Florida Highlights for Week of March 5

Jason Byrne

 

flrunners.com Primetime

On-Site Coverage:

Afternoon Session Girls Highlights:

  • Sixth grader Daesha Rogers of American Heritage leads big most of the 1500 before Elle Baker of Melbourne and freshman Emily Edwards of Canterbury close the gap and look like they may pass Rogers on the last lap.  With 100 to go, Rogers cranks it up, fights them off, and separates again to finish in 4:45.30 to Baker's 4:49.74 and Edwards' 4:51.04!  Courtney Russo of Ft. Myers and Devin McDermott of Lakewood Ranch had good days also going 4:59 and 5:00.
  • Raigyne Moncrief of American Heritage beats out teammate Khadeeja Dooling for the long jump win 17-10 to 17-5. Dooling also won the 300 Hurdles in 48.35. Both are sophomores.
  • Dunbar goes 1-2 in the shot put with Tamara Donaldson and sophomore Johnett Wililams going 39-4 and 39-0.

Afternoon Session Boys Highlights:

  • Cape Coral showed it has got some speed and could have been Primetime! Prince Holloway and sophomore Tyrell Johnson go 22.21 ans 22.31 for 1-2 in the 200.
  • Tyler Cardillo of Charlotte lights it up in the 1500, pacing all alone for almost the entire race and on his quest to hit a qualifying time for the championship division at New Balance Indoors... which he does with a huge 3:57.02 1500 that coverts to a 4:14 1600.  Carlos Miranda of Palmetto Ridge and teammate Joshua Pelletier have good days as well going 4:07 and 4:13.
  • Stephen Krupa of Lemon Bay clears 6-4 for the win as he prepares to travel up to New York City for New Balance Indoors.
  • Defending state champ Alex Kazanski of Wiregrass Ranch clears 13-6 for the win over sophomore Cody Chernoff of Palmetto Ridge's 13-0.
  • Justin Osking of John Carroll sweeps throws witha  52-2 and 167-4, which is #2 so far in the state.

Primetime Session Girls Highlights:

  • Diamond Spaulding of American Heritage sweeps the short sprints in 12.14 and 24.50. She's just an eighth grader! Jokira Jiles of Cape Coral took second in both of those with 12.55 and 25.19.
  • Deja Parrish, freshman at American Heritage, gets by Efe Cudjoe and Annisha Davis of Ft. Myers, and Amber Williams of American Heritage with times of 57.44, 58.61, 58.63, and 58.79, respectively. It was a really tight race!
  • Daesha Rogers, the famed sixth grader at American Heritage comes back after her afternoon session 1500 win and battles it out in the 800. Her prime foe again was Emily Edwards of Canterbury. Rogers took out the lead, Edwards took over the lead around the 300 mark before Rogers took it back and took it home. Rogers 2:15.39, Edwards 2:16.29.
  • The 5K was a three way battle between Kacy Smith of Estero and Kathryn Fluehr and Erika Fluehr of Community School of Naples. Kathryn lead the entire race, with Kacy and Erika tucked in behind.  Kacy found herself sandwiched between the twins for much of the race before they broke it open a bit.  Kathryn 16:50, Erika 16:58, Smith 17:33.  Vanessa Valentine of Melbourne lead the chase pack that included Olivia Ortiz of Lakewood Ranch, Katy G Solis and Bethany Jenkins of Estero to times between 18:08 and 18:20.  Estero's girls pack... mighty impressive and young!  Smith, Maria Frank, and Solis are sophomores... Jenkins a freshman.  Looks like we'll have plenty more great Estero, Lakewood Ranch battles for at least the next couple of years after this!
  • Rashida and Khadeeja Dooling of American Heritage went 1-2 in the 100 Hurdles 14.94 and 15.25.
  • Ashley Favors of Riverview beat out Jessica Montavlo of Palmetto Ridge 44.95 to 45.98 in the 300 Hurdles.

