Highlights
Kierra Foster triple,
Roy Cheney hurdle double
earn MVP honors
by Ricky Quintana
Participation suffered this year because of conflicts with individual
schedules, but it didn’t take away from several stellar performances
by
some past champions and some up and coming athletes.
The Mondo track at the Payne Stewart Athletic Complex drew raves
from the
participants and definitely lived up to it’s reputation as
one, if not, the
fastest track in the state.
Girls 100 Meter High Hurdles
Foster had a great meet, winning MVP honors. After doing yoeman’s
work at
the state meet and coming away with no titles, here she turned back
Florida
3A State Champ Jenna Utecht and 2A State Champ Shantia Moss to win
her first
of 3 individual titles.
1 Kierra Foster 12 FL Palm Beach Lakes High 13.92
2 Shantia Moss 10 Unattached 14.03
3 Jenna Utecht 9 FL St Thomas Aquinas Hig 14.26
Women's 400 Meter Dash
Florida 4A state runner-up Lauren Austin dominated the field getting
the
lead early and storming home for the win.
1 Lauren Austin 10 FL Oviedo High School 55.10
2 Latasha Norris 11 FL Vero Beach High Schoo 57.04
3 Mildred Harris 12 AL Central High School 57.35
4 Ronecius Moreau 10 AL Smith Station High Sc 57.61
Women's 800 Meter Run
Florida State 4A state 800m champ Morris opted to single in the
800m after
middle distance doubling most of the year.
She led at the 400m in 66. On the backstretch Schommer sprung past
her and
took the lead into the final curve.
Morris still had some in the tank and regained the lead into the
homestretch.
1 Lavera Morris 10 FL Oak Ridge High School 2:14.60
2 Alondra Cooper 10 FL Riveria Beach Suncoas 2:15.18
3 Amanda Schommer 12 FL Vero Beach High Schoo 2:16.28
Women's 1 Mile Run
[ I missed the start so overall splits are off..... by a lot]
Two state champions and 5 sub 5:10 miler toed the line for this
battle.
The lone senior, Pichardo, took the lead through the 400m in 65
and 800m,
2:26.6.
Sophomore Debenedet took the lead after 800m as freshman sensation
Schappert
followed closely in second. Debenedet led through 1200m in 3:46,
as 3A
state champ Hall began to fade.
At the bell, Kaboord came from third place and began to hammer around
the
turn and into the backstretch.
With a 2m lead and the others chasing, Kaboord continued to pour
it on, but
could not shake the chasers who all possessed strong kicks. 4A State
champ
Pichardo who had used similar tactics in previous championship wins
trailed
the others and with 200m to go began to bear down on them. At the
top of the
straight, Pichardo swung wide to take the lead as the the field
spread
wide to pass the tiring Kaboord. Pichardo kept the lead to the finish.
1 Angela Pichardo 12 FL Stranahan High School 5:05.99
2 Nicole Schappert 9 FL Pope John Paul HS 5:06.35
3 Robyn DeBenedet 10 FL Episcopal High School 5:07.47
4 Elly Kabboord 11 FL Cocoa Beach High Scho 5:07.79
Women's 3,000 Meter Run
The field stayed together until the final lap and then Saridakis
kicked to take the win.
1 Artemis Saridakis FL Palm Beach Lakes High 11:14.50
2 Allison Wilcox 11 FL Dr Phillips High Scho 11:15.91
3 Katherine Cardenas 11 FL Coral Reef High Schoo 11:18.25
Women's High Jump
In a rematch of the state 3A final, Ferguson again gets the better
of Utecht.
1 Kwonya L Ferguson 12 FL Rockledge High 5'08.00"
1.73m
2 Jenna Utecht 9 FL St Thomas Aquin 5'06.00" 1.68m
Boys 110 Meter High Hurdles
Defending Golden South and Georgia state champ Cheney won the MVP
honors
after blazing to a 13.88 to defeat Florida 3A state 110m hurdle
champ Wise
who also PR’ed.
Cheney: “ I came and won last year so I was coming to win it
again. and
defend my title from last year. I was worried about one guy. But
I came out to win so I ran my own race and put it out of my mind.
