by Ricky Quintana
Class A Track & Field Finals -- at University of Florida, Gainesville Girls
City of Gainesville city rivals, Oak Hall and PKY go back and forth in the field events as PKY's Stuckman/Flournoy garner valuable points in the jumps and Oak Hall's Kittery Neal gets points in the SP/Discus. Entering the finals, Flournoy and her teammates get the points, but Oak Hall gets critical points in the HJ, a win in the 1600m, the 400m. PKY's Stuckman does not score in the 200m after a very long day of competition. Oak Hall seals it with a 2, 5 finish in the 3200m. Oak Hall claims their second state title in as many years. Oak Hall, PKY and Holy Trinity lose no one from their rosters. Team scores: Oak Hall 75; P.K. Yonge 67; Holy Trinity 64; MaClay 50; Westminster Christian 34; King's Academy 29; Dade Christian 28; First Academy 21; St. Johns Country Day 21; Coral Springs 21. Local teams: 24. Trinity Prep 7; 34. Montverde 4; 37. Father Lopez 3.
100 Finals: (w: -3.2) Tem minutes after her 100m hurdles win, Flournoy wins the 100m! 1, Flournoy, Valerie, P.K.Yonge, 12.86. 2, Martorana, Amanda, St. Johns Cds, 13.05. 3, Forrest, Chantel, Fl. Christian, 13.12.
200: Forrest wins the 200m for the 2nd year in a row. 1, Forrest, Chantel, Fl. Christian, 25.86. 2, Hall, Andrea, Space Coast, 26.02. 3, Martorana, Amanda, St. Johns Cds, 26.19.
400: Anderson claims her second win in a row 1, Anderson, Mercedes, Benjamin, 58.89. 2, McNeal, Jessica, Dade Christian, 1:00.22. 3, Lincer, Caitlin, Santa Fe Cath, 1:00.64. , Renfro, Laura, Holy Trinity Mel, 1:03.05.
800: PR for Bradley as she leads wire to wire. Hailey Mercer has a twin! Great possibilities in a 4x 800m. Hailey is injured. 1, Bradley, Danielle, King's Acad, 2:15.72. 2, Mercer, Hillary, King's Acad, 2:18.45. 3, Uribe, Stevie, Oak Hall, 2:20.81. 7, Zuhlke, Rebecca, Holy Trinity Mel, 2:25.1411, Steinke, Leah, Trinity Christia, 2:32.19. 14, Gazzia, C, Montverde, 2:36.33.
1600: Uribe uses 68 last quarter to run down Zuhlke and Piekarewicz. Stevie shadowed her the entire way matching every move. 1, Uribe, Stevie, Oak Hall, 5:12.07. 2, Zuhlke, Rebecca, Holy Trinity Mel, 5:16.06. 3, Piekarewicz, Adriana, MaClay, 5:17.40. 5, Gazzia, C, Montverde, 5:32.91.
3200: Kayla Hale pulls away from 1A state xc runner-up, Danielle Abbey on 5th lap. Abbey faded to 3rd in the next few laps as Stewart makes a charge. But Abbey gets a second win and moves to second to clinch title for Oak Hall. Lowery's 5th place, icing on the cake. This is the second time a 7th grader has won the 3200m title in 3 years. Oak Hall's Stevie Uribe won it 2002. Kayle Hale’s splits 5:40, 5:51 1, Hale, Kayla, Holy Trinity Mel, 11:31.41. 2, Abbey, Danielle, Oak Hall, 11:40.59. 3, Stewart, Farrah, Jay, 11:46.65. 4, Joiner, Chelsey, Holy Trinity Mel, 11:51.01.
100 Hurdles: Flournoy blows to her quickest time ever(i think). Pretty gusty. 2.5 wind. 1, Flournoy, Valerie, P.K.Yonge, 14.19. 2, Renfro, Mary, Holy Trinity Mel, 15.23. 3, Bowne, Caitlin, Coral Spr Chr, 15.29. 5, Dyer, Katherine, First Academy, 15.71. 300 Hurdles: Bowne claims her second consecutive title. She's only a frosh! 1, Bowne, Caitlin, Coral Spr Chr, 45.83. 2, Williams, Candice, Cambridge, 46.21. 3, Dyer, Katherine, First Academy, 46.44. 4, Renfro, Mary, Holy Trinity Mel, 46.53. 4x100: PKY defeats defending state champion Dade Christian. 1, P.K.Yonge 'A' (Stuckman, Shannon, Todd, Jenae, Nattiel, Tikya Flournoy, Valerie), 49.05. 2, Dade Christian 'A' (Payne, Misha, McNeal, Jessica, Nathan, Nadia, Butler, Victorea), 49.53. 3, Holy Trinity (Rathmann, Kathryn, Renfro, Mary, Renfro, Laura, Anderson, Kathryn ), 50.72. 7, Trinity Preparatory 'A' (Mather, Megan, Hurst, Casey , Perez-Espejo, Rebecca , Irumundomon, Isi), 52.49.
