Starting on May 6th and finishing on May 9th, multiple Leon County schools competed in the different classifications of the FHSAA Track and Field State meet held at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL. Eighteen Leon County athletes placed top three in their event with multiple athletes bringing home state titles.
Class 3A
The Rickards track and field team had two standout performances from Davion Crumitie on the boys side and Journee Belcher on the girls side. Crumitie won two individual state titles placing first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.3 and placing first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.79. Crumitie also took home gold in the 4×100 Meter relay alongside teammates Aaron Johnson Jr., Christian Randolph and Demari Bouie with a total time of 40.96. On the girls side, Belcher came back to Tallahassee with three state titles and a third-place finish. Belcher placed first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.60, placed first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.19, placed first in the high jump with a height of 1.72m and placed third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.70. Rickards’ Sacori Gardner also competed in the 100-meter dash placing second with a time of 11.64.
Chiles had three athletes place in the top three in their respective event including Allison Davenport, who was the only Chiles athlete to bring home a state title placing first in the girls pole vault with a height of 3.6m. Chiles’ Lelia Jones also competed in the girls pole vault placing third with a height of 3.45m. On the boys side, Joshua Hicks placed second in the 3200 meter run representing the Timberwolves with a time of 8:56.84.
Lincoln had three athletes with notable performances including Kennedy Scott who won a state title placing first in the girls discus with a throw of 47.14m. Lincolns Anthony Vail placed second in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 13.88 while also placing third in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 53.77. Matthew Hauser represented the Trojans in the 3200 meter run placing third with a time of 9:17.64.
Class 2A
Florida High’s Micah Deem brought a state title back to Tallahassee as he placed first in the boys shot put with a throw of 16.59m. Deem was the only Seminole to place in the top 3 in their respective event.
Class 1A
Maclay had two athletes bring home medals during the state meet with Priscilla Izuegbu placing third in the girls high jump with a height of 1.62m, and Regan Pickles placing third in the girls pole vault with a height of 3.15m.
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