- February 17, 2026
Matanzas sophomore Peyton Cerasi broke her own school record in winning the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5 minutes, 4 seconds on Feb. 14 at the Valentine's Day Opener track and field meet at Tocoi Creek High School.
The Pirates won three other events at the season-opening meet. Matt Ciardi, Dylan Ciardi, Brant Tarsitano and Blaine Vogel teamed to win the boys 4x800-meter relay with a time of 8:39.18. Jayden McCoy won the boys triple jump with a leap of 42 feet, 11.75 inches. Jordan Theus-Vale won boys discus with a throw of 123 feet, 7 inches.
Flagler Palm Coast traveled to Miami to compete in the Louie Bing Invitational, one of the premier season-opening track meets in the state. Karina Marcelus won the girls triple jump with a 38-feet, 8.25-inch jump. Marcelus was also fourth in 100 hurdles in 15.16 seconds.
La'Darius Simmons was second in boys javelin with a throw of 175 feet, 7 inches. Jordan Haymon was third in the boys 200 meters with a time of 21.93 seconds. The FPC girls placed eighth at the meet. The boys were 12th.
Seabreeze also competed at the Tocoi Creek meet with the boys placing third. Aidan O'Brien won the 200 meters in 22.81 seconds and placed second in the 100 in 11.38 seconds. Drayton Brackett won the 400 hurdles in 1:00.06 and placed third in the 110 hurdles. Jeremias George was second in the long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 6.5 inches. Tabitha Hick was second in the girls 400 hurdles in 1:12.36.
At the Lake Mary Opening Classic, Mainland's Michael London won shout put with a throw of 41 feet, 7.75 inches. Ethan Figueroa was second in long jump with a jump of 20 feet, 7.25 inches. Father Lopez's Lauren Lancing won the girls 100 meters with a personal-record time of 12.74 seconds.