4x400: Sante Fe Catholic proves too much in the second section. Holy Trinity gets a second out of the first section 1, Santa Fe Catholic 'A' (Wiggins, Megan , Delbovo, Anne, Delbovo, Lauren, Lincer, Caitlin), 4:12.98. 2, Holy Trinity 'A' (Renfro, Laura, Loupe, Sarah, Rathmann, Kathryn, O'Brien, Shay), 4:14.81. 3, Dade Christian 'A' (Payne, Misha, Akinbiyi, Elizabeth, Irizarry, Christina, Nathan, Nadia), 4:15.41. 5, First Academy 'A' (Dyer, Katherine, Dyer, Kelly, Bell, Erica, Gebben, Whitney), 4:16.26. 4x800: Maclay, gets a huge lead. Piekarewicz's 2:21 leg giving them a sizable lead. Uribe(2:18) is able to close that gap on the first lap of the final leg and lead Oak Hall to their second consecutive victory. 1, Oak Hall School 'A' (Abbey, Danielle , Babb, Allison , Lowery, Caitlin , Uribe, Stevie ), 9:42.73. 2, MaClay 'A' (Beck Emily, McQueen, Elizabeth, Piekarewicz, Adriana, Swain Kathryn), 9:45.57. 3, Holy Trinity 'A' (O'Brien, Shay, Miller, Jade, Zuhlke, Rebecca, Hale, Kayla), 10:01.02. High Jump: Close match-up that comes down to the count back. Edmunds gets 8 points for Oak Hall which eventually lead to the margin of victory. 1, Hegman, Melinda, West. Christian, 5-2. 2, Edmunds, Whitney, Oak Hall, 5-2. 3, Thomas, Brittany N, Bronson, 5-0. Pole Vault: Defending champ Bowen had a busy day(TJ, hurdles, PV). Here, she competed in the TJ preliminaries before scooting over to the PV. She cleared easily at 10-00 before raising the bar to 11-00. She cleared those on her first try raising the bar finally to 12-02. After two sub par performances, Bowen decides to opt out of her final attempt. She then goes back to the TJ finals, then the hurdles... whew! 1, Bowen, Lori, MaClay, 11-3. 2, Warden, Taylor, First Academy, 9-6. 2, Friedman, Rachel, University Schoo, 9-6. 4, Mather, Megan, Trinity, 9-6. 5, Loupe, Sarah, Holy Trinityl, 8-6. Long Jump: Stuckman get sht victory over her defending state champ teammate, Flournoy. 1, Stuckman, Shannon, P.K.Yonge, 17-5.25. 2, Flournoy, Valerie, P.K.Yonge, 17-0,. 3, Martorana, Amanda, St. Johns Cds, 16-3.75. 6, Bucholz, Ashley, Father Lopez, 15-11. Triple Jump: Defending champ, Jenije gets behind Flournoy in the prelims, 36-6 to 36-3.50. On the 4th jump, no lead changes, but on the fifth Jenije gets a very beneficial wind(4.3mps) to sail to 37-8.50. Florunoy going immediately afterwards improves to 36-8 into a headwind(-1.8mps). No improvements for either in the final jump. Jenije is only an 8th Grader! Two consecutive victories. 1, Jenije, Michelle, North Florida C., 37-8.50. 2, Stuckman, Shannon, P.K.Yonge, 36-8. 3, Pope, Bianca, Trenton, 35-10. 8, Renfro, Mary, Holy Trinity, 32-11.50. Shot Put: Traynor gets a big throw to upset defending state champion, Kittery Neal. Of note, Neal is a top level basketball player. Neal also ran on Oak Hall's 4 x 400m relay team! Pretty rare combination. 1, Traynor, Virgina, West. Christian, 39-8. 2, Neale, Kittery, Oak Hall, 38-5. 3, Helgesen, Elise, King's Acad, 36-11.25. Discus Throw: 1, Neale, Kittery, Oak Hall, 119-9. 2, Traynor, Virgina, West. Christian, 119-4. 3, Brake, Jessica R, Paxton, 115-11. Boys
Maclay claims it's 3rd consecutive title. They also were runner-ups in 1997 and 1999. Living Legend Gary Droze(and nicest guy ever!) has been at the helm for all those titles and collects his 7th state title, boys and girls. Team scores: MaClay 50.5; Dade Christian 40.5; Trinity Prep 40; Hollywood Christian 36; Indian Rocks 34; Lafayette 31; Jefferson County 29; Florida Christian 23; St. Joseph's 20; Hay 20. Locals: 12. Holy Trinity 17; 15. First Academy 15; 18. Trinity Christian 13; 20. Montverde 12; 45. Mount Dora Bible 2.
