Meet Information
8th Annual Hershey Track & Field Championships at
Orange Park High School, Saturday, April 9, 2011 (must pre-register by 4/5)
On Saturday April 9th, the Hershey Track & Field state qualifier will be held at Orange Park High School for the eighth consecutive year. Boys and girls 9 to 14 years old are eligible to compete (age is determined by year of birth. Those born in 2002 through 1997 can compete.)
The winner in each event qualifies for the state championship in Miami on June 18th. State winners are entered in a regional pool and become eligible for selection to a Regional Team, which will travel free to Hershey, Pennsylvania, to compete in the North American Final, held August 4-7, 2011. Athletes from this Orange Park meet have qualified for this great opportunity four years in a row.
Participants can compete in three events (two running and one field or two field and one running). Events include the 50-meter dash (9-10), 100-meter dash (all ages), 200-meter dash (all ages), 400-meter dash (9-10, 11-12), 800-meter run (11-12, 13-14), 1600-meter run (13-14), 4x100 meter relay (all ages), standing long jump (all ages), and softball throw (all ages). Again this year, 9-10 and 11-12 relays will not be contested at the North American Finals, so those events do not count in the events entered.
A copy of the participants birth certificate must be provided at registration, if a coach has not previously confirmed date of birth using school records. No shoes designed for spikes are permitted for running events and no turf/spiked shoes are permitted for field events. No jewelry should be worn.
There is no entry fee. The Florida Striders Track Club sponsors this event. Waivers/entry forms are available on www.floridastriders.com. Pre-registration is required. There is no day-of registration. Ribbons (1st-6th for each event) were donated by Sigma Marketing. T-shirts will be awarded to state qualifiers so they can be worn at the state championships during opening ceremonies.
All races are finals. Other than long jump, all events are youngest to oldest girl/boy. Only meet officials are allowed on the infield of the track during races.
Our meet begins at 8 a.m. Subsequent event times below are estimates and indicate the order of events only. Events will begin as soon as the prior event is completed. Please come early to be sure you do not miss your heat.
8:00 Softball throw 10:40* 50-meter dash
8:00 Standing-long jump 10:55* 200-meter dash (after 400m)
9:00 100-meter dash 11:40* 800-meter run (after 200m)
9:45* 1600-meter run 12:05* 4X100 meter relay
10:10* 400-meter dash *Times are approximate and the event may start earlier, as each event will follow immediately after the prior event. Come early to make sure you do not miss your heat!
Please call Bob Boyd, 272-1770, or email BobBoydFL@gmail.com about the 4/9 event. Call James May, 594-6648, or email claysports@bellsouth.net, if you have any questions about the State meet. Clay County School coaches can send completed entries (registration form and birth certificate) through county regular envelope mail (no emails) to Coach Carol MacDougall @ Swimming Pen Creek Elementary or they can be mailed to Coach MacDougall at Swimming Pen Creek Elementary, with a copy of the birth certificate, at 1630 Woodpecker Lane, Middleburg, FL 32068. Entry deadline is Tuesday, April 5th.
District 2/Orange Park Qualifier Hershey Track and Field Records
Standing Long Jump
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Tyonna Mack Orange Park 6 7 2010
Boys 9-10 Carlton Gantt Jacksonville 6 4.5 2010
Girls 11-12 Vernisa Allen Middleburg 7 3.5 2006
Boys 11-12 Wilson Corneil Orange Park 7 2 2009
Girls 13-14 Carolyn Gunn Jacksonville 7 3.5 2007
Boys 13-14 Aaron Armstrong Orange Park 7 10 2008
Softball Throw
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Patricia Volz Fleming Island 82 2 2010
Boys 9-10 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 148 9.5 2007
Girls 11-12 Kelsey Solomon Orange Park 111 10 2010
Boys 11-12 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 159 1 2009
Girls 13-14 Andrea Neswlacheny Orange Park 123 10 2007
Boys 13-14 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 194 8 2010
50 Meter Dash
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Ann Marie Ortega Orange Park 7.22 2008
Boys 9-10 Damien Toney Orange Park 7.16 2010
100 Meter Dash
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Brianna Washington St. Augustine 15.16 2009
Boys 9-10 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 14.45 2006
Girls 11-12 Rajzieta Smith Middleburg 13.87 2007
Boys 11-12 Amari DuBose Orange Park 12.51 2010
Girls 13-14 Breandra Bellamy Middleburg 13.38 2008
Boys 13-14 Shane Coleman Green Cove Springs 11.25 2006
200 Meter Dash
