Meet The News-Press 2023 Boys Track and Field All-Area Team

At the end of each season, The News-Press selects All-Area teams honoring the best athletes for every sport. Coaches from area schools are sent nomination forms and are asked to nominate and rate their own athletes as well as those from other teams. That data combined with The News-Press' own research led to the selection of the All-Area teams.

FIRST TEAM

Tawaski Abrams

School: Dunbar

Year: Junior

Highlights: Abrams won district and regional titles in the 100 and 200 dashes as well as the 4x100 relay. At the state meet, he earned a eighth-place medal in the 200 and sixth-place medal in the relay.

Alex Camarca

School: Canterbury

Year: Senior

Highlights: Camarca was the runner-up in the javelin at district and regional meets. At the Class 1A state championships, he won gold with a PR throw.

Kaiden Crossdale

School: Ida Baker

Year: Senior

Highlights: Crossdale finished third in the high jump at the Class 3A state meet. He was the regional runner-up and district champion in the event.

Jonathan Grant

School: Riverdale

Year: Senior

Highlights: Grant earned a second bronze medal in the pole vault at the Class 4A state meet. He was the runner-up at regionals and won the district title in the event.

Joseph Koraya

School: Fort Myers

Year: Junior

Highlights: Koraya won district titles in the 1600 meters and 4x800 relay with Fort Myers. He came in third in the 1600 at regionals and earned an eighth-place medal at the state meet while contributing to the Green Wave's fourth-place relay team.

Thiago Lopes

School: Fort Myers

Year: Junior

Highlights: At the Class 3A-District 11 meet, Lopes won the 110 and 400 hurdles. He won the regional title in the 100 hurdles to qualify for states, where he finished 12th.

Dorian Mallary

School: Lehigh

Year: Junior

Highlights: In the 400 meters, Mallary won district and LCAC titles and was runner-up in the event at regionals. He came in eighth place at the Class 4A state meet while running on Lehigh's fifth-place 4x400 relay team.

Ryan Peterson

School: Bishop Verot

Year: Sophomore

Highlights: Peterson came in fifth in the discus at the Class 2A state championships. He won the event at the regional, district and Private 8 meets.

Logan Schwartz

School: Bishop Verot

Year: Senior

Highlights: The javelin thrower had runner-up finishes at the district and regional meets. At the Class 2A state championships, Schwartz came in fourth place with a PR.

Hayden Tank

School: SFCA

Year: Senior

Highlights: At the Class 1A-District 12 meet, Tank came away with three medals — two golds for the 3200 and 4x800 relay and one silver for the 1600. He qualified for states and came in ninth in the 3200.

Alex Thelusma

School: Fort Myers

Year: Junior

Highlights: Thelusma was the Class 3A-Region 3 champion in the high jump and finished as runner-up at the district and LCAC meets. He qualified for states and came in 10th.

Grayson Tubbs

School: Bishop Verot

Year: Senior

Highlights: Running the 800, Tubbs earned gold at districts, silver at regionals and bronze at the Class 2A state meet. He also ran on Bishop Verot's fourth-place 4x800 relay team.

Wyatt Whalen

School: Bishop Verot

Year: Senior

Highlights: Whalen defended his Class 2A state title in the shot put. He also earned regional and district championships in the event in addition to a runner-up finish in the discus at districts.

Declan Ziomek

School: Cape Coral

Year: Junior

Highlights: Ziomek qualified for states in the 3200 and 4x800 relay after coming in first and second, respectively, at the Class 3A-Region 3 meet. He also won district titles in both events.

SECOND TEAM

Troy Britton, Fort Myers

William Canales, Cape Coral

Joshua Dixon, South Fort Myers

Joshua Dorestin, Dunbar

Eric Fletcher, Dunbar

Jyden German, ECS

Jack Gifford, SFCA

Kruz Jimenez, LaBelle

Tyler Kelly, Bishop Verot

Da'Marri Loggins, South Fort Myers

Kendrick Moore, Cypress Lake

Brandon Pierce, Riverdale

Ofil Ramos, Island Coast

Timmy Schultz, Fort Myers

HONORABLE MENTION

Bishop Verot: Greg Caldwell, Jadrien Carmo, Andrew Marino

Canterbury: Travis Heinrichs, Azarian Leavatte, Charles Meagher

Cape Coral: Ta'Darien Green, Jake Jacoby

Cypress Lake: Ezekiel Dube-Garrett

Dunbar: Jadarius Buchanon, Chris Singleton, Jaden White

ECS: Reece Guttery

Estero: Max Sedmak

Fort Myers: Craig Allard, Chase Hill, Marquis Sheffield

Ida Baker: Mike McDonald, Dandre Morrison

Island Coast: Jorge Acosta, Denai'drick Cook, Christopher Singleton

LaBelle: Maurice McClain Jr., Kyandre Thompson

Lehigh: Sean Battle, Kendelson Jerome, James Little IV

North Fort Myers: Dustin Castagna, Redjy Dorcely, Ceon Gordon

Riverdale: Nicholas Del Pizzo, Nickardo Dunkelly, Cleyon Grizzle

SFCA: Elliot Anderson, Sheadon Cadore, David Johnson

South Fort Myers: Quinn Enguita, Justin White

COACH OF THE YEAR

Martin Byrd

School: Bishop Verot

Highlights: Under Byrd, the Bishop Verot boys won the Class 2A-Region 3 title in addition to wins at district and Private 8 meets. The Vikings came in seventh at the state meet with four individual medalists and a state champion in Wyatt Whalen.

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Introducing The News-Press 2023 Boys Track and Field All-Area Team