- March 3, 2026
Matanzas distance runners Peyton Cerasi and Dylan Ciardi each broke school records at the Craig Speziale Track and Field Invitational on Feb. 28 at Ponte Vedra High School.
Cerasi won both the girls 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter runs, setting a new school record of 10:55.53 in the 3,200. Her time in the 1,600 was 5:11.91.
Ciardi set a new school record in the boys 3,200 with a time of 9:42.53, leading a trio of Pirates to third-, fourth- (Brant Tarsitano) and fifth-place (Blaine Vogel) finishes. Jayden McCoy placed third in boys triple jump (40 feet, 9¾ inches).
Seabreeze’s Dominic Dowell placed third at the meet in the 400 hurdles (1:00.06). Drayton Bracket place fourth in the 110 hurdles (16.48 seconds) and fifth in the 400 hurdles. Aiden O’Brien placed fourth in both the 100 (11.18) and the 200 (22.91). Zach Wilson placed fourth in long jump (18 feet, 9.75 inches) and the boys 4x100 relay placed second.
Flagler Palm Coast won 19 events at the Cocoa Invitational. Boys winners included Logan Jacobell (50.11) in the 400, Douglas Seth in the 800 (2:07.15), Mateo Almeida in the 1,600 (4:39.78), Evan Johnson in the 3,200 (11:35.02), Ernest Fingers in the 110 hurdles (18.16), Isaiah Chatman in the 400 hurdles (1:02.63), Mekhi Joes in the shot put (42 feet, 0.5 inches), Ethan Ruiz in the discus (114 feet, 7 inches) and La’Darius Simmos (163 feet, 0 inches).
FPC girls winners were: Jayden Wright in the 400 (1:01.43), Arianna Slaughter in the 800 (2:24.80), Anna Grigoruk in the 1,600 (5:35.16), Favour Jageda in the high jump (4 feet, 9.75 inches), Karina Marcelus in the long jump (17 feet, 6 inches), Jazmin Tishenko in the triple jump (31 feet, 2.5 inches), Danteria Rankin in the shot put (34 feet, 5.5 inches), Laniyah Walker in the discus (93 feet, 10 inches) and Grace Taylor in the javelin (99 feet, 11 inches).
At the Carl Friedland Invitational at Orlando Bishop Moore on Feb. 27, Father Lopez’s Lauren Lancing set a school record in winning the 100-meter hurdles in 15.63 seconds. She also placed third in the 100 (12.98).
Former Flagler Palm Coast wrestlers Christina Borgmann and Mariah Mills qualified for the first NCAA Women’s Wrestling Championships as freshmen.
Borgmann of Felician University in Rutherford, New Jersey, placed first in her region at 131 pounds. Mills place third in her region at 124 pounds.
They will compete at the NCAAs on March 6-7 in Coralville, Iowa.
Email [email protected]
