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then-seniors Christian Ritacco and Cameron Thomas signed with Upstate before going on to strong freshman debuts. Burnett hopes to continue that trend. “I feel I’ve got a lot of improvement I can make in this next year and these next four years,” Burnett said. “I’m looking forward to it. I don’t really know what to expect, so I’m going to go in there, see what I can do and then work off of that.” Niceville track/cross country coach Sherman Eller, himself a USC Upstate alum who still holds the school’s all-time record in the 8K at 25:53.00, believes the Spartans will receive one of the more consistent performers he has had in recent years. Last track |
season, Burnett was the Eagles’ most consistent runner in the No. 1 position, despite running with the knowledge that his season would be cut short due to a surgery planned to correct what he called a “bad overbite.”
“His head was in a different place,” Eller said. “His mind was weighing heavy because he had never had surgery before.” Burnett has since had the procedure and still has a bit of numbness in his jaw after having pieces of bone cut out and replaced with screws. Still, with a D-I athletic scholarship in tow, Burnett is only looking forward. There is a Nike running camp later this summer, then the eighthour drive to Spartanburg to begin life as a college student-athlete, a move that |
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worry about me.
”So, after talking with his summer coach and personal mentor Willie Parker and later meeting with Niceville track coach Sherman Eller, Skarupa decided to begin turning his attention toward the hurdle events, competing in the 400-meter hurdles during the summer months and then shifting to the 300-meter hurdles once the high school season began. It was also during the summer that Skarupa turned in a time of 1:59.50 in the 800-meter run at an indoor meet that opened the eyes of several college coaches. Everything appeared to be falling into place as Skarupa prepared for his senior year. But then, shortly after Christmas, Fern lost her battle with cancer and as the season drew closer Skarupa redoubled his efforts of landing an athletic scholarship. “He channeled it,” Eller said. At the Panhandle Champion-ships, Skarupa ran a school-record time of 39.93 in the 300 hurdles to win the event. From there, Skarupa went on to claim another victory in the 300 hurdles at the Okaloosa |
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County Championships at
Crest-view before going on to finish third with a personal-record
and a U.S. second-team elite time of 38.56 at the Meet of Champions
in Mobile, Ala. Skarupa went on to win district and regional titles before claiming a fifth-place finish in the Class 3A state meet that served as the exclamation point to what was a breakthrough year in more ways than one. McNeese State coach Brendon Gilroy, who first approached Skarupa following |
that strong indoor showing, was quick to offer
the Niceville senior that long sought-after scholarship. Following
a weekend campus visit, Skarupa was ready to sign.
“It allowed me to fulfill my goal as a track athlete to continue running at the next level, but it also felt like I fulfilled a promise to my mom and dad,” Skarupa said. Said Parker: “It’s almost like a storybook: You wouldn’t believe it unless you lived it. I’m just happy to be a part of it.” |
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Niceville
senior Charlie Tidwell matched his Class 3A state meet performance
over the weekend at the 34th Annual Bert M. Warden’s Golden
South Classic in Orlando, winning first place in the shot put
and second in the discus.
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inch in the shot put was even
better than his state-title winning toss
of 56-0.75. He finished runner-up in the discus at the Golden
South after a throw of 168-9.
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said of her senior season, which was capped
by her signing a track scholarship to the University of South
Florida.
Bevil, who recently signed a track scholarship with Brown University, also knows about flirting with perfection. Affec-tionately referred to as “The Beast” by teammates, the senior was instrumental in the Vikings’ boys team capturing its first regional title since 1992 as well as Okaloosa County’s first runner-up finish at the state meet. “I think Matt, from the first day you met him, you just knew he was going to do big things,” Vikings coach Lissette Moller-Fields said. Bevil knew no equal in the 800-meter run, capturing district and regional titles before taking the state championship with a time of 1:52.82. His prelim mark of 1:50.29 has Bevil currently ranked third nationally. That speed served the Vikings’ 4x400 and 4x800 |
relays well, as Bevil anchored the two teams
to two more district and regional titles before each finished
second at state.
Moller-Fields said Bevil would also be remembered for oftentimes serving as an extra coach with up-andcoming athletes, talking with them before, during and after events to see how they were doing. “That’s how I (learned),” Bevil said. “If it wasn’t for the coaches and the older guys that graduated a couple of years ago that helped me along, that pushed me along the way … you get the younger guys to try to beat you so that when they’re seniors they’re faster than you were when you were a senior and the team just grows.” Growth played a key role in Tidwell’s senior season as well, whether it came from the personal growth gained in having to deal with past failures or the physical growth that came with a more dedicated |
approach. “I think it showed a lot of
maturity on Charlie’s part to come back from that adversity,”
Niceville coach Sherman Eller said.
After capturing a district title and regional runner-up finish in the discus, Tidwell finished second at state in the event, firing off “the best throw in my life” of 175-08. From there, he stepped off the podium and into the shot put competition. His first throw of 51 feet assured him of an appearance in the finals. Once there, Tidwell bested the field by nearly 4 full inches, throwing 56-0.75 to capture the title. What followed was another moment caught on tape and relived with regularity. “Just getting on the podium … I was trying not to cry,” said Tidwell, who will continue his track career at Coastal Carolina next fall. “I had to wipe my eyes a little. People still (see the tape) and point it out to me.” |
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well as a state placer in the high jump (second)
and the 100 hurdles (sixth), fulfilled a childhood dream by
signing a Division-I track scholarship.
Klinger is one of 13 members of the Bulls’ 2010 signing class that features three state champions, one two-time state champion and two other state runner-ups. After visiting the Tampa campus — and taking in the newly renovated USF Soccer-Track and Field Stadium — and speaking closely with Bulls track coach Warren Bye, Klinger said choosing USF was easy. “The first thing that stuck out is he was really serious about his program,” Klinger said. “I’m so blessed that he’s giving me the opportunity.” Klinger will report to USF on June 23 to start her summer semester of classes and begin working out with her own personal trainer in preparation for her fresh-man season, where she is expected to compete in the heptathlon, an event she has never before |
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But having run the 200 in middle school and competed regularly in the 100 hurdles and high jump — two of the highest-scoring events in the six-event heptathlon — both Klinger and Bye feel she has a good base upon which to build. Niceville track coach Sherman |
Eller believes that despite all of the success
and personal records Klinger set over the past few months, her
brightest days remain in front of her.
“The improvement that I’ve seen and been a part of has been amazing,” Eller said. “But I think she still has a tremendous amount to grow. The sky’s the limit.” |
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• Holly Stanton, Fort Walton Beach: Senior won regional title in the 3200, placed fourth in the 1600 and anchored the third-place 4x800-meter relay while also finishing ninth in the triple jump. At state meet, Stanton medaled in a pair of events-first in the 4x800 and fourth in the 3200–and placed 10th in the 1600. • Charlie Tidwell, Niceville: Senior claimed a state title in the shot put with a school-record and personal-best throw of 56-0.75 while also finishing as the state runner-up in the discus with a throw of 175-08, also a school and personal-best throw. Tidwell’s 18 point performance helped Niceville finish |
eighth at the
state meet.
• Sarah deVaux, Fort Walton Beach: Vikings junior ran on the third-place 4x800 relay team and also placed fourth in the 800-meter run. At state she medaled in both the 4x800 and 800 meter run. • Rachael Klinger, Niceville: Eagles senior placed second in the high jump with a leap of 5-4. Klinger also finished sixth in the 100-meter hurdles(14.91). • Iolani Scanlan, Fort Walton Beach: Senior placed sixth in the 800 and was on the third-place 4x800-meter relay team at regionals before running a personal-record 2:22.77 on her leg of the medal winning 4x800 relay. |
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Cody Skarupa, Niceville: Placed
fifth in the 300-meter hurdles with a school-record time of 37.92to
earn All-State Performer status for the second year in a row.
• Jessie Niemiec, Fort Walton Beach: After competing on the 4x800 and 4x400 relays at regional, senior medaled at state as part of the Vikings 4x800-meter relay team. • Stephen Haye, Fort Walton Beach: Junior placed third in the 200 and was the lead leg on the first place 4x400 relay at the regional meet before placing fifth in the 200 at state with a personal-record and school-record time of 21.82. Haye also medaled in the 4x400. |
• Maurice Williams,
Fort Walton Beach: Sophomore placed second in the triple jump
with what was a personal-best of 44-8 at region before upping
his mark with a jump of 45-1 to place fourth at the state meet.
• Luc Lawrence, Fort Walton Beach: Senior was third in the 800 and was also on the first-place 4x800 and 4x400 relay teams at regionals. At state, he finished sixth in the 800 an dwas on the second place 4x800 relay with set a school record time of 7:50.73, a time that ranked second in the state across all divisions. Lawrence also ran on the second-place4x400atstate. |
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Featuring
only eight athletes on its roster, the Fort Walton Beach boys
track team entered Friday’s Class 3A state meet with high
hopes.
As it turned out, even their own lofty expectations couldn’t keep up. Behind a state championship in the 800-meter run by Matt Bevil and a pair of second-place finishes in the 4x400 and 4x800-meter relays — each of which were anchored by Bevil — the Vikings tiny engine that could, did, as Fort Walton Beach finished as the state’s runner-up. “We’re real excited,” Bevil said. “We were aiming for it, we weren’t expecting it but we were aiming for it. It was a big team effort but with a small team.” Fort Walton Beach’s boys finished with 38 points, second to Charlotte’s 48.5. Niceville, which boasted a state champion of its own in shot put thrower Charlie Tidwell, finished eighth as a team. Crestview’s Donquel Dorsey gave the area three state champions, winning the 400 meter dash with a time of 47.693, fulfilling what area coaches believed all |
along to be a strong contingent
of local athletes.
Fort Walton Beach received a big boost from it’s 4x800 meter relay team. One of the first events of the day, the foursome of Jake Dearmon, Luc Lawrence, Chris Douglas and Bevil finished second with a time of 7:50.73 and, according to Vikings coach Lissette Moller-Fields “set the tone” for the rest of the meet. The Vikings’ 4x400-meter relay team of Bevil, Lawrence, Stephen Haye and Kevin Bryant later followed suit with a second second-place finish, this one coming in a time of 3:15.54. Haye also placed fifth in the 200-meter dash (21.82). Maurice Williams placed fourth in the triple jump (45-01) while Deiontrez Mount, who placed third in the preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles, fell during the finals and did not finish. “ We ’ r e o b v i o u s l y ecstatic,” Moller-Fields said. In capturing the state title in the 400-meter dash, Dorsey became the first state champion Crestview athlete since 1996. |
As Dorsey saw it, having already won the 400 at both the district
and regional level, the Crestview standout might as well complete
the trifecta by taking the crown at state, too.
“It feels real good to be a state champion,” Dorsey said. “I’ve trained really hard to get it. I told coach (Ernie Martin) I had to get a 47 to get it so I got a 47. It took a lean, but I got it.” Teammate Aaron Nelson finished 12th in the 100-meter dash. In the field events, Tidwell’s throw of 175-08 in the discus set a new personal and Niceville school record for the event, while teammate Cody Skarupa capped a strong season with a fifth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles (37.92) to help the Niceville boys finish eighth (22) as a team. “I can’t remember the last time we had a track state champion,” Eagles coach Sherman Eller said of Tidwell’s performance before speaking to the entire Niceville contingent. “We’re very pleased to take some high-quality athletes down there and represent Niceville well.” |
Choctawhatchee
also performed well, the day highlighted by Hakeem Tarpley’s
fourth-place finish in the 800-meter run (1:53.73), an event which
saw Fort Walton Beach’s Bevil (first) and Lawrence (sixth)
provide an Okaloosa Countyladen podium.
