Shaunae Miller has completed her first indoor season as a freshman at the University of Georgia, winning the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships’ 400 metres title in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Saturday. (via www.tribune242.com)
Shaunae Miller has completed her first indoor season as a freshman at the University of Georgia, winning the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships’ 400 metres title in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Saturday. (via www.tribune242.com)
Florida had three national indoor champions, plus a wins from Amanda Gale and Gaby Gayles in the EE division, and a number of other solid performances in New York this weekend.
PORT ORANGE — Spruce Creek sophomore Kristina Harris and senior Megan Tse were each part of three school records and helped the Hawks girls track and field team win its first Spruce Creek Invitational title since 2009 on Saturday. (via News-JournalOnline.com)
Georgia true freshman Shaunae Miller clocked the fifth-fastest collegiate 400-meter dash time in history to win the national crown at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday. (via www.georgiadogs.com)
Lake Mary Prep senior Abby Hani joined long jumping’s elite 19-foot club on a busy Saturday of track field. She soared 19-feet, 5-inches in the prelims and 19-6¾ in the final at the Spruce Creek Invitational in Port Orange. (via OrlandoSentinel.com)
Just when you thought you'd seen it all... a nationally-ranked distance runner trying a new event: the discus???
In only her second appearance against high school competition, freshman Alfreda Smith certainly made an impression. She went three-for-three in her individual events, alnog with a second place in the relay.
There were a lot of great performances on Friday evening at Bolles School in Jacksonville, including 37 national elite and 141 state elite performances. However, the brightest of them all was towards the end of the night with up-and-comer Sukhi Khosla. The sophomore from Leon blasted a new personal best with a big personal best of 9:16.73.
Since Florida State has home football games on November 16 and November 23, that presents a predicament for holding the state cross country meet there. Have your say on what we should do in this public poll.
March 09, 2013 @ Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, FL (via MileSplit)
St Augustine’s College head coach William “Knucklehead” Johnson said he wanted his Big Red Machine to get off to a “fast start” on day one of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) Track & Field Championships yesterday, but even Johnson couldn’t have predicted the the perennial powerhouses would distance themselves so quickly on their path to a 25th consecutive title. (via www.tribune242.com)
Saturday's Harmony Invitational in St. Cloud brought together many top teams from Osceola, Orange and Polk County.
Two day meet in Jacksonville featuring both high school and collegiate athletes.
Colonial senior Andres Arroyo made the national leading time of 4:10.35 look easy on Friday night at the Holy Trinity Invitational.
Plant girls cross country coach Roy Harrison was recently recognized by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Harrison was named the 2011-2012 NFHS Section 3 and Florida girls country Coach of the Year. (via www.tboblogs.com)
With a chance to qualify for the BTC Carifta Games and the IAAF World Youth Championships, LaQuan Nairn has abandoned his chance to play basketball for the CR Walker Knights and is now concentrating on his high jump abilities in track and field. (via www.tribune242.com)
Florida had a large contingent of representatives at this year's Brooks PR meet. Kali Davis-White won it all in the 60 and Andres Arroyo in third place in the 800 to be Florida's top female and male finishers, respectively.
Round up of the top performances in the state for the week of February 18-24, 2013.
The Louie Bing Classic is known for opening the season in South Florida a big way, and it did not disappoint in 2013! Among the 70 national elite performances and 189 state elite marks, the athlete who truly stood out was Lloydricia Cameron.
Ralph Epifanio was there in Bunnell for flrunners.com where a bunch of Northeast Florida teams did battle.
Dominique Turner of Lakey Mary had a dominant day, sweeping both hurdles events and the high jump with state leading times in both hurdles.
Lots of great performances came out of Tampa on Saturday, including three wins for national triple jump leader Jeremiah Green in the triple, long, and 200 meter dash.
Jeff Adams was on-site for coverage at Calvary Christian on Friday.
Through 16 events, Lakewood’s boys electrified the crowd at the St. Petersburg Championship meet by sprinting or leaping past their competitors. (via www.tampabay.com)
The Chasco Invitational traditionally gives Pasco track programs an early-season idea of where their teams are competitively. Friday night at Gulf, Ridgewood emerged with the girls title for the second consecutive time. (via www.tampabay.com)
We are certainly not short of Floridians over in Seattle this weekend. Todd Grasley is part of the coverage team, partnering with FloTrack, at Sunday's Brooks PR Invitational. There will be a live webcast.
The USF men take third and women place fourth Sunday at the Big East Track and Field Indoor Championships in Geneva, Ohio. (via GoUSFBulls.com)
Bahamians competing in college for the week of February 11, 2013 - February 17, 2014.
Top performances and coverage summary for this week.