Alivia Williams (right) Adaejah Hodge (left) after going 1-2 in the 400.
Over two days at the 2024 Louie Bing Invitational in Miami, Florida track and field athletes established nine US #1's. Seven came in the sprint events, where the Florida sprinters displayed their early season speed.
Montverde Sr.'s Alivia Williams and Adaejah Hodge went 1-2 in the 400m finals at the Louie Bing Invitational. William's 52.88 is US #1, FL #12 All Time. Hodge's 53.64 is US #2.
Dillard 7th grader, Shynah Collins, ran a 54.81, finishing 3rd in the 400. Her time is US MS #1 and a FL MS #10 All Time.
Four US #1's came on Friday. In the 400 prelims, Montverde Sr. Jayvian Greene ran a US #1 46.99. 400. He won the finals on Saturday, running 47.43.
The Dillard girl's 4X800, composed of Shynah Collins, Raquel Edwards, Christiana Coleman and Juliah Gammage ran a US #1, 9:20.37.
In the 400m hurdles, Chaminade-Madonna Sr., Tyson Waters ran a US #1 54.92. Fla. boy's ran US #1-8 in the race.
The one, non- running US #1, also came on Friday in the long jump. Columbus Jr., Shaddai Carter jumped a US #1 7.20m (23-7.5).
In Saturday's girls 100m hurdles finals, Somerset Academy Pembroke Pines Jr., Aleesa Samuel showed that she is perhaps the best hurdler in the country, running a US #1, 13.78. Samuel came back, winning the 100m, in a US #3, 11.85.
In the boy's 4x200m, the team of Braden Paris, Brandon Bennett, Braylon Bennett and Zamarii Sanders, of American Heritage, ran a US #1, 1:37.58. Sanders also won the 100m in a US #10, 10.74.
In the 400m hurdles, Montverde Sr. Michelle Smith, ran a meet record and US #1, 56.82. Her time is a FL #1 All Time and a US #9 All Time.
In the 4x4's, both the Miami Northwestern girls and the Miami Southridge boys ran US #1's. The Northwestern team, composed of Tyra Cox, Kahalia Hoo, Kasia Hoo and Leanna Rose ran 3:41.91. The Southridge boys went 3:14.98. In the girl's race, Dillard ran US #2, 3:45.30, Miami Southridge, US #4, 3:48.96 and St. Thomas Aquinas, US #5, 3:51.45.
In addition to the US #1's, the meet saw numerous other Top 10 US performances in this early Outdoor season.