they had been in the fast heat. Congratulations to Coach Stamper, Bent, Amber Outing, Anjoure Teele, and Victoria Watson!
Other Floridians:
Girls 4x100 Qualifiers - Miami Northwestern was the fastest qualifying team going into today's finals with a time of 46.38. Oak Ridge qualified to the next round, winning their heat in 47.00.
Girls 100H EE - Shericka Ward qualified for the finals with a time of 14.90, second in her heat. Later in the day for the finals, Ward finished in 6th place with a time of 15.08.
Girls 400 EE - Jackie Wallace 64.47, Dreanna Wallace 69.20.
Girls 1Mile EE - Ali Crabb of St. Pete came back after a great 5K on Thursday night to run a 5:25.32 in this one. The 5K no doubt took its toll.
Girls 100 EE - Shericka Ward of Leesburg qualified for the finals in 12.29. In the finals Ward sprinted to an 12.37 7th place. Lauren Smith didn't qualify for the finals, but ha da good time of 12.68.
Girls 100 - Shataya Hendricks won her heat and qualified for today's finals. She will be the fourth today with her 11.99 qualifying time. Brittany McCord also competed in the race, with a time of 12.25--out of qualifying.
Girls 100H - Micaela Wimberly 17.69 in the prelims.
Girls Shot Put - Christina Raphea was 16th overall with a throw of 42-0. Shatoya Brown, just inches behind 41-11.
Boys 400 EE - Antonio Reynolds won his heat in 49.28, which was good enough for a 4th place overall. It was heats versus time in the finals.
Boys 100 EE - Reynolds came back again in the 100 meters and qualified out of the 1st heat in 11.21 into negative wind. Marc Gomes was in the same heat 11.55. In the finals, Reynolds finished in eight with 11.33.
Boys 100 - Josh Donald's 10.99 in the fourth heat was the top Floridian. Devin Hill had a 11.18 and Dante Sante came through in 11.10 for his 1st heat. No Floridians made the finals (10.81 cutoff).
Boys Discus - Michael Putnam had the top toss in his flight, and that got him fifth overall, with a new best of 179-5.
Boys 110H - Jarius Cooper qualified for the finals with a time of 14.04. He'll be the seventh seed today.
Emilie Amaro of Cypress Bay broke out a big new PR in the unseeded heat of the Girls 2 Mile race last night in Greensboro. Emilie ran a very agressive race, leading and pushing the pace for much of the race. She fell back slightly toward the end, but with an impressive second wind on the last lap battled back into contention passing two girls and fighting Virginian Sarrah Jadiji for the finish tape. Hadiji's kick was too strong, but Amaro none the less looked very impressive. She finished in second place with a new PR of 10:32.39.
Kayla Hale also competed in that heat. She finished ten seconds behind Amaro with a respectable time of 10:41.31, but was never about to mount much of a threat for the lead.
Nike Indoor National champion Ashley Brasovan competed later in the evening in the Seeded division of the 2 Mile. Brasovan looked strong and stayed near the leaders for the entire race, leading for the first half as is her normal style to lead from the gun. She held on and finished in 4th place with a time of 10:27.09. Ashley Higginson of New Jersey won that race in 10:17.44.