October 31, 2024
Mount Dora High Girls Cross-Country Clinches Fourth Consecutive District Title
By Kyle Coppola
Mount Dora High Girls Cross-Country Clinches Fourth Consecutive District Title
In a thrilling performance at the 2024 2A-3 District Championships, the Mount Dora High Girls Cross-Country Team secured their fourth consecutive district championship title, while the Boys Team proudly earned back-to-back runner-up honors. The teams who are coached by Cody Adkinson have been fantastic all year long.
Leading the way was standout senior Hannah Douglas, who captured her fourth individual district championship, marking yet another milestone in her decorated high school career. This is the first time in school history that a runner has won four individual district championships. Absolutley incredible.
(The girls stand on th right holding up their fourth straight district championship trophy. The boys team on the right holds their district-runner-up trophy.)
Top Medalists of the Day:
- Hannah Douglas – 1st Place
- Cecelia Lear – 3rd Place
- Bailey Roman – 6th Place
- Lilliana Vu – 7th Place
- Isabella Orser – 18th Place
- Donovan Spears – 5th Place
- Gavin Douglas – 7th Place
- Jude Aoun – 10th Place
- Gabriel Lewis – 17th Place
- Ben Stone – 22nd Place
With a collection of standout performances across the roster, the teams brought home FHSAA trophies and made Lake County proud! We look forward to how this team will do at the Regionals before headed off to States.
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.
