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Wesley Chapel senior Brady Pineo, running indoors for the Vast Track Club, leads the nation in the 200m indoors. As he gets ready for the NBIN, he opened on Tuesday with a 20.93 at the East Pasco Invitational. He headlines very fast, 200m field at the Pirate Booty in Bradenton this Saturday.
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We are only two weeks into the 2026 Florida outdoor track & field season, and both the boys' and girls' rankings reinforce what many expect - Florida remains one of the premier high school track & field states in the country.
With both the boys' and girls' rankings beginning to take shape, this week has already delivered a wave of Florida Top 10 performances across nearly every event. And with more major invitationals still ahead this weekend, expect the rankings to become even more impressive and not stay the same for long.
Boys: Sprint Speed and Field Event Depth
Brady Pineo of Wesley Chapel clocked 20.93 in the 200m at the East Pasco Invitational, moving to Florida No. 3. Fletcher's Jaydyn Haywood followed with a strong 49.05 in the 400m at the Raines Season Opener, ranking No. 7 statewide.
In the field events, depth was on full display:
The Discus has three Top 10 marks this week, including Anthony Cavallaro-Howard of Indian Rocks Christian (53.23, No. 3), Duke Carpenter of the Geneva School (48.10m, No. 7), and Tyler Mullings of Lake Minneola HS (48.03m, No. 8).
Brison Sullivan of New Smyrna Beach delivered a 61.54m throw in the Javelin, moving to FL No. 2, while Tryce Mills of Spruce Creek added a No. 9 mark at 52.67m.
The High Jump saw a three-way tie at 1.92m for Florida No. 6 between Tucker Crawley of West Orange, Wesley Morisseau of Lake Minneola, and Raheim Roberts of Raines.
Maxwell Garcon of Gateway (Kissimmee) (14.31m) and Kaseem Shelley of Celebration(13.58m) went No. 3 and No. 10 in the Triple Jump, respectively.
The relays saw some new marks with Lakeland (42.17), Lake Howell (42.23), and Nature Coast Tech (42.43) all landing in the Top 10 in the 4x100m. Ocoee posted a 3:23.30 in the 4x400m (No. 10), while the 4x800m saw a tight pack at the Ocoee Relays with East Ridge (8:09.48), Ocoee (8:10.63), and East River (8:10.81) all ranking inside the Top 8.
Girls: Speed & Strength
On the track, several athletes made early statements so far this week.
Sanii Shield of Bayshore ran 11.94 in the 100m (No. 9), while Lauryn Burgess of Admiral Farragut Academy clocked 24.75 (-0.8) in the 200m (No. 9) and added a 1:04.95 in the 400m hurdles (No. 9) at the St. Petersburg City Championship. Fletcher's Zyaire Thomas moved to No. 8 in the 400m with a 56.98 performance.
In the distance events, Eliana Black (2:16.89) of Northside Christian and freshman Marisa Mantecon of Our Lady of Lourdes (5:12.38) each claimed No. 8 rankings in the 800m and 1600m, respectively.
The jumps were equally competitive:
Louison Guilhem of St. Petersburg Catholic cleared 1.64m for Florida No. 2 in the high jump.
Jayla Carbon (5.45m) of Ocoee and Lilyanna Duvra of the Geneva School (5.44m) went No. 7 and No. 8 in the long jump.
D'Ari Harmon of Apopka and Hayden Higgins of East Lake tied at 1.57m for No. 7 in the high jump.
The girls' relays are delivering strong early-season times. Wekiva (47.06) and West Port (47.33) sit inside the Top 6 in the 4x100m, while East Ridge leads a trio of Top 5 marks in the 4x800m with a 9:44.19 performance.
Highlighted Friday and Saturday Meets
With just under 40 more meets scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, we should see more Top 10 movement in the rankings. It's difficult with the volume of meets scheduled to look at each meet, but the Pirate Booty Invitational in Bradenton and the Southridge Spartan Invitational in Miami are two that may have the most impact on the Florida rankings.
Southridge Spartan Invitational
The Southridge Spartan Invitational is shaping up to be one of the premier early-season meets in South Florida, with several top-10 performances already on the board and multiple Louie Bing Invitational finalists set to square off once again.
Boys Preview
110mH FL No. 7 14.81 (+2.1) Miami Central's Jeremiah Daniels.
100m FL No. 7 Christopher Columbus senior Alec Cruz entering 10.60 (0.1).
