JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Creekside girls put a bow on the high school track and field state championships at UNF on Saturday night, nabbing four individual championships en route to the first team title in program history.
Reigning All-News4JAX track athlete of the year Alyson Johnson swept the 1600 and 3200 races for the second season, with teammates Sarah Rose (800) and Janay Moorer (400) also bringing home individual championships for the Knights.
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Moorer capped a stellar Saturday with a pair of runner-up finishes in the 100 and 200. Rose won a championship in the 800 and helped the Knights finish runner-up in the 3200 relay. Creekside (84) was well in front of team runner-up Miami Southridge (52) for the overall title.
On the 4A boys side, there were six individual championships. Flagler Palm Coast’s Colby Cronk (shot put), Oakleaf’s Takoda Brown (long jump), Nease’s Finn Thomas (3200) and Mandarin’s Jaylen Lewis (200) all won titles. Cronk also finish runner-up in the discus. In 3A, Fleming Island’s Roman Mollicone (800) and Ponte Vedra’s Nicholas Desanto (pole vault) won titles. The Golden Eagles won the 3200 relay event too.
On the 3A girls side, Fleming’s Gabrielle Flores won the high jump.
Boys
Class 3A
Team scores: T4. Ponte Vedra, 43; 6. Fleming Island, 41; 33. Orange Park, 4.
Individual
(athletes finishing in top five shown)
800: 1. Roman Mollicone (Fleming Island), 1:50.52; 3. Tanner Andrade Brinsko (Ponte Vedra), 15:2.18.
3200: 3. Graham Myers (Fleming Island), 9:13.97.
400 hurdles: 2. Jarrell Jimenez (Ponte Vedra), 53.88.
400 relay: 4. Fleming Island, 40.99.
1600 relay: 5. Fleming Island, 3:19.97.
3200 relay: 1. Fleming Island, 7:43.03; 3. Ponte Vedra, 7:49.02.
Pole vault: 1. Nicholas Desanto (Ponte Vedra), 14-9; 5. Gideon Gillaspy (Fleming Island), 13-9.25.
Javelin: 2. Vincent Jackson (Ponte Vedra), 194-0.
Class 4A
Team scores: T3. Nease, 30; T8. Flagler Palm Coast, 21; T8. Mandarin, 21; T10. Bartram Trail, 18; T16. Oakleaf, 14; T60. Creekside, 1.
Individual
(athletes finishing in top five shown)
200: 1. Jaylen Lewis (Mandarin), 21.2.
400: 4. Jaylen Lewis (Mandarin), 47.83.
1600: 2. Matt Ryan (Nease), 4:15.66.
3200: 1. Finn Thomas (Nease), 9:02.07; 3. Matt Ryan (Nease), 9;16.37.
400 hurdles: 3. Tyrone Summerall (Mandarin), 53.6.
Pole vault: 3. Matias Masony (Nease), 14-9; 4. Ezra Huber (Bartram Trail), 14-3.25.
Long jump: 1. Takoda Brown (Oakleaf), 45-11.75; 2. Anim Gyamfi (Bartram Trail), 45-9.25.
Shot put: 1. Colby Cronk (Flagler Palm Coast), 63-0.75.
Discus: 2. Colby Cronk (Flagler Palm Coast), 183-11; 4. Ethan Fox (Bartram Trail), 169-2.
Girls
Class 4A
Team scores: 1. Creekside, 84.5; 12. Bartram Trail, 16; T25. Mandarin, 7; T30. Fletcher, 6; T52. Oakleaf, 2; T56. Sandalwood, 1.
Individual
(athletes finishing in top five shown)
100: 2. Janay Moorer (Creekside), 11.91.
200: 2. Janay Moorer (Creekside), 24.09.
400: 1. Janay Moorer (Creekside), 53.75; 3. Zyaire Thomas (Fletcher), 55.02; 4. Kyla Skinner (Mandarin), 55.12.
800: 1. Sarah Rose (Creekside), 2:11.67.
1600: 1. Alyson Johnson (Creekside), 4:53.34; 4. Sarah Rose (Creekside), 5:00.29.
3200: 1. Alyson Johnson (Creekside), 10:30.08.
100 hurdles: 2. Brittney Jennings (Creekside), 13.68.
3200 relay: 2. Creekside, 9:20.52.
High jump: 4. Rilee Shapiro (Bartram Trail), 5-3.75.
Pole vault: 2. Ava Myers (Bartram Trail), 11-9.75.
200 wheelchair: 1. Mitrasha Reed (White), 47.15.
Class 3A
Team scores: 6. Ponte Vedra, 29; T11. Fleming Island, 18; T34. Middleburg, 5; T45. Orange Park, 2; T49. Matanzas, 1.
Individual
(athletes finishing in top five shown)
3200: 2. Lindy White (Ponte Vedra), 10:55.49.
3200 relay: 3. Ponte Vedra, 9:20.25.
High jump: 1. Gabrielle Flores (Fleming Island), 5-7.
Pole vault: 2. Katherine Kelly (Ponte Vedra), 11-9.75.
Triple jump: 2. Mikayla Shavers (Fleming Island), 39-5.
Discus: 4. Madison Underwood (Middleburg), 132-1.