I’m undecided [about college]. It’s between Clemson and
South Carolina. “
1 Roy Cheney 12 GA Evans High School 13.88
2 Dermillo Wise 12 FL Lakewood High School 13.97
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Invite
An All-Star team from Tampa which included anchor Kevin Marion
and Dermillo
Wise defeats Dallas Carter in the last few meters.
1 LBTC FL Lightning Bolt Track 41.02
2 DACA TX Dallas Carter High Sc 41.23
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Invite
Carter runs a fantastic time by themselves!
1 DACA TX Dallas Carter High Sc 3:15.46
2 COLU FL Columbia High School 3:21.41
3 PBL FL Palm Beach Lakes High 3:22.23
Men's 200 Meter Dash
Marion’s best effort of the day as he ran away from the field
in a
sensational time. No wind indicator on this windy day leaves one
to wonder
how much it helped.
1 Kevin Marion 11 FL Dixie Hollins High Sc 21.34
2 Nathan Williams 11 FL Columbia High School 21.98
Men's 400 Meter Dash
The 400m was touted as the event of the meet, but late scratches
by
defending champ Warner, Palm Bay’s man child, Xavier Carter,
who had his
football jamboree the night before, and Ribault’s Mario Hughley
left the
field with two top competitiors.
Torrance and Davis ran side by side down the backstretch and into
the curve.
On the final curve, Torrance’s remarkable acceleration, opened
up an
insurmountable lead that kept growing until he crossed the line.
Torrance:”I heard him coming up up on the side so I kicked
into gear,
stayed relaxed and stayed focused on my race instead of tightening
up. That
really helped me out a lot.
I was kind of scared ‘cause I thought he might be coming in
the end because
last year someone[Wariner] came up on me and beat me with a lean.
Jeremy’s
doing good. I’m just trying to catch up with him.
No not really[ on thinking he could defeat Davis].
I was kind of proud of myself because of my time. I haven’t
practiced since
state. I just started doing workouts this week. Just trying to get
back in
shape. I was proud of myself. It was the surface. This track is
wonderful. I can’t wait to go to North Carolina."
1 Jamaal Torrance 12 FL Evans High School 46.56
2 Arthur L Davis 11 AL Williamson High Schoo 48.01
Men's 800 Meter Run
Junior Griffith of Coral Reef took lead at the break, but by 200m,
Cooper
assumed control hitting the 400m in 55. 2. He then effortlessly
began to
increase his leg turn over and blazed down the backstrecth hitting
the 600m
in 1:21.
Rounding the final turn, Copper looked to be running away with a
personal
best, but going into the final 100m he slowed as a surprising Griffith
began
to make up ground.
It was not enough as Cooper maintained his form all the way to win
the
event.
1 Robert Cooper 12 FL Columbia High School 1:54.00
2 Brian Griffith 11 FL Coral Reef High Schoo 1:54.33
Men's 1 Mile Run
The mile had some of Florida’s best and with little known
Georgia runner-up
Fassinger in the field, this was one of the strongest fields of
the meet.
Rolf Steier had a great performance here last year, and took the
lead for
the first 100m. He continued to lead through 400m in 62 as Hassen
,
Williams , Fassinger and Cross followed.
The next 200m saw Hassen move to second and follow Steier closely.
Fassinger
moved into third while Cross loomed some 10m behind the leaders.
At 800m, 2:05.7, the top three now separated themselves from Cross.
Hassen
moved to Steier’s shoulder on the backstretch and then passed
him going into
the curve. Fassinger followed Hassen and moved into first himself
out of the
turn. Hassen came back and assumed the lead heading into the bell
lap( 3:10)
as Steier began to fall back. 800m national leader Cross was 2m
behind
Steier and still a factor as his vaunted kick would be tested over
this
longer race.
It was deja vu for Hassen, but this time he took the lead and held
Fassinger
at bay winning easily in a PR time. Cross attempted to gain on the
leaders
with 200m to go, but a head cold acquired shortly after the state
meet two
weeks ago left him weakened and unable to train preoperly. This
was his
first hard effort since state.
Fassinger had finished second to Joe Thorne at the Georgia state
meet in
4:20. Here, he lopped off 6 seconds to crush his personal best.
