Florida Gatorade Runner of the Year, Tsion Yared, had a smoking fast outdoor season debut at Friday's Pine Crest Pre-Season Meet.
The Pine Crest junior, ran a time of 4:52.24 to win the 1600m, setting a new personal record and broke her own school record of 4:52.84 that she set at last season's district finals.
Emily Faulhaber took second and led the field with her 5:10.00 performance, just three seconds shy of her 5:07 PR. Calvary Christian Academy sixth grader, Johanna Velez, was among the top with her 5:45.80, setting a new personal record for the middle schooler.
| GIRLS 1600 METER RUN FINALS | ALL RESULTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | WIND | H# | |||||
| 1 | Tsion Yared | 11 | Pine Crest HS | 4:52.24 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Emily Faulhaber | 11 | Pine Crest HS | 5:10.00 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Lorrie Axelrod | 11 | Pine Crest HS | 5:42.65 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Johanna Velez | 6 | Calvary Christian Academy (Ft. Lauderdale) | 5:45.80 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | Jasmine Hincapie | 11 | Calvary Christian Academy (Ft. Lauderdale) | 5:47.24 | 1 | |||||
Yared was not done setting records. She followed up her 4:52 with a new school record of 2:14.34 in the open 800m. Faulhaber followed for second in 2:27.03 and Calvary Christian brought the young fire with eighth grader, Samantha Kavanagh coming in third with a 2:34.42 and Velez coming in fourth in 2:37.
| GIRLS 800 METER RUN FINALS | ALL RESULTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | WIND | H# | |||||
| 1 | Tsion Yared | 11 | Pine Crest HS | 2:14.34 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Emily Faulhaber | 11 | Pine Crest HS | 2:27.03 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Samantha Kavanagh | 8 | Calvary Christian Academy (Ft. Lauderdale) | 2:34.42 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Johanna Velez | 6 | Calvary Christian Academy (Ft. Lauderdale) | 2:37.40 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | Lorrie Axelrod | 11 | Pine Crest HS | 2:39.17 | 1 | |||||
Other performances to note:
The performances met the Florida 2008 Elite Standards standard.
| HS GIRLS | MARK | ATHLETE | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammer Throw Finals | 42.72m | Katrina Andreassen | Cardinal Gibbons HS |
| Weight Throw Finals | 13.36m | Gabriella Pearl | Pine Crest HS |
| Weight Throw Finals | 13.86m | Katrina Andreassen | Cardinal Gibbons HS |