On the girls’ side it was Pine Forest (92) taking the state crown with Niceville being the highest area finisher, coming in at 20th (10.75). Niceville dynamo Rachael Klinger placed second in the high jump (5-04) and sixth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.91). Emily Sager finished seventh in the triple jump (36-09), securing herself a spot on the podium. Holly Stanton led Fort Walton Beach with a fourthplace finish in the 3200 (11:18.99) and also placed 10th in the 1600 (5:20.07). Sarah deVaux, meanwhile, stepped onto the podium with an eighth-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:19.80). Kiara Bryant finished 11th in the shot put for the Indians, while Navarre’s Chelsea Chandler placed fourth in the pole vault with a height of 11-00. |
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record time of 1:50.29 in winning
the 800 meter run at last week’s regional meet, headlines
a roster of local athletes looking to end the season as a state
champion.
Bevil will also compete in the 4x400 relay with teammates Luc Lawrence, Kevin Bryant and Stephen Haye, a foursome that enters today’s meet seeded No. 1 for the event. “They go into it knowing that people are going to have to take them down, not vice-versa,” said Moller-Fields, whose boys’ squad won the Region 1-3A title. Lawrence will join Bevil in the 800, as will Choctawhatchee’s Hakeem Tarpley. At the regional meet, Bevil, Tarpley and Lawrence finished first, second and third, respectively. Also competing for the Vikings’ boys are Maurice Williams (triple jump) as well as Chris Douglas and Jake Dearmon, who, along with Lawrence and Bevil, make up Fort Walton Beach’s 4x800 relay team. Deiontrez Mount, who last week won the 110 hurdles in a blazing 14.69, will also be on hand. |
Crestview, meanwhile, will send three to state as Donquel Dorsey
(400), Aaron Nelson (100) and Spencer Anderson (110 hurdles) each
qualified with a strong showing at regionals, with Dorsey winning
the 400.
“We’re running with the best of the best,” Crestview coach Ernie Martin said. “Our district and our regional meets prepared us well, just like we thought. To have three represent Crestview … I couldn’t have picked a better three.” Niceville’s Cody Skarupa (300 hurdles) and Charlie Tidwell (shot put, discus) will each vie for state crowns today with the latter setting a schoolrecord in the shot put with a throw of 54-8 1/2. On the girls’ side, Fort Walton Beach will send an area-best five athletes to Winter Park, with senior Holly Stanton looking to become the first Viking female to medal in three events at a state meet. Stanton, who is part of the Vikings’ 4x800 meter relay, will also compete in the 1600 and 3200. She is seeded inside |
the
top eight in each event.
Iolani Scanlan, Jessie Niemiec and Sarah deVaux make up the remainder of the Vikings’ state-bound relay team. DeVaux will also compete individually in the 800, while Grace Fuller qualified for today’s meet in the pole vault. Choctaw will send its 4x100 relay team of Brittany Brown, Jordan Miller, Lexi Landers and Alexis Goodwin to state coming off of a third-place finish at regionals, while Kiara Bryant will compete in the shot put for Choctaw. “We’re very glad to be going to state,” Indians’ first-year coach Marshall Sealy said. “We feel we have a great chance to get most of these kids on the podium. We won’t be satisfied with just going down there and showing up.” Niceville’s Rachael Klinger will compete in both the 100 hurdles and the high jump, while team mate Emily Sager will compete in the triple jump. Chelsea Chandler of Navarre will look to build on her regional championship leap of 11 feet in the pole vault. |
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The Region 1-3A track and field meet,originally scheduled for Friday
and then pushed back to Saturday due to weather, was again postponed
due to rain on Saturday and will resume on Monday at 1 p.m. at TallahasseeChiles.
Through nine events on the boys’ side, Fort Walton Beach had taken a slim 35-33 lead over second-place |
Chiles while the Viking girls
were fifth as a team after 11events.
Deiontrez Mount won the 110 hurdles for Fort Walton Beach, which also received a first-place finish from its 4x800 meter relay team, and Maurice Williams finished second in the triple jump. Holly Stanton paced the Fort Walton |
Beach girls early on with
a third-place finish in the 1600.
Crestview also fared well before the weather turned sour, as three Bulldog runners have qualified for the state meet. Bonquel Dorsey is a regional champion with a first-place finish in the 400 meter, while Aaron Nelson finished third in the 100 meter to qualify as well. |
Spencer
Anderson rounds out Crestview’s qualifiers thus far with
a fourth-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles.
Niceville’s Cody Skarupa won the 300 hurdles while teammate Charlie Tidwell won the discus and placed second in the shot put. |
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Mount (110 hurdles, 4x100)
each qualified as an individual and as part of at least one of
Fort Walton Beach’s three relay teams to reach regional competition.
Kevin Bryant (4x400, 4x800) will also compete in multiple events.
On the girls’ side for Fort Walton Beach, Holly Stanton will compete in four different events as the senior qualified in the 1600, 3200 and triple jump as an individual as well as part of the Vikings’ 4x800 relay team. Along with being on the 4x800 relay team, Sarah deVaux and Jessie Niemiec will also run in the 4x400. DeVaux will compete in the 800 as well and Morgan McLaughlin (discus, shot put) will compete in multiple events. Choctaw will be led by freshman Brittany Brown, who qualified in four events (long jump, 400, 4x100, 4x400), while Bailee Hanle (high jump, triple |
jump, 4x400) will also compete
in several events. Kiara Bryant (discus, shot put) and Lexi Landers
(200, 4x400) round out the Indians competing in multiple events,
and Hakeem Tarpley (800, 1600) will do the same on the boys’
side.
Following a third-place finish at districts, Niceville’s girls will also send 11 athletes to Chiles with Rachel Klinger, a district champion in the 100 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles and the high jump, leading the way. Emily Sager, who last week won the triple jump, will also compete in the 100 and 300 hurdle events, while Savannah Boswell (100, 4x100) and Lauren Eschbach (800, 4x800) will be present in more than one event. Niceville’s Charlie Tidwell, a district champion in the discus and a runnerup in the shot put, will eye a regional crown in both practices, while Cody Skarupa (300 hurdles, 4x400) and Bobby Kressin |
(high
jump, 300 hurdles, 4x400) will also have a busy day.
So will Crestview’s Aaron Nelson, who will compete in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay. Chris Pickett (long jump, 4x100), Darius Madison (triple jump, 4x100), Donquel Dorsey (400, 4x400) and Spencer Anderson (110 hurdles, 300 hurdles) will also participate in multiple events, as will Jodi Montalvo (high jump, 4x100) and Asten Lopez (100, 200, 4x100) on the girls’ side. Competing in multiple events for Navarre’s boys will be Ezra Robinson (high jump, triple jump), Seth Nydam (110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 4x400), Robert Mann (800, 4x800, 3200), Cody Haden (1600, 4x800) and Edmund Staley (400, 4x400). Raider girls who will be present in more than one event are Brianna Wylie (100, 4x100) and Elle Crouse (1600, 3200). |
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“We
were hoping for great perfor-mances from our relay teams, and
they did just that,” Moller-Fields said.
Fort Walton Beach added four other first places. Bevil won the 800 meter run (1:55), Mount the 110 hurdles (15-09), Haye the 200 meter run (21.85) and Maurice Williams the triple jump. Also securing regional berths were Josh Simmons in the discus (third) and high jump (fourth), Dearmon in the 1600 (third), and Andrew Kight (second) and Blair Troop (fourth) in the pole vault. Chiles won the girls’ side with 182 points, Fort Walton Beach followed with 114, Niceville came in third with 101 and Choctawhatchee fourth with 87. Crestview was seventh with 36. Fort Walton Beach’s girls, who advanced to regionals in nine events, were paced by Holly Stanton. She won the 3200 meter run (11:37), placed second in the 1600, fourth in the triple jump and teamed with Jessie Niemiec, Iolani Scanlan and Sarah deVaux for a first-place finish (9:54.61) in the 4x800 relay. “Holly Stanton had just a huge day,” Moller-Fields said. |
DeVaux and Scanlan placed second and third, respectively, in the
800 meter run, while Morgan McLaughlin finished second in the
discus and third in the shot put. Grace Fuller was second in the
pole vault, LeShairia Malone fourth in the shot put and Shakia
Morris, Scanlan, Niemiec and deVaux placed second in the 4x400
relay.
Niceville’s girls earned a third-place finish fueled in large part by senior Rachel Klinger, who took home district titles in the 100 meter hurdles (14.94), the 300 meter hurdles (46.10) and the high jump (5-4). Emily Sager won the triple jump (35-1) while also placing fourth in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles to give the Eagles a pair of female athletes that will compete in three different events at regionals. Savannah Boswell (100 meter dash), Lauren Eschbach (800 meter run) and Sammy Zimmerman (triple jump) also advanced while Niceville’s 4x800 relay team of Eschbach, Laura Nelson, Marsel Mosley and Abby McCool, and its 4x100 relay team of Boswell, Tashi |
Brown,
Julianne Gaubron and Biannica Barksdale moved on.
On the boys’ side, Niceville received first-place finishes from Cody Skarupa (300 hurdles) and Charlie Tidwell, who threw the discus a school-record distance of 170-9 1/2. Tidwell also placed second in the shot put. Bobby Kressin won the high jump (6-2) and also qualified in the 300 hurdles where he finished third. Niceville’s 4x400 relay team, running without an injured Kody Williams, still managed to qualify for regionals as Skarupa, Kressin, Hansen and freshman McKinley Stephens placed third. Niceville’s boys placed fifth as a team. “We had some nice surprises,” Eagles coach Sherman Eller said. “With the weather and all of the delays, for the kids to go out there and be patient and compete was unbelievable.” The District 2-3A meet results still hadn’t been posted on the FHSAA website as of the Daily News’ press time. Crestview and Choctawhatchee coaches couldn’t be reached for their teams’ results by deadline. |
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(today) is going to be the
one who wins a lot of these events,” Crestview coach Ernie
Martin said. “It’s not going to be easy … It doesn’t
matter what time they send in (pre-meet), you still have to shoot
the gun and make the run.”
Still, when Choctaw, Crestview, Niceville and Fort Walton Beach converge in Tallahassee, each school will bring a bounty of the state’s top performers in 3A this season. In the boys’ events, Fort Walton Beach boasts 3A’s No. 1 4x400 relay team, its No. 2 4x800 relay team as well as top 10 individual performers in Matt Bevil (third, 800), Luc Lawrence (sixth, 800) and Deiontrez Mount (second, 110 hurdles). Mount is also ranked 20th in the 300 hurdles (40.13) while Bevil comes in at 16th in the 400 meter run, just two spots ahead of teamate Kevin Bryant. Crestview’s Aaron Nelson, ranked 12th in the 100 meter dash, and Donquel Dorsey, ranked 14th in the 400 meter run, headline a boys’ team that turned heads in placing second at the recent County Championships. Jacob Gourlie and Cameron Sanchez have each starred in the distance runs as has Chris Pickett |
in the long jump,the 100 meter
dash and as part of the Bulldogs’ surging 4x100 relay team.
