High School Track and Field: State series results for Marion County athletes
Marion County athletes returned home from the state track meet with plenty of hardware to show for their hard work. The 24 individuals and six relay teams that made it to Jacksonville left with 17 Top 10 finishes.
It was a successful track and field season for Ocala area teams. Forest was a shining example of growth with the 2022 season’s one-state qualifier turning into six in 2023.
Trinity Catholic's Hope Willis became one of the most decorated athletes of the meet, with three Top 10 finishes in the shot put, high jump and discus. Vanguard's Javarien Salter and Trinity Catholic's Cedric McFadden weren’t far behind with second-place finishes in the 400 meters (47.94 seconds) and 800 meters (1:58.06), respectively.
“This year we revamped a lot of things as far as practice schedule,” Forest head coach Brett Stanley said. “Practicing on cement killed us last year, so we took our workouts to the grass. It really helped us this year.”
Their improvement adds a level of competitiveness in the county that challenges the entire state.
If you’re looking for results and placements for every state qualifier in the county, we have them here.
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Boys
Belleview
Cornelius Bentley Greene
Discuss 42.88m 14th
Forest
Alvaro Colon
Pole Vault 4.20m 8th
Ryan Jackson
Long Jump 6.43m 14th
Triple Jump 13.34m 15th
Lake Weir
Alcarlos Richards
High Jump NH
North Marion
Christopher Foster
Long Jump 6.89M 10th
100 Meters 10.87 11th
Triple Jump 13.07M 8th
4 x 100m Relay 44.53 17th
Caleb Rollerson
Triple Jump 13.60M 5th
Elija Walton
Triple Jump 13.39M 6th
High Jump 1.87M 6th
Trinity Catholic
Cedric McFadden
800 Meters 1:58.06 2nd
1600 Meters 4:31.86 DNF
Nicholas LaTour, Dylan Temple, Ryland Windsor, Cedric McFadden
4x800M 8:33.57 14th
Vanguard
Johntavious Davenport
Javelin 44.22m 4th
Fred Gaskin Jr.
Johntavious Davenport, Elijah Townes, David Reed, Javarien Salter
4x400M 3:26.59 13th
Clayton Knight
1600 Meters 4:23.52 6th
3200 Meters 9:44.48 13th
Anthony Reason
Long Jump 6.57M 13th
David Reed
800 Meters 1:58.52 18th
Javarien Salter
400 Meters 47.94 2nd
West Port
Brandon Noble
400 Meters 48.99 10th
Girls
Dunnellon
Tatianna Matthews
High Jump 1.57M 6th
Triple Jump 10.76M 13th
Shamyra Reid
Women’s Shot Put 11.21M 5th
Forest
Destini Eleam, Gracie Zacarias, Samira Chisolm, Tyheerah Rushing
4x100 47.86 6th
Vanguard
Jahhi Clarke
100 Meters 12.07 9th
Trinity Harris
Triple Jump 11.24m 11th
Rachel Hill
800 Meters 2:23.54 15th
Aniyah Hope
High Jump NH
Jahhi Clarke, Trinity Harris, Arianna Reason, Ky’Dreona Means
4x100 47.75 6th
Rhema Taylor, Brooklyn Fratello, Riley Carter, Rachel Hill
4x800 9:48.56 11th
Trinity Catholic
Hope Willis
Shot Put 11.05M 8th
High Jump 1.47M 8th
Discuss 35.13M 3rd
Zoe Zinnie
Long Jump 4.86M 11th
West Port
Gabriella Evangelista, Mia White, Natalie Nelson, Sa’nijah Houston
4x400 4:00.09 13th
Mia White, Sa’nijah Houston, Isabelle Rhodes, Natalie Nelson
4x800 10:00.26 14th
This article originally appeared on Ocala Star-Banner: Results from Marion County State Track Qualifiers with 17 Top 10 finishes