Primetime Session Boys Highlights:

  • Jerimy Strainge of North Broward Prep comes from behind to accelerate past big competition from Michael Bellamy of Charlotte and Sammy Watkins of South Ft. Myers. They went 10.66, 10.78 and 10.80, respectively.  After Marvin Bracy is a no-show and Strainge and Bellamy both pull out with groin tweaks suffered in the 100, that leaves Watkins to take the 200 gold in 21.74.
  • Ryan Schnulle of Charlotte battles back for the lead over Nicholas Palmero of North Broward down the home stretch to win the 800 in 1:53.80 to 1:54.91.  Jose Cartagena of Estero, a sophomore, was fourth in 1:56.48. But the bigger story, for me, is Bryan Hilgar and Anthony Borrego of Charlotte go 3-5 in 1:55.38 and 1:57.42.  Think about that 4x800 team of Cardillo + Schnulle + Hilgar + Borrego later in the season... deep into the 7:30s?
  • JL Hines of Boone lead the 5K for basically the entire race, often a large lead even.  And then the last lap Max del Monte of Chamberlain charged back with a 61 second last lap to steal the victory 15:18.14 to 15:29.10!! It was a sight to see!! Aaron Rojas of Estero and Ryan Stafford of Ft. Myers also had great races in 15:25 and 15:28.

Relay Day Girls Highlights:

  • Lakewood Ranch runs state's best 4x1600 with a 22:14, roughly 5:33 per leg. They came back to a 13:07 DMR.
  • American Heritage wins1K SMR in 2:21 and 4x2 in 1:47.

Relay Day Boys Highlights:

  • Charlotte and Trinity Prep battled in the 4x1600 before Charlotte broke it open. The Tarpons crushed it and Cardillo brought it home in 4:15 to finish in 17:43.23 to finish as the second all-time 4x1600m in state history (not counting older 4xMile records). Trinity Prep held on for a big 18:16 time. The teams will likely battle again at this event at Florida Relays.
  • Using a different four runners, Charlotte showed their depth with an 11:12 DMR. They also won the 4x2 in 1:33, 1K SMR in 2:10, and 4x110 SHR in 1:14.61.

Sam Burley Hall of Fame Invitational

Girls Highlights:

  • Running into a strong headwind (-3.4), sophomore Ebony Morrison of Southridge wins the 200 meter dash in 24.50 (after running 24.62 in the prleims) over freshman teammate Dominique Bullock's 25.25. Morrison also notched a high jump victory with a meet record 18-11, again over Bullock (17-10). That's definitely the best in Florida this year... no wind guage in operation though.
  • Shannon Wright of Coral Reef ran the new #2 time in the state with a 55.47 win in the 400.
  • Junior Ebony Rose of Dr. Krop, one of the favorites for the state title, set a new meet record of 2:14.96 at 800m.
  • Nicole Carpio of Ransom Everglades set a new meet record in the 1600 with a 5:03.12.
  • Into negative wind, both Jatavia Wright and freshman teammate Austinreese Kimani of Miami Central got under the previous meet record with 14.90 and 14.93 in the 100 hurdles, respectively. They reversed orders in the 300 Hurdles with the freshman winning in 44.49 to 45.61.
  • The Miami Norland ladies took down South Dade, Krop, and St. Thomas Aquinas in a barn burner 4x400 battle... 3:56.15, 3:59.57, 4:00.07, and 4:01.53.
  • The Dr. Krop ladies won the 4x800 in 9:48.59 over St. Thomas Aquinas 9:49.18 and Our Lady of Lourdes 9:50.82... another close one!
  • Andraki Scales of Miami Jackson tied the meet record of 5-4 in the high jump.
  • Barbara Vilson and Tiatiana David of South Dade went 1-2 in the triple with 36-11 and 36-4.
  • Mia Mike of Pace seeps the throws yet again with a 40-6 and a 125-1.

Boys Highlights:

  • Phillip Dorsett of Aquinas won big in the 100 meters with a 10.69 into negative wind. He also got second in the 400 (49.10) and a meet record 23-6 in the long jump.
  • Arman Hall runs a nation-leading 200 meter time of 20.82 that is also a meet record... and at 1.7 wind, it is just under the legal level! Hall also won the 400 meters with a big time of 47.66. Hugh Graham Jr ran a 21.44 into a headwind in the prelims of the 200, was third in the finals in 21.97, with Darryl Brown of American getting second in 21.53. Brown was also the runner-up in the long jump with a 22-4.
  • Armando Del Valle had a superb distance triple with a meet record 4:13.70 in the 1600 (new state leader), a meet record 9:13.32 in the 3200 (new state leader), and also lead his Miami Columbus team to a new state leading 8:03.43... also a meet record!!!  Bert Iriogyen of Ransom was second in the 1600 (4:23), with Elliot Clemente (Belen) 4:24 and Jose Estevez (Columbus) 4:27 behind. They flipped orders around a bit in the 3200 going Estevez 9:23, Clemente 9:24, and Irigoyen 9:50.
  • Besides Columbus' new meet record, Miami Central ran an 8:06.18 that would was under the old meet record time and Belen was third in 8:07.66.
  • Artie Burns, sophomore at Northwestern, beat out Emarkis Gunn of Palm Beach Lakes in the 110 Hurdles... meet record 13.77 (new state leader) to 14.34.  Burns does it again in the 300 Hurdles with 36.87 to Gunn's 37.12.
  • Kevin Delgado, sophomore at Coral Park, won the shot put in a big 54-3, with Michael Montero, senior at Columbus, hurling the ball 52 feet.  Montero won the discus by bettering Everette Slocum of Northwestern by just nine inches 159-10 to 159-1. Slocum's teammate Xaiver Mackey was another 10 inches back.

Harmony Invitational


On-Site Coverage:

Octavious Freeman wins Harmony Invite

Girls Highlights:

  •  Octavious Freeman of Lake Wales and Tynia Gaither of Osceola, arguably the top 100 and 200 girls in the state (though Shayla Sanders would have something to say about that!), clashed in a highly anticipated match up.  After cruising to the sixth seed out of the prelims, Freeman out lasted Gaither 11.52 to 11.67. Freeman's time is a new state lead.  Then they locked horns again in the 200 meters... with Freeman again cruising in the prelims to a fourth seed... comes back and puts it into hyper drive with a 23.86 lean over Gaither's 23.90! What a thriller!  Freeman also took home runner-up in the long jump and her Lake Wales 4x100 team ran another scorcher with a 46.86!
  • Alexis Taylor of Lake Mary won the 300 Hurdles in 44.79.
  • Jameisha Gant of Osceola won the 100 Hurdles in 15.18.
  • Ashley Perrin of Lake Mary wins the 400 in 57.96.

Boys Highlights:

  • Jordan Clark of Wekiva cleared 6-8 for the win over Victor Troutman of Kathleen's 6-4 in the high jump.
  • Jovan Davis of Wekiva had a big day, winning the long jump in 22-2, 110 Hurdles in 14.59, and 300 Hurdles in 38.04.
  • Quincy O'Connor of Celebration beats out Daniel Dey in the 1600... 4:28.56 to 4:23.84. O'Connor also picked up the 3200 win in 10:05. Dey though got the 800 win in 1:59.42.

Hallandale Invitational

  • Shayla Sanders of Boyd Anderson cleaned up with dominant wind-aided times in the 100 meters (11.62) and 200 meters (23.68).
  • Jasmine King of Boyd Anderson edges Mulern Jean of Elly in the 100 Hurdles with a hefty wind-at-the-back propelling them to a 14.89 and 14.92, with Briana Pulido of Archbishop Carroll in third with 15.08. King came back to win the 300 Hurdles easily in 45.59 and took the triple jump in 35-2.
  • Boyd Anderson girls with a nice open to March by sweeping the relays: a 48.04 4x100, 4:04.48 4x400, and 9:58.56 4x800.
  • Sophomore Emily Gale of Cypress Bay cleared 11 feet for the pole vault victory.
  • Amber Monroe of Miami Northwestern throws an absolutely huge 144-11.50 to better her two teammates Shehara Parmer (121-9.5) and freshman Lloydricia Cameron (115-3) in the discus. The three girls also finished 1-2-2 in the shot put with Parmer (39-3), Cameron (37-6.5), and Monroe (37-6.5).... (yes, a tie for second, guess the other two attempts were fouls?).
  • Volvick Vassor of Oakland Park Northeast beats out Malcom Lewis of Miramar in a wind-aided 10.56 and 10.81, respectively.
  • Dedric Dukes of Miami Washington is back after his year off from track last year and opens with a 21.37 (aided) win in the 200 over Vassick (21.88) and also won the 400 in 48.07.
  • Defending state champion Emanuel Kent of Upperroom won in 10:14 in the 3200.
  • Termaine Banks of Dillard wins 110 Hurdles in aided 14.25. Banks was beat out in a photo finish by one-hundreth of a second in the 300 Hurdles by Bruce Barclay of Boyd Anderson: 39.07 to 39.08.
  • Cyrus Johnson of Ely wins the triple jump (45-3) and high jump (6-4).
  • Daniel Forgoney of Dwyer swept the boys throws with a 49-10 shot and a 168-10 discus.