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Gracee Damron Orange Park 31.91 2006
Boys 9-10 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 29.10 2007
Girls 11-12 Gracee Damron Orange Park 29.80 2007
Boys 11-12 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 27.84 2009
Girls 13-14 Czdari Lee Jacksonville 26.94 2009
Boys 13-14 Shane Coleman Green Cove Springs 25.13 2006
400 Meter Dash
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Jhayda Sykes Jacksonville 1:20.00 2010
Boys 9-10 Austin Biroschik Middleburg 1:15.61 2005
Girls 11-12 Larica Solomon Jacksonville 1:06.80 2010
Boys 11-12 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 1:01.00 2009
800 Meter Run
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 11-12 Larica Solomon Jacksonville 2:31.34 2010
Boys 11-12 Sam Gladding Orange Park 2:37.58 2007
Girls 13-14 Mary Ann Brown Orange Park 2:35.83 2007
Boys 13-14 Jontue McDowell Orange Park 2:11.99 2008
1600 Meter Run
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 13-14 Mary Ann Brown Orange Park 5:36.73 2007
Boys 13-14 Eric Tallbacka Jacksonville 4:56.00 2010
4x100 Meter Relay
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Abbey Roberts Green Cove Springs 1:13.98 2005
Girls 9-10 Nadia Reynolds Orange Park
Girls 9-10 Deidra Mosley Orange Park
Girls 9-10 Samantha Parkinson Orange Park
Boys 9-10 Austin Biroschik Middleburg 1:02.86 2005
Boys 9-10 Christopher Hill Middleburg
Boys 9-10 D. Bryce Motes Orange Park
Boys 9-10 Caleb Powell Orange Park
Girls 11-12 Mikala Laws Orange Park 1:06.09 2008
Girls 11-12 Dana Logan Orange Park
Girls 11-12 LeAnn Jackson Orange Park
Girls 11-12 Esther Gould Orange Park
Boys 11-12 Amari DuBose Orange Park 59.21 2010
Boys 11-12 Todd Floyd Orange Park
Boys 11-12 Kendric Thomas Orange Park
Boys 11-12 Sean Kovach Orange Park
Girls 13-14 Alexis Harris Jacksonville 54.80 2010
Girls 13-14 Czdari Lee Jacksonville
Girls 13-14 Taralyn Heard Jacksonville
Girls 13-14 Kayla Heard Jacksonville
Boys 13-14 Deonte Adams Orange Park 57.74 2010
Boys 13-14 Alexancder Hampton Orange Park
Boys 13-14 Shakwon Hunt-Jones Orange Park
Boys 13-14 Darius Padmore Orange Park
Orange Park High School, Saturday, April 9, 2011 (must pre-register by 4/5)
On Saturday April 9th, the Hershey Track & Field state qualifier will be held at Orange Park High School for the eighth consecutive year. Boys and girls 9 to 14 years old are eligible to compete (age is determined by year of birth. Those born in 2002 through 1997 can compete.)
The winner in each event qualifies for the state championship in Miami on June 18th. State winners are entered in a regional pool and become eligible for selection to a Regional Team, which will travel free to Hershey, Pennsylvania, to compete in the North American Final, held August 4-7, 2011. Athletes from this Orange Park meet have qualified for this great opportunity four years in a row.
Participants can compete in three events (two running and one field or two field and one running). Events include the 50-meter dash (9-10), 100-meter dash (all ages), 200-meter dash (all ages), 400-meter dash (9-10, 11-12), 800-meter run (11-12, 13-14), 1600-meter run (13-14), 4x100 meter relay (all ages), standing long jump (all ages), and softball throw (all ages). Again this year, 9-10 and 11-12 relays will not be contested at the North American Finals, so those events do not count in the events entered.
A copy of the participants birth certificate must be provided at registration, if a coach has not previously confirmed date of birth using school records. No shoes designed for spikes are permitted for running events and no turf/spiked shoes are permitted for field events. No jewelry should be worn.
There is no entry fee. The Florida Striders Track Club sponsors this event. Waivers/entry forms are available on www.floridastriders.com. Pre-registration is required. There is no day-of registration. Ribbons (1st-6th for each event) were donated by Sigma Marketing. T-shirts will be awarded to state qualifiers so they can be worn at the state championships during opening ceremonies.
All races are finals. Other than long jump, all events are youngest to oldest girl/boy. Only meet officials are allowed on the infield of the track during races.
Our meet begins at 8 a.m. Subsequent event times below are estimates and indicate the order of events only. Events will begin as soon as the prior event is completed. Please come early to be sure you do not miss your heat.
8:00 Softball throw 10:40* 50-meter dash
8:00 Standing-long jump 10:55* 200-meter dash (after 400m)
9:00 100-meter dash 11:40* 800-meter run (after 200m)
9:45* 1600-meter run 12:05* 4X100 meter relay
10:10* 400-meter dash *Times are approximate and the event may start earlier, as each event will follow immediately after the prior event. Come early to make sure you do not miss your heat!