“We have a motto at Crestview that everything we do, starting in mid-February until the district tournament, is practice,” Martin said. “Every county meet, every individual workout, everything is practice because we have a one-shot playoff system. You have to go in and run your event and be in the top four at district or you’re out after the first round.” Niceville’s Charlie Tidwell is ranked second in both the discus and the shot put, while Kody Williams is ranked 15th in the triple jump. Cody Skarupa is ranked seventh in the 800 meter run and sixth in the 300 meter hurdles. “Our deal is to try to make sure the kids that are supposed to qualify for the regional meet get in that top four,” Eagles coach Sherman Eller said. “We should walk out of there with a good corps of district champions if every-thing goes right.” Eller’s sentiments were echoed when the discussion switched over to the girls’ events, where Niceville boasts one of the area’s more dynamic performers |
in senior
Rachel Klinger. Klinger enters today’s meet ranked second
in the 100 meter hurdles, seventh in the 300 meter hurdles and
fifth in the high jump. Teammate Emily Sager is ranked fifth in
the triple jump.
Choctaw’s Brittany Brown, meanwhile, is also highly ranked in multiple events, coming in at No. 5 in the 100 meter dash, 11th in the long jump and 21st in the 400 meter run. For the Vikings, Holly Stanton remains one of the state’s premier distance runners, arriving at Chiles ranked third in the 3200 and fifth in the 1600. Ivy Chastain is 14th in the 3200, while Sarah DeVaux is No. 19 in the 800 meter run. Navarre’s Eugene Robinson, ranked eighth in the triple jump, leads the Raiders’ boys contingent that also features regional hopefuls in TreVon Allen (100 meter dash), Cody Haden (1600, 3200) and Eric Bell (hurdles). On the girls’ side, Navarre features the state’s seventh-ranked pole vaulter in Chelsea Chandler. |
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• Stephen Haye, Fort Walton Beach: Junior earned three first-place finishes at the Andrews Invitational, winning the 200 (23.05) and running the lead leg for the first-place 4x100 relay (43.44) and 4x400 relay (3:22.19). • Kody Williams, Niceville: Senior finished first in the 100 and picked up two fourth-place finishes in the long jump and triple jump while also running the third leg of the second-place 4x400 relay at the Andrews Invitational. • Kiara Bryant, Choctawhatchee: Placed second in the shot put with a throw of 32-10 at the Andrews Invitational. • Matt Bevil, Fort Walton Beach: Senior collected three first places at the Andrews Invitational, anchoring the 4x800 relay (8:10.72), the 4x400 relay |
(3:22.19) and winning the 800
(1:56.37). • Brittany Brown, Choctawhatchee:
Placed second in the 100 with a time of 12.77 at the Andrews Invitational.
• Cody Skarupa, Niceville: Won the 300 hurdles with a personal-best time of 38.42 at the Capital City Classic and anchored second-place finishes for the 4x800 and 4x400 relays at the Andrews Invitational. • Maurice Williams, Fort Walton Beach: Junior finished second in the triple jump at the Andrews Invitational with a jump of 41-11. • Grace Fuller, Fort Walton Beach: Fuller set a season-best in the pole vault with a height of 9-0 to place second at the Andrews Invitational. • Sarah deVaux, Fort Walton Beach: Ran on first-place 4x800 relay team while also placing third in the 800 (2:24.23) |
and running on the fourth-place
4x400 relay team (4:12.91) at the Andrews Invitational.
• Alec Herrara, Choctawhatchee: Finished third in the 1600 with a time of 4:40.90 at the Andrews Invitational. • Rachel Klinger, Niceville: Won the high jump and finished third in the 100 hurdles at the Andrews Invitational. • Holly Stanton, Fort Walton Beach: Senior ran the anchor leg of the first-place 4x800 (9:58.43). Also placed second in the mile with a time of 5:22.66 and ran a meet-record time of 11:31.99 in winning the 3200 at the Andrews Invitational. • David Vansteenbergern, Choctawhat-chee: Finished fourth in the 3200 with a time of 10:33.24 at the Andrews Invita-tional. • Emily Sager, Niceville: Won the |
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Class 3A. Teammate Charlie
Tidwell placed second in the shot put with a throw of 49-2 1/2
and then took first in the discus with a throw of 164-2 1/2.
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1/2 in the discus earlier this
season and currently ranks No. 1 in all of Class 3A in the event
and fifth in the state regard-less of classification. In the shot
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4x100 and 4x400 relay teams,
the latter of which set a meet record with a time of 3:22.19.
Also finishing in the top three for the Vikings were Maurice Williams
in the triple jump (second), Jake Dearmon in the 1600 (second)
and Luc Lawrence in the 800 meter run (third).
Leading the charge for Niceville was Kody Williams, who won the 100 meter dash (11.31) and also helped guide the Eagles’ 4x400 relay team to a secondplace finish. Charlie Tidwell won the shot put with a school-record throw of 52-4 as well as the discus (160-10). Jason Riggs finished third in the 3200 with a time of 10:19 while teammate Patrick Lacombe (10:25) came in third. Crestview’s Aaron Nelson turned in a big day, picking up 24 points for the Bulldogs with second-place finishes in both the 100 and 200 meter dash. Donquel Dorsey finished second in the |
400. Chris Pickett finished
second in the long jump, Darius Madison placed third in the triple
jump and Jacob Gourlie turned in a personal-record time in the
1600 meter run.
Spencer Anderson placed third in the 300 hurdles and sixth in the 110 hurdles. In the girls’ events, Pine Forest (121.5) took home top honors, beating out Fort Walton Beach (second, 78), Milton (third, 66) and Niceville, which tied for fourth with West Florida Tech with 47 points. Choctaw (39.5) finished sixth, followed by South Walton (eighth, 38.5), Baker (10th, 29), Crestview (12th, 23) and Navarre (14th, 19). Fort Walton Beach’s Holly Stanton set a new meet record in the 3200 meter run, winning the event with a time of 11:32 while also finishing second in the |
1600 meter run with a time
of 5:22.
Grace Fuller placed second in the pole vault (9-0) while Sarah deVaux (800 meter run, 2:24), Ivy Chastain (3200, 11:58) and Kadijah Mount (300 hurdles, 48.54) each finished third in their respective event. Niceville’s Rachel Klinger won the high jump (5-4) and placed third in the 100 hurdles (15.28) while Emily Sager won the triple jump (36-9). Marsel Mosley finished fourth in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:34.3. At the Jay Invitational, Paxton’s Erin Walker won both of her events with personal-record throws in both the discus (136-4) and the shot put (33-3 3/4). Teammate Katie Kinkey won the high jump with a leap of 4-10 |
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38.56 in the 300-meter hurdles
was good for third place. Charlie Tidwell finished fourth in both
the shot put and discus throws.
On the girls side, Rachael Klinger finished fifth in the 100 hurdles and seventh in the high jump, while the 4x800 relay team finished seventh. “Just to get invited to this meet is good in the first place,” Niceville coach Sherman Eller said. “To be able to compete and show you’re worthy is even better.” |
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McCool finished third in the girls 800 meter with a time of 2:28.25,
Marcel Mosley finished second in the 1600 meter with a time of
5:36.48 and Laura Nelson won the 3200-meter with a time of 11:54.37.
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in the state. The 4x800 team of Matthew Bevil, Jake Dearmon, Christopher
Douglas and Simon Lawrence ran a time of 7:57.06, making them
the only team to finish under eight minutes. The 4x400 team of
Stephen Haye, Simon Lawrence, Kevin Bryant and Bevil posted a
time of 3:17.15 to earn the win.
Fort Walton Beach’s Deiontrez Mount finished third in the boys 110 hurdles, while Bevil and Lawrence finished first and second, respectively, in the 800. |
The Fort Walton Beach girls 4x800 team of Sarah deVaux, Holly
Stanton, Jessica Jiemiec and Iolani Scanlon finished third with
a time of 9:48.36.
Niceville’s performance was punctuated by five school-record performances. Rachael Klinger set a new school mark with her 300 hurdles time of 45.53. She finished third in that event, as well as the 100 hurdles. Cody Skarlupa set records in the 300 hurdle and the 800, with times of 38.69 and 1:55.69, and Charlie Tidwell’s shotput throw of 51-7 was also good for |
a Niceville
record. Kody Williams rounded out the record setting with a triple
jump of 43-03.75.
The meet featured over 30 teams and served as a good tuneup for both teams as they approach their district meets. “It’s one of the best meets we attend,” Niceville coach Sherman Eller said. “This meet brings out the best performance in all the kids. And it’s a good time for that as we move closer to district.” |
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Defending
their home track, the Fort Walton Beach boys and girls track teams
each won their side of the Viking Relays on Saturday. The boys
edged Niceville by 2.5 points, while the girls cruised to a more
comfortable victory (142-120.5) over Niceville.
On the boys side, Navarre finished third, while Choctawhatchee finished fifth and South Walton finished sixth. The Choctaw girls managed to finish third, followed by South Walton and Navarre in fourth and fifth places, respectively. The Viking boys got wins from Deiontrez Mount in the 110 meter hurdles, their mile medley team, their 4x200 meter relay team and the 4x400 meter relay team. On the girls side, Fort Walton Beach got wins from the mile medley team, the 4x800 meter relay team, the 4x1600 relay team and Ivy Chastain in the 3200 meter. Despite finishing second on both sides, it was a productive day for Niceville as well. The Eagles set numerous school records during the meet. Kody Williams’ triple jump of 43-04.50 set a new Niceville mark, as did Charlie Tidwell’s discus throw of 169 feet, 7.5 inches, Cody Skarupa’s 39.17-second 300 meter hurdle run and the boys distance medley run of 11:32.60. The Niceville girls also got school records from their sprint medley team, |
with a time of 4:34.06, and
distance medley team
with a time of 13:49.68. Rachael Klinger also was perfect on
the day, winning all four events in which she competed.
South Walton got a good showing from Tiffany Snider on the girls’ side, as she won the discus and the shot put. The Seahawks also swept the top three spots in the boys’ pole vault. Navarre got a first-place finish from Ezra Robinson in the triple jump. Girls team scores: 1.Fort Walton Beach 142, 2.Niceville 120.5, 3.Choctawhatchee 94, 4.South Walton 88.5, 5.Navarre 85, 6.Washington 36, 7.Pensacola Christian Academy 30 100 meter hurdles: 1. Rachael Klinger (NV) 14.96, 2. Brittany Crittenden (SW) 15.39, 3. Kadijah Mount (FWB) 15.97; 300 meter hurdles: 1. Rachael Klinger (NV) 48.58, 2. Emily Sager (NV) 50.48, 3. Jessie Niemiec (FWB) 51.60; Mile medley: 1. Fort Walton Beach 4:29.66, 2. Niceville 4:34.06, 3. Navarre 4:36.88; 4x100 meter relay: 1. Niceville 50.87, 2. Washington 50.98, 3. Choctaw 50.99; 4x200 meter relay: 1.Washington 1:46.97, 2. Choctaw 1:48.65, 3.Niceville 1:52.39; 4x800 meter relay: 1. Fort Walton Beach 11:01.93, 2. Niceville 11:13.79, 3. Choctaw 11:26.71; 4x400 meter relay: 1.Washington 4:07.72, |
2.Fort Walton Beach 4:12.97,
3. Choctaw 4:18.65; 4x1600 relay: 1. Fort Walton Beach
22:22.71, 2. South Walton 25:09.43, 3. Choctaw 25:13.12; Distance
medley: 1. Niceville 13:49.68,
2. Fort Walton Beach 13:54.09, 3.South Walton 13:58.35; 3200
meter: 1.Ivy Chastain (FWB) 12:20.37, 2.Holly Stanton (FWB)
12:24.19, 3. Sarah Fraser (C)12:50.86; High jump: 1.Rachael
Klinger (NV) 5-00, 2. Jessica Harrison (SW) 4-10, 3. Bailee
Hanle (C) 4-10; Long jump: 1.Brittany Brown (C) 16-11,
2. Brittany Crittenden (SW) 16.08, 3. Lauren Morton (SW) 16-04;
Pole vault: 1. Chelsea Chandler (NV) 10-00, 2. Lisa Spikes
(C) 8-06, 3. Grace Fuller (FWB) 8.06; Discus: 1. Tiffany
Snider (SW) 98-09, 2. Thapelo Ncube (PCA) 96-10, 3. Hannah Pacholl
(N) 93-10; Shot put: 1. Tiffany Snider (SW) 32-06, 2.
