Girls Team Race
The Miami Northwestern and Dillard girls know each other well and will face off in the girl's 3A Team Championship. The Northwestern girls have a slight edge coming off of Regionals with a virtual team score of 89. Dillard is just 11 points back so there is no room for error on the Northwestern girls' side and the Dillard girls must step up to take the team title.
Northwestern is led by the twin sister of Tywan Cox, Tyra Cox. The junior just may win the 100, the 200 and the 400. A very tough triple if she can accomplish it. She won the 3A4 Regional in all three events and is #1 ranked 3A in all three with times of 11.47, 22.91 and 52.73 respectively. She is joined by junior Kahalia Hoo who won the 400mH at the 3A4 regional. The Northwestern girls are the favorite in the 4x400m Relay where they are ranked 3A #1 with a 3:36.12. The Dillard girls are ranked #2, but at the 3A4 Regional, the Northwestern girls went 3:44.30. Dillard was 2nd in 3:52.76.
Dillard is led by distance standout Sr. Christiana Coleman. Coleman was the 3A State Champion in XC leading her team to the Girls' 3A State title. At Regionals, she won the 1600m in 5:01.92 and was 2nd in the 3200 with a 10:59.04. The Dillard girls are the #1 ranked 4x800m Relay girls all divisions in the State with a 8:58.50.
Girls Top Athletes to Watch
SPRINTS
The 3A girls
100mH will be a good one. Jr.
Aleesa Samuel of Somerset Academy PB has the fastest non-Wind Aided time in the State of All-Divisions with a 13.12. Sr.
Thalia Waters of Atlantic Delray is ranked 3A #1 and All-Divisions #1 with a 13.10. Sr.
Jaida Williams-Goins of Rockledge is ranked #3 3A with a 13.64 and #4 All-Divisions. Jr.
Alexia Reid of Dillard is 3A #4 with a 13.72 and Jr.
Kahalia Hoo of Miami Northwestern is 3A #5 with a 13.78. Samuel is the defending champion running a 13.67 last year. Williams-Goins was 2nd. Samuel should repeat as the 3A 100mH State Champion.
.36 seconds separates the top five qualifiers in the girl's 3A 100m. Aleesa Samuel is the defending champion, but she opted to skip the 100 this year. It's a tough double running back-to-back races. Here are your top girls.
The Cox twins, Tywan and Tyra have had a great 2024 season. Cox should get her first State Championship.
In the
200m, three girls come in with sub-24.00 performances. They are ranked #1-3 in the 3A State rankings. They will have gone head-to-head in the 100m. Jr.
Tyra Cox of Miami Northwestern has run 22.91, Jr.
Patchnalie Compere of Northeast has gone 23.83, and So.
Antaniyah Brown of North Miami has gone 23.87. Tyra Cox may crown herself the 3A Sprint Queen at the end of the day!
The top three seeds in the
400m are all under 56-00. Jr.
Tyra Cox of Miami Northwestern is the #3 ranked girl All-Divisions in the State with a 52.73. 7th grader
Shynah Collins of Dillard has the fastest 800m of All-Divsions in the State with a 2:09.53 and has opted out of the 800 to concentrate on the 400. She has run a 54.81. So.
Desiree Frazier of Boyd Anderson is the other 3A girl under 55.00. she has run 54.90. Tyra Cox should win the 400 setting the stage for her winning the triple at State.
The girl's 400mH is up for grabs. 7 girls are under 1:05. The fastest is Jr. Kahalia Hoo of Miami Northwestern who comes in having run 1:00.67. The State chap will have to dip under 1:00.
DISTANCE RACES
With Dillard's Shynah Collins, the top-ranked 800m runner in the State, opting out of the 800m, the
800m still features four girls who have run sub-2:14.00. So.
Keira Merrick (2:09.73) of Satellite, Sr.
Jordana Nunez of Bayside (2:09.91), Sr.
Christiana Coleman of Dillard (2:12.45), and Sr.
Raquel Edwards of Dillard (2:13.46) are 3A ranked #2--5. Collins was 3rd last year as a 6th grader while her teammate Raquel Edwards was runner-up.
Dillard Sr.
Raquel Edwards is the defending 1600m State Champion. Dillard's
Christiana Coleman was 7th. Coleman is now the top-seeded girl in the 1600 with Edwards not running. She is also the #1 3A ranked girl in the 1600 with a 4:58.61. She was also the 3A State XC Champion last Fall leading the Dillard girls to the Team title. Chasing Coleman, who has very good leg speed, are Sr.
Sienna Alvarez-Coia of American Heritage (5:01.30),
Sr. Lindy White of Ponte Vedra (5:01.76), and South Fork So. Emerson Brinn (5:01.96). Will Coleman go sub-5:00 and how many girls will go with her?