Please call Bob Boyd, 272-1770, or email BobBoydFL@gmail.com about the 4/9 event. Call James May, 594-6648, or email claysports@bellsouth.net, if you have any questions about the State meet. Clay County School coaches can send completed entries (registration form and birth certificate) through county regular envelope mail (no emails) to Coach Carol MacDougall @ Swimming Pen Creek Elementary or they can be mailed to Coach MacDougall at Swimming Pen Creek Elementary, with a copy of the birth certificate, at 1630 Woodpecker Lane, Middleburg, FL 32068. Entry deadline is Tuesday, April 5th.
District 2/Orange Park Qualifier Hershey Track and Field Records
Standing Long Jump
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Tyonna Mack Orange Park 6 7 2010
Boys 9-10 Carlton Gantt Jacksonville 6 4.5 2010
Girls 11-12 Vernisa Allen Middleburg 7 3.5 2006
Boys 11-12 Wilson Corneil Orange Park 7 2 2009
Girls 13-14 Carolyn Gunn Jacksonville 7 3.5 2007
Boys 13-14 Aaron Armstrong Orange Park 7 10 2008
Softball Throw
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Patricia Volz Fleming Island 82 2 2010
Boys 9-10 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 148 9.5 2007
Girls 11-12 Kelsey Solomon Orange Park 111 10 2010
Boys 11-12 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 159 1 2009
Girls 13-14 Andrea Neswlacheny Orange Park 123 10 2007
Boys 13-14 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 194 8 2010
50 Meter Dash
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Ann Marie Ortega Orange Park 7.22 2008
Boys 9-10 Damien Toney Orange Park 7.16 2010
100 Meter Dash
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Brianna Washington St. Augustine 15.16 2009
Boys 9-10 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 14.45 2006
Girls 11-12 Rajzieta Smith Middleburg 13.87 2007
Boys 11-12 Amari DuBose Orange Park 12.51 2010
Girls 13-14 Breandra Bellamy Middleburg 13.38 2008
Boys 13-14 Shane Coleman Green Cove Springs 11.25 2006
200 Meter Dash
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Gracee Damron Orange Park 31.91 2006
Boys 9-10 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 29.10 2007
Girls 11-12 Gracee Damron Orange Park 29.80 2007
Boys 11-12 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 27.84 2009
Girls 13-14 Czdari Lee Jacksonville 26.94 2009
Boys 13-14 Shane Coleman Green Cove Springs 25.13 2006
400 Meter Dash
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Jhayda Sykes Jacksonville 1:20.00 2010
Boys 9-10 Austin Biroschik Middleburg 1:15.61 2005
Girls 11-12 Larica Solomon Jacksonville 1:06.80 2010
Boys 11-12 Ronald Jackson Orange Park 1:01.00 2009
800 Meter Run
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 11-12 Larica Solomon Jacksonville 2:31.34 2010
Boys 11-12 Sam Gladding Orange Park 2:37.58 2007
Girls 13-14 Mary Ann Brown Orange Park 2:35.83 2007
Boys 13-14 Jontue McDowell Orange Park 2:11.99 2008
1600 Meter Run
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 13-14 Mary Ann Brown Orange Park 5:36.73 2007
Boys 13-14 Eric Tallbacka Jacksonville 4:56.00 2010
4x100 Meter Relay
Sex and Age Name Hometown Result Year
Girls 9-10 Abbey Roberts Green Cove Springs 1:13.98 2005
Girls 9-10 Nadia Reynolds Orange Park
Girls 9-10 Deidra Mosley Orange Park
Girls 9-10 Samantha Parkinson Orange Park
Boys 9-10 Austin Biroschik Middleburg 1:02.86 2005
Boys 9-10 Christopher Hill Middleburg
Boys 9-10 D. Bryce Motes Orange Park
Boys 9-10 Caleb Powell Orange Park
Girls 11-12 Mikala Laws Orange Park 1:06.09 2008
Girls 11-12 Dana Logan Orange Park
Girls 11-12 LeAnn Jackson Orange Park
Girls 11-12 Esther Gould Orange Park
Boys 11-12 Amari DuBose Orange Park 59.21 2010
Boys 11-12 Todd Floyd Orange Park
Boys 11-12 Kendric Thomas Orange Park
Boys 11-12 Sean Kovach Orange Park
Girls 13-14 Alexis Harris Jacksonville 54.80 2010
Girls 13-14 Czdari Lee Jacksonville
Girls 13-14 Taralyn Heard Jacksonville
Girls 13-14 Kayla Heard Jacksonville
Boys 13-14 Deonte Adams Orange Park 57.74 2010
Boys 13-14 Alexancder Hampton Orange Park
Boys 13-14 Shakwon Hunt-Jones Orange Park
Boys 13-14 Darius Padmore Orange Park