1 Steven Hassen 11 FL Vanguard High School 4:13.42
2 Dan Fassinger 12 GA Brookwood High School 4:14.86
3 Paul Cross 11 FL South Plantation High 4:16.15
4 Rolf Steier 12 FL Berkeley Prep School 4:19.25
Men's 3,000 Meter Run
Parker had no challengers and nearly toppled the Golden South record.
1 Daniel Parker 12 FL Boone High School 8:42.00
2 O'Neal Williams 12 BAH LW Young - Bahamas 9:09.78
Men's 2,000 Meter Steeplechase
Lugo held off the hard charging Truchelut to win this race held
during the hottest part of the day.
1 Edwin A Lugo 11 FL Timber Creek High Sch 6:26.23
2 Ryan Truchelut 10 FL Trinity Prep School 6:27.11
Men's Pole Vault
USF bound Jon Miller won the pole vault over the strongest field
of any
event. Florida state meet record holder Danny Pellegrino and South
Carolina’s Chase Shealy had far better jumps this season and
had Miller
thinking of third place. But after no misses through 15’6”,
he was the lone
competitor.
“I was on fire up to there.”
He then went on to set a personal best of 16’0” and narrowly
missed his third attempt at 16’6”.
“ I slowed too much over the top part of it. I was over, but
my hip came down on the bar.”
1 Jonathan Miller 12 FL Bloomingdale Hi 16'00.00"
4.88m
2 Stephen J Gaddis 11 FL Port St Joe Hig 15'00.00" 4.57m
2 Chase Shealy 11 SC Brookland Cayce 15'00.00" 4.57m
Men's Long Jump
Dixie Hollin’s Kevin Marion had great jumps at the end of
the
season and led the nation after his 25’5” jump to win
the state title. The
surface at the Payne Stewart Complex and football practice the day
before
took a toll on Marion’s mark, but he still came away with the
win.
“I didn’t do my personal best, but I did good. I just
came from football
practice yesterday. I did the best of my ability. I couldn’t
get into my
rhythm. I’m just not used to running on this platform.”
By the end of the meet, Marion had won the long jump, the 200m,
run a leg
on the 4x 100m made up of Tampa area All-Stars, and finished third
in the
100m.
1 Kevin Marion 11 FL Dixie Hollins H 23'01.00"
-0.1
2 Jaydian Miller 11 FL Killian High Sc 22'08.50" -0.1
3 Dermillo Wise 12 FL Lakewood High S 22'05.25" -0.1
Men's Triple Jump
Marshall has aspirations of hitting 50’, but he couldn’t
get it going and settled for the win.
1 Brandon Marshall 12 FL Lake Howell Hig 47'09.50"
0.3
2 Jaydian Miller 11 FL Killian High Sc 47'08.50" 0.2
3 Daniel Roper 11 FL Plantation High 47'04.00" NWI
4 David Onwuneme 11 FL Cypress Creek H 47'01.50" 0.2
Men's Shot Put
Wesley Stockbarger had two fouls on his first two throws, the first
being
sector foul of near 59’. On his third throw, he used a standing
technique
and threw 47’ to qualify for the finals.
He was able to get back in rhythm and despite not surpassing his
goal of
60’, he was able to get the win over the Case twins.
Stockbarger: “ I came off really crappy. I threw two fouls
to begin with and
that one[the third], I had to stand to get to the finals.
I just came out and my dad kept talking to me and telling me that
I could do
it... showing me a few things and I finally popped one out there.
57. It
wasn’t as good as I wanted, but it will have to do.”
1 Westley Stockbarger 10 FL Charlotte High 57'04.25"
17.48m
2 Sam Case 12 FL Bayside High Sc 55'09.00" 16.99m
3 Matt Case 12 FL Bayside High Sc 54'07.00" 16.64m
Men's Discus Throw
Sophomore Stockbarger had thrown 170’s consistently at state,
but was
defeated. His series here began near 180’ and he continued
to improve launching the discus
out to a PR of 186’03”.
Mid 160’s performer, Theriac was one of his victims as Stockbarger
hit his
stride, but fell just short of the family record of 189’ set
by his brother,
a professional football player.
