May 16, 2023
Full Track & Field State Championship Schedule for Lake & Sumter County Athletes
By Kyle Coppola
Full Track & Field State Championship Schedule for Lake & Sumter County Athletes
Its time for the State Track & Field Championships! This weekend these athletes will go to battle and represent their schools one final time. The dates of each school is listed. There are 4 different divisions meeting on 4 separate days. Below you will find the listing of each school and athlete performing in what event. This list was compiled using the FHSAA Half-Mile timing website.
FHSAA Class 1A State Championship
Wednesday, May 17th
Location – UNF Hodges Stadium
Mount Dora Christian Academy
1pm Girls Pole Vault – Leah Sowers
1pm Girls Long Jump – Reese Horbal
1pm Boys High Jump – Jamin Andrews
1pm Boys High Jump – James Andrews
1pm Boys High Jump – Tanner Schick
2:30pm Boys Long Jump – Isaiah Bryant
2:30pm Girls Discus – Maisey Anderson
3:00pm Girls High Jump – Reese Horba
3:00pm Boys Pole Vault – Matt Carr
4:00pm Girls Shot Put – Maisey Anderson
4:00pm Girls Triple Jump – Reese Horbal
5:30pm Boys Triple Jump – James Andrews
5:30pm Boys Triple Jump – Jamin Andrews
6:15pm Boys 110M Hurdles – James Andrews
7:20pm Boys 400M Dash – Isaiah Bryant
8:10pm Boys 200M Dash – Isaiah Bryant
Wildwood Middle High School
1pm Girls Long Jump – Kendall Brown
1pm Boys Shot Put – Terriyon Bryant
1pm Girls Javelin – Emma Strickland
2:30pm Boys Javelin – Judson Nichols
4:00pm Boys Discus – Temarionte Williams
4:00pm Girls Triple Jump – Kendall Brown
4:00pm Boys 3200 Relay – Srickland, Vargas, Spurrier, Worthen, Jackson, Serfass
5:30pm Boys Triple Jump – Vernell Brown III
6:15pm Boys 110M Hurdles – Ricky Harding
6:50pm Girls 400M Relay – Corbin, Brown, Williams, Corbin, Walker, Hills, Jackson, Strickland
6:50pm Boys 400M Relay – Keiler, Brown III, Harding, Colebrooks, Jackson
7:35pm Girls 400M Hurdles – Ayanna Hills
7:55pm Boys 800M Run – Kamarius Worthen
8:25pm Boys 3200M Run – Damian Spurrier
9:00pm Boys 1600M Relay – Keiler, Colebrooks, Strickland, Worthen, Brown III, Jackson, Spurrier, Serfass
Unified Schools and Athletes
East Ridge High School
7:10pm Girls 400 Unified – DeAnnutis, Franklin, Polidura, Galindo
8:50pm Girls 1600 Relay Unified – Fernandes, Fernandez, Velenta, Newton
Lake Minneola High
7:10pm Girls 400 Relay Unified – Le, Ortiz-Santana, Valenta, Murray
Mount Dora High School
7:10pm Boys 400 Relay Unified – Russell, Bailey, Thurmond, Parker
8:50pm Boys 1600 Relay Unified – Bailey, Colon, Butler, Parker
Tavares High School
8:50pm Boys 1600 Relay Unified – Northup, Regis, Welch, Huff
FHSAA Class 2A State Championship
Thursday, May 18th
Location: UNF Hodges Stadium
Mount Dora High School
1pm Girls Pole Vault – Aubrey Sellers
2:30pm Boys Long Jump – Benjamin Clouthier
5:30pm Boys Triple Jump – Benjamin Clouthier
4:00pm Girls 3200 Relay – Douglas, Roman, Vu, Koester, Vu, O’Neil, Zagorini, Davis
6:35pm Girls 1600M Run – Noelle Vu
7:25pm Boys 400M Hurdles – Zackary Cho-Sam
8:15pm Girls 3200M Run – Noelle Vu
The Villages Charter School
1pm Girls Javelin Throw – Jacquelyn Globig
1pm Girls Javelin Throw – Caley Sosnowski
1pm Girls Javelin Throw – Taylor Fugate
2:30pm Girls Discus Throw – Cheryl Lape
2:30pm Boys Javelin – Shawn Carr
4:00pm Boys Discus – Bryton Russ
4:00pm Girls 3200 Relay – Probola, Byron, Sosnowski, Thomas, Hume, Elstad, Baca Aguilar, Farrish
4:00pm Boys 3200 Relay – Probola Clarke, Ascencio-Rojo, Clarke, Agbo, Hernandez, Burton, Saucier
6:00pm Girls 100 M Hurdles – Natalee Elstad
6:15pm Boys 110 M Hurdles – Jaceson Globig
6:50pm Girls 400M Relay – Brito, Thomas, Probola, Elstad, Cree, Nguyen, Byron, Joseph
7:25pm Girls 400M Hurdles – Natalee Elstad
7:45pm Girls 800M Run – LIia Byron
7:45pm Girls 800M Run – Ella Thomas
8:40pm Girls 1600M Relay – Probola, Byron, Elstad, Thomas, Sosnowski, Brito, Hume, DiMaggio
South Sumter High School
4:00pm Girls Triple Jump – Payton Rodgers
5:30pm Boys Triple Jump – Denzel McDonald
6:00pm Girls 100M Hurdles – Payton Rodgers
7:25pm Girls 400M Hurdles – Payton Rodgers
Eustis High School
3:00pm Girls High Jump – Skye Dias
6:25pm Boys 100M Dash – Amare Williams
6:50pm Girls 400M Relay – Carter, Carter, Dias, Kelly, Taylor, Filetti
6:50pm Boys 400M Relay – Williams, Gaines, Vega, Wilson, Wilder, Allgood
8:00pm Boys 200M Dash – Amare Williams
FHSAA Class 3A State Championship
Friday, May 19th
Location: UNF Hodges Stadium
Tavares High School
2:30pm Boys Javelin – Brady Hinckley
3:00pm Boys Pole Vault – Kris Kupinski
7:45pm Boys 800M Run – Matthew Raucci
Lake Minneola High
6:15pm Boys 110M Hurdles – Kai Evans
6:25pm Boys 100M Dash – Kai Evans
7:25pm Boys 400M Hurdles – Kenneth Smith
7:25pm Boys 400M Hurdles – Kai Evans
7:25pm Boys 400M Hurles – Jalen Dickerson
8:00pm Boys 200M Dash – Kai Evans
Leesburg High School
7:25pm Girls 400M Hurdles – Ja’Hiya Dawkins
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Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
