The 2025 Louie Bing Invitational finals are set. Watch for an early-season display of Florida's sprint power. Running into a slight headwind yesterday, both the boy's and girls' hurdlers and sprinters displayed their early-season talent in the prelims and set up some fireworks for the finals. There were too many US #1-5's to mention, but it's the first week of the outdoor season here in Florida. Texas and California are in gear, and just a few of the southern states' seasons are underway in what is quickly shaping up to be an incredible high school track season.
One notable opener was Lauren Kirby's win in the Shot Put. Kirby of Somerset Pembroke Pines set a new meet record at Louie Bing, throwing 14.63 (48-0.00), taking down the record of 47-5 set by Northwestern's Chanel Dawson in 2018. Kirby is the current Florida State record holder in the shot put with a toss of 15.48m.
Across Florida, as the regular season got underway, there were notable performances other than at Louie Bing. Junior Christopher Bronaugh of Windermere ran a brisk 10.33 in the 100m at the 2nd Annual Be Like Ike Invitational. In a pre-season meet, Belen senior Joseph Socarras ran an impressive early season 1:51.45 in the 800m.
Watch the finals of the Louie Bing Invitational starting at 2:00 pm today on MileSplit
A Few of the Featured Races
Girl's 100mH Aleesa Samuels of Flangan14.04 prelims
Boy's 110mH Isaiah Rock of Miami Norland 14.97 and Presten Augustin of Dwyer14.97
Girl's 100m Dasia Reed of Montverde Academy 11.92 prelims
Boy's 100m Brandon Bennett of American Heritage 10.70, Braylen Bennett of American Heritage 10.67 and Zamarii Sanders of Cardinal Newman 10.51.
Girls 400m Lenee Barbary of Flanagan 56.54 prelims
Girl's 800m Shynah Collins of Dillard 2:14.48 prelims
Girl's 200m Ariyanna Griggs of Dillard 24.11, Dasia Reed of Montverde Academy 23.86 and Tyra Cox of Miami Northwester 24.01.
Watch Aleesa Samuels of Flanagan's US leading 14.04 100mH into a headwind.