Lake Brantley Invitational

Girls Highlights:

  • Britni Strates of Edgewater won the triple jump in 38-4 and high jump in 5-6.
  • Erica Sergent of Lake Mary cleared 11-2 in the vault.
  • Jones soph Jazmyne Gilliam took both short sprints with times of 12.58 and 25.18.
  • Alyssa Younker of Hagerty got by Emmy Bradenhoff of Winter Park and her freshman teammate Tania White in the 400 meters dash with times of 58.21, 59.33, and 59.59.  Younker also pocketed a 300 Hurdles gold in 47.30 over the 47.36 by Rayeisha Lowe'chin (Apopka) and Shantay Aikens of Dr. Phillips' 47.41... tight race!
  • Hagerty sophomore Tayler Johnson defeated Tifani Kerrison of Jones in the 800 2:18 to 2:21.
  • Sophomore Amber Johnson of Dr. Phillips won the 1600 in 5:18.
  • Southern Cal signee and Winter Park senior Kira Soderstrom put up a nice time of 11:23 to secure the 3200 victory, 21 seconds better than Bryce Seymour of Hagerty.
  • Winter Park, Hagerty, Lake Brantley, and Jones were within three seconds of each other between 4:02 and 4:05 in the 4x400.
  • Park and Jones also joined the 2011 Sub-10 Club for the 4x800.

Boys Highlights:

  • Quenton Bundrage of Manatee won the high jump in 6-6.
  • Chris Curtis of Dr. Phillips set a new state leading mark in the triple jump with his 47-2.5 victory. Curtis also won gold in the 110 Hurdles in 15.01.
  • Levonte Whitfield, a sophomore at Jones, pulled off a nice sprint double... with a blazing 10.55 100 meter dash (+2.4 wind, so aided) and a 21.72 victory in the 200m.  I heard Levonte suggesting on Facebook he wasn't fit yet.... well scratch that! He's ready to go! Teammate Clim Jones hit a 10.88 in that 100 for second.
  • Lake Brantley's junior Otniel Teixeira had another great week of middle distance with a  big four second win of 4:22.56 over a stiff lineup of some of the state's best four-lappers: Peter Licari of Hagerty 4:26, Daniel Millay of Dr. Phillips 4:27.29, Will Anguish of Winter Park 4:28, Nick Posada of Winter Park 4:31.28, Josh Boggs of Dr. Phillips 4:31.36, and Will Bridges of Edgewater 4:31.77. Sheesh! What a field!
  • Teixeira followed that up with a 1:56.83 victory in the 800 over Taylor Samapang of Edgewater's 1:58.91.
  • Posada came back after that great 1600 (and a 4x8) to win the 3200 in a time of 9:31.85, which according to Coach Mike Hill is the #8 time in the storied history of Winter Park's distance program. Millay and his Dr. Phillips teammates Logan Kruse and Boggs took over after that showing superb depth with times of 9:38.27, 9:57.70, and 9:58.10, respectively.
  • The men from Jones continued their impressive season, improving on their state leading 4x100 time of 41.75 from Louie Bing last week, they clocked a nation-leading time of 41.55!
  • Winter Parks's guys won an impressive battle versus Dr. Phillips, Lake Brantley and others with an 8:07 4x800... DP was next in 8:10, followed by Brantley in 8:13.
  • Freshman Alex Gomez of Jones leaped 22-6 for the win in the long jump. That went with an 11.08 100m and a 6-0 high jump.

Chiles Track & Field Championships

Georgia teams Southwest Dekalb, Carrollton, and others held a pretty solid monopoly on many of the elite performances, but here are some of the top performances from Floridians...

  • Lily Williams of Chiles wins the 800 easily in 2:19.47... that coming after her meet record of 5:05.13 in the 1600.
  • The boys from Leon represented in the 1600 and 3200.  John Hazelton won the 1600 in 4:40 and Riley Doherty and Will Stanford went 1-2 in the 3200 in 9:51 and 10:07.

