Florida Highlights for Week of February 26

Feb 25, 2011

Louie Bing Classic

Todd Grasley was on-site in Miami providing coverage for flrunners.com. Lots of video highlights and interviews are have been uploaded.

Day One Highlights:

DAY ONE HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO by Todd Grasley
Phillip Dorsett of St. Thomas Aquinas sets a meet record and US #1 mark of 24-7.45, which last season would have been #2 in the state and top ten in the nation at season's end! That is a new meet record by a long ways. However, after that feat he injured his right knee during the triple jump. No word yet on the severity.
Hugh Graham of Miami Northwestern is the top seed in the 100 (10.92) and 400 going into day two. His prelim time in the 400 was 47.48, which is a meet record and US #1.
Shannon Spence of Miami Northwestern wins the long jump (18-0) and finishes second in the triple jump (35-11.75).
Last week's Warrior of the Week, Briana Pulido of Archbishop Carroll is top seed in both hurdle events going into day two, fifth in the high jump, third in the long jump (17-6.75).
Barbara Vilson of South Dade won the high jump in 5-6, putting her as number one in the state.
Tynia Gaither of Osceola is top seed in both 100 and 200 going into finals.
Robin Reynolds of Miami Jackson is top seed in the 400 and is complete on her team's SMR and 4x4.
Levonte Whitfield of Jones is second seed in the 100 going into Saturday (11.01).
Kevin Delgado of Coral Parklaunches the shot to a state leading 53-11 with Michael Montero of Miami Columbus second in 52-4.
Amazing battle in the girls discus... Mia Mike of Pace wins out with a 127-6, just six inches better than Amber Monroe of Miami Northwestern, and just back third place was Northwestern teammate Lloydricia Cameron who is just a freshman and was the middle school state champion last year. Monroe made it a double by winning the shot put in 39-0 over teammates Shehara Parmer (38-8) and Cameron (38-5). Mia Mike was fourth in 37-7.

Day Two Highlights:

DAY TWO HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO by Todd Grasley
Meet MVPs are Hugh Graham, Jr. of Miami Northwestern and Tynia Gaither of Osceola.
Graham wins 100m in a 10.60 over Levonte Whitfield of Jones in 10.87. And then Graham Jr. comes back and dominates in the 400 meters with a blazing time of 46.97, winning by 2.35 seconds.
Gaither wins 100 in 12.09 and 200 in 24.56.
Armando del Valle wins on cruise control in the 3200 with a time of 9:30, lapping all but 7 others in the 35 peron field. He and his teammates of Miami Columbus go 1-4. There were similar results in the 1600 where Del Valle paces his teammatesand wins in 4:33, with Jose Estevez in tow.
Ebony Rose of Dr. Krop wins 800 in meet record 2:16.57. She also won her heat of the 1600 in 5:42.55 for good measure with a 17 second marg.
Robin Reynolds wins 400m with state leading 55.03 and leads her Miami Jackson team to victory in the 1K Sprint Medley (2:20.87).
Sophomore Artie Burns of Miami Northwestern sweeps guys hurdles with 14.07 and 37.75--both best times in the state this year.
Briana Pulido of Archbishop Carroll continues to improve in the 300 Hurdles with new PR and victory of 44.83... she finished 2nd in 100H (15.31). This comes after day one of 6th in the high jump (5-0) and third in the long jump (17-6.75).
Miami Northwestern boys clock a 3:17.05 victory in the 4x4 over St. Thomas Aquinas' 3:19.01.
Miami Columbus win 4x8 in 8:13 over Miami Central's 8:16.
Jones guys earn big time time of 41.74 in the 4x1 to take the state lead.
Our Lady of Lourdes breaks 10 this year in the 4x8 with a 9:55.06 over St. Thomas Aquinas' 10:00.18.
Northwestern ladies outkick Norland in the 4x4 3:53.22 to 3:57.73. And the bulls are at it again in the 4x1 with 48.00 over Osceola's 48.28.

Complete Results and Coverage from Louie Bing...

Louie Bing Classic Video Coverage

Lake Brantley Open

Highlights:

Octavious Freeman of Lake Wales posts new state leading marks in both the 100 and 200 with 11.57 and 24.54, respectively. She also finished second in the the long jump with a 17-6 to Keara McKnight of Wekiva who jumped 17-8.
Lake Wales girls blast a nation-leading 46.79 in the 4x100... that ranks 7th all-time in Florida based on our records (which truthfully only go very deep back a decade). No matter how you slice it... wow!
Britni Strates of Edgewater and Joy Brown of Evans each clear 5-4 in high jump. Strates also wins triple jump in 37-0.
Nick Posada of Winter Park is victorious in 3200 in 9:39.
Jovan Davis of Wekiva sweeps the hurdles: 300 Hurdles in 39.08 and 14.40 in the 110. Kyle Crompton of Ponte Verde is second at 300 in 39.58.
Big battle in the girls 300 hurdles with Carmelia Stewart of Wekiva getting to the line first in 45.63. Three others within a tenth of a second: Martisha Hart of Oak Ridge (46.18), Wilkerson Jazzmine of Evans (46.27) and Samantha McCan of Lake Brantley (46.28).
Lake Mary Prep shows their strength in the pole vault with Erica Sergent winning in 11-0, Paige Byrnes getting third in 10-6, and Alex Woodruf coming in fourth with a 10-0 clearance. Stephanie Cook of East Ridge interupted their dominance with a 10-6 second place performance.
Otniel Teixeira of Lake Brantley wins easily in the 800 with a 1:56.37, after winning 1600 in 4:22 with eight second margin of victory over Will Anguish of Winter Park.
Abby Hani of Lake Mary Prep wins 400 in 58.89.
Lake Brantley girls cruise to 4:01 4x400.
Jamie King of Winter Haven wins shot put in 36-9.
Jose Santania of East River wins 200 (22.14) and 400 (49.56).

Coverage:

Photo Album by Mark Winz (100 photos)

Brooks PR Invitational (Indoor meet in Washington)

Torrey Campbell (Barron Collier) ran an 8.07 in the prelims as the fourth seed and then came back beat some of the best hurdlers in the nation with a 7.82 victory that is the third fastest in the nation this year.
Arman Hall of St. Thomas Aquinas ran a new national leading indoor 400 time of 47.45 to win.
Marvin Bracy of Boone and Jerimy Strainge of North Broward took second and third in the 60 in 6.75 and 6.80, respectively. The two will face off again next week at flrunenrs.com Primetime along with Michael Bellamy and others.
Ryan Pickering of John I Leonard was 8th in the mile with a 4:16.06.
Erika and Kathryn Fluehr of Community School of Naples finished 10th and 13th, respectively, against an all-star cast. Erika ran an 11:30.92 to Kathryn's 11:48.25.
Stephanie Schappert of Pope John Paul finished 12th in the mile with a 5:07.74.

Mitchell Early Bird

Highlights:

Kelli Wiliams of Mitchell wins 800, 1600 in 2:24, 5:11.
Raqurra Ishmar of Brooksville Central gets three wins in rare combination of long jump (16-10), shot put (39-4), and discus (117-0)!
Andrew Bales of Mitchell clears 14-6 to win pole vault.

Coverage:

Photo Album by Jeff Adams (Over 1000 photos)

Highlander Invitational

Highlights:

Lindsey Enders of Holy Trinity clears 12-2 for victory in the pole vault. At this same meet last year she only cleared nine feet... long way to come in a year!
Shelby Davidson of Cocoa Beach wins the 1600 in 5:07. Davidson comes back to battle it out with eighth grader Julie Wollrath of Holy Trinity in the 3200. Wollrath prevails at the line 11:05.11 to 11:05.36.
Ansley Gebben of First Academy throws us off a little bit by running the 800... and winning with a very solid time of 2:18.52 for the hurdler. She also won the 100 Hurdles in 15.36.
India Adams of Holy Trinity won the high jump in 5-5.
David Kilgore of Holy Trinity takes the 3200 by almost 30 seconds with a 9:34.
Winter Park boys lead the state it the 4x800 with an 8:05.

East Coast Classic

Ralph Epifanio was there shooting photos for flrunners.com. Highlights and story to come.

Emily Ahrens of Vero Beach wins true mile in 5:12 to teammate Grace Thomas' second place finish of 5:17. Order is reversed in 3200 as Thomas eeks out the win over Ahrens in 11:31.04 to 11:32.62.
Nathasha Stewart of Vero Beach gets to big time marks to win long jump (18-5) and triple jump (37-5).
Marquis Noble of Buchholz sets state's second best boys long jump on the year with a 23-6 victory, Jimel Wright of Deland was about 10 inches back for second. Noble also wins 200 in 22.25 and 100 in 11.03 into the wind.
Cecil Rolle of Buchholz wins 400 in 49.38 by .8 over Yeovanti Williams of Flagler Palm Coast's 50.19.
Senior LaQuentin Smith of Dr. Phillips fires a 51-7 shot to win by over six feet.

Photo Album

Episcopal Eagle Open

Highlights:

Emily Smithwick of Episcopal wins pole vault in 10-6.
Garrett Scantling of Episcopal clears 6-9 in high jump as new state leader.

North Port Bobcat Invitational

Highlights:

Charlotte boys warm up for battle against Trinity Prep next week with 18:33 4x1600.
Zack Larrabee of Sarasota wins discus with 162-6.

Ocala Forest Wildcat Invitational

Shemael Hamilton of Belleview jumps 18-5 to lead state in girls long jump.

Nease Relays

Highlights:

Erica Hinel of Creekside wins high jump in 5-4.
Gabby Samuels of Menendez wins shot in 39-2.75.
Jimmy Clark of Creekside opens to a 9:51.99 victory in the 3200.