Julianne Gaubron (NV) 30-10, 3. Morgan McLaughlin (FWB)
30-06.
Boys team scores: 1.Fort Walton Beach 132.5, 2. Niceville 130, 3. Navarre 105, 4. Washington 93, 5. Choctawhatchee 62, 6. South Walton 56.50, 7. Pensacola Christian Academy 32 4x1600 meter relay: Fort Walton Beach 18:27.41, 2. Washington 18:32.84, 3. Niceville 19:27.79; 110 meter hurdles: 1.Deiontrez Mount (FWB) 14.68, 2. Brandon Lyles (W) 15.05, 3. Seth Nydam (NV) 15.77; 4x100 meter relay: |
1. Navarre 44.59, 2. Fort Walton
Beach 44.77, 3. Washington 45.39; Distance medley: 1.Choctaw
11:00.73, 2. Fort Walton Beach 11:02.67, 3.
Niceville 11:32.60; 300 meter hurdles: 1.
Cody Skarupa (NV) 39.17, 2. Brandon Lyles (W) 39.24, 3.
Seth Nydam (NV) 40.12; Mile medley: 1.Fort Walton
Beach 3:35.28, 2. Niceville 2:53.51,
3. Navarre 4:02.28; 4x200 meter medley: 1.Fort Walton Beach
1:29.87, 2. Washington 1:33.68, 3. Niceville
1:33.75; 4x800 meter relay: 1. Washington 8:17.63,
2. Fort Walton Beach, 3. Navarre 8:42.85; 3200 meter: 1.Jason
Riggs (NV) 10:15.62, 2. Austin Wilkins (W) 10:15.77,
3. Patrick Lacombe (NV) 10:18.06; High jump: 1.Bobby
Kressin (NV) 5-10, 2. Ezra Robinson (NV) 5-10, 3. Qwelon
Ware (C) 5-08; Pole vault: 1. D.J. Streidel (SW) 13-00,
2. Ian Towne (SW) 12-00, 3. Corey Short (SW) 11-06; Long jump:
1. Kody Williams (NV) 21-01.25, 2.
Joe Lofton (FWB) 20-03.50, 3. Kardel Snow (W) 20-00.75; Triple
jump: 1. Ezra Robinson (NV) 43-06.75,
2. Kody Williams (NV) 43-04.50, 3. Maurice Williams (FWB)
42.03.75; Discus: 1.Charlie Tidwell
(NV) 169-07.50, 2. Ryan Onkka (W) 122-00.50, 3.
Victor Byers (NV) 121-04; Shot put: 1.Charlie
Tidwell (NV) 48-01, 2. Charlie Lott (C) 43-08, 3. Joshua
Simmons (FWB) 42-09; 4x400 meter relay: 1. Fort Walton
Beach 3:21.11, 2. Niceville 3:25.98,
3. Choctaw 3:28.67
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Walton (24) finishing second
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In the boys’ events, Chris Pickett (high jump, 5-8), Kenny Born (400, 52.2), Spencer Anderson (110 hurdles, 15-5) and Jacob Gourlie (1600, 4:47) each won their individual events for the Bulldogs before Crestview won in the 4x800 relay (9:03), 4x100 relay (43.3) and the 4x400 relay (3:43). Darius Madison won the triple jump (38-10) for Crestview. |
Niceville’s Charlie Tidwell won both
the discus (149-0) and the shot put (50-2). Cody Skarupa won the
300, and Kody Williams won the long jump (21-1) and Jason Riggs
won the 3200 (10:45).
On the girls’ side, Lauren Eschbach paced the Eagles with wins in the discus, 800 (2:30) and the 1600 (5:25). Marsel Mosley finished first in the triple jump (30-5) and 3200 (12:59). Crestview received a trio of first- |
place finishes from Asten Lopez,
as the sophomore won the 200 (26.8), the 100 (12.8) and the long
jump (15-6).
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• Kadijah Mount, Fort Walton Beach: Sophomore had strong showing at the Ram Relays to contribute to the Vikings’ win. Mount placed third in the 100 hurdles, third in the long jump and was part of the 4x200 relay and second-place 4x400 relay. • Jason Riggs, Niceville: Won the 3200 at the Ram Relays to help the Eagles to a third-place team finish. • Ian Towne, South Walton: Seahawks’ |
senior won the pole vault at
the Ram Relays with a personal-record of 12-6 while alsostarringontheschool-record
breaking 4x200 relay and sprint medley teams.
• Grace Fuller, Fort Walton Beach: Vikings’juniorplacedsecond in the pole vault and sixth in the high jump at the Ram Relays. • Morgan Mclaughlin, Fort Walton Beach: Senior won the discus at the Ram Relays and also placed eighth in |
the shot put.
• Holly Stanton, Fort Walton Beach: Stanton won the 3200 at the Ram Relays while also anchoring the first-place 4x800 relay team. Stanton also ran the 1600 leg of the distance medley that won and set a school record time of 13:16.27. • Bobby Kressin, Niceville: Captured first in the high jump at the Ram Relays and was part of the winning sprint medley relay team. |
• Josh
Simmons, Fort Walton Beach: Simmons
placed first in the shot put, third in the discus and sixth in
the high jump at the Ram Relays.
• Luc Lawrence, Fort Walton Beach: Anchored the first-place 4x800 relay team as well as the first-place distance medley team with a 4:40 in his 1600. Lawrence was also on the first-place 4x400 relay team. |
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Fort
Walton Beach continued to steam roll its way past the field in
Saturday’s Ram Invitational, winning the annual track and
field meet on both the boys’ and girls’ sides and doing
so in impressive fashion.
The Viking boys remained unbeaten (3-0) on the year thanks in large part to Fort Walton Beach’s supremacy in the running events, where Fort Walton Beach won all but two races. Fort Walton Beach finished with 126 team points, easily surpassing the next closest school, Bay, which finished with 74. Niceville (73) finished third while South Walton finished tied for fifth with Jefferson County with 41 team points. Joe Lofton won the long jump (20-.75) while Maurice Williams placed first in the triple jump (41-5.5) for the Vikings. Josh Simmons won both the discus (123-6) and shot put (42-7). Deiontrez Mount won the 110 hurdles (14.48). Niceville’s Bobby Kressin won the high jump with a leap of 6-2 while Jason Riggs won the 3200 with a time of 10:08,narrowly edging Fort Walton Beach’s Jake Dearmon (10:12) and Sam Ammons (10:20). |
South
Walton, meanwhile, had a pair of top finishers in the pole vault
as Ian Towne finished first (12-6) and D.J. Striedel came in third
(11-0).
On the girls’ side, the Vikings’ win was not nearly as one-sided, but thanks to a one-two finish by Holly Stanton and Ivy Chastain, respectively, in the 3200, Fort Walton Beach was able to squeak past Port St. Joe 102.5-101 after falling to Tiger Sharks by a point in the school’s previous meeting. South Walton placed fourth (52) while Niceville ended the day fifth with 49 points. “Holly and Ivey were a great one-two punch for us,” Vikings coach Lissette Moller-Fields said. “That’s what clinched it for us on the girls’ side.” Stanton won the 3200 with a time of 11:50 with Chastain nipping on her heels at a clip of 11:55. Niceville’s Laura Nelson placed third with a time of 12:18. Fort Walton Beach’s Grace Fuller won the pole vault competition (8-0) while Kadijah Mount (long jump, 15-11.5) and Morgan McLaughlin (discus, 97-4) each won their respective events. |
South Walton’s
Tiffany Snider won the shot put (34-3) and placed third in the
discus (88-3) while teammate Jessica Harrison won the high jump
(4-10).
Girls team scores: 1. FWB 102.5, 2. Port St. Joe 101, 3. Bay 56.5, 4. South Walton 52, 5. Niceville 49 Individual top three finishers: 3200: 1. Holly Stanton (FWB) 11:50, 2. Ivy Chastain (FWB) 11:55, 3. Laura Nelson (N) 12:18 100 meter hurdles: 3. Kadijah Mount (FWB) 15.95 4x100 relay: 1. Niceville 52.45, 4x400 relay: 2. FWB 4:20 4x800 relay: 1. FWB 10:15, 2. Niceville 10:30 1600 medley: 1. FWB 4:48, 3. Niceville 4:53 Distance medley: 1. FWB 13:16 (school record), 2. Niceville 14:11, 3. SW 14:45 High jump: 3. Jessica Harrison SW 4-10 Pole vault: 2. Grace Fuller (FWB) 8-0, 3. Heather Anderson (SW) 7-6 Long jump: 3. Kadijah Mount (FWB) 15-11.5 Shot put: 1. Tiffany Snider (SW) 34-3, Discus: 1. Morgan McLaughlin (FWB) 97-4, 3. Tiffany Snider (SW) 88-3 |
Boys team scores:
1. FWB 126, 2. Bay 74, 3. Niceville 73, Rutherford 56, t5. South Walton 41, 5. Jefferson County Individual top three finishers: 3200 meter run: 1. Jason Riggs (N) 10:08, 2. Jake Dearmon (FWB) 10:12, 3. Sam Ammons (FWB) 10:20 110 hurdles: 1. Deiontrez Mount (FWB) 14.48 4x100 relay: 1. FWB 44.41 4x200 relay: 1. FWB 1:33.57 4x400 relay: 1. FWB 3:27.12, 2. Niceville 3:40. 10 4x800 relay: 1. FWB 8:24, 3. Niceville 8:56 Sprint medley: 1. Niceville 3:50.58, 2. FWB 3:51.94 Distance medley: 1. FWB 11:09, 2. Niceville 11:55, 3. SW 12:36 High jump: Bobby Kressin (N) 6-2, Pole vault: 1. Ian Towne (SW) 12-6, 3. D.J. Striedel (SW) 11-0 Long jump: 2. Joe Lofton (FWB) 20-.75 Triple jump: 2. Maurice Williams (FWB) 41-5.5 Shot put: 1. Josh Simmons (FWB) 42-7 Discus: 3. Josh Simmons (FWB) 123-6 |
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• Kadijah Mount, Fort Walton Beach: Sophomore placed second in the 100 hurdles with a school-record time of 15.90, third in the long jump and 300 hurdles and ran on the first-place 4x400 relay team at the Max Bruner Invitational. • Tiffany Snider, South Walton: Senior broke the school record in the shot put with a winning throw of 34-10 at the Arnold quad meet. Snider also tied the school record in the discus with a winning throw of 98-2. • Charlie Tidwell, Niceville: Tidwell won both the shot put and the discus events for the Eagles at the Max Bruner Invitational. • Holly Stanton, Fort Walton Beach: Senior won both the mile (5:35) and twomile (12:14) events at the Max Bruner Invitational and also anchored the first-place 4x800 relay team. |
• D.J.
