CONCHS TRACK & FIELD DOMINATES HOME MEET

District championships on the horizon

Dolphin​lifters​Max​Childress,​left,​and​ Henry​Herrera,​right,​claim​second​and​ third​place,​respectively,​in​the​169-pound​ weight​class​for​Olympic​lifts,​earning​a​bid​ to​regionals.​CONTRIBUTED on the state qualifying list.

Also qualifying for the regional event were Kristers Vutans, Daniel Warrington, Cody Roberts, Jordan Henderson, Tristan Court, Keegan Wittke and Zane Rindom for Coral Shores. Marathon’s qualifiers include Matthias Martinez Velez, Jesus Oquendo Santiago, Damian Stasiewicz, Max Childress, Henry Herrera, Jaxon Parrent, Tanner Ross, Thomas Eubank and Brody Vandervoort.

While Marathon took the week off from racing in order to help with the massive volunteer effort required for the 7 Mile Bridge Run, Coral Shores traveled to Key West for a tri-meet with Archbishop McCarthy on March 31. The Conchs’ boys and girls ran away with big wins at the event, picking up speed just weeks from district championships.

Key West’s Colbin Hill won the mile and two-mile races and added more points for the Conchs as a leg on the winning 4x800m relay team with Adrian Horner, Logan Phillips and Lucas Montiel, who also won the individual 800m race. Suharevskis Niks-Davis cruised over the 110m high hurdles and the pole vault bar for two first-place finishes. Sprinters Jacob Nicholsen and Shane LaVallee won the 200m and 100m races, respectively. James Reynolds took first in the javelin, and fresh from his signing day with Beloit College, Kevon Mills won the high jump with an impressive 6’4” mark.

Coral Shores’ Xavyer Arrington won two events for the Hurricanes. He took first place in shot put and discus, throw- ing the disc almost 50 feet farther than his closest competitor. His 145’ toss is just 8 feet shy of last year’s state champion’s mark. Other notable performances for the ’Canes were the second-, thirdand fourth-place finishes from Robert Temkin, Alaric Rodriguez and Brian Hurt in the one-mile race.

Key West’s girls won the meet with many first place finishes. Dazmine Jenkins won the 100m individual race and ran legs on the winning 4x100m team with Savannah Chadic, Valerie Thene and Nikole Tomita and 4x400m team with Tomita, Jenesis Perloff and Caylaa Makimaa.

The Conchs’ relay team members tore it up in individual races. Chadic took the top spot in the 200m meter race, Makimaa won the 800m, and Perloff was first in the 110m hurdles. In field events, Abigail Cowen won the long jump, Anabel Portuondo won the pole vault, Angelina Foster won the shot put and Abby Collins won the javelin event.

The Lady ’Canes did not have any individual or relay winners. Their top finishers were Niveah Howard, who took second place in the 200m, and Sammy Bates, who finished third in the 800m.