Stockbarger:” I changed a few things. I was holding the discus
flat instead
of cupped this week and so that helped me a lot. I don’t know.
Everything
just went right today.
There were a whole bunch of 178’s and 179’s. My dad said
they got the marks
wrong. They should have been farther, but I don’t know about
that.
I expected 180’, but not close to 190’.
The technique felt lots, lots better.”
1 Westley Stockbarger 10 FL Charlotte High 186'03.00" 56.77m
Best Marks - performances qualifying
for DyeStat Elite 2002 outdoor national
ranking
G-100H 13.92 Foster, Kierra , 12, Fl Palm Beach Lakes High
G-100H 14.03 Moss, Shantia , 10, Unattached
G-100H 14.26 Utecht, Jenna , 9, Fl St Thomas Aquinas Hig
G-4x100 47.91 Girls Relay, , Fl Palm Beach Lakes High
G-4x400 3:52.33 Girls Relay, , Fl Vero Beach
G-400 55.1 Austin, Lauren , 10, Fl Oviedo
G-HJ 5'8.0 L, Kwonya , 12, Fl Rockledge High
G-PV 11'0.0 Savery, Karla , 10, Fl Chiles
G-PV 11'0.0 Moser, Natalie , 10, Unattached
G-LJ 18'10.25 Foster, Kierra , 12, Fl Palm Beach Lake
G-LJ 18'9.75 Utecht, Jenna , 9, Fl St Thomas Aquin
G-TJ 38'6.0 Foster, Kierra , 12, Fl Palm Beach Lake
G-SP 42'6.0 Nelson, Lindsey , 11, Fl Mandarin High S
G-DT 144'0.0 Nelson, Lindsey , 11, Fl Mandarin High S
B-100 10.59 O, Grofton , 12, Bah St Augustine - Bahama
B-110H 13.88 Cheney, Roy , 12, Ga Evans
B-110H 13.97 Wise, Dermillo , 12, Fl Lakewood
B-110H 14.19 Corbin, Arsenio , 12, Fl Largo
B-110H 14.2 Cummings, Elgin , 12, Fl Dr Phillips
B-4x100 41.02 Boys Relay, , Fl Lightning Bolt Track
B-4x100 41.23 Boys Relay, , Tx Dallas Carter High Sc
B-4x400 3:15.46 Boys Relay, , Tx Dallas Carter High Sc
B-200 21.34 Marion, Kevin , 11, Fl Dixie Hollins High Sc
B-400 46.56 Torrance, Jamaal , 12, Fl Evans
B-400 48.01 L, Arthur , 11, Al Williamson
B-800 1:54.0 Cooper, Robert , 12, Fl Columbia
B-800 1:54.33 Griffith, Brian , 11, Fl Coral Reef
B-Mile 4:13.42 Hassen, Steven , 11, Fl Vanguard
B-Mile 4:14.86 Fassinger, Dan , 12, Ga Brookwood
B-Mile 4:16.15 Cross, Paul , 11, Fl South Plantation High
B-3000 8:42.0 Parker, Daniel , 12, Fl Boone
B-4x200 1:24.98 Boys Relay, , Tx Dallas Carter High Sc
B-4x200 1:26.14 Boys Relay, , Fl Lightning Bolt Track
B-4x200 1:27.41 Boys Relay, , Fl Dr Phillips
B-HJ 6'8.0 McClain, Fred , 12, Fl Hamilton Co Hig
B-PV 16'0.0 Miller, Jonathan , 12, Fl Bloomingdale Hi
B-PV 15'0.0 J, Stephen , 11, Fl Port St Joe Hig
B-PV 15'0.0 Shealy, Chase , 11, Sc Brookland Cayce
B-TJ 47'9.5 Marshall, Brandon , 12, Fl Lake Howell Hig
B-TJ 47'8.5 Miller, Jaydian , 11, Fl Killian High Sc
B-TJ 47'4.0 Roper, Daniel , 11, Fl Plantation High
B-TJ 47'1.5 Onwuneme, David , 11, Fl Cypress Creek H
B-DT 186'3.0 Stockbarger, Westley , 10, Fl Charlotte High
Number of Elite performances: 43
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