Mid-distance runners lead Raiders

Strong performances by Navarre High School’s middle-distance runners helped the Raiders finish third in the 14-team field Friday, March 2, at the 32^nd Annual Frank Lay Patriot Invitational track and field meet at Pace. (PHOTO: Shelby Clark lands a long-jump.)

Senior James Mullin collected the Raiders’ only first-place finish, winning the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 3.25 seconds. He also ran legs on Navarre’s second-place 4 x 800-meter relay team and fourth-place 4 x 400 relay team.

Area track and field powerhouses Pine Forest and West Florida finished first and second in the boys’ and girls’ team standings. The Lady Eagles garnered 145 points, West Florida had 109 and Gulf Breeze finished third with 54 points. Navarre’s girls finished 11^th in the 16-team field with 15 points.

Pine Forest dominated the boys’ competition, finishing with 134.5 points. Second-place West Florida finished with 76.5 points, followed by Navarre with 66.

Mullin anchored the 4 x 800 relay team, which included Trent Beck, Dominic Dudai and Tanner Wilcox. The Raiders finished in 8:23.84, barely more than a half-second behind West Florida (8:23.32).

Wilcox finished second in the 1,600-meter run in 4:34.50, Miguel Villanueva was runner-up in the 400-meter dash in 53.03 – 0.18 seconds behind Brandon Amendt of Pace. Nick Benton, who has been rehabbing a hamstring injury and competed sparingly this spring, placed second in the triple jump with a distance of 43 feet, 2.5 inches – two inches short of winner Terrance Sims of Pine Forest. Pole-vaulter Roman Spear finished third for Navarre, clearing a height of 12-6.

Hurdler Hannah Gullickson had the Lady Raiders’ best individual finishes, placing fourth in the 300-meter hurdles (51.85 seconds) and fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (17.5). The Navarre girls’ 4 x 400 relay team of Elle Crouse, Kelsey Belmain, Lauren Teichner and Taylor Basiger) placed fifth in 4:29.48.

32^nd Annual Frank Lay Patriot Invitational

Friday, March 8, at Pace High School

GIRLS

Team – 1. Pine Forest 145, 2. West Florida 109, 3. Gulf Breeze 54, 4. Pace 51, 5. Pensacola 36, 6. Fort Walton Beach 33, 7. Escambia 31, 8. Crestview 30, 9. Niceville 21, 10. Choctawhatchee 17, 11. Navarre 15, 12. Milton 15, 13. Tate 9, 14. Washington 4, 15. Catholic 3, 16. Paxton 2, 17. Central 1.

High jump – 1. Maya Hajmpton, Pine Forest, 5 feet, 2 inches; 7. Taylor Hadden, Navarre, 4-10; 10 (tie) Natasha Page, Navarre, 4-6.

Pole vault – 1. Christina Wiggins, Pine Forest, 11-0; 8. Karissa Lindsey, Navarre, 8-0

Long jump – 1. Aubrey West, Niceville, 16-06.5; 16. Kiera Foster, Navarre, 13-8.5; 17 (tie) Shelby Clark, Navarre, 13-07.

Triple jump – 1. Aaliyah Mays, Pine Forest, 34-9.5; 10. Shelby Clark, Navarre, 30-05; 11. Kiera Foster, Navarre, 30-1

Discus– 1. Rashika Cooper, Pine Forest, 113-7.25; 8. Emily Schultz, Navarre, 77-3; 10. Haley O’Connell, Navarre, 75-4.5

Shot put – 1. Lamia Miller, Pine Forest, 41-6; 22. Lydiah Brunet, Navarre, 24-5; 25. Danika Scheffler, Navarre, 23-6

100-meter hurdles – 1. Johna’ Whitaker, Pine Forest, 14.55; 5. Hannah Gullickson, Navarre, 17.50; 7. Kiera Foster, Navarre, 18.69.

100-meter dash – 1. Jasmine Williams, West Florida, 13.05. Prelims: Aliayah Webb, Navarre, 14.56; Taylor Basiger, Navarre, 14.69;

4 x 800 relay – 1. Fort Walton Beach (Ivy Chastain, April Polite, Rhianna Moller, Brooke Crane), 10:11:04; 6. Navarre (Elle Crouse, Andraya Mendez, Bailey Gardner, Raina Quintanilla), 10:57.42;

1,600-meter run – 1. Kaysi Roberts, West Florida, 5:23.60; 7. Elle Crouse, 5:49.98;13. Bailey Gardner, Navarre, 6:21.38;

4 x 100 relay – 1. West Florida (Jasmyne Trimble, Symontae Collins, Jasmine Williams, Trenisha Rickerson), 52.18. Prelims: Navarre 55.2.

