JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three more area athletes added championships on the third day of the state meet at UNF’s Hodges Stadium on Friday.
Fleming Island’s Mikayla Shavers had the biggest win for local athletes at the Class 3A meet, setting a record in the triple jump with a distance of 42 feet, 11.5 inches. That mark is the longest in the country this year and the 25th longest ever by a high school girls athlete.
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Shavers’ mark is the longest ever in Florida, surpassing Ed White’s Tiara Swanagan’s distance of 42-8.75 set in 2005. Shavers also finished as state runner-up in the long jump (19-4).
Beachside’s Kaitlyn Brown won the 100 hurdles with a 13.77, and Ponte Vedra’s Colin Butler won the discus with a throw of 185-3.
Class 3A state track and field results
Girls
Local team scores: 6. Beachside, 30; T12. 19; 29. Matanzas, 7; T30; White, 6; T36. Menendez, 3; T36. St. Augustine, 3; T50. Ponte Vedra, 1.5.
Individual results (locals shown who finished in top six)
High jump: 3. Kamryn Robinson (White), 5-3.75.
Long jump: 2. Mikayla Shavers (Fleming Island), 19-4.
Javelin: 6. Marquesha Oxendine (Menendez), 122-11.
Triple jump: 1. Mikayla Shavers (Fleming Island), 42-11.5.
100 hurdles: 1. Kaitlyn Brown (Beachside), 13.77.
1600: 4. Peyton Cerasi (Matanzas), 4:55.78.
400: 3. Lola Hayes (Beachside), 54.84.
400 hurdles: 4. Kaitlyn Brown (Beachside), 1:03.34; 5. Heaven Ferguson (St. Augustine), 1:03.58.
400 relay: 3. Beachside, 3:52.09.
Boys
Local team scores: T10. Ponte Vedra, 20; T25. St. Augustine, 7; T27. Beachside, 6; T27. Fleming Island, 6; T27. Orange Park, 6; T45. Riverside, 3.
Individual results (locals shown who finished in top six)
Long jump: 3. Nathan Verger (Orange Park), 23-11.5.
Discus: 1. Colin Butler (Ponte Vedra), 185-3.
4x800 relay: 3. Fleming Island, 7:53.14.
Pole vault: 3. Nathan Williams (Beachside), 15-3.
1600: 3. Miles Wicks (Ponte Vedra), 4:18.51; 4. Cole Swesey (St. Augustine), 4:21.34; 5. Luke Ross (Ponte Vedra), 4:21.71.
4x100 relay: 6. Riverside, 41.54.