Striedel, South Walton: Senior led South Walton to a team
victory at the Arnold quad meet with first-place finishes in the
pole vault (12 feet) and triple jump (39-4.5) and
ran on the third-place 4x400 relay. • Bobby Kressin, Niceville: Placed first in the high jump and 300 hurdles for Niceville at the Max Bruner Invitational. • Sarah deVaux, Fort Walton Beach: Vikings junior won the 800 with a time of 2.29 and placed second in the mile (5:38) and was on the first-place 4x800 relay team. • Emily Sager, Niceville: Sager won the triple jump and placed second in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles while also garnering a fourth-place finish in the long jump at the Max Bruner Invitational. • Brittany Crittenden, South Walton: Sophomore won the 100 hurdles (15.67) |
and the 200 (26.32) while also
placing second in the long jump and 4x400 relay at the Arnold
quad meet.
• Deiontrez Mount, Fort Walton Beach: Mount won the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.00 to break his own school record and also placed third in the long jump and ran on the Vikings’ winning 4x100 relay. • Chris Manazares, South Walton: Junior took first in the shot put (39-3.5) and discus (104-3) at the Arnold quad meet. • Julianne Gaubron, Niceville: Finished second in the 200 and third in the 100 and shot put, and also ran the third leg of Niceville’s first-place 4x100 relay team at the Max Bruner Invitational. • Stephen Haye, Fort Walton Beach: Ran the first leg of the Vikings’ winning 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay teams, won the 200 and placed third in the long |
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Deiontrez
Mount, meanwhile, gave the Vikings three state medalists by earning
a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles.
Still, as the new season inches closer, Fort Walton Beach coach Lisette Moller-Fields said this year’s team enters the new year with a chip on its shoulder after narrowly missing a district title. “We lost by one point and it was like, ‘Ugh,’ ” Moller-Fields said. “We’re hoping for a district championship. We have a lot of depth this year on the boys’ side that we have not had before. I think this is the year that we will have more go to state than we’ve had the previous three years combined.” Choctawhatchee, under the direction of first-year coach Marshall Sealy, returns state participant Hakeem Tarpley, who finished seventh in the 1600-meter run. Elsewhere in Class 3A, Navarre returns senior pole vaulter Chelsea Chandler, who last year finished eighth at state. Niceville will enter the 3A fray this season and despite the losses of Christian Ritacco, Donavan Woodberry and Michael Cooley, the Eagles do return state performers in Cody Skarupa (seventh place, 4x400 relay) and Charlie |
Tidwell
(enters the season ranked No. 1 in discus) on the boys’ side
while Rachel Klinger (11th, high jump) and Emily Sager (seventh,
Inside in Track and field capsules triple jump) return to the
fold on the girls’ side.
“This has been the most dedicated group I have been around from a track standpoint,” Eagles coach Sherman Eller said. Then there is Class A, which boasts surging programs in South Walton, Paxton and Baker, all three of which will look to improve on strong showings at state last season. Paxton returns a two-time state champion discus thrower in senior Erin Walker while South Walton’s Tiffany Snider, the Class A state champion in girls shot put, also returns. In all, South Walton returns six state qualifiers on the girls’ side as Snider will be joined by Sam Vandiver, Marissa Dodson, Lauren Morton, Brittany Crittendon and Jessica Harrison to go along with four state performers on its boys’ side in Quinston Morris, Ian Towne, Jacob Leuze and Chris Sanders. Crittendon finished fourth in the 400 and Harrison placed fifth in the high jump while Morton finished eighth in the triple jump and ninth in the long |
jump. Morris finished fourth
at state in the boys’ shot put and Sanders placed fifth in
the 110 hurdles while Leuze finished 10th in the 1600 and Towne
11th in the pole vault.
With so many experienced athletes returning, Seahawks coach Greg Niemiec said he has noticed a much more focused approach to the season. “They know they can do well but that they have to work hard,” Niemiec said. “I think the discipline and the work ethic are much better this year. We’re seeing everyone trying to improve (in practice) rather than just being out there this time.” With its lineup boasting five state qualifiers from a year ago, Oglesby said his Baker program also opens the new year with a more narrowed focus. Cassidy Anderson (200, 4x800 relay), Haley Wagner (4x800 relay), Cassie Cooper (4x800 relay), Bethany Chestnut (300, 4x800 relay) and Devin Scott (800) all return to give the Gators perhaps their strongest team in years, according to Oglesby. “We want people on the (state) podium,” Oglesby said. |
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Coach: David Oglesby District: 1-A District opponents: Central, Freeport, Jay, Paxton, Pensacola Christian, Rocky Bayou Christian Athletes returning: Girls: Cassie Cooper, Morgan Jones, Cassidy Anderson, Bethany Chestnut, Haley Wagner, Kathryn Quigg, Katie Rispone, Eileen Brown. Boys: John Scott, Dakota Hooper, Mason Doggette, Devin Scott, Logan Wagner. Others to watch: Girls: Victoria Voorhees, Amber Barrow. Boys: Jordain Sanguyo, Jacob Lawson, Vada Moore, Tim Smith, Cory Harper, Ivory Smith, Dylan Scott, Justin Shaw. Athletes lost: Girls: Caitlin Arzaga, Kali Flanders, Brittany Farris. Boys: None reported. CHOCTAWHATCHEE Coach: Marshall Sealy District: 2-3A District opponents: Chiles, Crestview, Fort Walton Beach, Leon, Lincoln, Mosley, Niceville Athletes returning: Girls: Ali Henderson, Marisa Halperin, Brittany Brown, Lexi Landers, Brooke McSheehy. Boys: Hakeem Tarpley, Max Keefe, Stephan Quinth. Others to watch: Girls: Jordan Miller, Randee Harvell, Tori Pitchford, Bailee Hanle. Boys: Terrance Bryant, Michael Hawthorne, Devin Borders, Alec Herrera, Andrew Silsbee. Athletes lost: Girls: None reported. Boys: None reported. CRESTVIEW Coach: Katie Blansit District: 2-3A District opponents: Chiles, Choctawhatchee, Fort Walton Beach, Leon, Lincoln, Mosley, Niceville Athletes returning: Girls: Lauren Day, Jodi Montalvo, Candace Green, Taylor Polk, Ashley Scoggins, Lauren Warnick, Desi Ross, Asten Lopez, Juliet Yarger, Mariah Miller. Boys: AJ Johnson, Jacob Gourlie, Dylon Brown, Aaron Nelson, Donquel Dorsey, Levi Hendrix, Darius Madison, Cevonte Madison, Cevonte Robbins, Moses Bess, Carter Hamlin, Chris Pickett. Others to watch: Girls: Katie Cook, Katrina Silva. Boys: Kenny Born, Domonique Thomas, Elijah Warnick. Athletes lost: Girls: Arquittia Jernigan, Sydney Husome. Boys: Dylan Tillman, |
Darrius Robbins, Corey Smith.
FORT WALTON BEACH Coach: Lissette Moller-Fields District: 2-3A District opponents: Chiles, Choctawhatchee, Crestview, Leon, Lincoln, Mosley, Niceville Athletes returning: Girls: Alex Bratton, Sarah deVaux, Grace Fuller, Lizzy Gallagher, Janae Johnson, Kaylie Kingsbury, Tiffany Maher, Morgan McLaughlin, Shakia Morris, Dee Dee Mount, Dominique Murphy, Jessie Niemiec, Amanda Radford, Melissa Radford, Myelica Rodgers, Amanda Rolf, Kathryn Russell, Iolani Scanlan, Kat Stone, Emily Szklarski, Sierra Wanner, Nikki White. Boys: Sam Ammons, Robbie Amunds, Ricky Anderson, Matt Bevil, Kevin Bryant, Joel Chastain, Edgar Corral, Jake Dearmon, Chris Douglas, Peter Griffith, Stephen Haye, John Hicks, Nick Howell, Daniel Hughes, Andrew Kight, Jonathan Kight, Luc Lawrence, Joe Lofton, Jacob Middleton, Deiontrez Mount, Brandon Murphy, Drew Nypert, Kyle Oliver, Joseph Robinson, Josh Simmons, Dominique Smith, Zach Smith, Blair Troop, Maurice Williams. Others to watch: Girls: Ivy Chastain, LeShairia Malone, Haley Prescott, Holly Stanton. Boys: Tim Bulger, TC Carter, Alex Godfrey, Brian Day, Josh Lawless, Matt Sheffield, Brian Stanton, Rashad Wilson, Ryan McCleod, John Marvin, Troy Spencer, Tyler Wilson. Athletes lost: Girls: Briana Frederick, Erin Gallagher. Boys: Bobby Graham, Josh Storbeck, Jarred Williams, Jesse Quick, Rashad Smith, Ben Chastain. FREEPORT Coach: Charlie Marello District: 1-A District opponents: Baker, Central, Jay, Paxton, Pensacola Christian, Rocky Bayou Christian Athletes returning: Girls: Emily Rice, Ebone Newkirk. Boys: Bryce Sefo, Levi Osterhoff, David Wesson, Paul Holmes, Tyler Adams. Others to watch: Girls: Briana Ross, Mikaela Norton, Laura Hayhaurst. Boys: Hunter Bailey, Jordan Varner. Athletes lost: Girls: None reported. Boys: None reported. NAVARRE Coach: Thomas Lintz District: 1-3A |
District opponents: Escambia,
Gulf Breeze, Milton, Pace, Pensacola, Pine Forest, Tate, Washington
Athletes returning: Girls: Jameka Anderson, Chelsea Chandler, Allison Hart, Jasmine Jordan, Hannah Pacholl, Jelesia Spencer, Karlee Tyler, Macy Weidenhamer, Shelby Weidenhamer, Chantel Sheets, Amy Calhoun, Charlee Beckett. Boys: Tre’Von Allen, Ezra Robinson, Edmund Staley, Seth Nydam, Cody Haden. Others to watch: Girls: Kendryx Aldrich, Amber Contant, Ellie Crouse, Gianna Gambera, Jessica Hurd, Katy Morrow, Michaela Orth. Boys: None reported. Athletes lost: Girls: Mallory Beck, Alyx Alrich, Karissa Tourelle-Fallon, Julie Haun, Sabrina Seignemartin. Boys: None reported. NICEVILLE Coach: Sherman Eller District: 2-3A District opponents: Chiles, Choctawhatchee, Crestview, Fort Walton Beach, Leon Lincoln, Mosley Athletes returning: Girls: Biannica Barksdale, Rachael Klinger, Rachel Durham, Lauren Eschbach, Julianne Gaubron, Kaycee Gillespie, Abby McCool, Laura Nelson, Emily Sager, Sammy Zimmerman. Boys: Robert Burnett, Michael Cooper, Cody Skarupa, Charlie Tidwell, James Barnett, Joseph Bernier, Jeremy Fleischmann, Cullen Fralix, Zachary Hefner, Bobby Kressin, Mitchell Kuhn, Patrick Lacombe, Jason Riggs, Curtis Schreck, Jimmy Bush, Kevin Chasteen, Johnathan Higdon, Josh Jones, Ray Nilsson, Coty Walker. Others to watch: Girls: Marsel Mosley, Savannah Boswell, Tashi Brown. Boys: Tanner Hansen, Kevin Chasteen. Athletes lost: Girls: Kaitlin Davis, Monique Gaubron, Morgan Keel, Chasity Craft. Boys: Christian Ritacco, Michael Cooley, Jeremy Burke, Donavan Woodberry, Javon Tinker, Stephen Haynes, Cameron Thomas. ROCKY BAYOU CHRISTIAN Coach: Josh Childers District: 1-A District opponents: Baker, Central, Freeport, Jay, Pensacola Christian, Paxton Athletes returning: Girls: Sarah Barnick, Gerson Robinson, Mackenzie Davis. Boys: James Waldron, Brandon Gynn. Others to watch: Girls: None reported. Boys: None reported. Athletes lost: |
Girls: Mary Balthazar. Boys:
None reported.
