Introducing the Herald-Tribune 2024 All-Area Girls Weightlifting Team
At the end of each season, The Herald-Tribune selects All-Area teams honoring the best athletes for every sport. Coaches from Sarasota and Manatee county schools are sent nomination forms and are asked to nominate and rate their athletes as well as those from other teams. That data combined with The Herald-Tribune's research led to the selection of the All-Area teams.
Allysen Byerley
School: Riverview
Year: Senior
Highlights: In Class 3A 183-pound weight class, Byerley finished third in Olympic with a 355 and fourth in Traditional with a 365.
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Angelina Cao
School: Southeast
Year: Senior
Highlights: In Class 2A 101-pound weight class, Cao tied for fifth, but finished sixth on body weight in Olympic with a 210 and third for fifth, but finished sixth on body weight in Traditional with a 230.
Annesley Flint
School: Saint Stephen’s Episcopal
Year: Junior
Highlights: In Class 1A Unlimited weight class, Flint finished fifth in Olympic with a 350 and tied for fourth, but fifth on body weight in traditional with a 385.
Alliana Janeiro
School: Imagine School at North Port
Year: Freshman
Highlights: In Class 1A 101-pound weight class, Janeiro finished second in Olympic with a 200 and third in Traditional with a 215.
Lauren Jolly
School: Bradenton Christian
Year: Junior
Highlights: In Class 1A 169-pound weight class, Jolly finished tied for third, but fourth on body weight in Olympic with a 320 and tied for fourth, but sixth on body weight in Traditional with a 330.
Sherrickia King
School: Palmetto
Year: Sophomore
Highlights: In Class 3A Unlimited weight class, King finished second in Olympic with a 345 and 18th in Traditional with a 330.
Zoe Kirby
School: Cardinal Mooney Catholic
Year: Junior
Highlights: In Class 1A 183-pound weight class, Kirby finished fourth in Olympic with a 290 and tied for 12th in Traditional with a 280.
Kaitlin Kohlenberg
School: North Port
Year: Junior
Highlights: In Class 3A 129-pound weight class, Kohlenberg finished fourth in Traditional with a 335.
Payton Mangay-Ayam
School: Braden River
Year: Sophomore
Highlights: In Class 2A 154-pound weight class, Mangay-Ayam finished second in Olympic with a 340 and second in Traditional with a 360. Mangay-Ayam holds all the school records in the 154-pound weight class.
Jada Phillips
School: Braden River
Year: Senior
Highlights: In Class 2A 139-pound weight class, Phillips finished second in the Olympic with a 330 and seventh in Traditional with a 315.
La’Juria Thomas
School: Southeast
Year: Junior
Highlights: In Class 2A 154-pound weight class, Thomas finished sixth in Olympic with a 305 and seventh in Traditional with a 335.
Priscilla Webley
School: Saint Stephen’s Episcopal
Year: Junior
Highlights: In Class 1A 154-pound weight class, Webley finished fifth in Olympic with a 300 and tied for third, but fifth on body weight in Traditional with a 325.
HONORABLE MENTION
Julia Brucato, Lakewood Ranch
Shelly DiLorenzo, Cardinal Mooney Catholic
Senika Johnson, Imagine School at North Port
Kckaylee Kennedy, North Port
Samantha Mitizak, Venice
Zoey Morelli, Parrish Community
Bridgette Mowduk, Venice
Makayla Miles, Saint Stephen’s Episcopal
Caitlyn Paige, North Port
Madison Palso, Southeast
Alexis Rissler, Lakewood Ranch
Madison Vassallo, Lakewood Ranch
Mia White, Manatee
COACH OF THE YEAR
Name: Jordan Borges
School: Braden River
Highlights: Guided the Pirates to a tie for sixth place in Olympic and a tie for 14th place in Traditional at the FHSAA Class 2A State Girls Weightlifting Finals. Braden River won the Class 2A-Region 3 Olympic title and finished fourth in Traditional.
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Here is the Herald-Tribune 2024 All-Area Girls Weightlifting Team