100 Finals: Frosh Ronnie Jackson was only 4th at his region, but qualifies 1st for the finals out of lane 2 and wins the final in a nail biter. 1, Jackson, Ronnie, Chatahoochee, 11.02. 2, Paul, Brandon, North Florida C., 11.06. 3, Rivers, Kevin, Holy Trinity Mel, 11.23. 5, Girling, A, Montverde, 11.33. Carlton Hill gets lead on the hometraight and holds off a late charge from Girling to win the championship. 200: 1, Hill, Carlton, Jefferson County, 22.14. 2, Girling, A, Montverde, 22.21. 3, Olsen, Hunter, Lake Worth Chr, 22.58.
400: Holway charges home best to win the title for Maclay. 1, Holway, Andrew, MaClay, 49.76. 2, Gaines, Willie, Heritage Delray, 50.07. 3, Camarda, Michael, MaClay, 50.206, Cvetkovic, Misha, Holy Trinity, 50.59. 7, Roberts, Chad, Mount Dora Bible, 50.79. 800: A slowish first 400m(60, I think) sets it up for a mad dash to the finish. Truchelut storms ahead with 100m to go and looks to be on his way to the victory. Tomlinson(1:57 in the 4x 800) also begins to move well out of the turn. But lucking behind them is compact running Justin Taylor. In the last 50m, Taylor starts charging hard on the outside gaining huge chunks of yardage on Truchelut. He edges Truchelut who reaches out with his right arm almost impeding Taylor and crahses to the track. It wasn't enough to stop Taylor who walks into the infield grasping his face and looking skyward in disbelief. 1, Taylor, Justin, St. Joseph's, 1:59.43. 2, Truchelut, Ryan, Trinity, 1:59.49. 3, Tomlinson, Mark, Dade Christian, 2:00.13. 4, Steinke, Charles, Trinity Christia, 2:00.61. 1600: A slow first 800m of 2:15 left his race open to anyone. Fastest region qualifier John Roberts was the only one who was not in it. Al Matheny, who lost his shoe and a tangle up just past 600m decides to go it on his own and turns up the heat as Curley, Taylor and Lumpkins shadow him. With 400m, Matheny begins to show the strain of the pace and smooth striding Curley takes the lead. At the top of the straight, Taylor begins to charge home blasting the final 100m like a sprinter. His final 400m was 60. His final half under 2:06. 1, Taylor, Justin, St. Joseph's, 4:21.25. 2, Curley, Steve, Trinity, 4:23.43. 3, Matheny, Al, Oak Hall, 4:27.14. 4, Lumpkins, Jay, First Academy, 4:30.90. 5, 6, Steinke, Charles, Trinity Christia, 4:35.99. 7, Roberts, John, Trinity, 4:38.50. 3200 Nick Jarriel set a torrid pace early that cries the pack of Joiner, Curley and Holden to an opening 1600m of 4:44. Joiner's solid pace is too much for Curley as drops off into 3rd. Joiner continued to hit 72, 73 for the next two laps or so setting up another showdown between last year's runner-up,Joiner and 2003 state champ, Holden. Joiner continued to keep the pace stiff, but Holden stalked him in second. He finally took the lead with 400m to go. Joiner kept him in check down the backstretch as Holden tried to win it outright. 200m to go and Holden was on a tear. Arms pumping he opened up a little more daylight on the tough Joiner. Joiner though, was not done. He bore down and started catching Holden who seemed to lose some of his momentum. Down the homestretch, joiner continued to bear down on Holden who was passing runners on the right and looking over his shoulder. Joiner ran out of real eastate as Holden won his second consecutive title. In both his state wins, Holden had not broken 10:00 during the season! Last year, it was a 23 second improvement. This year, it was 35 seconds! He clobbered his PR. 9:37.18, set in last years state final with his 9:25.70! Lastly, Holden runs his last 800m in 2:14, his last 400m in 62, and his last 200m in 29. Joiner keeps right with him and finishes with a 28! 1, Holden, Nathan, Indian Rocks, 9:25.70. 2, Joiner, Austin, Holy Trinity Mel, 9:26.16. 3, Curley, Steve, Trinity, 9:46.51. 6, Conn, Daniel, Trinity Catholic, 10:04.59 110 Hurdles: Lanky Granger comes up with the win. 1, Granger, Reuben, Hollywood Christ, 14.77. 2, Davey, Kevin, MaClay, 15.62. 3, Brown, Keith, Baldwin, 16.04. 