Former FSU Track and Field athlete Jazmyn Dennis wanted a way to continue practicing during the pandemic while also coaching her athletes. ”Seeing them have fun and getting PR’s and breaking school records. I have one that will be signing to a college this year and it’s just fun seeing…
Bolles junior is the Times-Union’s girls track and field athlete of the year. For some, the road to track and field victory starts on a basketball court, or a football field. For Laine Roberts, the flight to the top of Florida’s track world began in a shopping mall. Really. Now,…
PUNTA GORDA – As much as it stung at the time, coming up just short of a state championship last year may have been the best thing for Alexandra Chlumsky. The Fort Myers High senior pole vaulter now has no reason to rest on her laurels. She remains hungry, infinitely more…
JACKSONVILLE – Kane Aldrich capped off an illustrious three-year reign as the best pole vaulter in Class 1A when he captured his third consecutive state pole vault title Friday afternoon at the FHSAA State Track & Field Meet on the University of North Florida campus. Aldrich had already clinched his…
JACKSONVILLE — Lakeland Christian sophomore pole vaulter Emily Branham never vaulted over 11 feet in her career. That changed on Friday when she soared past the mark and into the only state title won by a Polk County athlete on day where one favorite saw his title taken away at…
Florida assistant Nic Petersen loves that look when something suddenly clicks with his jumpers. “That moment when the hard work comes together,” he said. Coaching moments that get in your blood, he said, and you can’t get rid of them. Nor does he want to — he says he has…
TAMPA — The first day of the Florida state track and field championships focused on field events. No event was more exciting than the duel on pole vault between two vaulters from the Tampa Bay and Central Florida areas. Winter Park High School’s Nicole Bresky battled back and forth all…
The 2012 Florida Top Ten Josh McDaniel 15′ 9.00 12 Cayman Ellis 15′ 1.50 11 Evan Bales15′ 0.00 11 Winston Perry15′ 0.00 12 Will Kelly14′ 8.00 12 Nicolas Shepherd14′ 6.80 12 Carson Waters14′ 6.00 10 Erick Knott 14′ 5.62 12 Ryan Hazouri 14′ 3.00 11 Shelton McLean 14′ 2.50 12…