In the 3200m, all of the top-seeded girls will be doubling except for South Fork Sr.
Addison Boyer. Boyer comes in as the top seed out of Regionals with a 10:48.71. Ponte Vedra Sr.
Lindy White however has the #1 3A time in the State of 10:41.11. Five other girls have gone sub-11:00. Jr
Daisy Ross of Ponte Vedra comes in with a 10:53.91, Sr.
Avery Latto of Osceola Seminole has run 10:56.13, Fort Myers Jr.
Masha Dorofeev 10:56.68, and Dillard's
Christiana Coleman 10:59.00. Through the 1600, expect a pack of 6 or 7 girls. That's when the race will begin. Will fresh legs prevail? Expect a sub-10:40.
FIELDS EVENTS
The
Girls Pole Vault features the top 5 3A ranked girls in the State with 3 of the performances coming from Regional Championships. Sr. Karis Kraf of Freedom has the 3A State leading vault of 3.66m (12-00.00), Sr. Makenna Estes of New Smyrna Beach took the 3A2 Regional with a 3.6m (11-09.75) vault, So. Giovanna Molloy went 3.45 (11-03.75) in winning the 3A3 Region and Jr. Katherine Kelly of Ponte Vedra won the 3A1 Region with a vault of 3.45m (11-03.25). Osceola Sr. Jillian Lemler is sandwiched in between Estes and Molloy with a 3.55m (11-07.75) mark. The title just may come down to fewer misses, and expect several of the girls to join Kraf over 12'.
3A #1, 2, 4 and 5 will all go at it in the 3A girl's High Jump. The competition, just like the PV, may go to the girl with the fewest misses, but Jr. Lorelai Filosa of Satellite and Sr. Amaya Bien-Aime of Edgewater have both gone over 5-8.00. Filosa leads the 3A state rankings with a jump of 1.74m (5-08.25). Bien-Aime is 3A #2 with a 1.73m (5-08.00). #4 is Sr. Devon Swartz of Seminole with a 1.64m (5-04.50). #5 is Sr. Gabrielle Flores, the 3A Region 1 champion, with 1.62m (5-03.75).
In the
Long Jump, three girls have jumped over 19'. Sr.
Thalia Waters of Atlantic has jumped 6.04 (19-09.75), Sr.
Me'Yauney Peoples of Rickards has gone 6.03M (19-09.50) and Sr.
Mariah Lofton of Leon has jumped 5.83m (19-01.50). One of these three will take the title.
In the girl's Triple Jump So.
Mikayla Shavers of Fleming Island leads the 3A State rankings with a jump of 12.15m (39-10.25). She was 2nd last year with a jump of 39-06.50. Jr.
Tajhana South of Lakeland has gone 11.86m (38-11.00), So.
Jayce Miller of Hillsboro and Sr.
Anya Carey of Somerset PB have both gone 11.72m (38-05.50). If Shaver's is on, she should win the State TJ title.
Jr.
Lauren Kirby of Somerset Academy PB is the defending State Champion in the Shot Put. Her winning throw last year was 44-06.25. She leads the 3A State with a mark of 14.96 (49-01.00). Barring three fouls, Kirby should win her second State Shot Put title.
In the
Discus Fort Myer's Jr.
Julia Lemmon is the closest to Kirby. She is the defending State Champion and has thrown 46.1m(151-03.00). Kirby has thrown 48.39m (158-09.00) and Lemon will need to step it up to defend her title and keep Kirby from winning the weight double in the 3A Girl's Shot and Disc.
In the girls
Javelin the 3A #3 and 4 girls will face each other in the 2nd Flight. Charlotte Sr.
Sidney Rootz has thrown 38.28 (125-07.00) and Sr.
Rebecca Van't Hoff of Barron Collier has thrown 38.14m. (125-01.50)
RELAYS
4x800
The girls from Dillard are the defending State Champion in the 4x800m Relay. They won in 2023 with a 9:05.17. They are the #1 ranked girl's 4x800 in the State for ALL Divisions with an 8:58.50. If they load up, they should go sub-9 again and run away with the race.
In the 4x100m Relay based upon seed times, just .74 seconds separate the top 5 teams. If we go to the 3A State rankings, two teams have gone under 47.00. North Miami has run 46.29 and Miami Northwestern has run 46.42. This should be a good one to watch with just .13 seconds of separation in their times. It will all come down to the exchanges. Watch out for Rockledge with a 47.15, Dunbar with a 47.30 and Lake Wales with a 47.92. Anything can happen. Your pick!
4x400
The Miami Northwestern girls have separated themselves from the rest of the qualifying field in the 4x400m Relay. They are the FL #1 ranked team in All-Divisions with a 3:36.12. It's the State finals so expect them to run away with the 4x4 under the lights.