SOUTH WALTON Coach: Greg Niemiec District: 1-2A District opponents: Arnold, Bay, Bozeman, Chipley, Marianna, Northview, Pensacola Catholic, Rutherford, Walton, West Florida Athletes returning: Girls: Marissa Dodson, Lauren Morton, Tiffany Snider, Heather Anderson, Mercedes Niggl, Heather Wainright, Allysa Bump, Brittany Crittendon, Jessica Harrison, Alex Hogenson, Jasmine Capeheart, Lydia Davies, Sam Vandiver. Boys: Chad Downs, Quinston Morris, D.J. Striedel, Ian Towne, Emmett Hightower, Chris Manzanares, Tristan LaNasa, Chris Sanders, Sam Wiscomb, Reed Coker, Jacob Leuze, Nic Monzanoves, Eli Syed, Trovon Yon, Dennis Smith, Dakota Hassler. Others to watch: Girls: Jamie Delaney, Elizabeth Dismukes, Alex Weiner, Cassidy Whitson, Natalia Smith, Caroline Sublett, Lexi Garcia. Boys: Michael Elliot, Josh Valdez, Daniel Bradbury, Cody Cornwall, Mark Jimenez, Ruben Lopez, Jacob Schaler, Corey Short, Madison Temples, Grant Spencer, Kyle Forte, Elisha Gundrum. Athletes lost: Girls: None reported. Boys: None. WALTON Coach: Bernard Smith (Boys), Robert Leslie (Girls) District: 1-2A District opponents: Arnold, Bay, Bozeman, Chipley, Marianna, Northview, Pensacola Catholic, Rutherford, South Walton, West Florida Athletes returning: Girls: Brittany Boston, Alexis Howard, Allison Huffman, Kristina Kirkland, Joan Anne Wilson. Boys: Tray Williams, John Querisma, Esau Young, Tim Bell, Stan Standland, Tim Bell, Corliss Stone, Chris Gladney, Drew Hughes, Bobby Tugh, Victor Tidwell, Jacob Kemp, Jesse Bearden. Others to watch: Girls: None reported. Boys: Keith Tannell, Trey Troupe, Conona Turrant, Terrell Campbell. Athletes lost: Girls: None reported. Boys: None reported. Note: Paxton didn’t return its preseason questionnaire.eam in both fields. |
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Chanticleers track and field
program has compiled 12 conference titles, the latest coming last
season when the women’s indoor and outdoor teams captured
the conference crown. For Tidwell, who
first visited the campus last summer to attend a throwing camp
hosted by the Coastal Carolina coaching staff, the decision to
sign with the Chants program was two-fold.
“The fact that they have good academics and they have a great program (stood out to me),” said Tidwell, who last season launched the discus a personal-record 164 feet to place third at regionals and qualify for the state meet. “The coaching staff was really great. They made me feel welcome and the atmosphere was really great.” “He was a natural,” Parker said. “From that point on, he got better. His first year in high school |
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he threw 130 feet. From that
point on, he got better and better each year.” Niceville
track coach Sherman Eller credited Tidwell’s determination
and drive as key factors in the senior’s ability to land
a D-I scholarship.
“Charlie is a competitor,” Eller said. “He’s going to do well in college just because he has the desire to be successful.” |
Shortly
after signing his name to scholarship papers, Tidwell thanked
the man who first introduced him to the sport to begin with —
Willie Parker. Tidwell first met Parker as an eighth grader after
the coach asked him to try out for the track team at Emerald Coast
Middle School. Perhaps somewhat reluctuantly, Tidwell obliged.
The rest, as they say, is history.
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FWB girls finish 3rd, boys
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a second consecutive season, the Fort Walton Beach cross country
program boasts two of the state’s very best.
Fort Walton Beach’s girls followed the lead of senior Holly Stanton, who set a new school record and turned in a National Elite Gold time (18:55) in guiding the Vikings to a third-place finish at the FHSAA Class 3A Finals in Dade City, while its boys’ team placed fourth thanks to a strong run by senior Luc Lawrence. But unlike last season, which saw both Fort Walton Beach teams finish third in the state, no other 3A program can boast having a top five team in both fields. |
“That’s
a pretty cool accomplish-ment,” Vikings coach Lissette Moller-Fields
said. “We were shooting for the stars and hoping for a state
title or runner-up (finish). We didn’t train for anything
less than going for the gusto but to finish third and fourth is
a great ending to our season.”
“I think it’s a good testament to all the hard work we’ve put in over the last few years,” Lawrence said. Chiles (40) won the girls side just ahead of Lakewood Ranch (62) and Fort Walton Beach (94). Niceville (342) placed 12th. Stanton’s school-record time was good for ninth individually while team-mate Iolani Scanlan (19:33) finished |
18th.
Ivy Chastain (19:52) placed 25th. For Stanton, who was competing
in her third straight state meet, the Vikings’ senior came
through on her personal goal of bettering last season’s No.
16 finish.
“I was so excited about being able to place ninth and our team being third,” Stanton said. “It was a lot of fun today, I’m so proud of my team.” Niceville was paced by super fresh-man Marsel Mosley (19:35) who capped an impressive debut season with a 19th-place finish at state. On the boys’side, the Vikings (152) received another strong run from Luc Lawrence who after finishing 44th a year ago, placed 16th on Saturday. |
“I
had more of a finishing kick than I had in previous races,”
Lawrence said. “It’s a lot better place than I had last
year.”
Matt Bevil (16:31) finished 24th for the at the 1-A regional, but Michael Graziani’s eighth-place individual finish at 17:23 will push him into the state meet as an individual. Baker’s John Scott narrowly missed the same honor with a 22nd place finish at 18:46. Dannica Mosher was Freeport’s top girl finisher at 65th. Rocky Bayou Christian freshman Christy Allen just missed out on her bid to make state as an individual at the 1-A regional, coming in 30th at 22:03. |
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will send individuals into the
fray at today’s 1A meet.
For the Vikings, whose girls finished second at last week’s region meet and whose boys finished third, the excitement pulsating through the entire program was nearing fever pitch just days before the meet. “ We ’ r e e x c i t e d , ” Vikings’ coach Lissette Moller-Fields said. “All their hard work has paid off.” The Vikings enter today’s meet as one of only three schools to boast a boys and girls team inside the top 10 in the state, with Fort Walton Beach currently sitting at No. 4 on both sides. Bishop Kenny is ranked fifth in both boys and girls while Winter Park is second in the state on the girls side and 10th in boys competition. “That just shows the strength we have on both the boys and girls side,” Moller-Fields said. Fort Walton Beach’s boys have been paced all year by the duo of Luc Lawrence and Matt Bevil while the girls team has greatly benefited from the addition of transfer Holly Stanton, who |
last week at region led all
area runners with a sixth-place finish.
Niceville, which finished fourth in the boys race and sixth on the girls side, also received promising efforts at region that Eller hopes will lead to even greater things later today. Marsel Mosley, who turned in a time of 19:02 at regionals for the third-fastest time for a freshman in 3A, continues her late-season surge while the Eagles boys team answered the call after a less than stellar run at district. “We went in with a plan and both teams executed that plan, bottom line.” Eller said. “Right now, the mindset is they all feel with the training we’ve done that they can do better.” Navarre coach Thomas Lintz has the Raiders looking to once again earn a top 10 finish. Last season, Navarre’s boys finished 10th. “We’ve been in the top 10 the last few years,” Lintz said. “We seem to come up with five pretty good kids every year. It hasn’t been the same group every year, but we seem to have kids come through and run hard enough |
to help us get there.”
Robert Mann has led the way for Navarre this year and did so once again last week in finishing ninth at regionals. Individually, Choctaw’s Hakeem Tarpley will be competing in the 3A meet after finishing 14th a week ago. In 2A, the South Walton girls team will look to punctuate the season on a positive note. Perhaps aiding the Seahawks is a comfort level with today’s course that coach Greg Niemiec said can only help soothe any feelings of restlessness that may occur moments before the biggest meet of the year. “This is a course we’ve always done really well on,” Niemiec said. “It’s the fourth time they’ve run it in two years and we tend to have really good times on this course so we’re looking forward to going there again.” Freeport’s Michael Graziani, after turning in a time of 17:23 to finish eighth at regionals, will compete in today’s 1A meet as an individual. Graziani’s berth into the state finals marked just the third time ever a Freeport boy has qualified for the state meet. |
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• Marsel Mosley, Niceville: Turned in a National Silver elite time of 19:02 at the Region 1-3A meet to finish seventh overall and push Niceville’s girls team to a sixth-place finish and advance to the state meet. • Wells Buzzett, South Walton: Senior captain ran a season-best time of 18:37 at Region 1-2A meet. • Jacob Leuze, South Walton: Sea- |
hawks’ sophomore ran
a Florida Elite time of 17:12 at the Region 1-2A meet to place
23rd individually.
• Laura Nelson, Niceville: Ran a National Silver Elite time of 19:45 at the Region 1-3A meet to finish 17th overall and help the Eagles to a sixth-place team finish to qualify for state. • Alex Weiner, South Walton: Fresh-man finished 12th over all at Region 1-2A meet with a personal record and |
Florida Elite time of 20:11
to lead Sea-hawks to fifth place team finish.
• Kaley Findley, South Walton: Fresh-man ran a personal-record time of 22:38 to help Seahawks qualify for state finals at Region 1-2A meet. • Cody Skarupa, Niceville: Ran a Flrunners.com elite time of 16:47 at the Region 1-3A meet to finish 24th overall and lead the Eagles to a fourth-place team finish. |
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Julie Williamson, South Walton: Senior captain placed
second with a time of 21:47 to help Seahawks qualify for state
finals at Region 1-2A meet.
• Jessie Taylor, South Walton: Junior ran a season-best time of 22:24 to help Seahawks qualify for state finals at Region 1-2A meet. |
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The
Fort Walton Beach cross country team picked a good time to have
one of its best outings of the year.
Competing at the 1-3A regional in Tallahassee on Saturday, the Vikings qualified both their boys (third, 83 points) and girls (second, 59) teams to the state meet to lead the area on both sides. Both Niceville teams will join them at state, as the boys qualified in fourth with 158 points and the girls finished sixth with 171. The Navarre boys’ team also quali-fied for state at the 3A regional with a |
sixth-place, 181-point showing
led by Robert Mann, who finished ninth at 16:07 to lead all area
boys runners.
For Fort Walton Beach, Luc Lawrence (11th) and Matt Bevil (12th) finished one-two, while Holly Stanton led all area girls with a sixth-place finish. Niceville’s Marsel Mosley was hot on her heels and finished seconds behind, running the third-fastest time in Class 3A for a freshman at 19:02. Niceville’s Cody Skarupa had the best finish for an Eagle boy at 24th. Choctawhatchee didn’t qualify as a |
team
but Hakeem Tarpley finished 14th individually to punch a ticket
to state.
From the 1-2A regional, the South Walton girls team is also headed to state following a fifth-place, 169-point finish led individually by freshman Alex Weiner, who finished 12th with a time of 20:11. The South Walton boys finished 12th with 288 points led by Jacob Leuze, who just missed out on an individual state berth by finishing 23rd with a time of 17:12. Freeport missed qualifying as a team |
at the 1-A regional, but Michael
Graziani’s eighth-place individual finish at 17:23 will push
him into the state meet as an individual. Baker’s John Scott
narrowly missed the same honor with a 22ndplace finish at 18:46.
Dannica Mosher was Freeport’s top girl finisher at 65th.