Jesse Forbes Invitational

Highlights:

  • Megan Walker of Pt. St. Joe won the pole vault in 11-0.
  • Darielle McQueen of Noth Florida Christian took home the gold in both horizontal jumps... 17-0.5 in the long and 35-11 in the triple.
  • Trevor Touchton  beat out Dieumy Duclose of Godby in the 1600... 4:29.81 to 4:30.88.  He then made it a double by taking out Kevin Potts of Graceville 1:56.17 to 1:58.07 in the 800.  In the 3200 it was Patrick Swain of Maclay winning a close one (9:53.10) over Jacob Sulpecki of Lincoln (9:55.66) and Duclose (9:59.58).
  • Thurston Davis of Godby won the 110 Hurdles in 14.58.
  • Lincoln's guys ran a pretty quick time of 8:14 in the 4x800 with about 35 seconds of padding to second place.
  • Brandon Hollifield of Godby set a new meet record by four inches, winning the high jump in 6-8.
  • Lee Williams of Maclay took the horizontals in 22-9 and 47-1... that 47-1 is the second best in the state this year.
  • Devin Screen of Godby threw a new meet record 164-11 in the discus.

Berkeley Prep Invitational

  • Ashley Livingston of McKeel Academy won the shot put in 38-0.

Holy Trinity Invitational

On-Site Coverage:

Girls Highlights:

  • Ansley Gebben of First Academy is at it again, mixing it up in new events seemingly every week!  This week she tried her hand at the 400 and beat out Gabby Gayles, freshman at Holy Trinity, 57.50 to 58.30.  She was edged though in the 100 Hurdles by sophomore Brandi Lucas of Sebastian River 15.16 to 15.30.
  • Shelby Davidson of Cocoa Beach over powered Emily Ahrens of Vero Beach and Teresa Ristow of Holy Trinity with times of 5:09.20, 5:10.14 and 5:18.10, respectively.  Davidson made it two with the 3200 win in 10:58.16, which is the fastest in the state this season outdoors.
  • The Cocoa Beach girls, sans Davidson, earned the 4x800 victory over Lincoln Park 10:11.98 to 10:12.71.
  • Mallory Johnson of South Fork won the pole vault by clearing 11-0. Favorite Lindsey Enders no-heighted on the rainy, windy day after deciding not to come in until 11-6.
  • Freshman Daryth Gayles of Holy Trinity won the long jump in 17-8 over Natasha Stewart of Vero Beach's 17-0. Stewart got her win though in the triple with a solid 36-10 performance.
  • Brittany Jackson of Sebastian River swept the throws with a 35-11 shot put and a narrow four inch margin of victory in the discus with a 117-9 to Jessica Moss (Vero Beach) 117-5.

Boys Highlights:

  • David Kilgore of Holy Trinity took the 1600 with relative ease in 4:26.
  • Tyler Lee of Cocoa Beach edged out Nick Friel of Merritt Island 14.95 to 14.97... later in the day Lee won the 300H as well in 40.37.
  • Tevin Bess of Sebastian River won the shot in 49-3.
  • Cody Hortsman of Vero Beach took the disc in 160-9.

Trinity Prep Invitational

On-Site Coverage:

Girls Highlights:

  • Abby Hani of Lake Mary Prep wins the 200 in 25.99, the 400 in 58.40, and the long jump in 16-8. Just a sophomore.
  • Destini Oglesby of Admiral Farragut wins both throws in 34-11 and 118-10.

Boys Highlights:

  • Rayshawn Jenkins of Admiral Farragut won the 110 Hurdles in 14.81.
  • Winter Springs guys win 4x800 in 8:14.
  • Mark Mutz of Lakeland Christian wins 3200 in 9:55, Sam Goldberg of Trinity Prep second in 9:59.

Sarasota Riverview Ram Invitational

  • Reshaun Patterson of Sarasota HS won the girls shot put with a big new PR of 37-2.
  • Zack Larrabee of Sarasota High took the discus in 156-6.

Pine Crest Panther Relays

Girls Highlights:

  • Julia Frederick of Coral Springs ties state leaders with 5-6 high jump.
  • Christian Medina of Westminster Academy wins big in 124-4.
  • Cardinal Gibbons clocks 23:28 4x1600 and 10:04 in the 4x800. Pine Crest was just two second back in the 4x8.

