- March 24, 2026
Flagler Palm Coast’s Jordan Haymon set a school record while La’Darius Simmons won his fourth consecutive javelin title at the Bob Hayes Invitational track and field meet on March 21 at the University of North Florida.
Haymon broke C.J. Lockhart’s 19-year-old school record of 47.0 seconds in the 400-meter run. Haymon ran a 46.88 to finish second at the Bob Hayes meet. The senior finished just 12-hundredths of a second behind Palatka’s Kedric Wright.
Simmons won boys javelin for the fourth week in a row with a throw of 53.29 meters (174 feet, 10 inches). He also placed first in the Cocoa Invitational on Feb. 28, the Bolles Bulldog Classic on March 6 and the North Florida-South Florida Challenge on March 13.
Grace Taylor placed ninth in girls javelin. On March 6, Taylor broke the school mark with a throw of 35.8 meters (117 feet, 5 inches) to rank fifth in Class 4A. Taylor broke Aun’Yale Howard’s school record of 33.27 meters (109 feet, 2 inches) set in 2024.
Also finishing among the top 10 for FPC at the Bob Hayes meet were Anna Grigoruk (fifth), Audrey Bowman (seventh) and Everly Mucciolo (10th) in the girls 3,200 meters; Douglas Seth (fifth) in the boys 1,600; Mateo Almeida (seventh) in the boys 3,200; Ari Slaughter (seventh) in the girls 800; Logan Jacobelli (eighth) in the boys 100; the boys 4x400 relay (Jacobelli, Will Roberts, Mikey Najpaver and Haymon), fourth; the boys 4x800 relay (Ayden Peterson, Seth, Owen Stackpole and Justin Goings), fourth; the girls 4x800 relay (Grigoruk, Slaughter, Jayden Wright, Bowman), fifth; Ethan Ruiz in boys discus (ninth); and Earnest Fingers in boys pole vault (ninth).
Slaughter set a personal record in the 800 with a time of 2:19.07. Seth set a PR in the 1,600 with a 4:30.17.
Father Lopez’s Lauren Lancing broke her own school record in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.36 seconds to place 11th at the Bob Hayes Invitational. She will compete at the prestigious FSU Invitational this weekend.
FPC’s Abbie Blumengarten and Ari Slaughter each won a $2,500 college scholarship at the Bob Hayes Invitational. To be eligible for the scholarships, the students had to be entered in the track meet, have at least a 3.2 GPA, list their clubs and community service on the application and write an essay saying how the scholarship would help them achieve their dream of attending college.
Flagler Palm Coast’s baseball team won four games in four days to win the Florida League High School Invitational at Sanford Memorial Stadium.
FPC defeated Lyman High School 10-5 in the championship game on Saturday, March 20, for its first championship in 12 appearances in the FLHSI. Carson Flis went 3 for 4 with a double in the game.
The Bulldogs’ Marion Clayton was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, while Jordan Gonzalez was named Most Valuable Pitcher. FPC’s Paul Bowen, Nick Pandich and Reggie Bass joined Clayton and Gonzalez on the All-Tournament Team.
Clayton went 7 for 14, batting .500 in the four games with two home runs and a triple. Gonzalez tossed a seven-inning two-hitter in a 5-0 win over St. Cloud on March 18, handing St. Cloud its first loss of the season.
The Bulldogs also shut out IMG Academy Silver 7-0 in their tournament opener on May 17. Bass struck out seven in six innings. Brody Youngman completed the shutout with. scoreless seventh. Clayton and Nole Hemmerle both homered in the first tinning.
FPC defeated Lake Minneola 9-4 in the semifinals on March 19, avenging a 2-1 loss to the Hawks on March 13. Hemmerle drove in three runs.