400-meter dash – 1. Danielle Davis, Escambia, 59.54. Prelims: Sierra Sanchez Serrano 1:08.90

300 hurdles – 1. Johna’ Whitaker, Pine Forest, 45.02; 4. Hannah Gullickson, Navarre, 51.85. Prelims: Kiera Foster, Navarre, 54.71.

800-meter run – 1. Sunnie Patch, Pine Forest, 2:23.98; 15. Madison Sumerlin, Navarre, 2:46.68; 19. Sierra Sanchez Serrano, Navarre, 2:50.68

200-meter dash – 1. Loren Moorer, Pensacola, 26.96. Prelim: Aaliyah Proby, Navarre, 29.66; Aliayah, Navarre, 31.14.

3200-meter run – 1. Alexis Parnell, Gulf Breeze, 12:03.04; 10. Raina Quintanilla, 13.12.67; 13. Andraya Mendez, Navarre, 13:27.37.

4 x 400 relay – 1. Pensacola (Tia Johnson, Erikka Kirk, Loren Moorer, Jakira Wyche); 5. Navarre (Elle Crouse, Kelsey Belmain, Lauren Teichner, Taylor Basiger), 4:29.48.

BOYS

Team – 1. Pine Forest 134.5, 2. West Florida 76.5, 3. Navarre 66, 4. Fort Walton Beach 60, 5. Washington 47.50, 6. Gulf Breeze 44.50, 7. Pensacola 39, 8. Milton 38, 9. Pace 18, 10. Escambia 14, 10. Crestview 14, 10. Tate 14, 13. Choctawhatchee 10, 14. Niceville 2.

High jump – 1. Daniel Laster, Washington, 6-0; 8. Alex Wattley, Navarre, 5-8.

Pole vault – 1. Kelly Brown, Pine Forest, 14-8; 3. Roman Spear, Navarre, 12-6; 10. Tristan Houk, Navarre, 10-6.

Long jump – 1. Nathaniel McKinstry, Pensacola, 21-06; 5. Johnny Robinson-Pettus, Navarre, 20-01.5.

Triple jump – 1. Terrance Sims, Pine Forest, 43-5.5; 2. Nick Benton, Navarre, 43-2.5; 5. Johnny Robinson-Pettus, Navarre, 39-9.

Discus – 1. Austin Droogsma, Gulf Breeze, 178-02.25; 12. Christian Gill, Navarre, 111-09;

Shot put – 1. Austin Droogsma, Gulf Breeze, 60-1; 7. Christian Gill, Navarre, 43-10; 20. Boston Morgan, Navarre, 37-10

4 x 800 relay – 1. West Florida (Alec Clark, Javen Jackson, Matthew Jones, Mark Sortino), 8:23.32; 2. Navarre (Trent Beck, Dominic Dudai, Tanner Wilcox, James Mullin), 8:23.84

110-meter hurdles – 1. Dominique Craig, Milton, 16.00; Prelims: Taylor Davis, Navarre, 18.63; John McGowan, Navarre, 21.70

100-meter dash – 1. Trebian Suggs, Pine Forest, 11.39. Prelims: Elijah Appel, Navarre, 11.75; Alex Wattley, Navarre, 11.88;

1,600-meter run – 1. Trey LaNasa, Fort Walton Beach, 4:28.88; 2. Tanner Wilcox, Navarre, 4:34.50; 5. Jonah Griego, Navarre, 4:39.15.

4 x 100 – 1. Pine Forest (Johnny Carr, Aaron Lee, Marcus Reaves, Trebian Suggs), 43.27. Prelims: Navarre 45.15.

400-meter dash – 1. Brandon Amendt, Pace, 52.85; 2. Miguel Villanueva, Navarre, 53.03. Prelims: Matthew Privette, 55.25

300 hurdles – 1. Terrance Sims, Pine Forest, 41.46. Prelims: Taylor Davis, Navarre, 45.95; Brandon Frank, Navarre, 51.98.

800-meter run – 1. James Mullin, Navarre, 2:03.25; 7. Trent Beck, Navarre, 2:08.63.

200-meter dash – 1. Marcus Reaves, Pine Forest, 22.82. Prelims: Elijah Appel 24.14; Miguel Villanueva, 24.97.

3200-meter run – 1. Alec Clark, West Florida, 10:11.63; 6. Jonah Griego, Navarre, 10:24.21; 7. Tanner Wilcox, Navarre, 10:33.74.

4 x 400 relay – 1. Escambia (Jalon Edwards, Jarrid Hunter, Felton Jackson, Kidd Ramos), 3:30.56; 4. Navarre (Miguel Villanueva, James Mullin, Trent Beck, Alex Wattley), 3:37.29.