300 Hurdles: Granger gets a huge lead and looks to be on a sub 38npace. He clobbers the last hurdle tangling himself up so badly it drew sighs from the crowd( or maybe it was just me). Second title for him for the night. 1, Granger, Reuben, Hollywood Christ, 38.82. 2, Large, Brian, Indian Rocks, 39.51. 3, Davey, Kevin, MaClay, 40.81. 4x100: PKY was DQ'ed in last year's final bacause of a unifrom violation which led to an argument( Pretty common in Florida, I guess). This year, they storm to victory, but nearly disqualify themselves as the anchor finishes and begins" excessive" celebration which borders on taunting. The third leg races down the track and once they have won, he begins pumping his arms and starts back down the track looking towards the stands. An official finally gets his attention and escorts him into the infield. No DQ! 1, P.K.Yonge School 'A' (Cason, Derek, Leonard, Dynell, Long, Steven, Wilson, DJ), 42.89. 2, Trinity Catholic High 'A' (LeCorn, Dion , allen, chris , Majors, Chaz , Fitzpatrick, Brian ), 43.65. 3, Broward Christian 'A' (Gaskin, Stanley, Royer, Joshua, Rucker, Anthony, Robinson, Antwan), 43.70. 4, Trinity Christian Academy 'A' (Lewis, Lamar, Townsend, Joe, Bowers, Brett, Owens, Kenneth), 43.71. 5 4x400: Jefferson County is able to fend off a splendid anchor from the defending state champs, Maclay to win the title. 1, Jefferson County High 'A' (Everett, William, Sloan, Jimmy, Hinson, Deante, Hill, Carlton), 3:25.92. 2, MaClay 'A' (McManama, Samuel, Porter, Lee, Holway, Andrew, Camarda, Michael), 3:26.61. 3, Westminster Christian School 'A' (Gonzalez, Roly, Kirtland, Bill , Ali, Rasheed , Stewart, kyle ), 3:27.16. 4x800: Two time defending state champ, Trinity Prep was looking for the three peat and looked to be on it's way, but Dade, the region 4 champion who ran a good 8:08 last week, led at the final exchange. Down the backstretch, Dade Christian continued to lead, but trinity Prep surged past at the 200m to regain it. Trinity Prep seemed to have the edge on a tired looking Dade Christian anchor. 100m out, that anchor, Mark Tomlinson, began to see he had a chance. He began his sprint home and pulled away for the title in a solid 8:02.79. 1, Dade Christian 'A' (Guevara, Alan, Betancourt, Fidel, Gil, Johnny, Tomlinson, Mark), 8:02.79. 2, Trinity Preparatory 'A' (Truchelut, Ryan, Roberts, John, Rodriguez, Mike , Curley, Steve), 8:04.23. 3, Oak Hall 'A' (Harris, Miles , Reeves, TJ , Harris, Ryan , Matheny, Al ), 8:11.66. 5, First Academy 'A' (Hicks, Shaugn, Lumpkins, Stephen, Blaney, Sean, Lumpkins, Jay), 8:17.59. High Jump: Ewards claims the title. He goes for 6-10, but can't clear. 1, Edwards, Marcus, LaFayette, 6-8. 2, Dunlap, Clinton, Lakeland Chr, 6-2. 3, Salkey, Bryan, Hollywood Christ, 6-2. Pole Vault: At 13-00, 4 competitor remain. Anderson gets over while the others miss. He has the bar raiised to 13-06, but can't make. His first attempt was his best. 1, Anderson, Erik, Northside Christ, 13-00. 2, Miller, Brian, Trinity, 12-6. 3, Candiotti, Michael, University, 12-6. 9, Cooney, Tyler, Mount Dora Bible, 11-00. 11, Pruitt, Michael, Mount Dora Bible, 10-00. Long Jump: Watson gets big points for LaFayette,who use the jumps to stake an early team lead. 1, Watson, Tyson, LaFayette, 22-8. 2, Ribiero, Paulo, Fl. Christian, 22-7.25. 3, Barber, kyle, First Academy, 21-11. 8, Small, Dewayne, Trinity Catholic, 20-5.25. Triple Jump: Ribiero and Ellison stage a spirited competition which had the crowd rhythmically clapping. Ellison falls short on his final attempt. 1, Ribiero, Paulo, Fl. Christian, 45-9.25. 2, Ellison, Aaron, Hawthorne, 45-7.50. 3, Watson, Tyson, LaFayette, 44-11. Shot Put: Whitfied calims his second win of the day. 1, Whitfield, Travis, Jay, 52-3.50. 2, Smith, Demetries, Moore Haven, 51-6. 3, Hicks, Tom, Vanguard, 50-7. Discus: Whitflied gets his first win of the day. 1, Whitfield, Travis, Jay, 150-6. 2, Salmon, Richard, Dade Christian, 141-11. 3, Lorenz, Jon, St. John Neumann, 140-11.
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