Panhandle Open

Lee Williams of Maclay wins 100, 200 in 10.82 and 22.49.
Stephen Haye of Ft. Walton Beach wins going away in 49.11 for the 400.
Devin Screen of Godby takes both throws: 48-9 and 161-3.
Rachel Gold of Niceville wins 1600 (5:32) and 3200 (11:59).
Brittany Crittenden of South Walton is victorious in 100H in 15.03.
Ft. Walton Beach girls win close one over Niceville in the 4x800... 10:06.62 to 10:09.06.
Megan Walker of Port St. Joe wins pole vault, clearing 11-0.

Coverage:

Photo Album by Rese Ammons (hundreds of photos)
Story by Rese Ammons

Red Knight Invitational

Highlights:

Kacy Smith of Estero wins 800 in 2:22, 1600 in 5:12, helps team to 10:09 in 4x800.
Delmarick Pender of Island Coast wins boys 100m in 10.72.
Tamara Donaldson of Dunbar and teammate Johnet Williams battle in shot put... 37-8.25 to 37-2.75.

Westminster Academy Relays

Brittany Wagoner of Key West wins long jump in 17-10.5 and pole vault in 10-6.

Walter Dix Invitational Relays

No results received

Kiwanis Lightning Storm Invitational

Cape Coral Boys 1:31 in 4x2.
Immokalee girls 1:49 in 4x2.
Gulf Coast girls win 4x8 in 10:24.

Pensacola Tiger Relays

No results received

Deltona Open

Anthony Gayle of Pine Ridge wins both short sprints in 11.21 and 22.84.
Terry McMillon of Spruce Creek sweeps hurdles: 16.45 and 42.03.
Erin Weinrech of Spruce Creek wins shot in 36-2.
Spruce Creek girls go 10:15 in 4x8.

Jupiter Invitational

Mallory Johnson of South Fork clears 11-0 in pole vault.
Jaulisha Griffin of Palm Beach Gradens wins shot in 35-5.

West Kendall Championship

Natalie Conception of Ferguson wins in meet record 5:35.17 over Emily Hernandez of Sunset's 5:36.51. Conception also third in 800 and first in long jump.
Katrina Santiago of Ferguson wins in meet record 12:37.85 in 3200.

Park Vista Home Meet 1

Highlights:

Ryan Pickering of John I Leonard opens to 4:26 1600 win and 9:33 in 3200.

Kathleen High Opener

Octavious Freeman of Lake Wales wins 100 in 11.84, long jump in 18-1.25. Teammate Summer Meeks second in long jump 17-7.75.

Lake Worth Trojans Invitational

Emarkis Gunn of Palm Beach Lakes wins both hurdles with 14.52 for the 110 and an impressive 38.24 for the 300.
Miriam Pierre of Santaluces wins both throws with 118-0 in discus and 37-1 in shot.
Tiah Sanborn, sophomore at Lake Worth, wins high jump in 5-4.

Merritt Island Relays

Nathasha Stewart of Vero wins long jump in 17-7 and triple in 36-5.
Cody Hortsman of Vero wins discus in 162-10.
Tevin Bess of Sebastian River wins shot in 51-8, takes econd in discus in 142-2.
Anastasia Gabor of Vero 5-4 in high jump.

Shorecrest Invitational

no results received

Ripoll Relays

Brittney Wagoner of Key West wins high jump (5-4), long jump (18-0), second in pole vault (9-6).
Briana Pulido of Archbishop Carroll is second in high jump 5-2, third in long jump 17-6.
Sophomore Khadeeja Dooling of American Heritage second in long jump in 17-8.
Mia Mike of Pace wins both throws: 37-2 and 119-11.
American Heritage girls pull of near royal flush of relays: 49.84 4x1, 1:45.14 4x2, 4:05.87 4x4, 9:54.54 4x8, 1:07.70 shuttle hurdle. Only interuption is Lourdes in DMR 12:48 to Heritage's second place 12:55.
Belen Jesuit guys 10:55 in DMR.

Deland Tuesday Meet

Orange City University girls and Deltona boys win team titles.

Lake Brantley Developmental #1

Lloynecia Matthews of Evans wins 100 (12.71), long jump (17-7).
Ashley Perrin of Lake Mary wins 400 in 57.89.
Lake Mary girls win relays in 48.96 for 4x1 and 4:04 for 4x4.
Juliette Hyppolite of Evans and teammate Joy Brown both clear 5-2 in high jump.
Freshman Erica Sergeant and junior Alexandira Woodruff, both of Lake Mary, clear 10-6 and 10-0 in vault.
Rebecca Evans of Winter Springs, just a sohpomore, throws 117-3 discus.
Chris Clinton of Winter Springs high jumps 6-4 for win.

Spruce Creek Area Meet #1

Erin Weinrich of Spruce Creek wins shot in 35-5.
Spruce Creek girls 10:18 in 4x8.
James Clark of New Smyrna Beach wins 11.01 in 100m, 22.50 in 200m, 51.71 in 400m.