All-Decade Team Announced

After much deliberation, research, and consultation we finally have the prestigious list ready to release.  Please understand the painstaking difficulty that went into creating this list.  We have had so many great athletes over the past decade in Florida that so many deserving athletes will be excluded and not everyone will agree.  However, these 50 men and 50 women have been chosen to the All-Decade team.

 

Here are some of the criteria....

 

1) Won at least a single state championship.
2) Winning many state championships does not necessarily guarantee a spot, performances will be judged based on the national caliber level of the performances.
3) Not simply a listing of those the top performancers on the all-time list; consistency, longevity, and big meet performances weigh heavy.
4) With some exceptions, ideal candidates found themselves at or near the top of the rankings for multiple years in their event(s).
5) Keywords in describing the athlete are "dominant" and "defined their event for their time."
6) Competed for a Florida high school between the 1999-2000 and 2008-2009 school years. 

 

We tried to stick roughly with the formula of 15 distance, 15 sprints, 10 jumps (including vault), 5 hurdles, 5 throws.  A few places we got "creative" with these classifications in order to get the best athletes in.  So without further ado, here they are....

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GIRLS

 

Emilie Amaro

 

Viktoria Andonova

 

Jacqueline Areson - Interview

 

Andrea Austin

 

Lauren Austin - Interview

 

Misti Barber

 

Jenny Barringer - Interview

 

Odeika Bent - Interview
 

Christa Benton - Interview
 

Ashley Brasovan - Interview

 

Kettiany Clarke

 

Deandra Doyley

 

Ebony Eutsey - Interview

 

Valerie Flournoy
 

Brianna Frazier
 

Octavious Freeman
 

Daisy Glasser
 

Kayla Hale - Interview

 

Lizzie Harris

 

Shataya Hendricks
 

Wilamena Hopkins - Interview

 

Caroline Kennedy

 

Brittany Koziara

 

Pavielle James

 

Lacy Janson

 

Brittany Jones
 

Akera Lathan
 

Scottesha Miller

 

Nicole Moore

 

Lavera Morris

 

Shantia Moss

 

Lindsey Nelson

 

Kayla Parker

 

Kelly Parrish

 

Robin Reynolds

 

SANYA RICHARDS - FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE DECADE

 

Teona Rodgers

 

Brianna Rollins

 

Tiffany Ross

 

Kara Scanlin

 

Nicole Schappert

 

Zakeya Stinson

 

Tiara Swanagan

 

Jenna Utecht

 

Skyler Blue Wallen

 

Christal Washington
 

Ericka Whipple

 

Lanie Whittaker

 

Hillary White
 

Sonnisha Williams

 

BOYS


Eric Adeyemi
 

Jimmy Baxter

 

Andy Biladeau
 

Beau Burroughs - Interview
 

Jordan Byas
 

XAVIER CARTER - MALE ATHLETE OF THE DECADE
 

Ricardo Chambers
 

Jeremy Criscione - Interview
 

Paul Cross

 

Ryan Deak

 

Jeffery Demps
 

Walter Dix

 

Riley Egan
 

Jacoby Ford
 

Justin Gatlin
 

Ricky Jean-Francois
 

Joseph Franklin

 

Matthew Gorman

 

Justin Harbor - Interview
 

Tim Harris - Interview
 

Steven Hassen

 

Bershawn Jackson

 

John Jefferson - Interview

 

Sean Jefferson

 

Garrett Johnson - Interview

 

Moise Joseph - Interview

 

Dempsey Josinvil

 

Torrin Lawrence

 

Dentarius Locke

 

Kevin Marion

 

Terrance McClain

 

Quincy McDuffie

 

Fred Miller

 

Matt Mizereck

 

Brandon O'Connor

 

Wondy Pierre-Louis

 

Michael Putman

 

Leonardo Seymore

 

Calvin Smith

 

Jason Stanley

 

Rolf Steier

 

Westley Stockbarger

 

Mike Swope
 

Justin Terry

 

Jamaal Torrance

 

Mike Vani

 

Sam Vazquez

 

Darion Williams

 

Dermillo Wise

 

Neamen Wise