Rocky Bayou Christian freshman Christy Allen just missed out on her bid to make state as an individual at the 1-A regional, coming in 30th at 22:03. |
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The
Fort Walton Beach cross country teams highlighted a strong day
from the area contingent at the District 1-3A meet at Osceloa
Golf Course in Pensacola.
The gold standard on Saturday was set by the Viking girls, who placed second to champion Tallahassee Chiles (24) with 43 points. Fort Walton Beach’s boys (87) also had the area’s best finish on the boys side, placing third behind champion Tallahassee Leon (59) and Washington (81). The area will boast a strong group of teams at the regional meet. Along with the Fort Walton Beach teams, both squads from Niceville and Choctaw advanced along with Navarre’s boys. The top eight teams moved on and Crestview had the toughest luck, as its boys team tied for eighth but lost the tiebreaker and the girls placed ninth. Fort Walton Beach’s Holly Stanton had the best individual finish on either the boys or girls side by placing third. The Viking girls had five runners place in the top 15. Following Stanton was Iolani Scanlan (sixth), Sarah DeVaux (ninth), Ivy Chastain (10th) and Brittany Long (15th). Niceville’s girls (98) placed right behind Fort Walton Beach and were paced by Marsel Mosley, who finished seventh. Laura Nelson (11th) and |
Abigail McCool
(19th) also cracked the top 20.
Choctaw’s girls (eighth, 218) sealed their regional bid on the strength of Sarah Fraser (22nd), Lisa Spikes (23rd) and Brooke McSheehy (24th), who finished back-to-back-to-back in the mid 20s. Lauren Day (14th) had Crestview’s top finish and Kristen Cross (37th) led Navarre. Fort Walton Beach’s boys were a fixture in the top 25 behind Simon Lawrence (sixth), Jacob Dearman (13th), Christopher Douglas (17th) and Matt Bevil (23rd). Hakeem Tarpley (11th) and Alec Herrera (20th) spearheaded the advancement of Choctaw (fifth, 161) to regionals. Navarre’s Robert Mann had the area’s standout day on the boys side by placing fifth. The Raiders (sixth, 165) also got solid outings from Cody Haden (18th) and Callen Nation (25th) as they clinched a regional bid. The advancement of Niceville (seventh, 171) was captained by Patrick Lacombe (24th). Despite barely missing out on regionals, Crestview got a standout day from Jacob Gourlic (ninth). Girls Team scores: 1. Chiles 24, 2. Fort Walton Beach 43, 3. Niceville 98, 4. Leon 142, 5. Washington 190, 6. Mosley 196, |
7. Pine
Forest 218, 8. Choctawhatchee 218, 9. Crestview 220, 10. Pace
252, 11. Milton 266, 12. Gulf Breeze 276, 13. Navarre 295, 14.
Lincoln 344, 15. Pensacola 346
Area individual results: FWB: 3. Holly Stanton 19:10.60, 6. Iolani Scanlan 19:26.09, 9. Sarah DeVaux 19:41.41, 10. Ivy Chastain 19:52.18, 15. Brittany Long 20:27.48, 21. Brianna De-Gennaro 21:06.50, 47. Melissa Radford 22:38.52 Niceville: 7. Marsel Mosley 19:38.58, 11. Laura Nelson 20:12.27, 19. Abigail McCool 20:58.32, 28. Casey Luzius 21:54.74, 33. Kristin Denison 22:13.72, 35. Taylor Adams 22:21.98, 49. Samantha Zimmerman 22:42.07 Choctaw: 22. Sarah Fraser 21:20.23, 23. Lisa Spikes 21:32.46, 24. Brooke McSheehy 21:34.91, 75. Randee Harvell 24:20.79, 76. Kristen Petresky 24:24.43 Crestview: 14. Lauren Day 20:21.68, 20. Katrina Silva 21:00.52, 29. Taylor Polk 21:55.80, 65. Elise Jenkins 23:40.19, 96. Juliet Yarger 26:52.22, 101. Jessica Lily 33:25.00 Navarre: 37. Kristen Cross 22:23.94, 55. Stephanie Cajas 23:13.75, 61. Karlee Tyler 23:26.93, 66. Eloisa Crouse 23:43.06, 80. Chelsea Chandler 24:49.57, 84. Sierra Boston 25:09.76, 99. Amanda Gresham 29:23.47 Boys Team scores: 1. Leon 59, 2. Washington 81, 3. Fort Walton Beach 87, 4. Chiles 142, 5. Choctaw 161, 6. |
Navarre 165, 7.
Niceville 171, 8. Lincoln 250, 9. Crestview 250, 10. Mosley
304, 11. Milton 304, 12. Pine Forest 310, 13. Pace 324, 14. Gulf
Breeze 374, 15. Tate 452, 16. Escambia 475, 17. Pensacola 517
Area individual results: Fort Walton Beach: 6. Simon Lawrence 16:34.67, 13. Jacob Dearman 17:01.20, 17. Christopher Douglas 17:06.17, 23. Matt Bevil 17:11.59, 28. Brian Day 17:21.61, 29. Brian Stanton 17:22.00, 47. Samuel Ammons 17:57.26 Choctaw: 11. Hakeem Tarpley 17:00.04, 20. Alec Herrera 17:07.12, 31. Timothy Maney 17:30.03, 36. David Van Steenbergen 17:36.76, 63. Christian Saludez 18:42.67, 65. Loren Sheffler 18:46.59, 73. Austin Hubbard 19:16.00 Navarre: 5. Robert Mann 16:33.80, 18. Cody Haden 17:06.39, 25. Callen Nation 17:13.13, 58. Seth Nydam 18:19.23, 59. Colin Bowyer 18:21.79, 60. Trent Beck 18:31.07, 66. Anthony Herman 18:49.76 Niceville: 24. Patrick Lacombe 17:12.07, 32. Cullen Fralix 17:33.10, 35. Robert Burnett 17:36.51, 38. Jason Riggs 17:38.85, 42. Michael Cooper 17:46.30, 45. Cody Skarupa 17:55.63, 50. Joseph Bernier 18:02.34 Crestview: 9. Jacob Gourlic 16:46.06, 43. Connor Marshall 17:46.72, 57. Cameron Sanchez 18:16.78, 64. Charles Brown 18:44.97, 77. Tyler Carter 19:46.87, 79. James Rossel 19:53.22, 90. Jonathan McTyre 20:32.06 |
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• Robert Burnett, Niceville: Finished sixth at the Okaloosa County Meet with a time of 17:09 to help the Eagles to a second-place team finish. • Holly Stanton, For t Walton Beach: Was named county champion after turning in a Florida Elite time of 19:33 in leading the Vikings to a Okaloosa County title. • Joseph Bernier, Niceville: Placed |
seventh
individually at the seventh individually at the Okaloosa County
Meet to help push Niceville to a secondplace team finish.
• Luc Lawrence, For t WaltonBeach: Placedthirdatthe Okaloosa County Meet with a Florida Elite time of 16:33 in helping the Vikings earn a firstplace finish. • Patrick Lacombe, Niceville: Niceville runner finished ninth at Okaloosa |
County
Meet after turning in a time of 17:22 in helping Eagles finish
second. • Cullen Fralix,
Niceville: Placed 11th at Okaloosa County Meet after turning
in a time of 17:25.
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a time of 19:41
to help Eagles place second as a team.
• Marcel Mosley, Niceville: Finished fourth at the Okaloosa County Meet with a time of 19:52 to help Eagles finish second as a team. • Abby McCool, Niceville: Turned in a time of 21:37 to finish 13th individually and help the Eagles place second at the Okaloosa County Meet. |
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they’re really good this
year, boys and girls,” Eller said.
The boys’ lead pack consisted of Fort Walton Beach’s Luc Lawrence and Matt Bevil as well as Crestview’s Jacob Gourlie. Lawrence led for most of the race but Bevil, the 2009 Daily News boys track athlete of the year, turned on the jets over the final mile to leg out the overall win at 16:29. Gourlie finished hot on his heels at 16:32 and Lawrence crossed a second later for third. “We ran well as a team for about the first two miles and then from there it was a good mile race back, that’s where most of the stuff happened,” Bevil said. “But the times are decent, so it’s good placement for the state series coming up.” The Vikings also placed the top two runners on the girls side, as Holly Stanton crossed first at 19:33 and Iolani Scanlan finished second at 19:35. Niceville had the next two in Laura Nelson (19:41) and freshman Marsel Mosley (19:52). “ We w a r m e d u p together with some of the teams, but that doesn’t change the competition level when they’re finishing or kicking in, they’re still competing,” Vikings coach Jeff Fields said. There were five team finishers on the boys side and four for the girls. Bolstered by Gourlie’s mammoth day, Crestview finished third for the boys (68) and came in third on the girls side (79) as well with Lauren Day the top finisher at No. 9 overall. Choctawhatchee came in fourth in boys (135) and girls (96), while the Baker boys finished fifth with a 143. |
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Timberlake. The Eagles, who finished
second in both, had won the girls title six straight years and
took the boys title in the last two.
“We knew coming in that we had a chance of being county champs on the girls and boys side, it was just a matter of them running the way that they needed to run,” Vikings coach Lissette Moller-Fields said. The Vikings have been running |
strong all year, and Saturday was
an extension of that area dominance. The Vikings girls and boys
turned in twin 21s to beat out Niceville, which scored a 55 on
the girls side and a 43 on the boys side.
Niceville coach Sherman Eller said the Vikings were just too strong to beat this year, especially the girls team, which is ranked No. 2 in the state. “Fort Walton is the team to beat and |
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• LauraNelson, Niceville: Earned an 11th place finish at the Southeast Showdown in Hoover, Ala., with a time of 20:15 to lead Niceville to a fifth-place team finish in the All American Cham-pionship race. • Michael Graziani, Freeport: Bull-dogs’ junior ran a personal-best time of 17:11 to help Freeport win five-team meet. • Allysa Bump, South Walton: Sophomore ran a season-best 23:33 at FSU to finish fourth for theSeahawks. |
• Marsel
Mosley, Niceville: Finished 20th
with a time of 20:56 at the Southeast Showdown in Hoover, Ala.,
to help propel Niceville’s girls toa fifth-place team finish.
• Ivy Chastain, Fort Walton Beach: Freshman continued strong season at Balen Trail, finishing 16th with a national elite timeof 19:40. • Jake Dearmon, Fort Walton Beach: Junior had a breakout performance at Balen Trail, running a Florida elite time of 17:03 to place 20th overall and help lead Vikings’ boys team to third-place |
finish.
• Robert Burnett, Niceville: Turned in a time of 17:33 to place 26th and lead Niceville to fifth-place finish at South-east Showdown. • Dalton Morrison, Freeport: Junior finished second with a time of 18:08 to help Freeport win five-team meet. • Kaley Findley, South Walton: Freshman turned in one of her fastest times at FSU. • Michael Cooper, Niceville: Finished 29th at the Southeast Showdown with a |
time of
17:33 as the Eagles claimed a fifth-place finish in Hoover, Ala.
• Sarah de Vaux, Fort Walton Beach: Junior helped lead Vikings to third-place finish with a national silver elite time of 19:35 to finish 13th over all. • Holly Stanton, Fort Walton Beach: Senior ran a national elite time of 19:36 to place 15th overall at Balen Trail. • Bobby Beaver, Freeport: Sophomore ran a personal-best time of 21:29 to finish 13th overall and help Bulldogs win five-team meet. |
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the boys side, Robert Burnett turned in the best time with a 17:31,
good for 26th overall, while Michael Cooper’s 17:33 was good
for 29th.