Boys Highlights:

  • Nehemiah Thompson ties for #2 on in the state with a 14-0 vault.
  • Leighton Davis of Flanagan tosses a 166-1 discus, which is third best in the state this season.
  • Santiago Zerga of Coral Glades defeats Edward Romero of Flanagan 4:30 to 4:35 in the 1600. Zerga also helps his team to a 11:18 DMR.

Big 'D' Relays

On-Site Coverage:

Girls Highlights:

  • Shelby Blaes of Vanguard wins in a close 1600 (5:21.75) over Allison Wilson of Leesburg 5:24.55, Catherine Blaney of Belleview 5:24.82 and Anne-Marie Blaney also of Belleview 5:25.53.
  • Spruce Creek girls win the 4x800 over Belleview 10:06 to 10:16... and then do it again in a close DMR 13:13 to 13:15.
  • Allison Lampert, sophomore at Spruce Creek, wins the high jump in 5-5.
  • Freshman Benjai Fray of Lake Weir wins the long jump in 18-0.75 over Shemael Hamilton of Belleview's 17-4. Hamilton won the triple jump in 34-8.
  • Kaysha Brady of Crescent City (shout out to Crescent City! we don't see results from them much!) took the shot put in 36-3... also won the discus in 93-3.

Boys Highlights:

  • Lake Weir, behind a big leg by Isaiah Smith, wins the 4x800 over Spruce Creek in 8:09 to 8:18.
  • Spurce Creek goes 1-2 (A and B teams) in the DMR 11:09 and 11:22, showing great depth.

Justin Gatlin Wildcat Invitational

Girls Highlights:

  • Arleischa Chieves of Milton leaped 17-10 to win the long jump.
  • Pine Forest senior Latorria Bell won both the sprints. She took the 100 in a time of 12.67 and the 200 in 25.65.
  • Bell's teammate Darroneisha Lott was also a double winner in the 800 (2:23.09) and 1600 (5:20.93).

Boys Highlights:

  • Gulf Breeze sophomore Austin Droogsma had a great day in the throws launching the discus 152-4 and 52-0.5 in the shot put ffor the victory.
  • Colin Philips of Pensacola Christian Academy cleared 13-0 feet in the pole vault.
  • Loucheiz Purifoy of Pine Forest tallies three victories. He wins the triple jump (43-08.50), long jump (21-08.00), and 200 (22.54). 

Naples Eagle Invitational

Girls Highlights:

  • Community School of Naples wins big in 12:30 for DMR.
  • Ida Baker wins 4x800 in 10:26 and 4x1600 in 23:48.

Boys Highlights:

  • Naples boys over Community School of Naples in DMR 11:18 to 11:19.
  • Cape Coral guys 4x200 1:30.32.

UNF Spring Break Invitational

Girls Highlights:

  1. Mandarin senior Courtney Walker takes gold in the 100 (12.05), 200 (24.75), and in the long jump (17-02.50). Walker was also a member of Mandarin's second place 4x1 relay team.
  2. Bria Goodson of Orange Park cranks out the fourth fastest quarter-mile of the year in a time of 56.95.
  3. Camille Jackson of Providence School and Amelia Williams of Bolles go 2:16.79 and 2:20.00 in the 800
  4. Episcopal's Emily Smithwick's pole vault of 11-0 ties her with four others for the third best mark in 2011.
  5. Lauren Brumley of Bishop Kenny heaves the shot put 37-0.5
  6. The Bolles sprint medley team raced to a time of 4:18.83.

Boys Highlights:

  • Tyler Cue of Flagler Palm runs a 10.66 in the prelims but doesn’t come back for the finals. We’re unsure why. He opted out of the 200 as well. 
  • Marquis Noble of Gainesville Bucholz and Flagler Palm Coast’s Gilbert Absolu require a photo finish as Noble edges him out by six one thousands of a second 10.774 (wind-aided) to 10.780 (wind-aided)! Wow! Noble also won the long jump with a jump of 22-02.75.
  • Ponte Vedra’s Kyle Crompton and Josh McCombs of Episcopal go under forty seconds in the 300 hurdles running 38.75 and 39.25 respectively.
  • In the 3200, Mandarin distance star Eduardo Garcia continued where he left off in cross country season, dominating opponents. Garcia crosses the finish in an impressive time of 9:26.80. He also won the 1600 in 4:27.60.
  • Alphonso Legree of Fort White and Garrett Scantling of Episcopal posted top five marks in the high jump as the leaped 6-8 and 6-6. 
  • Scantling wasn’t done yet. He  also took second in the triple jump in 43-09.75 and won the pole vault with a state tying leap of 14-6.  That is a special showing for the senior.
  • Three teams had solid performances in the sprint medley, Jacksonville Raines (3:39.46), Episcopal (3:41.17), and Nease (3:42.07).

