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IF YOU GO • What: The 94th annual state track and field championships. • Where: Showalter Field at Winter Park High, 2525 Cady Way, Winter Park. • When: Friday (Class 3A) and Saturday (Class 4A). • Meet schedule: Field events start at noon; Running prelims at 4 p.m., followed by finals at 7 p.m. BREAKDOWN Top seeds in each event CLASS 4A BOYS • High jump -- Broward: Cyrus Johnson (Ely), 6-4; State:Jordan Clark (Wekiva), 6-8; Pole vault -- Broward and state: Drew Marcello (Taravella) and Sean Zuppke (Lake Worth Park Vista), 15-0; Long jump -- Broward: Demornie Lodge (Coral Springs) 21-6 ½; State: Neamen Wise (Altamonte Springs Lake Brantley) 23-10 ¼; Triple jump -- Broward: Edgar Sayles (Ely) 45-6 ¾; State: Kentrell Sanders (South Dade) 47-5 ½; Discus -- Broward and state: Austin Gamble (Cypress Bay) 193-0; Shot put -- Broward: Austin Gamble (Cypress Bay) 55-5 ½; State:Demetre Baker (Orange Park) 57-6 ¼. 3,200 relay -- Broward: Everglades, 8:07.01; State:Tampa Sickles 7:50.28; 110 hurdles -- Broward:Courtney Thompson (Everglades) 14.22; State: Andre Booker (Riverview) 13.98; 100 -- Broward: Denard Robinson (Deerfield Beach) 10.56; State: Dentarius Locke (Tampa Chamberlain) 10.31; 400 relay -- Broward and state: Deerfield Beach, 40.82; 400 -- Broward: Adika Smith (Dillard) 48.62; State: Quincy McDuffie (Orlando Edgewater) 46.02; 300 hurdles -- Broward: Tremaine Grant (Dillard) 37.71; State: Neamen Wise (Lake Brantley) 36.81; 200 -- Broward: Denard Robinson (Deerfield Beach) 21.89; State: Dentarius Locke (Chamberlain) 20.81; 1,600 -- Broward: Santiago Zerda (Coral Glades) 4:25.90; State: Derek Wehunt (Tampa Sickles) 4:18.19; 800 -- Broward: Eric Kazmierczak (Cypress Bay) 1:58.16; State: John Mitchell (Durant) 1:55.91; 3,200 -- Broward: Santiago Zerda (Coral Glades) 9:51.64; State: Derek Wehunt (Tampa Sickles) 9:20.33;1,600 relay -- Broward: Coral Springs 3:18.14; State:Flagler Palm Coast 3:17.41. CLASS 4A GIRLS • High jump -- Broward and state: Maya Pressley (Coconut Creek), 5-10; Pole vault -- Broward: Tasnim Bain (Everglades), 9-6; State: Morgan Scherschel (Tampa Gaither) 11-0; Long jump -- Broward: Danielle Avery (Everglades) 17-5 ½; State: Leah Fisher (East Lake), 18-4; Triple jump -- Broward: Kinnesha Jones (Boyd Anderson) 37-2 ½; State: Brianna Rollins (Northwestern) 39-1 ¾; Discus -- Broward: Shamona Haughton (Boyd Anderson) 127-10; State: Wilamena Hopkins (Gainesville Buchholz) 142-9; Shot put -- Broward: Shamona Haughton (Boyd Anderson) 37- ¼; State: Wilamena Hopkins (Gainesville Buchholz) 43-7 ¾. 3,200 relay -- Broward and state: Boyd Anderson, 9:24.05; 100 hurdles -- Broward: Santrell Atkins (Everglades) 14.69; State: Brianna Rollins (Northwestern) 13.95; 100 -- Broward: Camree Jackson (South Broward) 12.11; State: Albreynia Walker (Palm Beach Lakes) 11.90; 400 relay -- Broward: Boyd Anderson 47.86;State: Kissimmee Osceola 47.72; 400 -- Broward and state: Eva Pierce (Boyd Anderson) 55.52; 300 hurdles -- Broward: Jasmine King (Boyd Anderson) 45.25; State:Brianna Rollins (Northwestern) 43.50; 200 -- Broward:Sharniece Supal (Boyd Anderson) 25.06; State: Ebony Eutsey (Southridge) 24.00; 1,600 -- Broward: Ashley Lesnik (Cypress Bay) 5:28.33; State: Mandy Perkins (Spruce Creek) 5:03.77; 800 -- Broward: Rachael James (Boyd Anderson) 2:15.56; State: Skyler Wallen (Northwestern) 2:11.83; 3,200 -- Broward: Mariana Lucena (Cypress Bay) 11:35.25; State: Shelby Hayes (Winter Park) 11:16.48; 1,600 relay -- Broward: Boyd Anderson 3:51.08; State: Southridge 3:49.79. Whenever Deerfield Beach track coach Kenny Brown called practice this season, the nation's No. 3-ranked boys' 400-meter relay team converged on a patch of red dirt and grass along the school's baseball infield. With their track closed for renovations, Denard Robinson, Donte Dotson, Cassius McDowell and Adrian Witty worked on their takeoffs and baton exchanges while sprinting past the dugout and down the first base side. The only time Deerfield got to run on a track in what so far has been an undefeated season was in meets and three practices at Monarch High School this week. Brown said training under the makeshift conditions has brought out a ''take no prisoners'' mentality from his speed merchants this season. ''Since we can't use our track, we find a field or anywhere with a patch of grass to improvise,'' Brown said. ``We could use it to feel sorry for ourselves, but our guys are not like that. We use it for motivation instead.'' Read the full article at: www.miamiherald.com
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