For the girls, Laura Nelson clocked in at 20:15, finishing a school-best 11th at the meet. Marsel Mosley bolstered the Eagles’ attack with a 20th place |
finish at 20:56.
Boys: Niceville (fifth, 159): No. 26 Robert Burnett 17:31, No. 29 Michael Cooper 17:33, No. 33 Jason Riggs 17:40, No. Cody Skarupa 17:41, No. Patrick Lacombe 17:45, No. 43 Phillip Cullen Fralix 17:51, No. 44 Joseph Bernier 17:51. |
Girls:
Niceville (fifth, 152): No. 11 Laura Nelson 20:15, No.
20 Marsel Mosley 20:56, No. 28 Abby McCool 21:35, No. 47 Casey
Luzius 22:11, No. 56 Kristen Denison 22:49, No. 78 Taylor Adams
23:35, No. 104 Laura Ammon 25:14.
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Cross country
• Luc Lawrence, Fort Walton Beach: Senior ran a national silver elite time of 16:11at FL Runners meet, placing 33rd out of 184 runners to lead Vikings to eighth place finish. • Robert Burnett, Niceville: Finished 11th at the Gulf Coast Stampede with a season-best time of 16:51 to help the Eagles to a second-place finish out of 39 teams. • Michael Graziani, Freeport: Junior finished first with a time of 18:52 to help Freeport take a four-team meet. • Matt Bevil, Fort Walton Beach: Vik-ing senior ran a national silver elite time of 16:23 in the race of champions at FL Runners meet. |
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Michael Cooper, Niceville: Earned
a 19th-place finish at the Gulf Coast Stampede with a season-best
timeof 17:07 to help the Eagles finish second.
• Alex Weiner, South Walton: Fresh-man finished second overall at Marlin Invitational with a season-best time of 22:00 to lead Seahawks to second-place team finish. • Cody Ficarra, South Walton: Ran a season-best 19:48 to help the Seahawks finish second in the Marlin Invitational. • Dalton Morrison, Freeport: Junior placed second with a time of 19:37 to help Bulldogs win a four-team meet. • Cody Skarupa, Niceville: Turned in a season-best time of 17:09 to finish 20th and help Niceville boys finish second in |
39-team field
at the Gulf Coast Stam-pede.
• Holly Stanton, Fort Walton Beach: Senior led the Vikings to a seventh-place team finish at the FLRunners meet by running a national silver elite time of 19:30. • Laura Nelson, Niceville: Finished 11th overall at the Gulf Coast Stampede with a personal-best time of 20:05 to help Niceville finish fourth in a 31-team field. • Malorie Leach, South Walton: Senior captain took seventh over all with a season-best timeof 23:00to help South Walton finish second at Marlin Invita-tional. • Hunter Bailey, Freeport: Bulldogs’ |
sophomore finished a season-best
fifth to help Freeport win a four team meet.
• Ruben Lopez, South Walton: Fresh-man turned in a personal-best time of 19:53 to finish 13th overall at the Marlin Invitational and help South Walton to second place team finish. • Marsel Mosley, Niceville: Earned a 12th-place finish at the Gulf Coast Stam-pede thanks to a season best time of 20:10 as Niceville’s girls finished fourth in a31-teamfield. • Ivy Chastain, Fort Walton Beach: Freshman turned in a silver elite time of 19:30 at the FL Runners meet to place 44th out of 153 runners. |
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the Eagles
on the boys’ side while it was an 11th-place finish by Laura
Nelson that helped pace the girls team. Nelson edged teammate
Marsel Mosley, who finished 12th.
Crestview ’s Lauren Day finished 16th to help the Bulldogs to a 15thplace team finish. N a v a r r e ’ s R o b e r t Mann led all local runners by placing seventh (16:40) to help the Raiders earn a sixth-place team finish. Crestview's Boys team, which finished 23rd, was led by Jacob Gourlie (47th). |
Official
results were not posted until early Monday due to a timing malfunction.
Boys: 2. Niceville: 11. Robert Burnett 16:49, 19. Michael Cooper 17:07, 20. Cody Skarupa 17:09, 32. Jaosn Riggs 17:27, 39. Joseph Bernier 17:35. 6. Navarre: 7. Robert Mann 16:40, 13. Haden Cody 16:52, 69. Anthony Herman 18:29, 78. Trent Beck 18:35, 94. Tanner Furr 19:03. 23. Crestview: Jacob Gourlie 17:50, 152. John Lovito 20:02, 177. Jonathan Mctyre 20:52, 221. Johnathan Redmon 22:27, 229. Tyler Carter 22:55. |
Girls:
4. Niceville: 11. Laura Nelson 20:05, 12. Marsel Mosley 20:10,
46. Abby McCool 21:47, 77. Casey Luzius 23:03, 78. Kristin Denison
23:04.
15. Crestview: 16. Lauren Day 20:25, 63. Katrina Silva 22:36, 68. Taylor Polk 22:41, 97. Elise Jenkins 23:54, 206. Jessica Lilly 40:00. 19. Navarre: 56. Kristen Cross 22:20, 62. Karlee Tyler 22:34, 120 Chelsea Chandler 24:48, 142. Kendryx Aldrich 25:55, 161. Katy Morrow 40:00. |
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A heat
index putting temperatures close to the 100 degree mark did little
to stop dedicated teams from participating in the Bay Invitational
Sept 26th, 2009. 14 Boys teams and 17 girls teams showed up displaying
eagerness and fortitude. There seemed to be a true sense of teamwork
throughout the entire day starting with the teams and ending with
meet Director Tim Wanamaker, coach of 10 years for Bay High School's
Cross Country teams.
Coach Wanamaker had this to say about the meet, "we put the announcement out on July 1st that we would be hosting the event. It took a lot of cooperation from parents, students and other volunteers. Everyone stepped up to the plate and did whatever was needed." Among the teams in attendance was Altha Public High School from Altha, Florida, in their first year having a Cross Country team and the second meet of the season. Their young team ranging from 6th - 12th grades ended the day with the girls varsity finishing 11th and the boys taking 17th. When asked about the team's performance, Coach John Sewell said, "they are coming along. Our team has a lot of motivation and I think they are doing really well." Fort Walton Beach High School had a great day, seizing the win in both the |
girls and boys varsity races.
Capturing an early lead, the girls team stuck together, driving
each other throughout the race. They took the top 5 places, giving
the team a perfect score of 15 points. Iolani Scanlan finished
1st with a time of 20:02. Iolani stated the only real challenge
was the heat and the last hill near the finish. She said, "The
team just kept pushing each other." Right behind her was
Holly Stanton (20:08), Sarah deVaux (20:21), Ivy Chastain (20:39),
and Brittany Long (20:58). Niceville varsity
girls placed second having 87 points with Washington High
School securing a close 3rd place with 88 points.
Finishing with a 1st place time of 16:48, Luc Lawrence of Fort Walton Beach High School grabbed the lead from the start of the boys varsity race and led the way as he ran a 5:10 first mile, and didn't consider the heat to be a big deal. Luc stated, "it's a harder course with all the hills. My goal was to stay in the lead against everyone else." The Fort Walton Beach varsity boys took 1st place with a score of 50 points. Chris Douglas (17:10) and Matt Bevel (17:11) were 7th and 8th. Alex Godfrey (17:34) and Brian Staton (17:41), who is new to the team this year, came in 16th and 18th giving the team what they needed for the win. Niceville High School's boys team also placed second |
with
79 points and Washington High School was 3rd with 103 points.
Fort Walton Beach High School Coaches Lissette Moller-Fields and Jeff Fields were definitely excited about their teams' accomplishments. "The girls (varsity) team was amazing, "Coach Fields stated. " The freshmen really stepped up to the plate, including Brittany (Long) who gave us our perfect score. The boys (varsity) performed really well, even minus one of our top 5. The JV teams were also impressive, cutting times by as much as a minute. Coach Moller-Fields commented about next week's race saying, "I think we are in great shape for next week's FLRunners Meet and think our girls could place in the top 3 and the boys in the top 5." The JV teams unquestionably showed some awesome aptitude. Kathryn Russell from Fort Walton Beach High School was the JV girls winner, running a time of 22:18. Kathryn said of her teammates, "the team did really well. Everyone stuck together. It was a good course, I really felt like I knew what I was doing." And they did indeed stick together. Kathryn was followed across the finish by her fellow teammates, Briana Degennaro (22:49), Sierra Wanner (23:06), and Jessie Niemiec (23:42). Christine Poole of |
Godby High School placed 5th
running a time of 25:15.
In the boys JV race, Niceville High School's Danny Cooper took the win with a time of 18:29. His older brother, Michael, placed 9th in the boys varsity race. "It was a smooth course," Danny commented about the race. Coach Sherman Eller stated that Danny did excellent considering he was recovering from being sick just two weeks ago. "He's on track for a PR." Not far behind Danny was Tim Bulger (18:38) and Zach Smith (18:44) from Fort Walton Beach High School who placed 2nd and 3rd with Washington High School's Andre Bordelon (18:57) close behind in 4th. The top 10 finishers from each race were awarded ribbons. The winning varsity teams were awarded a trophy. For those interested in the 3A Boys state battle, #1 ranked Washington High School and #2 ranked Fort Walton Beach High School have started the fight. Last week's race at the Washington Wildcat Invitational, Washington High School placed first with 44 points, beating out Fort Walton Beach's second place with 54 points. This week, the tides turned and Fort Walton Beach placed 1st with 50 points beating Washington who came in 3rd with 103 points. |
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Cross country
• Luc Lawrence, Fort Walton Beach: Senior led Fort Walton Beach boys’ team to a secondplace finish at the Wildcat Invitational. Lawrence turned in an elite time of 16:50 and was fourth overall in a field of 160 runners. • Laura Nelson, Niceville: Finished 10th with a time of 20:37 to lead Niceville girls to a fifth-place finish at Wildcat Invitational. • Holly Stanton, Fort Walton Beach: Led girls’ team to a firstplace finish at the Wildcat Invitational by running an elite time of 19:58 to place third in a field |
of 156 participants.
• Michael Graziani, Freeport: Junior turned in time of 17:49 to finish first in meet last week. • Marsel Mosley, Niceville: Turned in a time of 21:13 at Wildcat Invitational to help Niceville girlsearnafifth-placefinishforthe weekend. • Ivy Chastain, Fort Walton Beach: Vikings’ freshman turned in elite time of 20:40 at time trials and then ran an elite time of 20:15 at the Wildcat Invitational to place sixth in 156-person field. • Dalton Morrison, Freeport: |
Junior finished second with
time of 18:46 in four-team meet last week.
• Alex Godfrey, Fort Walton Beach: Freshman won the open race with a time of 17:59, a personal-best time, at the Wildcat Invitational. • Jessie Niemiec, Fort Walton Beach: Senior was the Vikings’ first girl to finish the open race with a time of 22:41 at the Wildcat Invitational. • Robert Burnett, Niceville: Finished 16th with a time of 17:23 to help lead Eagles’ boys to thirdplace finish at Wildcat Invitational. • Sarah de Vaux, Fort Walton Beach: |
Junior won the Marianna Jamboree
with an elite time of 20:08. Followed that performance with a
fifth-place finish at the Wildcat Invitational with a second elite
time (20:11) to help the Vikings’ girls to a pair of first-place
finishes.
• Patrick Lacombe, Niceville: Turned in a 18th place finish at Wildcat Invitational to help Niceville boys finish third among 23 teams. • Michael Cooper, Niceville: Turned in a time of 17:37 to place 20th and lead Niceville boys to a third-place team finish at Wildcat Invitational. |
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