The Lakewood Ranch girls and Sarasota boys track and field teams walked away with Class 4A-District 8 championships April 20, at Booker High.Â
The Mustangs scored 199 points to top Riverview, which finished second with 114 points. Sarasota was fourth with 68 points.Â
On the boys side, the Sailors scored 126 points to beat Lakewood Ranch, which finished second with 115 points. Riveview was fifth with 79 points.Â
The top four finishers in each event will advance to the Class 4A-Region 2 meet April 30, in Kissimmee.Â
Individual area district champions include:Â
Lakewood RanchÂ
Sophia Falco (200, 24.70; triple jump, 37-05.50; long jump, 18-08)Â
Kristine Akervold (100 hurdles, 14.48)Â
Reide Ryans (high jump, 5-02)Â
Olivia Ogles (pole vault, 11-01)Â
Reide Ryans, Kailyn Scully, Kristine Akervold and Shay Lee (4x400 relay, 4:09.64)Â
John Rivera (800, 1:58.85)Â
Ben Lacina (pole vault, 14-00)Â
Sam Jackson (discus, 154-00)Â
Andrew Dean, John Rivera, Ian Griffin and Kris Haller (4x400 relay, 3:28.46)Â
Sarasota
Adam Bradtmueller (1,600, 4:35.38)Â
Brady Hill (3,200, 10:04.19)Â
Julian Tyler (110 hurdles, 14.73)Â
Jaasiel Torres (high jump, 6-02)Â
Xakari Hawkins (long jump, 22-06.50; triple jump, 45-00.50)Â
Adam Bradtmueller, Renier Escalona-diaz, Jordan Gonzalez and Brady Hill (4x800 relay, 8:04.75 *a new school record time*)
Riverview
Aliyah Cunningham (100, 12.08)
Elayna Goodman (3,200, 11:45.14)
Alexis Booker, Aliyah Cunningham, Tashyna Jones and Toni Knight (4x100 relay, 48.99)Â
Cassandra Golembeski (discus, 100-08)Â
Brantley Seadrow (400, 50.03)
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Lakewood Ranch junior Sophia Falco ran away from the field in her preliminary heat of the 100-meter dash.
Riverview's Aliyah Cunningham won the Class 4A-District 8 title in the 100-meter dash, finishing in 12.08 seconds.
Lakewood Ranch's Olivia Ogles finished third in the 100-meter dash in 12.52 seconds.
Riverview's Alexis Booker finished fifth in the 100-meter dash in 13.05 seconds.
Riverview's Antrone Thomas ran the 100-meter dash in 11.37 seconds.
Riverview senior Gabrielle Levy ran the 100-meter dash.
Lakewood Ranch senior Reide Ryans finished second in the 100-meter hurdles.
Sarasota's Brooke Foster ran the 100-meter hurdles in 20.85 seconds.
Sarasota's Hannah Hritz finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.51 seconds.
Sarasota's Julian Tyler won the 110-meter hurdles in 14.73 seconds.
Riverview senior Sumner Mullins will advance to the regional meet after finishing fourth in the 110-meter hurdles.
Lakewood Ranch junior Sophia Falco won the triple jump with a mark of 37 feet, 5.50 inches.
Riverview's Toni Knight finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 36 feet, two inches.
Sarasota's Samuri Bane clears the bar at 5 feet, 8 inches.
Lakewood Ranch's Michael Petruzzi finished third in the high jump.
Sarasota's Jaasiel Torres won the high jump after clearing 6 feet, 2 inches.
Riverview's Traquan Washington competes in the triple jump at the Class 4A-District 8 meet April 20.
Riverview's Amanda Dischinger finished seventh in the discus.
Sarasota's Alexis Kaplan competed in the discus.
Riverview's Jermaine Higdon finished 14th in the shot put.
Lakewood Ranch's Sam Jackson finished second in the shot put with a mark of 46 feet, 10 inches.
Lakewood Ranch's Ben Lacina cleared 14 feet to win the pole vault.
Eighteen athletes competed in the boys pole vault.