Poinciana Invitational

Girls Highlights:

  • Victoria Abnathy of George Jenkins domainted both hurdles in 14.87 and 44.79, respectively. She won the 200 meter dash for good measure in 26.00. She is ready to go much faster!
  • Kali Carney of South Lake won the high jump, clearing 5-0.
  • Cara Elyea of Lake Region cleared 10-0 in the vault.

Boys Highlights:

  • Winter Haven High freshman Bennie Wesley, who was the middle school state champ last spring, won the 100 and 200 in 10.95 and 22.09.  He then helped his stacked 4x100 relay team to a 42.11 victory with almost two seconds padding to second place!  Without Wesley, Winter Haven also won the 4x400 in 3:26.
  • Adonis Kirkland and Widson Charlemont of Winter Haven went 1-2 in the throws. Kirkland won the shot in 49-1, with Charlemont in 47-7... they reversed order in the discus in 140-3 and 139-4.
  • Jose Perez of Haines City beat out Alex Foss of George Jenkins, Gary Salomon of Lake Region, and Robert Johnroe of Liberty: 4:32.38, 4:34.06, 3:45.75, and 4:36.33, respectively. Johnroe won the 3200 over Foss 10:05 to 10:24. Salomon won the the 800 in 2:04.20 over Perez in 2:05.94.

USA Triathlon Sprint National Championship

No Florida high schools, but there were some former high school greats who are now pro triathletes!

On-Site Coverage:

Women Pro Race:

  • Former UF runner and Satellite High School grad, Kaitlin Shiver, finished in 17th place in the pro division in 58:03 with a 17:41 split... she caught Amanda Hahn, 2004 graduate of Gainesville High and FSU alumna, at the line to edge her out. Hahn was 18th place with a 58:03 with a 17:47 5K split.
  • Taylor Cooke, Lecanto class of 2007 and Florida Gulf Coast alum, finished in 26th with a 1:05.45 and 20:58 5K run split.

Men Pro Race:

  • Legendary Delray Beach Atlantic star Sean Jefferson finished in 34th with a 52:39 and 14:59 run split.

Let me know if I missed any former Florida stars.

Nash Higgins Relays

No results yet.

Santa Fe Raiders Invitational

No results yet.

Crystal River Invitational

No results yet.

Chasco Invitational

 No results yet.

Jupiter Warrior Invitational

Girls Highlights:

  • Stephanie Schappert of Pope John Paul II wins the 1600 with a time of 5:14.95
  • Royal Palm Beach's Trisha Leger jumped a state leading 37-11 in the triple jump over nine inches over her nearest competitor Leslie Arzu of Barbara Goleman High School who nabbed the state's second best mark of 37-1.5.

Boys Highlights:

  • John I. Leonard senior Ryan Pickering dominated the distance events. The University of Oregon signee ran a state best 9:24.33 in the 3200 and also won the 1600 in 4:24.43.
  • Park Vista's Christopher Grinley gets the win in the 300 hurdles in a time of 39.48.
  • Grinley's teammate Wayne Jensen tosses one of the states top throws in the discus launching it 151-7.

Tavares Invitational

  • Tavares senior Kalen Hambrick wins the discus with a tremendous throw of 142-2, the best by over  27 feet this year, to put that in another perspective that would be the seventh best mark on the boys side!  She also won the shot put  with a mark of 34-04.75.

Lake Brantley Developmental Meet #2

  • Abby Hani, sophomore at Lake Mary Prep, won the 400m in 58.59 and the long jump in 17-3.
  • Kamesha Atwell of Evans and Alexis Taylor of Lake Mary duked it out in the 300 Hurdles... Atwell wins 46.51 to 46.66.
  • Lake Brantley girls blasted a 3:59.89 to win by over 30 seconds in the 4x400.
  • Freshman Erica Sergeant of Lake Mary won the pole vault by clearing 11-0.