400mH Homestead senior Charles Edwards has the No. 4 ranking in the state with a 55.42
4x100m Relay This could be one of the most exciting events of the meet with No. 3 Miami Northwestern (41.70), No. 8 St. Thomas Aquinas (42.43), and No. 10 South Dade (42.60).
4x400m Relay A near-dead heat at Louie Bing sets up an incredible rematch: between No. 2 and No. 3 ranked Christopher Columbus (3:18.01) and Miami Northwestern (3:18.02). Separated by just one-hundredth of a second last time, this race could once again come down to the anchor leg.
4x800m Relay FL No. 5 Christopher Columbus (8:09.85)
Girls Preview
100m Miami Southridge senior Jalisa Marshall enters with a No. 9, 11.94 (+0.7).
200m Junior Jordyn Downing of St. Thomas Aquinas No. 7 (24.48) and sophomore Sophia Florik of Doral Academy No. 8 (24.74) will go head-to-head.
4x100m Relay Miami Southridge's No. 2 46.41 won at the Louie Bing title, making them the clear favorite.
4x400m Relay Another rematch is on deck between No. 5 St. Thomas Aquinas (3:58.24) and No. 6 Miami Northwestern (3:59.00). They were second and third at Louie Bing.
4x800m Relay No. 7 Miami Northwestern (10:05.11) was the runner-up at Louie Bing.
Pirate Booty Invitational
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This will be the third year for the Pirate Booty Invitational, and it is already drawing some of the top athletes from central and SW Florida.
Boys Preview
100m IMG senior Rhoan Kaulder II opens outdoors in the 100m. He is Florida #2 indoors in the 60m with a 6.76.
200m. This should be one of the highlights of this early-season meet. Brady Pineo is currently FL No. 3 outdoors in the 200m, having run a 20.93 Tuesday at the Pasco Invitation. The Wesley Chapel senior is currently ranked US #1 indoors in the 200m with a 20.79. Rhoan Kaulder II of IMG is ranked No. 4 indoors in the 200m with a 21.52. Senior Owen Kaye of Raines opened outdoors in the 400m on Tuesday with a 49.49 at the Raines Season Opener. Kaye is ranked No. 5 indoors in the 200m with a 21.54
1600m Features Matthew Dodds, Fletcher Rodbro, and Jose Cedeno-Barrer of IMG. All three are premiering their 2026 outdoor campaigns.
110mH Another highlight event with two of the top hurdlers in the state. Christopher Lawley of IMG and Kobe Johnson of Dunbar will go head-to-head for the first time since the Florida High School Indoor Championships, which Lawley won when Johnson, leading, hit the sixth hurdle and finished third. Johnson is the current state leader outdoors with a 14.15. Lawley is opening outdoors. Tyler Starling of Palmetto has run 14.36 and is running outdoors for the first time this season.
Pole Vault The boys' pole vault features Jaxon Jerabek, the US #1-ranked high school boy indoors in the pole vault, with a 5.42m vault.
Girls Preview
100m Sanii Shields of Bayshore comes in as the favorite with a No. 8 ranking of 11.94 that she ran Tuesday at the East Pasco Invitational.
200m All eyes will be on 7th-grader Aniyah Walker, who comes in with an indoor 200m time of 24.57.
400m. This could be one of the top girls' events. IMG has loaded up the 400m with five girls, including Mackenzie Winning and Mia Dunavant, who were members of their runner-up 4x800m relay at the Millrose Games. Here are the girls scheduled to run in the final heat and their seed times. Cameron Bruce IMG Academy SR 57.30, Aniyah Walker IMG Academy 57.00, Alexandrea Fraser IMG Academy 56.46, Mackenzie Winning IMG Academy SR 55.20, Gabriella Smith St. Stephens Episcopal SO 56.20; A'niya Carriera Hillsborough SO 56.80; Mia Dunavant IMG Academy JR 57.10; and Mikayla Eugene Hillsborough SO 57.60.
1600m The race features Danielle Graham and Aurora Bertelsen Del Solar of IMG. They are the other two members of the runner-up 4x800m at the Millrose Games. Graham has run 4:43.51, and Bertelsen Del Solar 4:56.53.
3200m Madison Muller of Riverview Sarasota is one of, if not the top, girls' distance runners in the state. She headlines the girls' 3200m. It will be her outdoor season opener.
Pole Vault: Senior Madeline Entwistle of IMG will open outdoors. She was the state's top girls vaulter indoors with a vault of 3.86m.