Meet records, threepeat, five gold medals highlight 3A, 4A state track and field meet

Tallahassee became title town over the weekend as five Big Bend track and field athletes brought home individual state titles .

With the Class 3A and 4A State Championships taking place in Jacksonville at the University of North Florida, local athletes from Chiles, Leon, Lincoln and Rickards competed, with the Trojans finishing highest in 3A, placing fourth, and Chiles coming in third in 4A.

In 3A, Bryce Davis started things by winning the shot put state championship with a 17.64-meter mark, and he followed that up with a second-place finish in the discus. Lincoln's Kendrick Scott Jr . took home the discus gold with a throw of 52.91 meters.

On the track, Leon's Patrick Koon set a new state record in the 3200-meter race, for the second straight year. Breaking his own 8:58.83 record set last season, Koon posted an 8:56.92 to win his third straight 3200-meter state championship. The Leon senior also finished second in the 1600-meter race with a time of 4:08.41.

In the 4A meet, Chiles Jason Atwood took home a state championship in the discus, recording a 59.67-meter mark to win the gold.

Another meet record was set, this time on the track in 4A as Chiles senior Cade Swart posted a 51.93 time in the 400-meter hurdles to claim gold and set the new meet record, last held by Kai Evans of Lake Minneol, set in 2023. Swart also finished second in the 110-meter hurdle race, posting a 14.22 time, just narrowly missing the gold as first place posted a 14.10.

3A track and field results

The FHSAA classifies a state placement as finishing within the top 8 of finishers in the state championship event . Full results can be found here

Individual

Girls Pole Vault: 6th, Miriam Duty, Lincoln

Girls long jump: 3rd, Me'Yauney Peoples, Rickards

Boys high jump: 3rd, Randell Pompey, Rickards

Boys shot put: 1st, Bryce Davis, Leon; 5th, Kendrick Scott Jr., Lincoln

Girls discus: 3rd, Camille Armstrong, Rickards

Girls high jump: 6th, Anne Marie Copelin, Lincoln

Boys pole vault: 3rd, Darius Jones ll, Rickards

Boys discus: 1st, Kendrick Scott Jr., Lincoln; 2nd, Bryce Davis, Leon; 6th, Yulkhari Yon, Rickards

Boys triple jump: 7th, Jerry Speights, Lincoln

Boys 4x100 relay: 5th, Lincoln; 7th, Rickards

Boys 400-meter: 5th, Jadon Buckles, Lincoln

Boys 1600-meter: 2nd, Patrick Koon, Leon

Boys 100-meter hurdles: 2nd, Rance Grace, Lincoln

Boys 400-meter hurdles: 3rd, Rance Grace, Lincoln

Girls 400-meter hurdles: 8th, Taylor Nance, Rickards

Boys 800-meter: 5th, Justin Greenwood, Rickards

Girls 200-meter: 5th, Sacori Gardner, Rickards

Boys 3200-meter: 1st, Patrick Koon, Leon

Boys 4x400-meter relay: 5th, Lincoln

Team

Boys

4th, Lincoln; 7th Leon; 13th, Rickards

Girls

14th, Rickards, 37th, Leon and Lincoln

4A track and field results

The FHSAA classifies a state placement as finishing within the top 8 of finishers in the state championship event . Full results can be found here

Individual

Girls Pole Vault: 3rd, Rilyn Crawford, Chiles

Boys discus: 1st, Jason Atwood, Chiles

Boys 110-meter hurdle: 2nd, Cade Swart, Chiles

Boys 400-meter: 7th, Josiah Long, Chiles

Boys 400-meter hurdles: 1st, Cade Swart, Chiles

Team

Boys

3rd, Chiles

Girls

30th, Chiles

Liam Rooney covers preps sports for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at LRooney@gannett.com or on Twitter @__liamroone y

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