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The 2016 FHSAA Track & Field State Finals were loaded with talent and provided plenty of exciting finishes, and nationally ranked performances. Our team was on-site and captured OVER EIGHTEEN THOUSAND photos from the two days of action. Check out these amazing images and make sure to tag yourself!
The 2016 FHSAA T&F Finals was loaded with talent from 1A to 4A. Don't miss a minute of the action including over FIFTEEN THOUSAND photos, dozens of video interviews, elite performances, results and more!
Watch Bailey Hertenstein complete one of the most epic comebacks in state history. With 450 meters to go in the girls 4A 1,600, the Riverview sophomore gets tripped up and tumbles to the track. With no fear she gets back up and rallies from 8th place to first for the first title of her track and field career! (Race video courtesy of Anthony Bolton)
The Winter Park girls not only clocked the fastest 4x800m relay time of the weekend, but set a new school record and state leading mark of 9:13.69. We combined the results from all four classifications to see who had the top 50 performances in EVERY event!
American High School freshman Tyrese Cooper nearly pulled out the sprint trifecta at the 2016 FHSAA T&F Finals. Cooper was edged out at the line in the 100 by one one-hundredth of a second (10.68), but bounced back to win the 200 (20.87), and 400 (46.34) all into negative winds, the fastest of any classification. We merged the results for every class to find out the top 50 performances in EVERY event!
Some of the smallest schools made some of the biggest waves at the 2016 FHSAA state track meet at IMG Academy over the weekend. The Admiral Farragut boys and Oak Hall girls took home team titles. Farragut boys, after the girls team won the 2015 state meet, made it their first team title in the school's 85-year history. Much of that can be attributed to the exploits of sprinter Alex Gray.
If there was a highlight to the Class 2A state track meet at IMG Academy in Bradenton, its name was Caitlyn Collier. Collier pulled off one of the most difficult feats possible in high school state track, a sweep of the 800m, 1600m and the 3200m. It puts Collier, still just a sophomore, in an elite class of state performers and into the FHSAA state record book.
The freshman from American High School won the 200m and 400m
Nothing has been able to stop the Miami Northwestern Bulls, not for the last eight years. The Bulls made it their eighth straight and their 13th overall championship over the weekend at IMG Academy in Bradenton. It was not even close. The Bulls amassed 157 points over Friday and Saturday. Runner up Northeast came in at 43.50. The Bulls don't just do it with a handful of athletes.
Once in a long while and individual's performance transcends any combined team efforts. Once in a long while an individual does something so heroic, so indelible that it lives on in the hearts and minds of track fans for years to come. Such an event occurred at the 2016 FHSAA state track meet in Bradenton over the weekend.
The FHSAA Track & Field Finals promised to provided plenty of awesome action and it didn't disappoint. We caught up with all the top stars including Evans Jamiah Jackson who scored three medals with gold coming in the 4A 300m hurdles. Watch what everyone had to say after the most important meet of the year!
Our photo team was out in full force during day one of the 2016 FHSAA Track & Field Finals including Tom Connor who captured over FIVE THOUSAND photos from out the weekend! Check out all the images including this one of the boys 800m final!
The 2016 FHSAA State Finals has switched to a two day all-classes schedule and for the first time ever will be held at the IMG Academy in Bradenton. Flrunners.com will be on-site all weekend long with a team full of photographers, videographers, writers. Keep it locked on the site as well as on social media, Twitter, and Facebook, for the latest in LIVE updates, LIVE results, and all the pre and post race coverage you crave!