Sixteen teams from across the Gulf Coast hit the track for the annual Booker Invitational March 4.Â
Area first place finishers include:Â
Riverview
Elizabeth Cohen (high jump, 4 feet, 10 inches)Â
Alex Yoder (pole vault, 13-00)
Carlos Johnson (triple jump, 42-07)
Girls 4x100 meter relay: Gabrielle Levy, Toni Knight, Tashuyna Jones and Aliyah Cunningham (51.05 seconds)
Jake Pedraza (300 hurdles, 41.44)
Warran Grajalez (3200, 9:56.24)
Sarasota
Lindsey Heider (pole vault, 9-00)
Julian Tyler (110 hurdles, 15.32)
Adam Bradtmueller (800, 2:00.56)
Sage Lyons (3200, 12:37.51)
Girls 4x400 relay: Isabelle Jester, Hattie Miller, Sophie Williamson and Alexis Behne-Sharma
Lakewood Ranch
Sam Jackson (discus, 142-06)
Boys 4x800 relay: Brice Easton, Kayton Fletcher, Kristopher Haller and Matt Srolis (8:32.71)
Booker
Jamal Watson (shot put, 48-04)
Joseph Cooper (400, 50.19)
Sarasota's Samauri Bane finished fifth in the long jump.
Riverview's Noel Rodriguez finished second in the shot put.
The Out-of-Door Academy's Todd Humphrey competes in the consolation 800.
Riverview's Jazmin Giovino competes in the high jump during the Booker Invitational March 4.
Riverview's Traquan Washington posted a 19 feet, 1.75 inch mark in the long jump.
Distance runners compete in the consolation 1,600-meter run.
Riverview's Areon Green soars through the air during his first long jump attempt.
Booker's Spencer Carter competes in the long jump during the Booker Invitational March 4.
Members of the Lakewood Ranch boys track team warm up before the start of the running events.
Riverview's Peter Larson attempts a throw in the shot put.
ODA's Cole Chalhub ran the consolation 1,600-meter run in 6 minutes, 32.94 seconds.
Cardinal Mooney's Kristen France waits at the starting line for the consolation 800.
Sarasota's Breanna O'Keefe holds off Port Charlotte's Delaney Gerofsky in the consolation 800.
Cardinal Mooney's Liam Hudson races to the finish in the consolation 800.
Booker's Jermaine Ziegler races to the finish line in the consolation 800.
ODA's Will Harwell competes in the high jump.
Sarasota's Jaasiel Torres finished fifth in the high jump.
Riverview's Tashuyna Jones finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 31-04.
Sarasota's Erica Straeb finished third in the triple jump.
